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We performed a comparison between Dollar Universe Workload Automation and IBM Workload Automation 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 Dollar Universe Workload Automation vs. IBM Workload Automation Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The solution is easy to use and is one of its most valuable features...I rate its scalability a nine out of ten.""Some of the automation options are quite good.""The most valuable features of Dollar Universe Workload Automation are stability and scalability."

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"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 project we worked on involved the running of nearly 24,000 job instances in a single day, so I would say that the solution is stable.""The initial setup is easy.""Provides a robust, full spectrum enterprise-wide WLA platform.""The support from Cisco is very good. I was with them as a company for 40 years""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."

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Cons
"There are some features that don't work as expected.""The interface of Dollar Universe Workload Automation could improve to something more modern. Additionally, Kubernetes is not an option to use in""The solution needs stability improvement when connecting to the script or trying to find something. It takes a few seconds to perform the function or needs a complete reorganization."

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"Scalability-wise, it can be a little bit challenging.""The configuration of IBM Workload Automation has some challenges. We have a difficult time customizing it, but it is similar to other solutions.""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.""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.""It would be helpful to have a mobile app that could be used to follow the job schedule.""The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us.""The performance of the previous versions could be better.""This solution does have bugs and could be improved in this regard. However, these bugs are resolved relatively quickly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price of Dollar Universe Workload Automation is comparable to other solutions on the market. There can be discounts available depending on the business."
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  • "To my knowledge, IWA is the only WLA product that will provide "parallel tracking" capability to assist in upgrading from one platform to IWA."
  • "It is about one-third of the cost of a controller."
  • "The contract is with the customer with whom we are working, so IBM is not directly involved in this."
  • "We transitioned from a server license to per job license, and that saved us a lot money."
  • "Pricing depends on the number of agents that you install."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of Dollar Universe Workload Automation are stability and scalability.
    Top Answer:The price of Dollar Universe Workload Automation is comparable to other solutions on the market. There can be discounts available depending on the business. The price of the solution is flexible.
    Top Answer:The interface of Dollar Universe Workload Automation could improve to something more modern. Additionally, Kubernetes is not an option to use in
    Top Answer:Sometimes we have issues with the solution's stability. So, stability can be improved. Reporting and visibility of the solution need improvement. These days, we need more visibility. We need to access… more »
    Top Answer:We are using IBM Workload Automation to run batch operations. The development teams batches, and the team that makes a plan and schedules the batches to be executed, and keep track of the summary of… more »
    Ranking
    21st
    out of 51 in Workload Automation
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    Average Words per Review
    362
    Rating
    8.0
    13th
    out of 51 in Workload Automation
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    Average Words per Review
    428
    Rating
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    Also Known As
    CA Automic Dollar Universe
    IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, IBM TWS
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    Overview

    Optimize IT workload in high-volume, hybrid, heterogeneous environments
    Dollar Universe Workload Automation (formerly CA Automic Dollar Universe) automates and optimizes IT workloads in today’s high volume, hybrid, heterogeneous environments. Its real-time, event-driven fully distributed architecture guarantees your business processes complete on time, in a reliable, reportable and measurable fashion. Dollar Universe Workload Automation offers innovative, decentralized architecture that delivers high resilience even in tough environments and limits the risk of a single point of catastrophic failure. Clocks, calendars, events and alerts can all be combined with complex dependencies to efficiently drive the most critical IT processes you need to run your business.

    IBM Workload Automation is a complete solution for batch and real-time workload management, available for distributed mainframe or hosted in the cloud. Use it to drive business and IT workloads on hosted servers, with virtually no cost of ownership for your central server. Increase your productivity with powerful plan- and event-driven scheduling, and run and monitor your workloads wherever you are. This includes interfaces dedicated to application developers and operators, providing them both autonomy and precise governance.
    Sample Customers
    TCS Bancs, Gaumont, Bank Turkey
    Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Insurance Company8%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Manufacturing Company16%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Local Government5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company8%
    Insurance Company8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise90%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise82%
    Buyer's Guide
    Dollar Universe Workload Automation vs. IBM Workload Automation
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Dollar Universe Workload Automation vs. IBM Workload Automation and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Dollar Universe Workload Automation is ranked 21st in Workload Automation with 3 reviews while IBM Workload Automation is ranked 13th in Workload Automation with 28 reviews. Dollar Universe Workload Automation is rated 6.6, while IBM Workload Automation is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Dollar Universe Workload Automation writes "An easy-to-use and scalable solution needing some improvement in stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Workload Automation writes "With an easy setup phase in place, agent-based installation can be done in minutes". Dollar Universe Workload Automation is most compared with Automic Workload Automation, Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation and Stonebranch, whereas IBM Workload Automation is most compared with Control-M, AutoSys Workload Automation, HCL Workload Automation, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Tidal by Redwood. See our Dollar Universe Workload Automation vs. IBM Workload Automation report.

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