AppWorx Workload Automation vs. Control-M Comparison

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Adam-Watts

Unisys Infrastructure Support Specialist at a financial services firm

Researched Control-M but chose OpCon: The product is always available and easy to use

It allows batch work to run as smoothly and efficiently as possible. If we are talking about a one-off job, it takes roughly five minutes to set... Read more »

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Anonymous User

System Admin and Architect at a financial services firm

The product provides visibility into the work that gets done

The amount of work that gets done. We execute probably up to a million jobs a day. With Control-M, there is visibility into it. There are... Read more »

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"Auto-scheduling is the most valuable feature. We have the ability to schedule [batch jobs on our Unisys mainframes] seven days in advance, so we know exactly how we're running every night.""The most valuable feature is the self-service because it has made it possible to provide simple and quick solutions in the handling of certain tasks.""There's also a self-service solution manager... that allows us to enable staff to run complex automation tasks by clicking a button and entering some information. They don't have to have access to the OpCon environment to kick off those kinds of events.""Previously, we would receive a file from a vendor, then we would have to go through and make changes to individual accounts in our core system. There are probably between 10 to 20 accounts any given week. It probably took around five minutes for it to run through the report and make all the changes, and that was if there was nothing complicated with all very straightforward changes. Now, that is done in 30 seconds.""There are three features which are valuable: the automated calendar functions; the notification process for failed jobs or unscheduled events occurring, via email and text messaging; and the ability for the scheduling package to communicate across multiple platforms.""It has also helped to streamline our operations. We contract out our collection department so they are no longer housed on our system. They're housed on another platform. OpCon is able to not only pull in our data, but it also, on a daily basis, updates that third-party.""Manual processing has been automated 99 percent by OpCon. With new processes, we give it at least two weeks manual so we can write down the details of how to do the steps, then we automate it. Within a month, it has been automated, then it's no longer a manual process.""One of the advantages of OpCon is the ability to use the API and web services. We couldn't do that with our previous solution. We have been able to change our procedure for ticketing. When a job is down, we can immediately create a ticket from OpCon in our ticketing solution, which is ServiceNow, using the web services." More OpCon Pros »	"The interface is good.""Scheduling is a good feature." More AppWorx Workload Automation Pros »	"The feature we use most in Control-M is related to the file transfer module. It is quite advanced compared to the other tools like Automate, etc. The new version which has come of same MFT has a lot of advanced features which makes it very easy to work with. There is less need for written programs and more GUI-based stuff.""We value Control-M mainly for the ability to control multiple nodes in a coordinated manner. Control-M has the ability to really coordinate across a lot of nodes.""Control-M has improved application reliability and the SLAs in our company by quite a bit. You can see if problems are coming. If we have an SLA in a couple of hours, we know well before that couple hours if processing is behind, and it allows us to take some preventative action.""It has absolutely saved us time. It has made us more efficient. As far as the processing between systems, we don't have as many people. They have been able to focus on other efforts, because we have been able to automate more stuff with Control-M.""Because it's a tool which allows us to do scheduled work, it allows for notifications when jobs aren't running within that scheduled time frame. This improves the opportunity to meet SLAs.""If a job fails, that development team is notified right away, which improves reliability. Previously, it was on the operators to notify the developers that their job failed, erred, or aborted. Now, it's all automated.""Monitoring is a valuable aspect of it. The monitoring tool is very good, and it is easy for expert and entry level users to use on a short notice.""It can do anything that I need. We do real-time jobs. We also do jobs that have to run at certain times. I have not been presented with a scheduling need that I was not able to do. It is very flexible and dynamic." More Control-M Pros »
Cons
"Do your first install, your first upgrade, with SMA. It's simple, it's as per the manual, as per the training, but you need that little bit of confidence.""The ability to retrieve information from logs in variables to display relevant information would be helpful.""It would be great if you could create physically separate "clients," as I call them. I wish I could have a production client and a testing client and that they would be separate.""What can get complicated is if you're doing anything more than just the built-in jobs. If you're using the more advanced features, troubleshooting becomes extremely complicated.""The calendar interface and the frequency interface is a very powerful, yet complex, section of OpCon in which all our staff have made mistakes. They have implemented what they believed was logically correct and then afterward discovered that their logic was flawed because OpCon did it a different way. That part, which is incredibly useful, is also incredibly dangerous. The interface or the ability to directly do more functions within the frequency definitely has room for expansion. As good as it is, it can be a lot better.""Usage is a little complex. It's not like you can bring somebody in and they can just use it. They have to be trained... As far as complexity goes, it's right up there.""There is some difficulty with the ease of use when I don't have some of the templates that were already created. More templates would be great. Non-core featured templates are my biggest struggle.""I would like to see them improve the Solution Manager for the web application. It's the future for us. Our customers need a lot of functionality, but there isn't that functionality within Solution Manager. So they have to develop and improve it." More OpCon Cons »	"The compliance features are limited to the server and not the entire infrastructure.""Reporting, forecasting and intelligence could be improved." More AppWorx Workload Automation Cons »	"One feature I would like to include is in the middle of the monitoring domain. In the monitoring domain, if I have to update a number of jobs, the only way to do it is by manually clicking on each job. I would like a feature that allows me to do a mass update in the jobs, which I feel is still lacking.""We would recommend modernizing the look and feel of Control-M. They also need to move towards more self-service and development in their environment. It's very antiquated.""Sometimes, with technical support, they will take feedback, but you don't know where that feedback goes or if it proceeds along in the thought process.""The company has been working with BMC on the MFT. There are still some things about MFT which don't work the way that we want with our needs. So, we would like to see that improved.""The initial setup was complex, because I wasn't used to it.""The reporting tool still needs a lot of improvement. It was supposed to get better with the upgrade, and it really didn't get better. It needs help, because it's such a useful thing to have. It needs to be more powerful and easier to use.""I'm not sure how the solution fits together with our business modernization initiatives, as there are things outside of my area, even though Control-M is the scheduling tool of the company. They may use other things, e.g., Big Data.""I would like not to have to reach out to a third-party application company to do automated notifications. Right now, we still have people manually calling people and emailing people. There's a company called xMatters - and there are others - that has an API through Control-M that can automate any aspect of failure management. I'd like to see it build right into the product. I'd like to see a better notification product." More Control-M Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice
"This solution is certainly not the cheapest, but we win in time.""OpCon cost us $80,000 in 2017 money, and that included everything: support, installation, onsite assistance during the conversion, etc. It's been a worthwhile investment by far.""Yearly, it's around $30,000.""Our licensing is on a yearly basis.""Our license is for 1000 jobs. Including support, the license and upgrades are 2000 euros a month.""Yearly, we're paying about $62,000. OpCon has an all-inclusive feature and module license, but you pay per task.""Our annual maintenance costs are $45,000. The initial cost is separate.""On a yearly basis our cost is between $25,000 and $30,000." More OpCon Pricing and Cost Advice »	"We are satisfied with the pricing." More AppWorx Workload Automation Pricing and Cost Advice »	"We have account based licensing. There are two or three types of licensing. One of them is based on the number of jobs, so we a license close to 4,000 jobs per day. The cost is based on the different modules, which we buy from them. If we a buy a hardware module, which we are presently using and integrating, that is an additional cost, but I'm not sure of the amount. Each module comes with a different cost.""As we increase the number of tasks or jobs on the system, there are concerns about cost.""We have a five-year contract with task-based licensing.""This product saves hours in a day based on my experience working here versus other companies with manually operations.""It works on task-based licensing.""Licensing costs are around $3000 a year.""Pricing can be steep, but you get what you pay for." More Control-M Pricing and Cost Advice »

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What do you like most about OpCon? Top Answer: It makes everything simpler. Once OpCon is in, it just repeats itself day after day. We don't have to worry about… more » Read all 33 answers What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpCon? Top Answer: Cost depends on your environment. We are doing stuff now with failover and recovery, so we have boosted our costs… more » Read all 23 answers What needs improvement with OpCon? Top Answer: There is room for improvement needed around setting up the calendars and frequencies. I would like more flexibility in… more » Read all 31 answers	What do you like most about AppWorx Workload Automation? Top Answer: The interface is good. Read all 2 answers What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppWorx Workload Automation? Top Answer: We are satisfied with the pricing. Read all 2 answers What needs improvement with AppWorx Workload Automation? Top Answer: The compliance features are limited to the server and not the entire infrastructure. Read all 2 answers	How does Control-M rank today in the Workload Automation market compared with other products? Top Answer: Please look at Enterprise Management Associates webpage. They are doing kind of deep analysis and comparison of all… more » Read all 3 answers What licensing options are there for Control-M? Top Answer: Task-based or, alternatively, a fixed number of Agents. Task-based would, I feel, be much more popular in the market. I… more »
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Overview
Our founders met at NASA while they were solving some of the toughest IT issues in the world at that time. The work was challenging and required lots of repetitive tasks to maintain NASA’s mainframes and complex IT processes. Believing that there had to be a better way, they formed SMA Technologies. Since that time, we have been working with the single purpose of unlocking our clients’ potential by streamlining their IT processes and helping employees be more productive by leveraging our automation platform, OpCon. By freeing them from repetitive tasks, they can focus on doing the critical work that will help them drive the business. No matter the industry, from financial services to aerospace, we are there to help our customers use the power of automation to simplify complex IT issues, enabling them to solve their toughest business challenges.	CA Automic Applications Manager automates your Ellucian’s Banner or Fiserv DNA processing. This innovative, best-in-class task scheduling solution accelerates your processing, provides visibility and control over business processes and mitigates risk in both environments.	Control‑M is a digital enterprise management solution that simplifies and automates diverse batch application workloads while reducing failure rates, improving SLAs, and accelerating application deployment. Automate job scheduling and application deployment Connect applications and workflow processes to quickly and reliably deliver business services Realize the potential of big data while freeing IT for other tasks Take control of your file transfer operations with secure scheduling, instant status visibility, and automated recovery Accelerate application change and deployment cycle times with automated application workflow between test and production Empower users to make decisions in real time and perform basic tasks in a view and language they understand Deploy Control-M on-premises or on the cloud
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Accelerate digital transformation through workload automation Get Brochure or Guide Automate repetitive tasks so you can focus on projects that drive your business forward. Find out how OpCon workload automation enables you to create repeatable, reliable workflows - all managed from a single platform.	Learn more about AppWorx Workload Automation Learn More	Learn more about Control-M Learn More
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LOHR, Carnival Cruise Lines, Herbalife, Digital Federal Credit Union, Synergent, Frandsen Bank & Trust	Sandvik, Hanwha Life	CARFAX, ChipRewards, Sun Chemical, University of California, Unum
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REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm75% Government6% Insurance Company6% Manufacturing Company3% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company34% Financial Services Firm12% Insurance Company10% Comms Service Provider9%	VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company20% Comms Service Provider13% Financial Services Firm8% Wholesaler/Distributor7%	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm42% Healthcare Company8% Retailer8% Computer Software Company6% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company43% Comms Service Provider11% Financial Services Firm9% Insurance Company7%
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REVIEWERS Small Business18% Midsize Enterprise44% Large Enterprise38% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business38% Midsize Enterprise32% Large Enterprise30%	No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business14% Midsize Enterprise14% Large Enterprise73% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business9% Midsize Enterprise9% Large Enterprise82%

Free Report: AppWorx Workload Automation vs. Control-M

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AppWorx Workload Automation is ranked 15th in Workload Automation with 2 reviews while Control-M is ranked 1st in Workload Automation with 17 reviews. AppWorx Workload Automation is rated 7.0, while Control-M is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AppWorx Workload Automation writes "Good scheduling feature; reporting, forecasting, and intelligence could all be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Control-M writes "File transfer module is quite advanced, this version has less need for written programs and is more GUI-based". AppWorx Workload Automation is most compared with Automic Workload Automation, AutoSys Workload Automation, Stonebranch Universal Automation Center and Tidal Automation, whereas Control-M is most compared with AutoSys Workload Automation, IBM Workload Automation, Ansible, Automic Workload Automation and BMC TrueSight Server Automation. See our AppWorx Workload Automation vs. Control-M report.

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