Control-M vs. Tidal by Redwood

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Control-M
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Control-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.N/A
Tidal by Redwood
Score 6.2 out of 10
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Tidal Automation, from Redwood Software since the early 2023 acquisition, is an enterprise workload automation platform for automating and orchestrating cross-application, cross-platform workloads – in on-prem, cloud or hybrid environments – from one central point of control. Tidal is used to optimize mission-critical business processes, manage…N/A
Pricing
Control-MTidal by Redwood
Editions & Modules
On-Premise
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Offerings
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Control-MTidal by Redwood
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Control-MTidal by Redwood
Considered Both Products
Control-M
Chose Control-M
more user friendly and more option to schdule the steams and schedules
Tidal by Redwood
Chose Tidal by Redwood
I liked the ability to write code directly within Automic. I understood the logic of the "object oriented" design of the user interface, but I felt it was confusing to understand and troubleshoot.

You don't have to look too deep into Control-M to see it's mainframe roots. The …
Chose Tidal by Redwood
compare to Control-M , Tidal automation is much better in way of job creation and maintained . Installation of Agent and Adapter configuration , API features which can automate the Task of scheduling and creation . we have both GUI and CLI to maintain the jobs and admin work. …
Chose Tidal by Redwood
The time-to-deliver an automated job was much less with Tidal by Redwood than the other automation solutions. Tidal by Redwood product is much more evolved than many newer market contenders.
Chose Tidal by Redwood
Tidal by Redwood excels at performing complex workflows, event-driven automation, and compliance-focused procedures in big companies with varied IT infrastructures. This includes claims, policy, and billing processes are included in this. The sending of our documents and checks …
Chose Tidal by Redwood
Tidal Automation had the best and most transparent pricing. Tidal Automation has the best dedicated team investing in the development of the product. Tidal Automation was always ahead of its time in the Workload Automation industry. It has the best in industry documentation of …
Features
Control-MTidal by Redwood
Workload Automation
Comparison of Workload Automation features of Product A and Product B
Control-M
8.7
125 Ratings
3% above category average
Tidal by Redwood
8.3
19 Ratings
2% below category average
Multi-platform scheduling9.5121 Ratings8.716 Ratings
Central monitoring9.2115 Ratings8.518 Ratings
Logging8.3119 Ratings8.419 Ratings
Alerts and notifications8.6120 Ratings8.519 Ratings
Analysis and visualization8.3113 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Application integration8.4116 Ratings7.818 Ratings
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Enterprises
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Score 9.3 out of 10
Control-M
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Control-MTidal by Redwood
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(126 ratings)
7.7
(21 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(19 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(82 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.6
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.2
(10 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.5
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.4
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.2
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.5
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.5
(6 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
9.5
(6 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Control-MTidal by Redwood
Likelihood to Recommend
BMC Software Inc.
Scenarios where it's well suited are where you're running jobs across platforms. We have processes on our mainframe that have to complete our daily batch processing and the controlling handles the scheduling of the daily batch processing. Then once that's done, it moves into executing stuff on servers like SQL loads and transferring files to load into SQL and then also running reporting on the SQL servers when the data's been loaded and is available. It makes for a really smooth transition of the overnight processing the bank has to go through. That's our main function that we use it for currently. It handles it very well.
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Redwood Software
On coming to well suited experience while error handling and effortless recovery processes are crucial, Tidal performs exceptionally well. It can identify and fix automated issues, reducing downtime and interruptions. A smaller automation solution may be more cost-effective if a business primarily utilizes a single platform or uses a small number of applications that do not require complex integration.
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Pros
BMC Software Inc.
  • Workload change manager is one of our favorite features of this product. It enforces standards, which is a huge benefit. Users don't just make crazy changes that cause issues with other jobs. It does great promotions from one environment to another, transforming all the data to match the next environment.
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Redwood Software
  • Tidal Automation allows us to automate and schedule/ perform various tasks in a easy and effective manner. It is highly interactive and effective allowing nearly 4k -5k jobs to run a day.
  • Tidal is designed to be easily shareable and collaborative allowing multiple users to work at a particular time making work effective.
  • Tidal allows us to ensure that every event which is triggered is exactly when it's supposed to be regardless of other activities which are going as well.
  • It is user-friendly to generate the reports required of a particular object and allows us to test the codes perfectly well before executing in live environment.
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Cons
BMC Software Inc.
  • Certificate on all levels: Each agent uses different keystrokes for different functions, such as AI, web service calls, and MFT.
  • It's really hard to manage these keystrokes.
  • Trust stores, in case control-m, act as servers; it should be simple to implement certificates from a corporate CA.
  • Some functions must be performed in the fat client, while others can only be performed through the web interface. This should be streamlined as soon as possible.
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Redwood Software
  • Still a bit slow when navigating. If you close a job you have to wait a few seconds to open another one. Even when you made no changes.
  • When viewing a job and make no changes, the "ok" button changes the last modified date as if you made a change. No big deal, but wastes time when troubleshooting a problem and looking into what jobs were changed last.
  • You can see the parameters column in the "job activity", but not in "Job definitions".
  • Can't search the parameters field in the filter.
  • Changing a variable name does not change it on the job. It still works because Tidal Automation uses the ID number. It just causes confusion when you see a variable on a job and can't find the variable under "Variables". On top of that, Tidal Automation does not show the ID column under "Variables" making it even more difficult to find the variable.
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Likelihood to Renew
BMC Software Inc.
It is one of the best solutions on the market, in terms of innovation, reliability and stability. Control-M provides security when used by the largest companies in Mexico such as banks, department stores and logistics. It has proven to be able to integrate with new technologies on the market and provide almost 100% availability, thanks to its automatic FailOver scheme.
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Redwood Software
We are on the fence. The increased pricing for renewals is staggering. With new automation options like Microsoft's Power Automate and Event Driven Ansible on the field, there are other options now available.
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Usability
BMC Software Inc.
It has an excellent graphical user interface and robust functionalities, which any scheduling tool currently has in the current market. Strengthening security measures, such as role-based access control and encryption, is essential to protect sensitive data. Providing tools to optimize resource utilization and reduce costs would be valuable. Limited options for customizing the user interface can hinder productivity. Allowing users to tailor the interface to their needs would enhance the experience.
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Redwood Software
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Reliability and Availability
BMC Software Inc.
We've had issues with a server crashing. The latest issue has the option for high availability which should help with that.
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Redwood Software
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Performance
BMC Software Inc.
very good performance and robust.Control-M has received positive reviews for its performance, with some users calling it a reliable and versatile platform: TrustRadiusControl-M has an overall score of 8.1 out of 10 from 89 reviews, with high marks for multi-platform scheduling and central monitoring. Gartner Peer InsightsBMC Helix Control-M received an overall experience rating of 4.8, with 80% of ratings being 5 stars. IT Central StationIn June 2018, Control-M was ranked the #1 tool by average user ratings. EMA Radar for Workload AutomationControl-M received the highest overall score in EMA's 2019 EMA Radar Report for Workload Automation. Control-M is a high-end solution that can help with:Reducing workflow deployment timeReducing manual tasksReducing administration costsImproving SLAsAccelerating application deliveryAutomated agent and client deploymentReal-time analysis
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Redwood Software
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Support Rating
BMC Software Inc.
He contactado varias veces con el soporte de BMC y ha sido bastante bueno, siempre han sabido darme una solución a lo que he pedido. Esta vez quiero hacer alguna nueva pregunta, pero no se si se me podrá contestar, ya que es algo que tal vez fuera de otro rango y no pertenezca a ellos.
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Redwood Software
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Online Training
BMC Software Inc.
awesome training.they have explained about best practices, the trainer is awesome.awesome training.they have explained about best practices, the trainer is awesome.awesome training.they have explained about best practices, the trainer is awesome.awesome training.they have explained about best practices, the trainer is awesome.awesome training.they have explained about best practices, the trainer is awesome.
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Redwood Software
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Implementation Rating
BMC Software Inc.
As HA we have depend on the external DB, why don't we have HA feasibility with embedded DB. As with external DB, there are performance issues and fine tuning the DB. As if its embedded DB, Control-M it self take care of the functionality.
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Redwood Software
Having provided consulting services for years on Tidal by Redwood, I recommend going with a solutions partner or consultant to deploy it. I believe there are sizing and tuning guidelines that should be followed for environments of scale. I believe they are not critical when first lighting up the product, but if you are not aware of them you will encounter performance degradation after a few thousand job objects are added.
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Alternatives Considered
BMC Software Inc.
Redwood RunMyJobs seemed impressive as well since it was also cross-platform, flexible, and versatile. However, we went with Control-M because it was less expensive and we were already using it on our mainframe environment. The distributed version of Control-M was much more user-friendly due to the GUI instead of the command-line interface used on the mainframe.
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Redwood Software
1. Tidal is good at processing large volume pf data and is cost effective. 2. Tidal can automate the scheduling of production objects, ensure that materials are delivered on time 3. Tidal Process large volumes of data which cannot be done everyday by running codes/scripts manually which does it with ease when required.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
BMC Software Inc.
from my experince i would suggest to customers Control-M first
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Redwood Software
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Scalability
BMC Software Inc.
awesome product.Control-M delivers advanced operational capabilities easily consumed by Dev, Ops, data teams, and lines of business.Control-M Workflow InsightsApplication and data workflow observability: Increased confidence that SLAs are being met for Control-M users and IT leadersComprehensive control and management capabilities: Enhanced dashboards and reporting with constant telemetry and intelligent analysis on executing workflowsSelf-service visibility: In-depth reporting to help teams work autonomously
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Redwood Software
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Professional Services
BMC Software Inc.
excelente aplicação
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Redwood Software
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Return on Investment
BMC Software Inc.
  • Control-M has improved service delivery times, reliability and quality of batch processing.
  • It has simplified the management of the operation and the use of the alert system has made it possible to act in a coordinated and efficient manner to solve problems.
  • The implementation of policies has made it possible to make greater use of Control-M and thus reduce development costs that are generated unnecessarily when the potential of the system is not considered.
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Redwood Software
  • Better decision-making and more process visibility are achieved through reporting and monitoring.
  • Lowered time frames and streamlined administration of the workflow.
  • Improved cost and resource allocation, especially in cloud contexts.
  • A decrease in manual errors and related expenditures.
  • Unusual problems that could occur during automation.
  • Possible difficulties shifting to a new automation tool.
  • The expense of beginning implementation and training.
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