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Stonebranch pros and cons

Vendor: Stonebranch
4.4 out of 5

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PROS

Stonebranch stands out in security, especially with SFTP for encrypted file transfers and antivirus scanning to block files with viruses.
It acts as a single platform for centralized automation and monitoring, offering better visibility and faster responses in case of delays or incidents.
Reliability of agents and their compatibility across multiple technology stacks make Stonebranch valuable for bridging disparate technologies.
High Availability with Universal Controller allows failover from one server to another, ensuring uninterrupted operations.
Stonebranch offers multi-tenancy, allowing others to self-manage their estate, reducing dependency on a central team.

CONS

Stonebranch is not stable and has flaws.
Documentation could be more beginner-friendly.
There are issues with networking while integrating with other internal scheduling tools.
Occasional connectivity issues with agents not restarting after patching.
Needs improvements in analytics and handling of negative written codes.
 

Stonebranch Pros review quotes

reviewer948087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm
Oct 23, 2018
UAC helped us to automate manual tasks and reduce the time for people to do manual tasks.
reviewer948096 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 23, 2018
UAC is a wonderful product, and as an end user, I would fully suggest looking into this product.
reviewer948099 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
Automate batch processing jobs that used to run on cron and had very ambiguous logging.
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reviewer948102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
Most valuable option is creating tasks and triggering them on scheduled time.
reviewer948108 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
It provides good automation capabilities, our company decided that UAC will be a group standard.
RP
Senior DevOps Engineer at ING
Jan 27, 2020
Our organization could enter the cloud at full speed.
reviewer951501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 29, 2018
Customer service and technical support are very good and have quick reaction times.
Kay Lützel - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Fiducia & GAD IT
Oct 31, 2018
It runs unbelievably good because when we installed it, it ran perfectly.
reviewer952863 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 31, 2018
Throughout the years we have been working with UAC, the experience we have had with support has been very good.
CS
Technology Analyst at Nike
Oct 31, 2018
Earlier, it used to take us a lot of time for file transfers and creating a backup, but after this automation, the pain and time have been reduced a lot.
 

Stonebranch Cons review quotes

reviewer948087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm
Oct 23, 2018
Have a better graphical workflow overview, more information on icons, the UI uses.
reviewer948096 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 23, 2018
The FTP tasks. Ever since UAC changed to using cURL for FTP, we have had a lot of issues.
reviewer948099 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
REST API can be improved by exposing more information about running instances.
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reviewer948102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
In my opinion, scheduler sometimes is getting turned off due to causes that Opswise was not predicted.
reviewer948108 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Oct 23, 2018
In my opinion, training materials and FAQ/support should be improved.
RP
Senior DevOps Engineer at ING
Jan 27, 2020
Customer service reaction time is fair, however it happens that their will of help is not necessarily handy, especially when you are hardening the solution.
reviewer951501 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Oct 29, 2018
Dealing with customer requirements and enhancements, the process now is a little bit non-transparent.
Kay Lützel - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Fiducia & GAD IT
Oct 31, 2018
Run in Unix and Windows environments Additional features: Migration tool for encrypted username/password to use the new Keystore feature UDM third-party file transfer Enable proxy certificates for IBM System SSL.
reviewer952863 - PeerSpot reviewer
Application Manager at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 31, 2018
Virtual resource priorities could be better.
CS
Technology Analyst at Nike
Oct 31, 2018
More number of FAQs should be provided because I found it hard to configure when I started using this tool.