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Shane Bailey
Integrates with many solutions, significantly improves our execution time, and has a good price-to-performance ratio
Over the past so many years, I have learned that one of the most important features is giving everybody one tool that can do many different types... Read more →
Dustin McVey
Maintains dependencies and constraints among a large number of workflows and it always triggers jobs at the...
It's really helpful with scheduling and setting up dependencies. I primarily use it with our data warehouse and there are a lot of dependencies.... Read more →
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  • "The cost is basically $100 a job, give or take."
  • "This is an area where it is a little difficult to work with BMC. They want to do licenses by job, which is what we have. For example, the simplest is to license by job, but they can also license by nodes. While the licensing is simple to use, it might not be the correct licensing model for the customer. It is okay because we want to license by job, which is something measurable. At the end of the day, licensing by job is the most important."
  • "The cost of the hardware is high. Because you need to license each job, it is costly."
  • "You're going to spend a lot of money upfront, but the benefits you're going to get out of it are going to quickly pay for it."
  • "Initially, our licensing model was based on the number of jobs per day. That caused some issues because we were restricted to a number. So at our renewal time we said, 'We want to convert from number of jobs to number of endpoints.' That cost us extra money but it gave us additional capabilities, without worrying about the number of jobs."
  • "BMC's price is based on the number of jobs."
  • "You must accept that BMC licensing can be very confusing. No one can easily understand how they calculate things, whether it is user-based, job-based, or server-based. The calculation is quite tough. How BMC calculates licensing is not easily available anywhere."
  • "There are human costs in addition to the standard pricing and licensing of this solution."

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  • "Currently, we are paying approximately $7,000 yearly, which includes support."
  • "ActiveBatch is currently redesigning themselves. In the past, they were a low cost solution for automation. They had a nice tool that was very inexpensive. With their five-year plan, they will be more enhancement-driven, so they're trying to improve their software, customer service, and the way that their customers get information from them. In doing that, they're raising the price of their base system. They changed from one pricing model to another, which has caused some friction between ActiveBatch and us. We're working through that right now with them. That's one of the reasons why we're why we were evaluating other software packages."
  • "The pricing was fair. There are additional costs for the plugins. We have the standard licensing fees for different pieces, then we have the plugins which were add-ons. However, we expected that."
  • "I like ActiveBatch Workload Automation's licensing model because they're not holding you down on an agentless model or agent model, where every server needs to have an agent. That's the main selling point of the solution and I hope they stay that way."
  • "If you compare ActiveBatch licensing to Control-M, you're looking at $50,000 as opposed to millions."

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    Questions from the Community
    How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?
    Top Answer:Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful… more »
    What is the biggest difference between Oracle DAC Scheduler and Control-M?
    Top Answer:Hi! I don't know the "Oracle DAC Scheduler", but I can say that in most competitive solutions Control-m stands out in… more »
    What do you like most about Control-M?
    Top Answer:As soon as you have an issue, a ticket is created and the tech support is quite responsive.
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    What do you like most about ActiveBatch Workload Automation?
    Top Answer:One of the most valuable features of this solution is the versatility of the prebuilt jobs.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ActiveBatch Workl...
    Top Answer:I like ActiveBatch Workload Automation's licensing model because they're not holding you down on an agentless model or… more »
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    What needs improvement with ActiveBatch Workload Automation?
    Top Answer:Any product is going to have some room for improvement, no matter what. I see the company has already ventured into AWS… more »
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    Control M
    ActiveBatch
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    Overview

    Control-M simplifies application and data workflow orchestration on premises or as a service. It makes it easy to build, define, schedule, manage, and monitor production workflows, ensuring visibility, reliability, and improving SLAs.

    • Accelerate new business applications into production—by embedding workflow orchestration into your CI/CD pipeline
    • Scale Dev and Ops collaboration, with a Jobs-as-Code approach
    • Simplify workflows across hybrid and multi-cloud environments with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform integrations
    • Deliver data-driven outcomes faster, managing big data workflows in a scalable way
    • Take control of your file transfer operations with integrated, intelligent file movement and visibility

    Orchestrate your entire tech stack with ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Enterprise Job Scheduling. Build and centralize end-to-end workflows under a single pane of glass. Seamlessly manage systems, applications, and services across your organization. Eliminate manual workflows with ActiveBatch so you can focus on higher value activities that drive your company forward.

    Limitless Endpoints: Use native integrations and our low-code REST API adapter to connect to any server, any application, any service.

    Proactive Support Model: 24/7- US-based support and predictive diagnostics.

    Low Code Drag-and-Drop GUI: Easily build reliable, customizable, end-to-end processes.

    Sending big files online is quick and easy. Simply upload your documents or multimedia files and we'll notify your recipient by email when they're ready to download. It's that easy!

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    Sample Customers
    CARFAX, Tampa General Hospital, Navistar, Amadeus, Raymond James, Railinc
    Informatica, D&H, ACES, PrimeSource, Sub-Zero Group, SThree, Lamar Advertising, Subway, Xcel Energy, Ignite Technologies, Whataburger, Jyske Bank, Omaha Children's Hospital
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    Top Industries
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    Financial Services Firm32%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Retailer8%
    Healthcare Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company32%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Insurance Company8%
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    Insurance Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Leisure / Travel Company8%
    Pharma/Biotech Company8%
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    Computer Software Company27%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise78%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise36%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    ActiveBatch Workload Automation is ranked 5th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 8 reviews while Adobe SendNow is ranked 31st in Managed File Transfer (MFT). ActiveBatch Workload Automation is rated 8.8, while Adobe SendNow is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of ActiveBatch Workload Automation writes "Everything runs automatically from start to finish; we don't have to worry about somebody clicking the wrong button". On the other hand, ActiveBatch Workload Automation is most compared with AutoSys Workload Automation, Tidal Automation, VisualCron, Automic Workload Automation and ASG-Zena, whereas Adobe SendNow is most compared with .

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