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We performed a comparison between Automic Workload Automation and VisualCron based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Workload Automation solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Automic Workload Automation vs. VisualCron Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"It helps our efficiency because it is a batch processing tool which works without a menu.""We have seen big improvements in automation and automated tasks allowing our people to work on more important things for the company, as well as getting financial data quicker.""Automic Workload Automation is a highly complex yet versatile tool.""Workload Automation's most valuable features are perspective analytics and coding.""The most valuable feature is that it can be installed on any type of application on every kind of operating system and the agent can use it on these applications and systems.""It works to automate business processes over all the systems. You have a central point where you can automate everything.""I like that Automic Workload Automation has many features compared to other products. There are a lot of good features, and architecture-wise there is a valuable client concept. The architecture and the multi-tenancy is a multi-client concept. That is also useful.""Being able to script, create something I want the software to do for a specific job. This allows me to do that. Very powerful."

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"It has improved our organization with more automation within the business departments and less administration and development in the IT department. Usually, as the IT department, we are the bottleneck for many requirements within the business. With this tool, the business departments are able to perform many task themselves.""We don't have to do any coding. We just plug and play and it works.""The ability to clone jobs to shorten the time it takes to implement a process has been invaluable, but its flexibility also gives us the ability to create a job that can handle a multifaceted process with a complex workflow.""What I found most beneficial from VisualCron is that you can directly connect it with different databases, user accounts, and credentials. You can run queries from one machine to another using the credentials, unlike PowerShell, that's run by the machine itself. With VisualCron, you can directly ask other machines and run requests through user credentials. Suppose you have an AWS or Azure environment. In that case, you can maintain the connection between on-premises and cloud-based machines, which is the type of setup in the organization I'm working for. You can directly call some of the services via VisualCron on your local on-premises machine, and I found that an excellent feature of the tool.""'ve only had a few cases where I've had to request support in the past 12 years of use, but the support response time and resolution were was extremely quick.""It helped us reduce manual steps.""The most valuable feature of VisualCron is its ability to schedule interactive jobs so that you can have interdependencies within the job and interdependencies of a job on another job, and so on.""VisualCron is a very powerful program to automate different steps in your business processes. We use it to automate replacing files and inform departments about the replacement."

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Cons
"The new user interface needs improvement. The previous version was good and stable. Now, we have to check the new one before using a web browser. It is not stable.""In terms of what can be improved, we are in Israel, so we work in Hebrew. Now they are starting to move it also from English to Hebrew and to support the language, but for us it has been very difficult because the Hebrew looks like gibberish. So there are language issues.""The user interface could be a little more user-friendly, as it is not the best out there.""I hope going forward they will make some changes to the documentation. I hope they will write into the documentation what has changed and what the new names are. For example, some features have a new name. I hope they will make a translation the names in the old version to the names in the newer version.""I would not recommend using Automic's technical support for complex problems.""In talking with other customers as well, they would like to see a few enhancements done where you can pull in outside data sources to get a cumulative view from one centralized place.​""The pricing has the potential to be high.""There is one missing part in the product concerning recurring tasks. You can schedule a recurring task by a context action, and run it as recurrent, but it creates a time container which can be quit and disappears."

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"There are some conditions in the mail trigger, but you can only use them as an "AND" condition, not as an "OR" condition. This is an improvement that could be useful. For example, some people put "invoice" in the subject and others put "invoice" in the body. If I want to make a trigger for everybody whose sending invoices, I have to make two jobs for this now.""VisualCron is software, and you will experience performance degradation when you scale up. VisualCron takes too much memory or CPU power. We have to increase the hardware resources of a specific server or system.""I would like for VisualCron to expand audit log to show who changed job variables that are initialized per job run.""The only problem I face when I use the tool is that it doesn't contain much documentation or it doesn't have many video tutorials on its features.""An area for improvement in VisualCron is its cluttered interface. It isn't always easy to find all functionalities, so what VisualCron needs is a user interface expert who can improve the interface. There's a learning curve in terms of finding what you need from the interface of VisualCron. The technical support for VisualCron also needs improvement in terms of response time. Currently, there's no live support or hotline you can call to get quick answers, so this is what I'd like to see in the next version of VisualCron. A less cluttered and more streamlined interface, where you don't need to hunt for some of the features, is also what I'd like to see in the next VisualCron update.""Our suggestion to make it better and more manageable in terms of GDPR: Implement it in a very partnership way.""VisualCron's command console is a little bit difficult to understand and needs to improve.""I want to improve the UI in VisualCron, as it's not as user-friendly, particularly when setting up the task scheduler. If you're familiar with the tool, then no problem, but if not, you'll have a problem typing text because sometimes, the cursor points to other places, so there's an issue with text box alignment in VisualCron. That was painful for me when I was just a VisualCron novice, but when you become used to it, there won't be a problem."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Automatic is heavily integrated in our organization. The cost to change would be a huge factor for us, and we have not found any other product that is better out there."
  • "Do your own proof of concept. Make sure you know what you want. Be clear about what you want the product to do for you. Go out and meet with the vendor, then test it."
  • "The cost of arrays is high. If you want to buy an array for an application, and see value from it, you need about half a million dollars. That is too expensive."
  • "It costs to scale. While, it is scalable, the add-ons are expensive."
  • "It has helped us reduce costs."
  • "You do not need any humans to start jobs, so you can save a lot of money."
  • "We have received a lot of time and cost efficiencies from using the product."
  • "We cannot use all the functions because they are too expensive."
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  • "ROI is 95 percent."
  • "We are fine with a rather cheap setup. Licensing with VisualCron is fair. You have a simple one-year licence in different sizes. There isn't a licensing jungle with hundreds of options and opt-ins."
  • "The pricing is extremely fair, and because of that I recommend purchasing multiple instances to split out the processing load across multiple application servers."
  • "ROI is one month."
  • "VisualCron is correctly priced because it wasn't very cheap, and it wasn't overly expensive, so the price for it was set correctly. When my previous company bought VisualCron, it was €800 per server per year. On a scale of one to five, I would rate the pricing for VisualCron a five because it was just right. The tool was affordable, and it has one of the most competitive pricing in the market."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:It is easy to manage complex workloads and use electronic workflow automation.
    Top Answer:The solution was flexible in terms of pricing. We're moving away from it, not due to price, but rather based on our requirements. They did provide us with an unlimited license that matched our budget.
    Top Answer:The AI capabilities and predictive modeling aren't very good. I don't see a future for that. It's very basic. That's part of the reason we moved to Stonebranch. They have more analytic capabilities… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of VisualCron is its ability to schedule interactive jobs so that you can have interdependencies within the job and interdependencies of a job on another job, and so on.
    Top Answer:The organization is paying for the VisualCron license, so I'm not aware of the current pricing for the tool.
    Top Answer:VisualCron's command console is a little bit difficult to understand and needs to improve.
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    7th
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    14th
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    Overview

    Broadcom's Automic Workload Automation (AWA) stands out as a robust and advanced solution in the field of workload automation and orchestration. Designed for complex enterprise environments, it enables organizations to automate, manage, and optimize their IT workflows and business processes. This solution is particularly beneficial for IT professionals and business executives seeking to enhance operational efficiency, reduce manual workload, and drive digital transformation.

    Automic Workload Automation offers a unified platform for managing diverse tasks across various environments and applications. This centralization simplifies the orchestration of workflows, enhancing visibility and control. IT professionals appreciate this feature as it allows for streamlined management and more efficient resource utilization. AWA's architecture is designed to scale with the growing demands of businesses. It supports a broad range of applications and platforms, making it a versatile tool for different IT environments.

    AWA's analytics and reporting capabilities provide deep insights into workflow performance and potential bottlenecks. This aspect is particularly valuable for data-driven decision-making, helping organizations to optimize processes and improve overall efficiency. The ability to integrate seamlessly with a wide array of applications, databases, and systems, facilitates smooth and automated workflows across various IT landscapes, crucial for enterprises that utilize a mix of legacy and modern applications.

    Automic Workload Automation users on PeerSpot.com have highlighted several strengths; IT professionals frequently commend its robust scheduling capabilities, noting that it handles complex dependencies and scenarios with ease. The intuitive user interface is also frequently mentioned, simplifying the task of managing and monitoring automated workflows. Business executives, on the other hand, appreciate the solution's contribution to strategic business initiatives, such as digital transformation and cloud migration, due to its advanced automation capabilities.

      VisualCron combines many features into one product. Through scheduling you can set your Jobs to run on a specific time or event. The Tasks in each Job automate scripts and eliminate human errors. Through various Tasks you can integrate different systems through file transfer and conversion.

      Sample Customers
      ING, Adidas, 84.51, ESB
      7 Eleven, ABB Sécheron SA, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon Europe Core, Apple, Assa Abloy, Aston Martin, Banco Santander, BMW (Australia)
      Top Industries
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      Financial Services Firm29%
      Manufacturing Company13%
      Insurance Company11%
      Retailer11%
      VISITORS READING REVIEWS
      Financial Services Firm22%
      Computer Software Company11%
      Manufacturing Company10%
      Retailer6%
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      Logistics Company14%
      Pharma/Biotech Company14%
      Recruiting/Hr Firm14%
      University14%
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      Financial Services Firm18%
      Computer Software Company17%
      Healthcare Company7%
      Insurance Company6%
      Company Size
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      Small Business17%
      Midsize Enterprise17%
      Large Enterprise67%
      VISITORS READING REVIEWS
      Small Business13%
      Midsize Enterprise12%
      Large Enterprise75%
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      Small Business33%
      Midsize Enterprise11%
      Large Enterprise56%
      VISITORS READING REVIEWS
      Small Business26%
      Midsize Enterprise17%
      Large Enterprise57%
      Buyer's Guide
      Automic Workload Automation vs. VisualCron
      March 2024
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      Automic Workload Automation is ranked 7th in Workload Automation with 85 reviews while VisualCron is ranked 14th in Workload Automation with 10 reviews. Automic Workload Automation is rated 8.2, while VisualCron is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Automic Workload Automation writes "A tool requiring an easy setup phase that provides its users with flexibility and flow chart visibility ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VisualCron writes "It's user-friendly, and I didn't need long to understand the process". Automic Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Dollar Universe Workload Automation and AppWorx Workload Automation, whereas VisualCron is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, UiPath and ActiveBatch by Redwood. See our Automic Workload Automation vs. VisualCron report.

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