Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Aug 8, 2025
Integration with my IT infrastructure using Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is very straightforward. We have APIs, and Connect:Direct works via API connections. It has two ports: one transfer port and one API port for commands, which is really helpful when integrating this product with any other product. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct a 9.5.
Senior Professional engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Apr 25, 2025
For Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, my overall rating is ten out of ten. The product is highly stable and scalable, with excellent technical support from IBM.
Host network support at a construction company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Jan 30, 2025
Although I don't remember the precise experiences with IBM support from the past, I found the assistance generally satisfactory. My role mainly involved supporting the network in a host environment. Currently, my evaluation is ongoing. All banks use Connect Direct and Xcom, which indicates the solution's reliability. I don't have any particular suggestions for IBM. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the solution as an eight out of ten. While it generally performs well, there are always minor issues and improvements in data transfer integrity that can be made.
Senior Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 5
Sep 19, 2024
Ensure you have a knowledgeable team to handle the setup and maintenance of Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct due to its complexity. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
When I consider the performance and use case, I would definitely rate the solution a nine out of ten. However, when I consider the licensing cost, criticality, and complexity of the tool, I rate the solution a six or seven out of ten because we also have to manage the TLS certificates. The solution has automation capabilities. Whenever the file is available on the source path, we have to trigger that file manually. We have batch jobs running and submitting the processes. Whenever the process is submitted, we will get the PID (Process ID) or the Connect:Direct ID. Whenever we send the file, it will generate a code. We need to get that code, and we need to check the logs. For example, we need to open Connect:Direct and type the command. When you type the command, you will get the entire thing where the source and entire copy steps are mentioned. In the copy step, if you see the successful, it means that the files are delivered successfully. So, the copy step is very important there. People who want any MFT tool should not use the solution because of its high licensing cost. The developers who will work on it are costly and not easily available. Any company that only wants to deal with file transfers can explore other tools like JSCAPE, MOVEit, Globalscape, or GoAnywhere. Overall, I rate the solution a six or seven out of ten.
Systems Infrastructure Manager at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Egypt
Real User
Mar 20, 2023
Overall, I would rate it a six out of ten. Sometimes we face issues and can't figure out the cause of failures. It impacts our business, and we have to find the root cause. But we faced a bad situation when we couldn't route calls properly. I have to investigate the issue to avoid it in the future. It's challenging when there's no support from management.
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Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 22, 2022
I would encourage any organization implementing this solution, to give access to every potential user during the initial configuration; scaling up with this product is complicated, once the initial implementation has been carried out. I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10.
Manager 3rd Party Application Support at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
May 12, 2021
We're a customer. As far as I know, we're not a reseller. We were talking to them about coming to an arrangement where we could offer their product for our customers who don't have a relationship with them already. However, that's not in place just yet. We're using the latest version of the solution. We're always constantly dealing with version control and updates. We use multiple deployment models, including the cloud and on-premises. When we use the cloud deployment model, we tend to use more than one cloud provider. I would recommend that other companies look at this product as opposed to the other major file transfer products - even for small files - due to the high-speed capability. By far, it could be the biggest workforce of your systems. Large or small. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct offers robust security and encryption for fast, reliable file transfers across platforms. It supports large files and diverse protocols, integrating seamlessly with Sterling Control Center for real-time monitoring.Known for its stability and scalability, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct handles complex data transfer needs in banking and other sectors. Users value its integration capabilities, automation features, and flexibility with encryption. Checkpoint...
Integration with my IT infrastructure using Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct is very straightforward. We have APIs, and Connect:Direct works via API connections. It has two ports: one transfer port and one API port for commands, which is really helpful when integrating this product with any other product. On a scale of one to ten, I rate Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct a 9.5.
For Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, my overall rating is ten out of ten. The product is highly stable and scalable, with excellent technical support from IBM.
Although I don't remember the precise experiences with IBM support from the past, I found the assistance generally satisfactory. My role mainly involved supporting the network in a host environment. Currently, my evaluation is ongoing. All banks use Connect Direct and Xcom, which indicates the solution's reliability. I don't have any particular suggestions for IBM. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the solution as an eight out of ten. While it generally performs well, there are always minor issues and improvements in data transfer integrity that can be made.
Ensure you have a knowledgeable team to handle the setup and maintenance of Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct due to its complexity. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
When I consider the performance and use case, I would definitely rate the solution a nine out of ten. However, when I consider the licensing cost, criticality, and complexity of the tool, I rate the solution a six or seven out of ten because we also have to manage the TLS certificates. The solution has automation capabilities. Whenever the file is available on the source path, we have to trigger that file manually. We have batch jobs running and submitting the processes. Whenever the process is submitted, we will get the PID (Process ID) or the Connect:Direct ID. Whenever we send the file, it will generate a code. We need to get that code, and we need to check the logs. For example, we need to open Connect:Direct and type the command. When you type the command, you will get the entire thing where the source and entire copy steps are mentioned. In the copy step, if you see the successful, it means that the files are delivered successfully. So, the copy step is very important there. People who want any MFT tool should not use the solution because of its high licensing cost. The developers who will work on it are costly and not easily available. Any company that only wants to deal with file transfers can explore other tools like JSCAPE, MOVEit, Globalscape, or GoAnywhere. Overall, I rate the solution a six or seven out of ten.
Overall, I would rate it a six out of ten. Sometimes we face issues and can't figure out the cause of failures. It impacts our business, and we have to find the root cause. But we faced a bad situation when we couldn't route calls properly. I have to investigate the issue to avoid it in the future. It's challenging when there's no support from management.
I would encourage any organization implementing this solution, to give access to every potential user during the initial configuration; scaling up with this product is complicated, once the initial implementation has been carried out. I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10.
This is a good solution and I rate it 10 out of 10.
I rate Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct an eight out of ten.
IBM B2B Integrator could easily answer the Connect Direct need instead of having pure Connect Direct. I would rate this solution a 5 out of 10.
We're a customer. As far as I know, we're not a reseller. We were talking to them about coming to an arrangement where we could offer their product for our customers who don't have a relationship with them already. However, that's not in place just yet. We're using the latest version of the solution. We're always constantly dealing with version control and updates. We use multiple deployment models, including the cloud and on-premises. When we use the cloud deployment model, we tend to use more than one cloud provider. I would recommend that other companies look at this product as opposed to the other major file transfer products - even for small files - due to the high-speed capability. By far, it could be the biggest workforce of your systems. Large or small. I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.