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Control-M vs SnapLogic comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 13, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.4
Control-M boosts efficiency and reduces costs with automation, centralization, and improved process management, delivering high ROI.
Sentiment score
8.1
Clients praise SnapLogic for improving efficiency and ROI, simplifying cloud integration, and automating data transfer without coding skills.
The main return on investment with Helix Control-M has been a reduction in downtime and minimization of manual interventions, which has improved our operational efficiency.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
You can run a million batch jobs or tasks at night when all of your highly skilled people are at home sleeping.
Account Executive at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
By implementing automation tools, you can minimize human errors and improve efficiency.
Director of Sales at a tech services company with self employed
SnapLogic is really helpful and processes in very little time, so it doesn't take much time compared to any legacy tool.
Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.
SnapLogic has helped automate manual data transfers significantly and improved our workflow efficiency, reducing integration development timelines considerably, which reflects a good ROI.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
It is not that fewer employees were needed, but time was definitely saved, and our process was optimized with the help of SnapLogic.
Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Control-M users praise customer service for its responsiveness and expertise but suggest improvements in complex issue support.
Sentiment score
6.9
SnapLogic's customer service receives mixed reviews, with commendations for quick responses and critiques for delays and knowledge gaps.
They quickly evolve with changing technology trends, easily adopt new features, and incorporate them into the product.
architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The support is accurate, and BMC is always ready to help with queries and complex incidents.
Solutions Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The technical support is very polite, helpful, and available 24/7.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
The technical support from SnapLogic is excellent, and I would give it a complete ten.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Some SMEs are allotted for the organization, so in case of any issue, we have their email IDs to contact them for support, including SMEs and community.
Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.
Customer support scales well; as pipeline volume grows, we have been able to add more integrations and users without performance degradation.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Control-M is highly scalable and efficient, though initial configuration and licensing costs can impact its scalability potential.
Sentiment score
7.4
SnapLogic offers easy scalability and elasticity in cloud and on-prem environments, supporting diverse business sizes and user needs.
Our license doesn't limit our ability to configure Control-M as needed, allowing us to easily create new agents or environments.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I am paying for a top-end tool which rarely experiences issues, with most problems stemming from the applications being managed rather than the tooling itself.
Senior Control-M Consultant at Ktsl
It can absorb more workload wherever needed.
Cloud/Devops Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I rate the scalability of SnapLogic as eight out of ten.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
SnapLogic's scalability is huge.
Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Control-M is praised for its stability, reliability, and seamless performance, with frequent updates enhancing its robust operations.
Sentiment score
7.4
SnapLogic is stable with high uptime, but faces challenges with large datasets and some prefer competitor support.
Control-M itself is robust, and it would receive a rating of 10.
Technical architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
The downtime is higher compared to AWS.
Data scientist at Advarisk
The testing and development phases need to be more rigorous before releasing patches.
Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I would rate the stability of SnapLogic as nearly ten out of ten.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
But recently, in a year, I haven't found many performance issues in SnapLogic.
Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better reporting, integration, scalability, interfaces, affordability, offline features, automation, AI, audit trails, support, and documentation.
SnapLogic needs improved integrations, processing, transparency, support, AI, and performance for better user experience and large data handling.
They could provide more documentation and tutorials to make the initial setup easier to understand.
Assistant professor at J.P. College of Engineering
We've experienced main problems with MFTE where having one setup means when an error occurs, the entire service goes down.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Documentation should be maintained for all versions since they provided the application.
Sr Manager at Vodafone
We require a data pipeline that can be read without latency and without any delay.
Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
If the AI capabilities and integrations were more intuitive and easy to learn for new users, it would be greatly beneficial.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
They can improve more visuals, with graphical representations, such as how many things can be added, how many users can be added or dropped, and how the back-end nodes can be graphically shown in a better way.
Technical Specialist App Development at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.
 

Setup Cost

Control-M's high cost and complex licensing suit larger enterprises, offering robust features and scalability despite being expensive.
SnapLogic's pricing, though moderate to high, offers scalability and value for complex integrations with its flexible, usage-based licensing.
The licensing cost is very high, and they often consider switching to IBM Workload Scheduler or other options.
Associate Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Control-M tends to be more expensive compared to other solutions, but users get great value from it.
Senior System Specialist at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Control-M is among the highest-priced solutions in the market.
Control-M System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I would say the pricing is on the higher side, but it aligns with the capabilities offered for mid- to large integrations.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
There would be only one point of improvement if the price could be lower.
Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
SnapLogic is positioned at around seven or eight out of ten in terms of pricing.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Control-M excels in cross-platform scheduling, integration, automation, monitoring, and security, enhancing operational efficiency and workflow management.
SnapLogic simplifies low-code development with drag-and-drop tools, pre-built snaps, and seamless integration, enhancing efficiency and user experience.
Automation is more advanced, deployment is fast, and version control has been simplified.
Data scientist at Advarisk
The user interface is comprehensive and lets me view all my jobs on one page, monitor everything, and access the job history.
Cloud Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
If I have a staff that operates Control-M on Windows Server, they will easily pick it up if they need to run it on Unix or mainframes. It's the same interface, saving time and improving efficiency.
IT Guy at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees
I also like the whole child-parent pipeline feature; it allows me to break up a process into smaller pieces and then have one big pipeline that controls these smaller pipelines.
Head of Data Practice at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees
The drag-and-drop builder and pre-built snaps have helped our team through a very low-code approach, making it easier for us to develop fast pipelines and be more agile compared to the heavier integration platforms we used before.
Global Head - DevOps and AIOps Startegist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I find SnapLogic to be user-friendly, especially for beginners with limited experience in data engineering or ETL.
Senior Data Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Control-M
Ranking in Process Automation
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
186
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (2nd), Workload Automation (1st), AI IT Support (1st)
SnapLogic
Ranking in Process Automation
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (25th), API Management (24th), Cloud Data Integration (13th), Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Control-M is 3.5%, down from 4.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SnapLogic is 1.2%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Control-M3.5%
SnapLogic1.2%
Other95.3%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

RP
Batch Admin at NBC Universal
Brings data together from multiple platforms and optimizes cross-environment orchestration
The features of Control-M that I like the most include the ability to easily integrate or bring in different platforms into Control-M. For instance, AWS, mainframe, TWS, and something that's running on Autosys can all be brought into Control-M, converted to how Control-M runs it, and then the batch can be executed. This centralizes various applications in Control-M, which doesn't just have to handle batch processes, but also other tasks like reporting on required data. I find this functionality very useful and the setup is impressive, with more advancements yet to come. With Control-M, my company has achieved several measurable improvements since I started. The metrics indicate that the number of failures has dropped, and we have addressed the issue of excessive false alerts that I encountered when I joined. Previously, we received an overwhelming number of alerts daily, but now we manage to maintain that at a normalized level, perhaps around five to fifteen alerts, depending on running core batches and their setup.
reviewer2801493 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Migration projects have accelerated data processing and now require better latency and support
The latency is the biggest issue across iPaaS. That is the important part. I have worked not only with SnapLogic, but also with MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, and Jitterbit. They are all fine, but they have different kinds of functionality. They all have similar kinds of problems in different domains. But as I mentioned, SnapLogic has a little bit of an edge because of its functionality and inbuilt functions for Fintech, as compared to the others. This I can say firmly. They need to assess themselves. In this day and age, as I mentioned earlier, terabytes of data need to be read and then have a quick turnaround for downstream systems, especially for GenAI or any LLMs. Then they can definitely improve themselves because right now, most things, in fact, the GenAI, ChatGPT, Cloud, Anthropic, and so many others, require data quality with perfection and more precision. But for all of that, we require a data pipeline that can be read without latency and without any delay, for any reason. So if they can improvise that over the cloud, that would be really fantastic and a really good achievement for them. Not only for them, but for the customer as well. Then no matter what, people cannot leave SnapLogic. They need to be there with the snaps. I don't know much about that. I haven't referred to the documentation that much. But support is something that is pretty obviously required, rather than just providing videos. Technical support is required. The roadmap also needs to be very clearly mentioned and specified. Be specific in which domain they are going to do what, if they are coming out with that roadmap. Otherwise, overall, if they are going to improve their entire system as I mentioned earlier, for the reusability concept and the data pipeline concept, then they will definitely do some magic in the future. From the HR point of view, or for HR tech, improvement is required. A couple of connectors are not working with all the relevant APIs, and there is always a restriction in terms of fetching the data. So that is why I chose six. From the Fintech point of view, if you are asking on a scale of one to 10, then I would give it an eight out of 10. It is a huge one. There is always a margin for improvement, so that is why I chose eight. If you talk about HR, sales, or any other domain, there is a significant amount of improvement required.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise23
Large Enterprise143
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?
Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful because nothing gets left unattended since it is all visible in one place, and th...
What do you like most about Control-M?
First of all, the shift from manual to automation has been valuable. We have a tool that can automate.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Control-M?
From what I know about pricing, I would probably put Control-M in the expensive category, but you do pay for what you get; you are paying for a premium product.
What do you like most about SnapLogic?
Despite having no prior experience in SnapLogic, we managed to build, test, and prepare it for release in just three hours, handling heavy data efficiently.
What needs improvement with SnapLogic?
Some advanced features lack detailed documentation, and debugging complex pipelines could be more intuitive. We have faced a few issues with pipeline throttling, but SnapLogic support was responsiv...
What is your primary use case for SnapLogic?
Our main use case for SnapLogic is building integration pipelines across SaaS applications, databases, and internal systems to automate the data flows. A specific example of how we have used SnapLo...
 

Also Known As

Control M, BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer, BMC Australia CTM
DataFlow
 

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Sample Customers

The Bank of East Asia, LINE Bank Taiwan, Coop, Air Europa, Carrefour, Itau Unibanco, Snam, Embraer, ANZ Bank, EDP, Dominio's, Tampa General Hospital, W&W Informatik GmbH, Veterans General, Up Sí Vale, Sky Italia, REWE digital GmbH, Raymond James, Railinc, Navistar, Management Science Associates, Colruyt, CARFAX, Banpara, Aspiag Service, Amadeus, AG Insurance, ING Bank Slaski
Adobe, ADP, BlackBerry, Bonobos, Box, Capital One, Dannon, Eero, Endo, Gensler, HCL, HP, Grovo, HIS, iRobot, Leica, Merck, Sans, Target, Verizon, Vodafone, Yelp, Yahoo!
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