We performed a comparison between BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer and JSCAPE by Redwood based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I am a partner and an implementer for Control-M. Once purchased by my clients, I implement this solution and provide daily support for this scheduling tool."
"The scalability of this solution is very good. The current solution is used wide spread in my company, but I don't have any plans to expand."
"Our customers find the self-service feature the most valuable. Control-M offers great value to businesses by providing an option to see different flows and control and orchestrate the sequence of the execution. It is easy to use and integrate with different solutions. It is a good solution that is easy to implement and deliver."
"The most important aspect is the ability to integrate different platforms."
"This solution has a vast amount of features and with every new release, there are lots of new features introduced. The application has high availability—we have multiple customers and it's highly available. On an application level, if something goes down with the primary, then the application goes over to the secondary, so it's very, very easy to do disaster recovery. From an application integration point of view, it has a lot of APIs, rich APIs. Every month, they are releasing new APIs and new updates, like Java, but more than that. Now they are introducing a couple more APIs, which you can use to integrate your controlling environment with any applications you want."
"The most valuable thing is that it works as advertised. We don't take advantage of some of the features like we should because that's not our primary role and responsibility in the environment that we manage. We only want to make sure that a file gets to where it was supposed to go, or we pull in a file and it comes to us correctly."
"The product works very well with the modules. If you have MFT, Managed File Transfer, or the old AFT, you can link that to processing jobs."
"The GUI is good if I'm comparing it to other scheduling products."
"Valuable features include a comprehensive management UI and a strictly controlled managed file transfer."
"One of the standout features of this particular tool is its automation capabilities."
"It is platform-independent and can flawlessly work on any operating system using the latest security standards."
"It keeps a clear record of all the file transfers that take place, the person who initiated them, and the outcome of the execution."
"Triggers are also something that is useful as they automate the use of boilerplate code."
"The speed of transferring large datasets is super quick, which allows us to work on multiple tasks at a time."
"JSCAPE provides high-level data encryption, which can help us share confidential and time-sensitive data across our global partners without any hassle."
"It offers audit trails and reporting tools, allowing users to track file transfers, monitor user activities, and produce regulatory compliance reports."
"The only improvement I would suggest is the license pricing should be a little reduced. Apart from that, I don't see anything else as a major concern with the tool right now."
"One can opt for either a job-based license or a job execution-based license, which sometimes can be troublesome. If the job count exceeds a limit, you may need to procure additional licenses from BMC."
"Its price could be better."
"An area for improvement in BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is integration. It should be compatible with more solutions. It should have integrations with newer applications as well."
"Before we transfer files we have to make the connection profile first for MFT. If we did not have to do this and send the transfer files directly, that would be useful."
"There are eight different kinds of dashboards in Workflow Insights, but there could be more because there is third party software that provides more dashboard styles."
"We'd like it to be easier to maintain the administrative side."
"BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer has a scheduler and what they do is capture the steps based on the script, and then they put it into the Control-M job, or task. Any system that has the script behind it the solution can do it."
"Database crashing was seen whenever there was an overload."
"Enhancing the user interface would make it more accessible and appealing to the new users and it will definitely enhance the user experience."
"Setup is time-consuming."
"Improving the error handling feature can help users to identify and resolve issues more quickly and efficiently."
"The GUI has to be enhanced."
"The price is too high and the product line is too complex."
"The documentation part can be improved to be more precise for beginners to understand the advanced features of the tool."
"Providing initial guidance would help new users to understand the UI."
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BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is ranked 3rd in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 21 reviews while JSCAPE by Redwood is ranked 9th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 21 reviews. BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is rated 8.8, while JSCAPE by Redwood is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer writes "Adaptable, useful file transfer, and has helpful technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of JSCAPE by Redwood writes "Versatile, streamlines the entire file transfer procedure, and offers good support". BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer is most compared with MOVEit, IBM Sterling File Gateway, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer and Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT, whereas JSCAPE by Redwood is most compared with MOVEit, Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT, Control-M, Fortra's Globalscape Managed File Transfer and Kiteworks. See our BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer vs. JSCAPE by Redwood report.
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