We performed a comparison between Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition and Rocket Zena based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition stands out for its robust job definition capabilities and exceptional error handling and integration features. Rocket Zena prioritizes user-friendliness and offers a diagram feature and containerized deployment option.
Redwood Software needs enhancements in reporting features, monitoring and alert service, user interface, and machine learning capabilities. Rocket Zena could improve visibility, agent monitoring, UI loading time, and documentation.
Service and Support: Redwood Software's customer service is generally satisfactory, however, there is potential for improvement. Rocket Zena's customer service is praised for its expertise and responsiveness, although it may take longer to access higher-level support.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for Redwood was challenging and took a lot of time. Rocket Zena's setup process differed for each user. Redwood necessitated training multiple teams and handling a decentralized structure, while Zena required comprehending various components and resolving integration issues with SAP.
Pricing: Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition has a higher setup cost compared to Rocket Zena. However, users find it worthwhile because of its value and user framework. Rocket Zena is more cost-effective and affordable, making it a suitable choice for small companies.
ROI: Users of Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition have experienced time saved and improved job scheduling, resulting in a return on investment. Rocket Zena has also delivered significant time savings and enhanced accuracy in job scheduling, leading to a positive ROI.
Comparison Results: Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition is the preferred choice when compared to Rocket Zena. Users appreciate Redwood Software's powerful job definition capabilities, comprehensive reporting and analytics, and integration with various systems. Additionally, its unique pricing model and good return on investment are highlighted.
"Redwood RunMyJobs has been very useful for job scheduling and checking and monitoring jobs."
"Error handling and the recovery feature ensure that my job processes are not stopped if any error occurs."
"It is very easy and easy to use, and minimal supervision is required to run it."
"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."
"Multi-platform scheduling makes it easier this way rather than accessing one platform at a time."
"Redwood manages all complex job workflow processes."
"There won't be a memory outage issue, as it uses its own server/ECC memory only."
"Our team was able to integrate it with the ITSM tool as well as security monitoring tools to make the incident creation process automatically feasible."
"In the latest upgrade, Zena added a web-based client. The more I use it, the more I like it. It's an excellent interface. They do a good job of steadily improving the solution to make it more useful."
"We haven't had any problems since we installed it. It runs as expected, we haven't had any critical problems. It helps keeps the business running 24/7."
"I like the whole product, but specifically, I like the license part. It's very easy to acquire a license for this product."
"The most valuable feature is the FTP file transfer."
"You can click Ctrl-G and bring a diagram view. You're able to view in a diagram format. The view that it provides is easy, and you can move to the left, up, or down. You can double-click on a certain process. It'll drill into that process and all of its underlying components. You can double-click on an arrow or a component, and it'll bring up a screen that'll have all the variables that are assigned to that particular piece, as well as the values at run time. So, the diagram feature of it, at least for me, is pretty valuable."
"From a Linux configuration point of view, Rocket Zena is straightforward. It's fairly easy to set up the server and agents once you know how to do it."
"Its FTP feature is very good, as is scheduling any process or task with the Zena client. I have found it to be very helpful. If a task fails, it gives you a prompt."
"I have used other tools with similar capabilities; it's the ease of use."
"The job log has a size limit."
"The solution should have more focus on security standards."
"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 only issue at first was that we had to manually delete or raise the event in order to run some of the events and wait for jobs, even if the file was kept at the correct AL11 position."
"Enhancing the user interface would make it more appealing and accessible to a wide range of users."
"Redwood automation software could be made more user-friendly and intuitive, making chores and automation processes easier for users to complete."
"Redwood Software has a high price tag, especially for small and medium-sized businesses that might not have the funds to engage in a complete automation system."
"It would be nice if Redwood RunMyJobs could work on different systems."
"The scheduling mapping is a little disjointed. There is no wizard-type approach. There are a lot of different things that you have to do in completely different areas. They could probably add the functionality for creating all components of a mapping or an OPA schedule. The component creation could be done collectively rather than through individual components."
"Another one that is probably a little bit bigger for me is that when there is an issue or there's an error, it writes on a different screen. I have to find the actual process name and go to a different screen to view the alert that got generated. On that screen, everyone's processes, not just the processes of the folks in my department, are thrown. It takes me a while to find the actual error so that I could go in there and look at the alert. It could be because of the way it was set up, but at least for me, it isn't too intuitive."
"One area where it could be improved is communication between the different servers. Sometimes there are processes that have already been completed but we get a status notification that they're still active."
"In the next release, I would like to have an alert feature to indicate when an agent is down. Rocket Zena is not capable of sending alerts that the agent is down. As of now, you have manually monitor to see when the agent is down."
"The UI is not intuitive, and it would be nice if there was a web interface."
"Rocket Zena is a mainframe-based job scheduler. I would like it to be more open so that we can use it on a distributed platform."
"The documentation has room for improvement."
"In the next release, I would like the user experience to be improved. The user interface should be more appealing to gen-z."
Redwood RunMyJobs is ranked 3rd in Workload Automation with 30 reviews while Rocket Zena is ranked 12th in Workload Automation with 9 reviews. Redwood RunMyJobs is rated 9.6, while Rocket Zena is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Redwood RunMyJobs writes "Simple to use, increases CPU speed, and reduces the cost of machine time". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rocket Zena writes "A continuously evolving, stable solution, with responsive support". Redwood RunMyJobs is most compared with Control-M, Stonebranch, Tidal by Redwood, AutoSys Workload Automation and Automic Automation Intelligence, whereas Rocket Zena is most compared with Control-M, Rocket Zeke, IBM Workload Automation, AutoSys Workload Automation and ActiveBatch by Redwood. See our Redwood RunMyJobs vs. Rocket Zena report.
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