reviewer1356075 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT at Bouw Logistic Services
Real User
Automates different steps in your business processes
Pros and Cons
  • "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."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

We use it for replacing files from our FTP server to our network work folders or as an email selector for invoices. We receive invoices into a certain mailbox depending on the sender address where we make mail triggers. In the trigger, we can manage what to do with the attachments:

  1. We put the invoice into a process folder. 
  2. We put the attachments into a subfolder where we merge the invoice with attachments. 
  3. Once you make the job/trigger in every mail, it is processed automatically.

How has it helped my organization?

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.

What is most valuable?

Mail trigger: When a mail is delivered into a specific inbox, you can fire off your task depending on this.

Event trigger: When a file is placed in a certain folder, you fire off your task depending on this.

There are a lot of tasks that you can use for all kinds of stuff. 

It's very useful to use variables which help you to specify some jobs.

The forum is very useful.

What needs improvement?

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.

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For how long have I used the solution?

Seven years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Very good.

How are customer service and support?

Michael and Henrik from support are very kind, helpful, and almost always available for questions when there is something wrong with a job (you have made), but is not working anymore. The have helped me often with different things. 

The forum is very useful for solutions on things you want to change or problems you are struggling with.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No.

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward with the help of support.

What about the implementation team?

In-house.

What was our ROI?

One month.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

No.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1346658 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Sitecore Developer at XCentium
Real User
Helped us reduce manual steps
Pros and Cons
  • "It helped us reduce manual steps."
  • "The error timeout and info could be better. When making web request calls, it will time out sometimes and we won't get any useful info out of the error response."

What is our primary use case?

We set up nightly sync tasks in which it is making different requests.

How has it helped my organization?

Helped us reduce manual steps.

What is most valuable?

Nightly sync tasks.

What needs improvement?

The error timeout and info could be better. When making web request calls, it will time out sometimes and we won't get any useful info out of the error response.

For how long have I used the solution?

Since 2017.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Nine out of 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Eight out of 10

How are customer service and technical support?

Support is AAA+, fast, and very detailed. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, but VisualCron was chosen by our client. 

How was the initial setup?

Straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

In-house.

What was our ROI?

ROI is 95 percent.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I am not be aware of what our clients evaluated as other tools.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Microsoft Azure
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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