Control-M

Score9.4 out of 10

313 Reviews and Ratings

What is Control-M?

Control-M from BMC is a platform for integrating, automating, and orchestrating application and data workflows in production across complex hybrid technology ecosystems. It provides deep operational capabilities, delivering speed, scale, security, and governance.

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Multi-platform scheduling
Multi-platform scheduling is the ability to centrally manage a business process from end-to-end
Category average: 9.1
Central monitoring
A central monitoring dashboard provides data on trends and forecasts
Category average: 8.9
Alerts and notifications
Alerts and notifications enabling management by exception
Category average: 8.7

Application integration
Integration with a broad range of enterprise applications
Category average: 8.3
Logging
Logging and audit trails to ensure regulatory compliance
Category average: 8.4
Analysis and visualization
Analysis and visualization tools provide clear understanding of critical errors and helps prioritize errors
Category average: 8.1

Most Frequent Users

Top 3 industries using Control-M.

Based on HG Insights installation data

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

21.9%

1,126 installations of 5,145

“I have used Control-M for more than 3 years as a scheduler in data warehousing projects; it is feature-rich and stable.”
— Senior Data Engineer, Accenture

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

16.7%

859 installations of 5,145

“We have been using Control-M for our business for the last 3 years, and now this software automatically syncs our bookings from the website and WhatsApp.”
— Chief Technology Officer, Happilo

#3 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

16.5%

849 installations of 5,145

“We use it as the organization's main orchestrator, with many file transfer processes via MFT and integration with the main modules on the market.”
— Especialista Control-M, Cielo

Pros

Orchestrates and automates complex workflows efficiently
Manages job dependencies and chains across diverse systems
Provides robust job scheduling and advanced calendar functionalities

Cons

Documentation and examples are often difficult to locate or understand
API support has limitations in feature coverage and scalability
Web interface and GUI are perceived as clunky or not fully web-based

Luis Antonio Hungaro View profile

Especialista mainframe in Information Technology at Tivit (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize the IOA solution, meaning the entire batch workflow is managed via automated scheduling or triggered by external events. Key additional advantages include interfaces with the sysout storage manager and with Mainview, which enables the automatic opening of tickets and/or the sending of emails. Another feature that enhances security and agility is the use of Control-R for job restarts.

Utilizamos a solução IOA, ou seja, toda malha batch é gerenciada pela Schedulagem automática ou induzidas por eventos externos. Uma das grandes vantagens adicionais são as interfaces: com o gerenciador de armazenagem de sysouts e com o Mainview que possibilita abertura automática de tickets e/ou envio de e-mails. Outra ação de trás segurança e agilidade é a utilização do Control-R na retomada de Jobs.

Pros

Automatic scheduling of jobs in AJF at a specific time, in conjunction with Contday or mesh scheduling based on some condition.
Monitoring of external events: arrival of jobs in the JES spool; file cataloging or staging; successful completion of a step within a multi-step job.
Interfaces: with the sysout storage management software and with Mainview, which enables the automatic opening of tickets and/or the sending of emails.
Another measure that ensures security and agility is the use of Control-R for job restarts.
The extended security that enables delivering only permitted actions to users.
Sedulagem automática dso Jobs no AJF em um determinado horário, em conjunto com a Contday ou schedulagem de malhas perante alguma condição.
Monitoramento de eventos externos. Por chegada de Jobs no Spool do Jes, por catalogação de arquivos ou em destaque, por encerramento OK de um Step dentro de Job com muitos steps posteriores.
Interfaces: com o software gerenciador de armazenagem de sysouts e com o Mainview que possibilita abertura automática de tickets e/ou envio de e-mails.
Outra ação de trás segurança e agilidade é a utilização do Control-R na retomada de Jobs.
A segurança extendida que possibilita entregar aos usuários somente as ações permitidas.

Cons

The Mainframe interface with Control-M/EM necessarily opens a window to log in to RACF (for example).
Some help topics in PF1 do not have the appropriate text. This is just an observation, as we can easily consult the manuals if we do not find the information in PF1 (online).
Interface do Mainframe com Control-M/EM necessariamente abrir janela para logar no RACF (por exemplo)
Alguns auxílios através da PF1 não encontram o texto apropriado. Isso é apenas uma observação, pois se não encontramos o auxílio na PF1 (online) podemos facilmente recorrer aos manuais.

Return on Investment

Reduction of manual labor. Examples: automated workflows and the use of self-editing tools.
Safety and agility in job recovery operations.
Professional development of technical users into Production Support roles, expanding their combined knowledge base.
Automation of incident creation and monitoring of delayed jobs or jobs that have been running on a machine for an extended period.
Easy integration with DevOps solutions that use the IOA family to initiate and monitor package promotion execution.
Redução de mão de obra para ações manuais. Exemplos: fluxos automatizados e utilização de auto-edit
Segurança nas ações de retomadas de Jobs, com agilidade.
Evolução profissional dos técnicos usuários para Suporte a Produção, expandindo a grade de conhecimentos agregados
Automação na abertura de incidentes, monitoramento de jobs atrasados ou que estão a muito tempo em máquina.
Fácil integração com as soluções DEVOPS que utilizam a familia IOA para startar e monitorar a execução de promoção de pacotes.

Usability

Robert Stinnett View profile

Sr. Analyst in Information Technology at CARFAX (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Automate business processes and workflows across a variety of systems, both on-prem and off, as well as interact with services and other third party tools. It allows us to get the single pane of glass vision across processes that are critical to the business. It also allows us to integrate with existing systems and vendors without having to reinvent the wheel or spend developer time having to write custom code.

Pros

File Transfers / Data Transfers
Integration with Third Party Systems, Providers and Cloud Services
Integration with DevOps toolsets and practices
Ability to manage and monitor workflows that span multiple systems
Ability to audit and track changes to workflows for compliance

Cons

Application Integrator should be redesigned as more of a studio/dev environment
Need to add the ability to "on demand" or "free form" file transfers - get away from the profile concept for that, or at least make it optional.

Return on Investment

Helps deliver outcomes faster by being able to quickly design workflows using pre-built integrations
Being able to use Jobs as Code/Automation API speeds development time of workflows and integrates better with existing toolchains
Single Pane of Glass helps reduce the time to track down issues when something goes wrong in a workflow

Usability

Deepjyoti Bhowmick View profile

Senior Data Engineer in Information Technology at Accenture (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have used Control-M for more than 3 years as a scheduler in data warehousing projects; it is feature-rich and stable. Business needs an all-rounder scheduling tool for most job orchestration, and thus has chosen Control-M. We are using it to schedule Informatica, Unix Shell script, Database, and other script jobs.

Pros

The good thing is that there are so many connectors available. Control-M provides lots of features, and we are using almost 60 to 70% of them. Control-M is providing us with so much capability to use during our daily problem-solving.
Most of the job creation is very simple and quick and worked as per expectations.
Testing and debugging are also very easy, and you can test multiple scenarios using temporary changes during job runs.
Log and output presentations are also very good, short and detailed.
To monitor specific job net, we can create viewpoint, which can be use on daily basis.

Cons

When I joined this project and was very new to Control-M, there was one problem that even the seniors sometimes faced. Suppose you are using Informatica; there are many Informatica developers in the market, or other tools that are well-known to everyone. Even though Control-M is used by many people, the documentation at the beginning was very hard to find on Google. This is why we had to reach out to experienced people, and it was a tough job for us because a few functionalities were not properly documented.
Sometimes when we change over, there are multiple domains in Control-M, such as Planning, Monitoring, History, and Forecast Tools. When we hop from one domain to another, sometimes we open a job, and the detail dialog box or detail window fails to open.
Some hidden features are not properly documented in Control-M itself, or are documented but not properly presented with examples. This is a problem. Sometimes we are forced to connect with senior developers who have used it for 5 to 6 years or more to learn about it.

Return on Investment

Control-M reduces the number of developers needed for orchestration. We have chosen this tool because it is easy to use, compact, and supports multi-platform integration.
The Dev Team and the OPS Team are so happy with this tool. It saves time, and time saves money. Around a 30% increase in productivity.

Usability

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Other Software Used

Oracle Database, Google BigQuery, dbt

Vishal Singh

Chief Technology Officer in Information Technology at Happilo (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have been using Control-M for our business for the last 3 years, and now this software automatically syncs our bookings from the website and WhatsApp. The tool also helps us schedule daily tasks for staff in the office and ensures we can send follow-up reminders to customers every day.

Pros

The software manages our stock and sends an alert to our system whenever inventory is low.
Control-M helps us in generating automatic invoices everyday for our clients.
Control-M also helps us ensure who is doing what and that all jobs are assigned equally.

Cons

I mostly use it on my mobile device, and the navigation is a little Complex and not beginner-friendly.
During initial setup, the software will require a guided configuration to function properly.
Plug and play integrations are little difficult to execute.

Return on Investment

As the software can handle most monitoring tasks, we now need a smaller team for detailed monitoring.
The software has also reduced our operational hours, and it is now easy to access billing reports and other business documents.
With Control-M, we can quickly identify issues and make better business decisions.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

BMC AMI Ops

Other Software Used

BMC AMI Ops

Aman Verma View profile

Product Manager in Product Management at Tata cliq (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As a product manager at Tata cliq , I use Control-M as a core backbone for managing and automating the critical business operation accross all our e-commerce system. Control-M connects me with inventory systems, order pipelines and supply chain process it gives me an end to end information on daily basis where I can easily rely in and take future decisions.

Pros

Monitoring schedule jobs
Inventory updates, sales reconciliation
Pricing updates and order fulfillment update

Cons

Great for operation but business KPIs are disconnected
Should add standardized failure categories to simplify
Mapping workflows directly to business outcomes

Return on Investment

Lower the operational costs
Faster the incident resolution
Better inventory accuracy = less working capital waste

Usability

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Top Performing Features

Multi-platform scheduling

Central monitoring

Alerts and notifications

Areas for Improvement

Application integration

Logging

Analysis and visualization

Who Buys & Uses Control-M

Most Frequent Users

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Manufacturing

Finance and Insurance

Most Frequent Users

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Enterprises

Most Frequent Users

United States of America

Germany

France

Most Frequent Users

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