IBM CICS Transaction Server vs. IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

IBM CICS Transaction Server

IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM CICS Transaction Server	Score 10.0 out of 10	N/A	IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System) is mixed-language application server that runs on IBM z/OS. CICS® Transaction Server, often called CICS, is used for hosting transactional enterprise applications in a hybrid architecture.	N/A
IBM Sterling Connect:Direct	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct provides security-hardened, point-to-point file transfers to lessen dependency on unreliable File Transfer Protocol (FTP) transfers. It is optimized for high-volume delivery of files within and among enterprises. The solution aims to ensure more reliable movement of files, from batch integration and movement of large images or catalogs, to synchronization with remote locations. Sterling Connect:Direct also supports hybrid cloud deployment through certified containers…	N/A

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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

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Application Servers

Comparison of Application Servers features of Product A and Product B
	IBM CICS Transaction Server 8.0 Ratings 1% above category average	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct - Ratings
IDE support	5.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Security management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Administration and management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Application server performance	10.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Installation	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Open-source standards compliance	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
Small Businesses	NGINX Score 9.2 out of 10	DataMotion Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	NGINX Score 9.2 out of 10	DataMotion Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises	NGINX Score 9.2 out of 10	Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM CICS Transaction Server	IBM Sterling Connect:Direct
Likelihood to Recommend	The strengths of CICS are certainly the scalability. The multilevel architecture of the CICS regions, security, and performance, manages to manage large volumes of transactions with efficient performances. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Pros	De facto standard in the legacy enterprise Multiplatform connection Native connection with DB2 Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Cons	Would like to see the transaction response matrix on the average transaction response among all requests. Would like to see GUI tool to be able to see currently running transactions Would like to be able to get the details of where the cics transaction was triggered from Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	IBM CICS Transaction Server product works well in conjunction with IBM Db2 and they go together very well. Both are equally scalable and reliable products to use. They both can handle very large numbers of transactions and have been around for decades and stood for times and have great experience by those who have used it. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	It has allowed us to use our decades old code and still continue to support the business Allows us to have faster time to market and modernize our systems We can still continue to use our legacy resources for modern systems Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	No answers on this topic
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