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CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs Endevor comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CA Harvest Software Change ...
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
10th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Endevor
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Application Development (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of CA Harvest Software Change Manager is 3.2%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Endevor is 12.4%, down from 32.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Endevor12.4%
CA Harvest Software Change Manager3.2%
Other84.4%
Software Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user572910 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Configuration Analyst at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has helped us track the application flow across each of our environments, promotion from dev to our higher environments, to production.
One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now. We have provided our feedback to their representatives so they can provide us a good merging capability next time. One thing that I would like to improve is making the tool a little more user friendly. It takes a little bit of time to adjust to the tool because it's a little different than other version control tools out there in the market. But, it has its own benefits and own security, but that user experience, if they're going to improve it, that would be really great.
RobertMartin3 - PeerSpot reviewer
Production Supervisor Technical at Ontario Power Generation
Asset dashboards have created slow, rigid workflows and have limited effective life cycle tracking
The single dashboards do not help my team or the company as a whole. I feel the dashboards are not helpful because the search features are not customizable. The software is web-based and the server is extremely slow. To improve Endevor, its cloud or web-based server capabilities should be increased so that the software is faster. The ability to customize reports should be increased.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The auditing capability is one aspect that I would really recommend other colleagues to look into, because all the other version control tools out in the market provide speed, but the auditing capability is missing; the change management interaction; etc."
"The ability to give our teams functionality from a control perspective, allowing them to decide how they want to implement the tool, is valuable."
"The most valuable feature I would say is we can integrate that with our change management process and use that to control what goes into production and what doesn't."
"CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA Harvest SCM) provides a great way for us to store our source control."
"Using this solution, we were able to implement a full process for all of our lifecycles."
"I have not encountered any stability issues."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is the software controller."
"The tools are specifically designed for mainframe environments, providing features tailored to the unique requirements of the systems, ensuring there are no mistakes."
"Adaptable to respond to all customer needs: It is configuration management software."
"What I like about Endevor personally is it can be very flexible, as far as how you use it, and you can make it do nearly anything, but in really clever ways."
"Our automation, our development implementations are all automated, which is a huge amount of time savings."
"Being able to compare versions is helpful."
"Endevor allows us to map a change made to the production environment through various stages of delivery."
"They provide answers and solutions."
 

Cons

"Security features can be improved."
"The features don’t always work as advertised."
"Technical support for this solution is very good, although they can still use improvement in some regards."
"One feature that we are looking for is traceability, and also merging. That is a little cumbersome right now."
"When you're trying to do collaboration or when you're trying to cater to multiple users and developers who submit code changes, it gets challenging with Harvest."
"Password complexity is not enforced by the tool."
"It needs to be simpler. This is the most difficult SCM tool I’ve ever used."
"Learning the tool for the first time was extremely difficult, and it could be because of all the other processes we had around it. But knowing you can do these things in batch, you can do things in the foreground or online mode, and then these, you have to have a package for. There are these rules, and some of the concepts inside the tool are not clear, like what is the CCID? Why do I have to have one? What is that? And how is it used? As a developer, it's not important to me - I don't know what a CCID is, and I don't care - but apparently it's important to someone."
"I think the main focus should be the continuous delivery aspects."
"Needs more audit capability when it comes to changes to settings that are made by administrators, as many of these are done through the panels and are therefore not logged as an action against a configuration item."
"Currently the only solution is to continue creating environments for use with agile development which is a maintenance nightmare, or ask the application teams to redesign their software so it is contained within their own applications."
"For others for whom it's new, implementation may be difficult."
"They’ve got little things that I would like to see. It’s more for the administrative side as opposed to the developer who uses Endevor."
"There are a lot of areas: using it cross-platform; across a diverse set of application portfolios, including legacy systems, as well as open systems; both waterfall and Agile development."
"It's complex because it depends upon your development architecture. Also, it's reached the limits of automation and freedom given to end users."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Once you purchase your licenses, there is maintenance support that is renewed every year."
"It's competitively priced and, as far as I know, it's just an enterprise license. We have found it is worth the money."
"The product is expensive."
"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features.​"
"The solution is very expensive."
"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."
"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
26%
Insurance Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Computer Software Company
5%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise40
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Endevor?
The single dashboards do not help my team or the company as a whole. I feel the dashboards are not helpful because the search features are not customizable. The software is web-based and the server...
What is your primary use case for Endevor?
My main use case for Endevor is asset management. For asset management, we use Engage software for life cycle management, eHealth, and eStrategy.
What advice do you have for others considering Endevor?
My advice to others looking into using Endevor is that if you are a nuclear electrical utility, the software is likely well-suited, but if you are any other utility, the software is poorly suited f...
 

Also Known As

CA Harvest SCM, CA Software Change Manager
CA Endevor Software Change Manager, Endevor Software Change Manager, CA Software Change Manager for Mainframe, CA Endevor SCM
 

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Sample Customers

State of New Hampshire, Blue Hill
Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
Find out what your peers are saying about CA Harvest Software Change Manager vs. Endevor and other solutions. Updated: August 2026.
908,834 professionals have used our research since 2012.