For raw cc, in most cases enchanters will win handily.
In a direct dps comparison, a charming enchanter will always win.
Best not to directly compare. On my bard I've pulled off steady CC on 5-15 mobs continuously for over a half hour while the monk kept chain pulling anything and everything he could find up (God bless lv 54 aoe string snare) - ench can't do that. In the right circumstances, we shine with CC if you know what you're doing. At other points we are more than sufficient.
Bards are just different and how well they do depends a lot on skill. Many bards are terrible, and most of the rest are mediocre.
At the high end, I can feed mana faster than an enchanter, heal everyone in the group for 50/tick, tank content pretty easily, cc like a beast in some scenarios and adequately enough to get the job done in most other situations. Pulling is a cinch.
But ...
An ench with pet will always out-dps me.
An enchanter will give better and more reliable haste.
An enchanter will give (I'd argue) BETTER crowd control most of the time.
A mediocre ench will do more for a group than a mediocre bard.
The nice thing is, bard and ench actually complement each other nicely - especially if the chanter is charming.
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