We performed a comparison between IBM Workload Automation and Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Features: IBM Workload Automation provides client-driven feature development, multi-node job triggering, and easy batch application tracking. Redwood Software stands out with its powerful job definition capabilities, simplified job management, error-handling, and integration with multiple systems.
The review highlights areas where IBM Workload Automation can improve, such as performance, navigation, job dependencies, daily schedule refreshes, stability, reporting visibility, and integration with new technologies. Redwood can enhance its reporting features, fix minor issues, improve monitoring and alert service, add role-based access, enhance metrics explorer, incorporate machine learning and AI capabilities, and provide more robust reporting and analytics capabilities.
Service and Support: Customers have praised IBM Workload Automation's technical support, particularly their lab advocacy program for code support. However, some challenges exist in pinpointing the origin of specific issues. Redwood has generally received positive feedback regarding their support, although there is room for improvement.
Ease of Deployment: IBM Workload Automation's initial setup can be difficult for those who are not familiar with IBM tools or application development. However, with help from an IBM engineer or vendor, the process becomes relatively easy. The initial setup for Redwood Software is considered complex and time-consuming due to the large number of jobs and the complexity of the existing system.
Pricing: IBM Workload Automation's setup cost is determined by the customer's contract and can differ based on the number of agents installed. Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition has a pricing model that is based on the number of job executions. Users appreciate Redwood's pricing as it is cost-effective and beneficial for trying out new platforms. Furthermore, Redwood's setup cost and pricing are notably lower compared to competitors such as Control-M and UC4.
ROI: It is difficult to assess the ROI of IBM Workload Automation. However, Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition has demonstrated positive outcomes with a 10% return on investment.
Comparison Results: IBM Workload Automation is the preferred product compared to Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition. Users appreciate IBM's ability to incorporate requested features based on client voting, as well as its capability to trigger jobs in multiple nodes and pre-schedule them.
"The initial setup is easy."
"The technical support is great, the product is easy-to-use, and it is stable."
"The DWC, when configured correctly, is a great GUI tool to provide Self-Service Scheduling capabilities to the user community."
"Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
"I have supported this product in literally 100s of different environments and its unmatched in its ability to scale to any size."
"The whole product is valuable because it is a tool for batch automation."
"Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
"The most important feature is the creation of folders. It's a really great feature because you can organize the process with naming conventions."
"Redwood is more flexible and we can schedule the tasks based on different time zones."
"Multi-platform scheduling makes it easier this way rather than accessing one platform at a time."
"This tool helps us to monitor the job related to SAP modules."
"It can centralize and support on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments seamlessly."
"It is very easy and easy to use, and minimal supervision is required to run it."
"This product is simple and easy to use."
"It's a very powerful tool. It has a lot of flexibility for how you can define jobs and build them. There are different ways in which you can construct jobs depending on your specific needs and requirements."
"With automation in place, employees can focus on more strategic tasks that require human expertise, increasing overall productivity."
"It would be helpful to have a mobile app that could be used to follow the job schedule."
"There should be more custom documentation, specifically around Java APIs. There should also be more training. In terms of features, we are currently using only 50% of its features. We don't use all features that are available, but there is always room for improvement in all of the tools."
"The performance of the previous versions could be better."
"The configuration of IBM Workload Automation has some challenges. We have a difficult time customizing it, but it is similar to other solutions."
"The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us."
"Slow down on the releases a bit. I fully understand that IWA functionality is increasing at an amazing rate, but trying to keep up with the upgrades is rough."
"It should support other schedulers that aren't IBM products."
"This solution does have bugs and could be improved in this regard. However, these bugs are resolved relatively quickly."
"The documentation for this product is limited, which can be improved in the future."
"The product can improve customer service."
"The reports are downloaded in .CAR file format, which makes it difficult to convert to an Excel file."
"Adding machine learning and AI capabilities would enable Redwood to automate more complex business processes and tasks."
"There is a lack of resources and product documentation which, if included, would help to gain more knowledge about the application."
"They should be made more cost-effective in comparison to similar software services."
"Enhancing the user interface would make it more appealing to new users with limited technical knowledge."
"The solution should have more focus on security standards."
IBM Workload Automation is ranked 14th in Workload Automation with 28 reviews while Redwood RunMyJobs is ranked 3rd in Workload Automation with 30 reviews. IBM Workload Automation is rated 8.2, while Redwood RunMyJobs is rated 9.6. The top reviewer of IBM Workload Automation writes "With an easy setup phase in place, agent-based installation can be done in minutes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Redwood RunMyJobs writes "Simple to use, increases CPU speed, and reduces the cost of machine time". IBM Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, HCL Workload Automation and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, whereas Redwood RunMyJobs is most compared with Control-M, Stonebranch, Tidal by Redwood and AutoSys Workload Automation. See our IBM Workload Automation vs. Redwood RunMyJobs report.
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