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AutoSys Workload Automation vs Redwood RunMyJobs comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 15, 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

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
Redwood RunMyJobs
Ranking in Workload Automation
12th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of AutoSys Workload Automation is 9.9%, down from 16.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Redwood RunMyJobs is 8.7%, up from 4.2% 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%
Redwood RunMyJobs8.7%
Other81.4%
Workload Automation
 

Featured Reviews

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 While the current UI is a bit outdated, it's undergoing improvement.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.
MaheshKumar6 - PeerSpot reviewer
Future-proof and powerful with great support
Improvements include: 1) Cost of the Software. Redwood is more expensive than most of the other Automation Software available today; they could make it budget-friendly. 2) It has limited reporting features. Some basic reporting features are missing. 3) There is no option to extract data in Excel. This feature could help in finding errors in the data. 4) Integration with ServiceNow is not supported. 5) The cloud platform compatibility is not up to the mark. 6) Security standards need to be improved. 7) Handling failure is not great; the workflow stops when a job fails and human intervention is required. 8) Configuration and set-up are difficult for someone with less coding knowledge. 9) They need to provide more documentation to assist new users.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We get better reports than we use to have."
"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."
"It is stable, it works, and it does what it is supposed to."
"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."
"Without this product we would have to manually submit jobs and it would take longer. There would also be a much greater possibility of jobs running wrong and/or not at the right time."
"The ability to create calendars, calendering for batch jobs to run on a scheduled frequency."
"From an orchestrator perspective, it simplifies your workflow and job flow."
"Easy configuration and integration with SAP."
"In Redwood Automation, we can easily fetch the daily reports from the system as per the client's requirement and track the status of every job which is running, aborted, or canceled."
"It saves us a lot of time and money by doing jobs automatically."
"Redwood manages all complex job workflow processes."
"With automation in place, employees can focus on more strategic tasks that require human expertise, increasing overall productivity."
"By automating the job processes it has saved us a lot of time and resources."
"Its monitoring and alerting features are what I found the most valuable."
"It is very easy and easy to use, and minimal supervision is required to run it."
"This product is simple and easy to use."
 

Cons

"More benefits with the agent upgrades, and that's about it. Other than that we have no complaints with it. It's been awesome."
"​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.​"
"The scalability is poor because I cannot use it for all automation solutions."
"We are trying to see if we can use this from a cloud perspective with AWS, Azure, and other clouds, but it seems that there is no cloud integration in this product. We would like to see cloud integration. We are very pleased with this solution, but we are moving our application to the cloud, and we found out that it doesn't support any cloud features. So, we are trying to find a replacement."
"Ease of implementation for upgrades."
"Some support issues need to be addressed, but not through email, through personal contact via phone or WebEx."
"There is a difference between a web interface and the thick client interface. We particularly like a thick client interface, and it has gone away."
"The solution could improve by having support for container environments."
"The reports are downloaded in .CAR file format, which makes it difficult to convert to an Excel file."
"The solution should have more focus on security standards."
"We need the automatic creation of incidents for failed jobs."
"I have not noted any downsides."
"The product can improve customer service."
"Due to the abundance of competing automation technologies available on the market, connectivity with any cloud platform can be improved."
"The dashboard provided can be made more visually appealing and could include more critical data that would help associates in one glance get the required information."
"The addition of machine learning capabilities could help Redwood Workload Automation Software better predict job and workflow performance, detect anomalies, and optimize operations based on historical data."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is overpriced."
"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."
"Validate how many agents you need beforehand."
"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."
"CA pricing has been a problem, and not looked upon favorably here at all."
"It initially surprised me because we went from an application that was priced by connection to agents/the number of agents to an application that was priced based on the number of job executions. At that time, many of the products we looked at were also priced on job execution. That seems to be more common in the business or in the vendors that provide solutions out there, but that was probably our biggest difference."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
45%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
5%
Insurance Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
7%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise77
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise55
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What advice do you have for others considering Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition?
Even though it is highly-priced, it is a go to SAP product. I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
What do you like most about Redwood RunMyJobs?
We can achieve anything that anything that we would like to do. In SAP, it's not generally possible with just with SAP. So we have solution manager as an option, but run by job.
What needs improvement with Redwood RunMyJobs?
Price-wise, it is not affordable. When we compare with other industry-leading software and even the same scale, there are certain software that can compete with Redwood, but Redwood is very highly ...
 

Also Known As

CA Workload Automation, CA Workload Automation AE
Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition, Redwood Business Process Automation - Workload Edition, RunMyJobs, Redwood RunMyJobs
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Gaumont, Mercantil do Brasil, CCEE, Hanwha Life
AMD, American Home Shield, Avaya, Burberry, Centrica, City of Dallas, The Container Store, Core & Main, Daikin, Dart Containers, Deere, Energizer, Epson, Halliburton, Keen Foodware, National Gypsum, Rockport Group, Ryder, Technicolor, The University of Michigan, Virgin Money, Whitbread
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