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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CA Workload Automation

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AAs the name may suggest, CA Workload Automation is CA Technologies workload automation offering.N/A

    Control-M

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AControl-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.

    $29,000

    per year

    Pricing
    CA Workload AutomationControl-M
    Editions & Modules
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    On-Premise
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    SaaS
    Starting at $29,000
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CA Workload AutomationControl-M
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    CA Workload AutomationControl-M
    Considered Both Products
    Broadcom
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    BMC Software Inc.
    Chose Control-M
    Control-M stacks well above. I definitely know that feature wise, [and based on the] stability of tool plus support in comparison to CA Workload Automation.
    Incentivized
    Chose Control-M

    VMTurbo is limited to be run on VMware environment. We have batch processing that runs on a mainframe where we could not use VMTurbo.

    Puppet is limited to what it can do and what it can interface with. It simply did not fit in our environment.

    CA Workload Automation had some gaps …

    Incentivized
    Chose Control-M
    There are more qualified professionals in Control-M compared to Control-M, which has more plugins and is constantly updated.
    Incentivized
    Chose Control-M
    We last reviewed the market in 2001 (schedulers are long-term commitments!) and Control-M edged (by a very narrow margin) the Tivoli alternative, with Dollar Universe (now part of Automic) back in third place. We also tested the Tidal Software scheduler (now part of Cisco) but …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CA Workload AutomationControl-M
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of CA Workload Automation and Control-M
    Feature
    CA Workload Automation
    9.4
    4 Ratings
    Control-M
    8.7
    124 Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling9.74 Ratings9.4120 Ratings
    Central monitoring9.74 Ratings9.2114 Ratings
    Logging9.74 Ratings8.3118 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.74 Ratings8.5119 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization8.84 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
    Application integration8.94 Ratings8.4115 Ratings
    User Ratings
    CA Workload AutomationControl-M
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.3
    (124 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (20 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (5 ratings)