We performed a comparison between ActiveBatch by Redwood and IBM Sterling File Gateway based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Progress Software, BMC, IBM and others in Managed File Transfer (MFT)."Approximately ~20 hours of manual effort have been reduced to ~5 hours with the help of ActiveBatch."
"By implementing a sophisticated scheduling mechanism, the system allows for the precise triggering of jobs at user-selected frequencies, enabling a seamless and automated execution of tasks according to specified time intervals."
"Using this tool, if there are any huge failures, we immediately get an email notification, and the proper team will be informed, at which time they can act accordingly."
"There are hundreds of pre-built steps."
"For developers, it is easy to orchestrate the workflows and the integration has been very easy."
"I found ActiveBatch Workload Automation to be a very good scheduling tool. What I like best about it is that it has very less downtime when managing many complex scheduling workflows, so I'm very impressed with ActiveBatch Workload Automation."
"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"
"It can connect to a number of third-party/legacy systems."
"Very high functionality with the ability to plug in your own code."
"I have found almost all the features valuable."
"It offers easy utilization of resources for smooth transfers."
"This product has been a leader in the field of secure file exchange."
"It's highly configurable, there is no need for standalone scripting."
"The most valuable aspect is that it has good functionality."
"Some improvements can be made to the user interface."
"They should offer pricing that is more affordable."
"ActiveBatch UI could use a little more help, and video tutorials would be greatly appreciated for user guides."
"It does have a little bit of a learning curve because it is fairly complex. You have to learn how it does things. I don't know if it's any worse than any other tool would be, just because of the nature of what it does... the learning curve is the hardest part."
"Between version 10 and version 12 there was a change. In version 10, they had each object in its own folder. But on the back end, they saw it at the root level. So when we moved over to version 12, everything was in the same area mixed together. It was incredibly difficult and we actually had to create our own folders and move those objects—like schedules, jobs, user accounts—and manually put those into folders, whereas the previous version already had it."
"Some of the advanced features in the user interface are a bit confusing even after referring to the documents."
"The documentation is very limited, and it can be improved."
"Except for the GUI, everything looks good."
"Not a ten because it's a bit complex, not so simple. It's one product but there are many screens."
"The admin console needs some work."
"IBM is advising not to use the IT translate anymore but this is going to be an extra cost to the customer to use the alternative."
"Too many features; UI is not good."
"I would like to see auto-deployment without service disruptions."
"The API capabilities could be expanded to make integration more versatile."
ActiveBatch by Redwood is ranked 5th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 35 reviews while IBM Sterling File Gateway is ranked 4th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 6 reviews. ActiveBatch by Redwood is rated 9.2, while IBM Sterling File Gateway is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of ActiveBatch by Redwood writes "Flexible, easy to use, and offers good automation". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Sterling File Gateway writes "Easy to use with good validation and monitoring of the file transfer". ActiveBatch by Redwood is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, Tidal by Redwood, Redwood RunMyJobs and IBM Workload Automation, whereas IBM Sterling File Gateway is most compared with MOVEit, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, Aspera Managed File Transfer, BMC Control-M Managed File Transfer and Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT.
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