SAP Solution Manager vs Active Control

[former_member563268]

Hello,

I have been doing a comparison study to identify the difference between Solution manager and Active Control offerings. What are the advantages of each over the other one. Any information based on the comparison between the two would be highly appreciated. Could you please share your inputs.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hello

I've used Active Control in multiple environments and have similar feedback as Spence in terms of the robustness of the tool, especially with regards to its analyzers that help check both technical and process risk areas. As we know SAP change management requires attention and my suspicion no tool is perfect and/or can make everything just a 'push of a button' --- it is often up to the team (developers, config, basis, security, testers, project management, scrum masters, etc) to embrace automation to use it effectively.

My only exposure to ChaRM was an older version (7.1 SP12) where we attempted to integrate it with a 3rd party ticket/work management tool (Jira). That proved to be far more cumbersome and combined with some UX challenges back then, we opted for AC which had much more flexible integration architecture and overall product support capability.

Eric