We performed a comparison between ActiveBatch by Redwood and Comindware Tracker based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Camunda, Pega, Appian and others in Process Automation."The software offers real-time monitoring and reporting features that let IT teams keep tabs on the progress of their batch operations and workflows."
"It has helped with scheduling complex jobs with simple scripts."
"Managing the workload and monitoring the tasks were very difficult with manual interventions. Now, by using ActiveBatch, the process is automated and it runs tasks on a scheduled basis."
"One of the valuable features is the ability to trigger workflows, one after another, based on success, without having to worry about overlapping workflows. The ability to integrate our BI, analytics, and our data quality jobs is also valuable"
"We leverage the solution's native integrations regularly. We have to get files from a remote server outside the organization, and even send things outside the organization. We use a lot of its file manipulation and SFTP functionality for contacting remote servers."
"ActiveBatch can automate predictable, repeatable processes very well. There is no real trick to what ActiveBatch does. ActiveBatch does exactly what you would expect a scheduling piece of software to do. It does it in a timely manner and does it with very little outside interference and fanfare. It runs when it is supposed to, and I don't have to jump through a bunch of hoops to double check it."
"Error Handling is one of the best standout features of ActiveBatch."
"For developers, it is easy to orchestrate the workflows and the integration has been very easy."
"I love this software because this software helps me to increase team productivity day-by-day."
"The ability to access Comindware Tracker from mobile has been greatly valuable to our organization. We are often out of office and this can create timeframe and task management issues. Being able to access tasks and time tracking while on the move is a great asset."
"The configurable dashboard analytics and reporting capabilities ensure timely decision making."
"It was easy to set up my team with access credentials to their files."
"The feature I have found most valuable is the easy synchronization with other tools."
"The clean interface, prioritization, and private task lists aren't present in other solutions."
"This software makes it so easy and enjoyable to work with the team. Any user can learn and start using the application quickly."
"This software added transparency to our workflows. It helped with increasing throughput of clients and their satisfaction."
"A nice thing to have would be the ability to comfortably pass variables from one job to another. That was one of the things that I found difficult."
"There are some issues with this version and finding the jobs that it ran. If you're looking at 1,000 different jobs, it shows based on the execution time, not necessarily the run time. So, if there was a constraint waiting, you may be looking for it in the wrong time frame. Plus, with thousands of jobs showing up and the way it pages output jobs, sometimes you end up with multiple pages on the screen, then you have to go through to find the specific job you're looking for. On the opposite side, you can limit the daily activity screen to show only jobs that failed or jobs currently running, which will shrink that back down. However, we have operators who are looking at the whole nightly cycle to make sure everything is there and make sure nothing got blocked or was waiting. Sometimes, they have a hard time finding every item within the list."
"I have faced struggles to understand, set up the tool, and implement it in my early days as a new user."
"It could be easier to provide dashboards on how many jobs are running at the same time; more monitoring."
"Providing some detailed training materials could be very helpful for new users who have very limited technical information about the tool."
"They have some crucial design flaws within the console that still need to be worked out because it is not working exactly how we hoped to see it, e.g., just some minor things where when you hit the save button, then all of a sudden all your job's library items collapse. Then, in order to continue on with your testing, you have to open those back up. I have taken that to them, and they are like, "Yep. We know about it. We know we have some enhancements that need to be taken care of. We have more developers now." They are working towards taking the minor things that annoy us, resolving them, and getting them fixed."
"ActiveBatch is a little complex."
"There is this back and forth, where ActiveBatch says, "Your Oracle people should be dealing with this," and Oracle people say, "No, we don't know anything about ActiveBatch." Then, it all falls back on me as to what happens. Nobody is taking responsibility. This is the biggest failing for ActiveBatch."
"There are not very many report templates, and if there were more, it would really help."
"The initial setup seemed a bit complex, and there is no great documentation."
"I would like them to offer a one-time payment plan that one can choose."
"This solution lacks API integration with some popular websites."
"If your organization has only a few team members then this tool is not suitable."
"We are using the backdated version of this software. That is why we lack of some features. I hope when we update the version, then all the problems will be solved."
"The initial setup can be quite slow and finicky."
"Figuring out how to integrate defined teams or groups into this system is difficult, and there are no contextual menus."
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ActiveBatch by Redwood is ranked 6th in Process Automation with 35 reviews while Comindware Tracker is ranked 33rd in Process Automation. ActiveBatch by Redwood is rated 9.2, while Comindware Tracker is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of ActiveBatch by Redwood writes "Flexible, easy to use, and offers good automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Comindware Tracker writes "Easy to navigate and great for keeping everybody in the loop". ActiveBatch by Redwood is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, Tidal by Redwood, Redwood RunMyJobs and VisualCron, whereas Comindware Tracker is most compared with .
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