Control-M reviewed by Senior Data Engineer in daily life.
January 26, 2026

Control-M reviewed by Senior Data Engineer in daily life.

Deepjyoti Bhowmick | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Application Integrator
  • Managed File Transfer
  • Workflow Insights
  • Automation API/Jobs-as-Code

Overall Satisfaction with Control-M

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.
  • 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.
45 - The DEV team, operations, business users, and the testing team are our primary users on a daily basis. It has increased productivity by around 25%. Control-M processes about 10,000 jobs every day in our production environment, and monitoring each job's current status is also super easy. We have a monitoring alert configured that sends emails for warnings or failures.
Almost all necessary functionalities are available at your fingertips. Except for a few business requirements that need to be addressed through the proper channel to obtain BMC support.
Control-M is generally considered superior to AutoSys for organizations requiring a centralized, cloud-forward, and developer-friendly orchestration platform. While AutoSys remains a robust choice for on-premises batch processing, Control-M excels in hybrid multicloud environments and modern DevOps integration.

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

Control-M processes about 10,000 jobs starting every day in our production environment, and adding new jobs is very simple. We don't feel any pressure on Control-M because it is processing multiple jobs in parallel. As a developer, I created an account in the BMC community to get help and support. We post there rarely because sometimes we need solutions very quickly and don't have time to connect with the guys on the Control-M help desk. If BMC adds more videos or notes on scenario-based content, then it will be more helpful.

Control-M Feature Ratings

Workload Automation
9.7
Multi-platform scheduling
10
Central monitoring
10
Logging
9
Alerts and notifications
9
Analysis and visualization
10
Application integration
10

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