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AppWorx Workload Automation vs AutoSys Workload Automation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AppWorx Workload Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AutoSys Workload Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of AppWorx Workload Automation is 1.5%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AutoSys Workload Automation is 9.9%, down from 16.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workload Automation Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
AutoSys Workload Automation9.9%
AppWorx Workload Automation1.5%
Other88.6%
Workload Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Srikanth Gubba - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation boosts efficiency with a user-friendly interface
Currently, I have switched to negotiating through third-party vendors for licensing, which has made it more expensive. Broadcom should address this by dealing directly with customers again. Licensing fees have increased as they charge based on executions rather than user agents, causing higher costs. Technical support also involves third-party interactions, complicating direct assistance from Broadcom.
Antony Askew - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us manage complex workloads, reduce our workload failure rates, and save us time
The visibility and control features are somewhat limited. This is a recognized weakness, but thee vendor is currently revamping the user interface to address it. While the current UI is a bit outdated, it's undergoing improvement. AutoSys Workload Automation has some areas for improvement, particularly in housekeeping and product maintenance. These tasks are currently quite manual and labor-intensive for our team. Additionally, the reporting and forecasting functionalities could be more robust. One area for improvement with AutoSys Workload Automation is that it comprises several distinct tools configured to work together. This necessitates familiarity with multiple tools for effective solution management. Consequently, it can sometimes lack a sense of cohesiveness as a unified solution.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Atomic Applications Manager is user-friendly and accommodates around 100 users who can monitor and run their jobs effectively."
"It allows for efficient workload management and reports on the status of processes, which was a unique feature when it was first introduced."
"It has improved my organization through automation of back office and infrastructure procedures, and by integrating and orchestrating key business applications spanning multiple technology stacks."
"Scheduling is a good feature."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The interface is good."
"It is an object-based approach to task and process design in conjunction with conditional logic and event-based scheduling actions, which enables a build once/use often design methodology to be employed."
"The automated solution is the most valuable piece. Otherwise, we would have to be doing everything manually on every server."
"It has improved my organization by automating IT applications."
"CA Workload Automation AutoSys Edition is one of the most powerful schedulers that you have on the open systems, or going between Window servers; to be able to schedule and take advantage of the different powers that the automation has with it."
"It gives a real-time view of all the batch processing that we have. Monitoring-wise, it is really good."
"The web UI is beneficial and the granular security policies allow us to cover all of our audit requirements."
"The scheduling feature allows us to know when jobs are going to run and makes sure they run in the order needed."
"The features that I have found most valuable with AutoSys are that it is scalable, easy to use, fast, and always available. That's very important because if it's not steady then it's a real problem. So, at this point, we are satisfied with it."
"Integration with multiple services and applications across the enterprise."
"AutoSys Workload Automation is a stable solution."
 

Cons

"It is not really scaling per say because they are not putting much into it. They are trying to push their new product."
"The scalability could improve."
"Reporting, forecasting and intelligence could be improved."
"The compliance features are limited to the server and not the entire infrastructure."
"Currently, I have switched to negotiating through third-party vendors for licensing, which has made it more expensive. Broadcom should address this by dealing directly with customers again."
"We are looking for additional features that would allow us to call APIs and integrate the product with other tools more effectively."
"AppWorx Workload Automation does not support mainframe environments, which limits its use for larger and older organizations like ours that still rely on mainframes."
"It is difficult to integrate with the Active Directory (AD)."
"I would like to see the Service Orchestrator, a B2B product, and maybe a process audit."
"AutoSys Workload Automation does not perform performance tuning, monitoring, or management."
"It lacks support and integration with cloud computing platforms."
"Ease of implementation for upgrades."
"Reduce the number of operational files. This would make the job of a system programmer supporting ESP easier."
"AutoSys Workload Automation could improve the integration."
"​The cross-platform arena, where you can run work on multiple platforms, needs improvement."
"Because this product only computes processing days, it is hard when things need to be scheduled according to non-processing days."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price for annual licenses is a bit expensive so pricing is rated a two out of ten."
"The cost model is based on the number of orchestrated systems used."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"Licensing options are fairly straightforward."
"We paid to use the solution monthly."
"The return on investment would be very high because doing things manually without this product would be extremely expensive."
"The price of this solution is reasonable and there is an annual license required."
"People need to pay attention to how they use their ESP agents on the distributed platform. That's where some of the cost comes in, based on how many you need or how many you use."
"CA pricing has been a problem, and not looked upon favorably here at all."
"It is overpriced."
"The pricing needs to be improved. Some of my client's complained that it was too expensive."
"I don't have information on the exact licensing cost of AutoSys Workload Automation because that's managed by the tools and financing teams. For agents, it's close to $4,00, but for the server setup, it's usually a one-time license initially, and it's AMC which is paid every year and comes close to $8,000 to $10,000."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
45%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
5%
Insurance Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise77
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppWorx Workload Automation?
Compared to other tools, it is now expensive. Licensing now depends on execution counts as opposed to agent counts, leading to increased costs.
What needs improvement with AppWorx Workload Automation?
Currently, I have switched to negotiating through third-party vendors for licensing, which has made it more expensive. Broadcom should address this by dealing directly with customers again. Licensi...
What is your primary use case for AppWorx Workload Automation?
In general, I use Atomic Applications Manager to manage our unique servers in our cloud infrastructure, specifically for support in our manufacturing industry. We are an enterprise and utilize many...
How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?
Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful because nothing gets left unattended since it is all visible in one place, and th...
What do you like most about AutoSys Workload Automation?
The most valuable aspects of AutoSys Workload Automation are its performance, scalability, and ease of getting started for new users.
 

Also Known As

CA Automic Applications Manager
CA Workload Automation, CA Workload Automation AE
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Sandvik, Hanwha Life
Gaumont, Mercantil do Brasil, CCEE, Hanwha Life
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