We performed a comparison between AppWorx Workload Automation and OpCon based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: AppWorx Workload Automation is highly regarded for its ease of use and consistent performance. Users appreciate its intuitive interface and reliable functionality. OpCon stands out for its adaptability and ability to seamlessly integrate with other systems. Users also appreciate its self-service capabilities and the added value of automating manual tasks, resulting in fewer mistakes and improved efficiency.
Users of AppWorx Workload Automation are looking for improvements in API integration and better integration with other tools. They also mention that scalability could be enhanced. OpCon users desire improved functionality in the web-based interface and mention compatibility issues with upgrades. They would also like to have a mobile app for easier accessibility and improvements in self-service functionality. OpCon users mention limitations in APIs and interfaces of other systems, concerns about pricing, and the need for better training and cross-training.
Service and Support: Customers have highly rated AppWorx Workload Automation for its excellent customer service and support, specifically praising its technical support. OpCon's customer service is also highly regarded, described as great, timely, and helpful, focused on finding solutions. However, there have been cases where customers felt the solutions provided were not applicable.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for AppWorx Workload Automation is straightforward, although it may seem intricate to individuals unfamiliar with the system. Administrator access and involvement are necessary. OpCon's setup can be complicated, however, with the assistance of SMA consultants, it becomes more manageable.
Pricing: AppWorx Workload Automation has a costly setup due to the requirement of multiple orchestrated systems. OpCon offers a tiered pricing model and tailored licensing based on usage, making it a more affordable option. Customers find OpCon competitively priced and worth considering for those focused on cost.
ROI: OpCon is a highly efficient and cost-effective automation solution that provides substantial advantages. It streamlines tasks, minimizes time consumption, decreases mistakes, and eliminates the necessity for dedicated operators. AppWorx does not have any ROI details from users.
Comparison Results: OpCon is the preferred choice over AppWorx Workload Automation due to its flexibility, integration capabilities, and self-service features. Users can automate tasks according to their specific needs, reducing complexity and increasing productivity. The graphical user interface and database functionality are also praised.
"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 solution is very user friendly so anyone can use it."
"It is really a robust product."
"We have a lot of nightly jobs that need to be run. Therefore, we perform a lot of calculations and processes during nighttime hours."
"The automated solution is the most valuable piece. Otherwise, we would have to be doing everything manually on every server."
"The most valuable features of AppWorx Workload Automation are simplicity and reliability. Additionally, they recently transformed the UI which is better."
"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."
"I rate OpCon support 10 out of 10. I've never had a problem with them. I've always been able to get answers quickly and always seem to find a knowledgeable person to assist with any questions."
"It seems like it would scale well."
"File Watcher can run jobs when files are made available in a folder."
"We're also starting to use its Self Service and Solution Manager. My team in the data center and some of the development team use the Self Service. Developers are using the Self Service for upon-request jobs for their testing. They used to have to go through us to schedule testing and now they can just go on and kick it off all they want. They have also really appreciated that they have access to view and/or submit jobs."
"It allows us to have more information and more control than we previously had over the processes that are running in host systems."
"Reliability is always important, and the reliability of the system is outstanding."
"The most valuable features are its integration into Windows, into VM, and into AIX, as well as SQL."
"Previously, we would receive a file from a vendor, then we would have to go through and make changes to individual accounts in our core system. There are probably between 10 to 20 accounts any given week. It probably took around five minutes for it to run through the report and make all the changes, and that was if there was nothing complicated with all very straightforward changes. Now, that is done in 30 seconds."
"It is not really scaling per say because they are not putting much into it. They are trying to push their new product."
"Reporting, forecasting and intelligence could be improved."
"As a general process automation and integration tool, it has been superseded by other offerings, notably the Workload Automation suite."
"We are looking for additional features that would allow us to call APIs and integrate the product with other tools more effectively."
"The internal security model can be complex when configuring multiple user groups."
"The graphical interface is pretty cool but not the best so it could use some improvement."
"It has been a deprecated product, because it is so old. There has been a couple of new solutions that are a little more advanced."
"The scalability could improve."
"The calendar interface and the frequency interface is a very powerful, yet complex, section of OpCon in which all our staff have made mistakes. They have implemented what they believed was logically correct and then afterward discovered that their logic was flawed because OpCon did it a different way. That part, which is incredibly useful, is also incredibly dangerous. The interface or the ability to directly do more functions within the frequency definitely has room for expansion. As good as it is, it can be a lot better."
"The process of getting automations done and the process of testing them is a little complicated."
"Stability is an area for improvement. There are FTP agents that run on the MCP and they are there so that we can transfer a file from the MCP to the Windows environment or vice versa. Sometimes, and nobody has been able to figure out why, it just goes down, and all of my jobs that need it are hanging or failing... It would be very helpful if they could figure out what in the world is happening with that FTP client that's on the MCP."
"It was hard to automate in the beginning because there were a lot of concepts. I had to learn a lot of things, as I never used such a software before. I learned a lot of the concepts and ideas behind it in the beginning."
"It is a complex product to use. Programming the schedules is complex. It does require training from OpCon... I would like to see some online training, some videos. When I bring in a new employee... it would be nice if there was some basic information for her to look at to understand this program. Even for my systems administrator, it would be helpful if there were tips and tricks available."
"We would like a display of the created date, created by, and last modified date, as well as modified by."
"The logs are a little daunting to look at the first few times, however, as you begin to understand what you're looking at, it becomes easier."
"Some additional logging-information reporting would also help. They have all the information there but you still have to search around and look back. It's not right there for you, where you click and can get the reporting. You have to know the system and do some additional searches. So reporting is another area that they can build on by simplifying it."
AppWorx Workload Automation is ranked 17th in Workload Automation with 7 reviews while OpCon is ranked 9th in Workload Automation with 56 reviews. AppWorx Workload Automation is rated 8.0, while OpCon is rated 9.2. The top reviewer of AppWorx Workload Automation writes "The scheduling tool and finance module are valuable features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpCon writes "Gives us the ability to schedule dependent jobs across different mainframes". AppWorx Workload Automation is most compared with Automic Workload Automation, Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, Automic Automation Intelligence and Stonebranch, whereas OpCon is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, IBM Workload Automation, Automic Workload Automation and UiPath. See our AppWorx Workload Automation vs. OpCon report.
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Hello Rick, I couldn't help you with the Appwork applications manager.
On the other hand, one thing that is certain that
we are satisfied to have migrated all our jobs processing under OpCon (120 000
jobs/days) since 2018.
We have improved in terms
of service quality, we have made progress in the automation of our business
process and we benefit from more functionalities and reduces operating costs.
OpCon is a true
Enterprise Scheduler.
I hope this will help you in your
research.
Ian,
It isn't that AWA wont work. It comes down to support from another vendor. The vendor isn't currently familiar with AWA, so they are taking classes, and will be able to support it in the future
We are about to start to use AWA and was wondering why that platform will not work for you going forward?
@NickWilcox you recently reviewed OpCon - would you be willing to share your experiences with @Rick Murray to help him with his decision? @reviewer1166826 maybe you can give some insight into the pros and cons of AppWorx?
I am sorry because cannot help you. We have no experience with Appworx Application Manager.