Selecting Control-M Balancing Legacy Needs with Modern IT Demands
September 09, 2025
Selecting Control-M Balancing Legacy Needs with Modern IT Demands

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Application Integrator
- Automation API/Jobs-as-Code
- Managed File Transfer
- Self Service
- SLA Management
- Managed File Transfer Enterpice
Overall Satisfaction with Control-M
Control-M is used in our organization for more than 10 years. Main usage areas are workload automation, manage file transfer and enterprise managed file transfer. Control-M solves multiple billing and finance business problems such as correct report generation and delivery, multiple system process orchestration like driving finance AR or finance GL processes across multiple systems and architectures within defined SLA and time frames. Reducing human errors to the minimum, by reducing amount of interaction necessary with the system what is very critical during heavy workload days. Control_M is also beneficial to replace 24/7 operations with absolutely powerful scheduling possibilities and custom calendars. Thanks to Control-M self-service and web application - business can be granted with access to corresponding process viewpoints and see corresponding SLA's for important processes.
Pros
- Orchestration - simple view on heavy and important cross system processes.
- Scheduling - Calendars and Custom scheduling
- Resources managing and view point management
- Alarming - having all "not successful" stuff in one place.
Cons
- Better Integration with Teams and SharePoint with Outlook
- Script modification via GUI
- Enterprise Managed Transfer - improve gateway options. Increase possibility and variation for file storage and connecting different storage objects.
- In the Billing and Finance part Control_M successfully replacing 15 FTE.
- Control_M proven logic decreased amount of process mistakes on 95%
- Managed File transfer allows to consolidate all file management in one location, under one roof in one view bringing approximately 100K EUR per year savings by reducing amount of internal systems
Do you think Control-M delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Control-M's feature set?
Yes
Did Control-M live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Control-M go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Control-M again?
Yes

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