AutoSys Workload Automation vs n8n comparison

Broadcom and n8n.io are both solutions in the Workload Automation category. Broadcom is ranked #5 with an average rating of 7.7, while n8n.io is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3. Additionally, 94% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of n8n.io users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 1, 2026

AutoSys Workload Automation and n8n are competitors in the automation space. Based on comparisons, n8n stands out with its versatile features and attractive value proposition.

Features: AutoSys Workload Automation is known for handling complex enterprise-level workloads with robust scheduling and automation capabilities, supporting high-volume operations and excellent reliability. It offers advanced security features, workflow integration, and supports a wide range of platforms. In contrast, n8n provides a flexible and customizable integration platform offering over 200 pre-built integrations, a user-friendly visual interface, and real-time execution logs that enhance workflow optimization.

Room for Improvement: AutoSys could improve its integration speed with new technologies, as well as offer a more streamlined user interface to reduce complexity. Enhancing community support and reducing costs would also be beneficial. n8n could enhance its security features to further protect data privacy and improve documentation and support resources for beginners. Increasing seamless integration capabilities and adding more predefined workflow templates are areas for potential enhancement.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AutoSys provides a structured deployment model that suits large enterprise environments, requiring dedicated IT resources and offering comprehensive support services. n8n simplifies the deployment process, making it quick and accessible, with community-driven support emphasizing ease of setup and use, catering to smaller businesses.

Pricing and ROI: AutoSys has a higher initial setup cost reflecting its enterprise-level features, providing a strong ROI for large-scale operations needing its advanced capabilities. In contrast, n8n is cost-effective, benefiting from lower initial costs due to its open-source nature, offering substantial ROI for organizations aiming for automation without significant investments.

To learn more, read our detailed AutoSys Workload Automation vs. n8n Report (Updated: January 2026).

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JAMS

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Cloud Engineer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Has streamlined complex job scheduling across scripting languages while reducing manual effort

JAMS could be improved with a web client that is accessible and as fast as a normal website, eliminating the need to RDP to the servers to access the JAMS client. A functionality running on the JAMS server to continuously check the JAMS agents would ensure they are working properly. If an agent is not responding, a feature to restart the service from the job server machine would be beneficial. The upgrade process, particularly when switching from V6 to V7, could be clearer in terms of documentation, ideally with screenshots showing exactly what needs to be done on each screen.

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Pavan Katta

Assistant VP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Experience significant automation with robust integration and user-friendly interfaces

There are areas of AutoSys Workload Automation that have room for improvement. They are implementing good enhancements in the R24 release. The web UI needs some improvement. Cloud integrations are limited to 25 or 30 configurable plugins and integrations to the cloud. They can improve in that area. They have separate tools, not AutoSys Workload Automation, such as Atomic and other SaaS-based solutions that can run inside the cloud. AutoSys Workload Automation can be configured in the cloud, but it requires a substantial number of VMs depending on the load. For on-premises deployment, it is a very good solution. They need to increase their footprint in the cloud and improve the web UI. They are making excellent progress in the R24 release.

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Noach Ramallo

ERP recommendation specialist at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees

Automation has transformed complex workflows and has empowered non‑technical teams to build flows

Regarding improvements for n8n, I would highlight two areas. First, while there is a growing community, the ecosystem of pre-built nodes for niche or proprietary systems still lags behind some commercial competitors. I often have to build custom HTTP request nodes or create my own node packages, which is doable but adds to project timelines. Second, features for team collaboration and lifecycle management are still evolving. Moving workflows from development to staging to production can be a manual export-import process, and native Git integration and more robust user roles for larger client teams would be a game-changer. Regarding needed improvements, I believe much of the existing documentation is not peer-reviewed. There is definitely a big community, but if the documentation or tutorials were approved or at least had a badge from n8n, customers would feel that this meets the standards of n8n editors themselves, which would give more confidence in the flows.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"Our company is based on data. Everything we do is data-driven, so it has been very valuable having one place where we can process all of the data and do batch schedules with chunks of data."

"The overall product is fantastic. I love it. It has been a fantastic, solid product. If I have one tiny bit of a problem with it, the support team gets in touch with me right away. I don't know if I've had another service that has been as fantastic as the JAMS support team."

"The ability to sequence jobs is excellent; it means we don't have to schedule them individually, and if one fails, it doesn't unwind the entire workflow."

"I find the historical tracking feature of JAMS invaluable for reviewing past events."

"While I appreciate the other features, the agent stands out for its ease of installation and configuration for JAMS monitoring."

"The product is easy to use."

"One of the things I like the most, as a SQL DBA, is the fact that we can manipulate tables in the background. Also, the fact that you can have your own views and work with the product the way it fits best is a very helpful feature."

"The code-driven automation for more complex scheduling requirements frees up time because it's really easy to use... It's almost like a stand-alone software that we can't live without."

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"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."

"I find that it provides better agility in regards to job execution features."

"We get better reports than we use to have."

"Autosys is one of the oldest products in the market, and it has been around for quite a long time, close to 20 to 25 years."

"The actual scheduling of our jobs has helped us tremendously. Before it was all done manually, and we've totally automated the whole functionality, so there's no longer a case where somebody didn't run something."

"Automic Automation Engine provides us the ability to map logic using a scripting language."

"It gives us flexibility when doing releases. We can make changes for one day in a PDS member, since we stage our jobs by date, and the next day the normal job definitions are run."

"AutoSys significantly reduces manual effort."

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"The best features n8n offers are automation and integration with different tools including Calendar, Gmail, WATI, and many other tools, which help me complete my work faster."

"One positive impact that n8n has had on my customers' organizations is significantly less hassle over SEO or reaching out to clients and scheduling meetings."

"n8n helps automate jobs that no one enjoys doing, which are very repetitive, and it saves time and money because it handles those boring tasks that can now be automated."

"My recommendation is to start with n8n if you have any need for automation or integration, especially if you value control, cost predictability, and technical transparency."

"n8n is pretty flexible when it comes to pricing, setup cost, and licensing when compared to other platforms such as Make and Zapier."

"I appreciated how n8n can be integrated with other services such as WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and the automation tasks it performs."

"The low-code interface and the quick code writing within n8n that we can do and utilize is very helpful; it brings in efficiency, better time to market, and actually helps us."

"The capability of n8n to connect different applications and automate tasks while supporting over 200 pre-built integrations is pretty effective."

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Cons

"The product does not allow the users to cut and paste the job names from the screen."

"It is important to receive notifications if a charged job fails and SQL is halted. JAMS does not provide halted notifications by default, which is a critical feature that needs to be added."

"The ACL or access permission area needs to be improved. When it comes to defining and providing security permissions, it's a bit confusing if you are new to JAMS. JAMS needs to improve the features for security access or permissions."

"The JAMS automation code isn't so clean."

"JAMS could be improved with a web client that is accessible and as fast as a normal website, eliminating the need to RDP to the servers to access the JAMS client."

"The monitoring of the JAMS product and its performance is an area of concern for me."

"All my machines at work are Macs. JAMS client is a Windows-based thing. It is all built on .NET, which makes perfect sense. However, that means in order for me to access it, I need to connect to a VPN, then log onto one of our Azure VMs in order to access the JAMS client. This is fine, but if for some reason I am unable to do so, it would be nice to be able to have a web-based JAMS client that has all the exact same functionality in it. There are probably a whole bunch of disadvantages that you would get with that as well, but that is definitely something that would make life easier in a few cases."

"JAMS lacks source control features. Our previous solution had job control language, but JAMS doesn't. When migrating between versions, JAMS doesn't migrate all the data, like job change history, etc. Also, the scheduler doesn't have a way to make jobs invisible, so you can temporarily turn a job off if you decide not to run it today."

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"A better graphical user interface, because we have a lot of people using the client utility, and we want to get them away from that."

"We have to escalate through channels to get to somebody who knows what's going on. It takes time that we do not necessarily have."

"Because this product only computes processing days, it is hard when things need to be scheduled according to non-processing days."

"Documentation and cross-application externals could be improved."

"The reporting system, currently, could be better."

"Performance improvements in the UI would be appreciated."

"Most AutoSys Workload Automation customers are moving because of cost; it is more cost intrusive."

"Autosys is still lagging behind some competitive products from a functionality perspective."

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"However, I feel that for very complex production environments, it still requires considerable fine-tuning and knowledge, and sometimes it might not be fully ready to support large-scale implementations in production."

"Currently, most products nowadays include walkthrough or guide videos, short videos of 20 to 30 seconds that inform about any particular button or action, which n8n product does not have."

"When connecting nodes and referring to earlier nodes, the structure that has to be followed is sometimes confusing."

"n8n has a bit of a learning curve to it; you have to learn a lot."

"What I would like for them to improve is to include more nodes and different service provider integrations, just the way Zapier does."

"In my experience, n8n is not very stable, but it has the potential to be more stable."

"I have set up n8n on our local server, which is on a Contabo-based server, and sometimes it was losing connection."

"From my experience, n8n is stable, though the part that can be less stable is that you must stay connected to many APIs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a good product at a fair price."

"I haven't been involved in the financial side for several years, but we buy one host and unlimited agents, and we get a reasonable price for that. We're happy with the amount we pay and the scalability it provides."

"Definitely check how many single processes you want to run and count them as jobs. That is how you would work out your pricing on JAMS. For example, if you're running a number of commands and you can put them all into one script and run that script, you can count that as one job."

"The licensing model for JAMS is straightforward and based on the number of agents, not the number of jobs you run. It's cheap and fairly simple."

"It's expensive, to be honest, but it does the job."

"All licensing models are a little overpriced, but JAMS offers a good value, especially given their support response times and ability to handle unforeseen issues like the SFTP transfers. I hope to find more use cases to get a better bang for our buck."

"For what it does, the product is priced very well."

"It was $10,000 for the first year. Then, there is a maintenance cost for licensing every year that we get billed $5,000 for every year."

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"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."

"The return on investment would be very high because doing things manually without this product would be extremely expensive."

"I certainly think the pricing is worth the value."

"Validate how many agents you need beforehand."

"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."

"We paid to use the solution monthly."

"It is overpriced."

"CA pricing has been a problem, and not looked upon favorably here at all."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

42%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Insurance Company

Comms Service Provider

12%

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	18

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Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	77

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Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	2

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about JAMS?

I find the historical tracking feature of JAMS invaluable for reviewing past events.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JAMS?

They recently switched to subscription-based pricing, which increased. The price is fair considering the functionalit...

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What needs improvement with JAMS?

As far as we are using JAMS version 6, it looks good and there is nothing major to add about it. Everything is functi...

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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 b...

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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 starte...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AutoSys Workload Automation?

It is reasonably priced compared to the market.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for n8n?

Pricing is a bit high, and the setup experience had no cost; it was entirely free and there was no licensing required...

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What needs improvement with n8n?

I wrote a message to n8n regarding a problem I faced, but I cannot recall what it was. Currently, most products nowad...

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What is your primary use case for n8n?

I worked on n8n, and Morgan messaged me on LinkedIn to review and provide feedback about the n8n product. I have used...

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Overview

JAMS is an automation and job scheduling solution designed for workflow optimization, catering to businesses large and small with flexible licensing and integration options.

Offering both Core and Advanced packages, JAMS supports a range of environments from small teams to large-scale operations. Its standout features include integration with platforms like PowerShell, SQL, and SAP, coupled with capabilities such as dependency management and natural language scheduling. JAMS simplifies job management, centralizes workflows, and boosts productivity with its robust automation features. Customizable workflows and insightful logging make it adaptable for diverse needs, supported by responsive customer service ensuring seamless operations.

What are JAMS's key features?

Automation & Scheduling: Flexible automation helps manage complex job schedules efficiently.
Integration: Connects seamlessly with platforms like SQL Server, SAP, and Python for diverse applications.
Centralized Job Management: A unified interface for handling thousands of jobs daily.
Dependency Management: Supports complex workflows with efficient dependency tracking.
Insightful Logging: Provides detailed logs and notifications for precise task execution.

What benefits should users look for in JAMS reviews?

Enhanced Productivity: Automates repetitive tasks, freeing up resources for strategic initiatives.
Scalability: Flexible licensing models grow with business size and needs.
Efficient Workflow Automation: Streamlines job orchestration across environments.
Responsive Support: Helps ensure smooth operations with quick troubleshooting.

In industries, JAMS is employed for automating workflows and managing batch jobs. Organizations utilize it for SSIS, SQL Server tasks, file transfers, and integrating with vendor systems, achieving efficient file automation and data management. Scheduler enables precise execution of thousands of tasks daily, enhancing operational efficiency.

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AutoSys Workload Automation efficiently manages complex workloads across platforms, offering high availability and seamless platform integration. Its reliability and scalability are valued for enterprise-level automation, enhancing job management and reducing manual effort with robust scheduling and advanced security.

AutoSys Workload Automation is known for its user-friendly capabilities, effectively handling cross-platform job scheduling with mainframe integration. It supports high availability, ensuring reliable performance for critical operations. Despite enhancements needed in its GUI and integration capabilities, AutoSys remains effective for batch processing, file transfers, ETL, and managing dependencies across servers and applications. Improvements are suggested for deployment complexity and monitoring features. More effective licensing and scalability solutions, along with modern subscription models and cloud integration, could address cost and automation barriers.

What are AutoSys Workload Automation's key features?

Robust Scheduling: Automates job scheduling across multiple platforms efficiently.
Advanced Security: Ensures secure management of workloads.
High Availability: Maintains performance during critical operations.
Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with diverse systems.
Scalability: Supports growing enterprise demands.

What benefits should users expect from AutoSys Workload Automation?

Reduced Manual Effort: Minimizes manual task management.
Enhanced Job Management: Improves oversight and control over job processes.
Flexibility in Scheduling: Offers adaptable scheduling and monitoring options.
Reliability: Consistent job execution without failures.
Security: Protects enterprise-level operations.

In industries like banking, insurance, and retail, AutoSys Workload Automation facilitates 24/7 automated job execution, ensuring smooth task automation. It allows companies to manage enterprise workloads effectively, catering to batch processing, file transfers, and handling job dependencies in a consistent manner.

Broadcom

n8n offers a flexible, low-code automation platform connecting over 200 applications to streamline workflows and increase efficiency through visual configurations and real-time monitoring.

n8n provides a robust environment for automating tasks with extensive integrations, benefitting users through its adaptability and developer-friendly design. It supports AI model integrations like ChatGPT to enhance automation. While users value its configurability and real-time logs, they suggest enhancements in scalability, stability, and documentation. It serves a multitude of purposes, from billing and customer support to marketing and data management, by linking platforms like Airtable and Google Sheets.

What are key features of n8n?

Flexibility: Offers adaptable workflows and extensive customization options.
Low-Code Interface: Simplifies workflow creation through a drag-and-drop interface.
Real-Time Logs: Provides immediate feedback during task execution.
Integration Capacity: Connects with over 200 applications and AI models.
Data Privacy: Ensures strong data management to build user trust.

What benefits should users consider?

Time Savings: Reduces time on repetitive tasks, increasing productivity.
Cost Efficiency: Frees resources by automating various processes.
Enhanced Integration: Seamless connections across platforms boost workflow efficiency.
Customization: Tailored solutions through user-specific expressions.
Developer Support: Encourages advanced usage through a developer-friendly environment.

n8n finds use in industries like healthcare, supply chain, and education, automating workflows to improve efficiency. Companies leverage it for tasks from e-commerce to AI-enhanced customer interactions, enhancing operations with minimal technical input required.

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Sample Customers

Teradata, Arconic, General Dynamics, Yum!, CVS Health, Comcast, Ghiradelli, & Boston’s Children’s Hospital

Gaumont, Mercantil do Brasil, CCEE, Hanwha Life

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