ESP Workload Automation Intelligence vs IBM Workload Automation comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ESP Workload Automation Int...
Ranking in Workload Automation
23rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Workload Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
28
Ranking in other categories
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Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Workload Automation category, the market share of ESP Workload Automation Intelligence is 3.0% and it decreased by 20.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of IBM Workload Automation is 7.5% and it decreased by 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

CP
Jun 24, 2021
Stable, connects with everything, and has great technical support
We use it pretty much for all of our scheduling needs across many of our business development groups Its ability just to connect to anything is its most valuable aspect. You can install it on any type of server, and you can run it and you're on a single point where you can interact with all of…
SR
Feb 13, 2023
Great ability to pre-schedule jobs but unfortunately the simulation is complicated
We use this product for batch processing. We have hundreds of users and carry out 25,000-30,000 jobs per day The solution has helped us because we have multiple node servers and the workload is distributed between them. The key valuable feature is that jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution can scale."
"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."
"I have supported this product in literally 100s of different environments and its unmatched in its ability to scale to any size."
"Provides a robust, full spectrum enterprise-wide WLA platform."
"The technical support is great, the product is easy-to-use, and it is stable."
"Technical support from IBM is very good."
"Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Jobs can be triggered in multiple nodes."
 

Cons

"The new version is going to have more web services where you could string together various web services so that you can create a workflow across multiple web services, which I don't think is there today."
"The schedule refreshes daily and that's a challenge for us."
"It would be helpful to have a mobile app that could be used to follow the job schedule."
"It should support other schedulers that aren't IBM products."
"Scalability-wise, it can be a little bit challenging."
"It is missing some features and can improve in areas where the competition is somewhat better like linking job dependencies."
"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."
"The configuration of IBM Workload Automation has some challenges. We have a difficult time customizing it, but it is similar to other solutions."
"The performance of the previous versions could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The contract is with the customer with whom we are working, so IBM is not directly involved in this."
"Pricing depends on the number of agents that you install."
"To my knowledge, IWA is the only WLA product that will provide "parallel tracking" capability to assist in upgrading from one platform to IWA."
"We transitioned from a server license to per job license, and that saved us a lot money."
"It is about one-third of the cost of a controller."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
35%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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What needs improvement with IBM Workload Automation?
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 acc...
What is your primary use case for IBM Workload Automation?
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 o...
 

Also Known As

CA Workload Automation ESP
IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler, IBM TWS
 

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Sample Customers

Sandvik, DHL, Landmark Group, SAIF
Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent
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