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Vendor: Fortra
4.4 out of 5

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Fortra's JAMS mindshare

As of February 2025, the mindshare of Fortra's JAMS in the Workload Automation category stands at 1.7%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
15%
Healthcare Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
4%
Energy/Utilities Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Government
4%
Non Profit
3%
Insurance Company
3%
Comms Service Provider
3%
Photography Company
2%
Logistics Company
2%
Educational Organization
2%
Legal Firm
2%
University
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Construction Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Media Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Transportation Company
1%

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Rob Grafrath - PeerSpot user
VP, Enterprise Systems at Capio
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Nov 18, 2023
Product version discussed: 7
We can scale up our organization's scheduling and automation without having to add staff to the department

Pros

"It has definitely drastically improved our capabilities to scale our automation. Before JAMS, there were a lot of manual processes. We had a couple of operators who spent all day doing that. A lot of the time with human intervention and human processes, it is as good as the person who may be following a procedure and human error is a big problem."

Cons

"The biggest area with room for improvement is the area that my organization benefits the most from using JAMS, and that is in custom execution methods. I happen to have a very good C# developer. Ever since we got JAMS, he has spent a lot of time talking to JAMS developers, researching the JAMS libraries, and creating custom execution methods. He's gotten very good at it. He is now able to create them and maintain them very easily, but that knowledge was hard-won knowledge. It was difficult to come by, and if I should ever lose this developer, then I would be hard-pressed to find anyone who could create JAMS custom execution methods quite as well as he can since there really isn't all that much help, such as documentation or information, available on how to create custom execution methods. "
Patrick Norton - PeerSpot user
Manager of Reliability Engineering and Security Operations at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Dec 23, 2024
Product version discussed: six and seven
Support has been among the most helpful and knowledgeable we've ever worked with but performance monitoring needs improvement

Pros

"I appreciate JAMS for its readily available templates that allow me to create and deliver stand-up presentations within minutes quickly."

Cons

"The monitoring of the JAMS product and its performance is an area of concern for me."
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Chris Waring - PeerSpot user
Sr. Vice President, Managed Services and Delivery at Powwr
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
May 30, 2022
It makes everything that we want to do so much easier

Pros

"It makes everything that we want to do so much easier. We have had a number of instances in the past where we have had developers who have been working on a project, and even though we have had JAMS for all these years, they will create some SQL Server Agent job, or something like that, to run a task. When it is in code review and development is complete, the question always comes around, "Can JAMS do this?" The answer has always been, "Yes." Pretty much anything we have ever developed could be run by JAMS. "

Cons

"All my machines at work are Macs. JAMS client is a Windows-based thing. It is all built on .NET, which makes perfect sense. However, that means in order for me to access it, I need to connect to a VPN, then log onto one of our Azure VMs in order to access the JAMS client. This is fine, but if for some reason I am unable to do so, it would be nice to be able to have a web-based JAMS client that has all the exact same functionality in it. There are probably a whole bunch of disadvantages that you would get with that as well, but that is definitely something that would make life easier in a few cases. "
Aaron Warnke - PeerSpot user
Senior Business Intelligence Developer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Apr 2, 2023
Saves us time, allows sequencing of complex workflows, and has outstanding customer support

Pros

"The ability to sequence jobs is excellent; it means we don't have to schedule them individually, and if one fails, it doesn't unwind the entire workflow."

Cons

"Fortra is getting much better with documentation and examples, but there is still room for improvement."
Kammy Olive - PeerSpot user
Network and Local Support Manager at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Apr 2, 2023
Notifies us of issues based on criteria we set, meaning we no longer have to babysit SQL jobs and can easily understand issues

Pros

"The code-driven automation for more complex scheduling requirements frees up time because it's really easy to use... It's almost like a stand-alone software that we can't live without."

Cons

"We have had a lot of people working from home who can't always connect to the JAMS server. We use VPN, as most companies do, and we have it set up so that everybody can access the JAMS server. But many times, our people cannot access it... JAMS could do a better job of telling you what the problem is when you try to log in to the server."
BM
IT Analyst at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Mar 28, 2023
Gives us logs as they're being written, helping us to monitor and more quickly troubleshoot jobs

Pros

"We looked at other companies, like VisualCron, that were cheaper, but one of the main sticking points was the fact that they wouldn't have provided a central location for us to monitor across all servers. That was one of the biggest selling points of JAMS."

Cons

"The documentation is not super... It's not as quick and slick as I'd like it to be."
TF
Senior IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Jun 17, 2024
The solution has immensely improved our productivity

Pros

"JAMS has improved our productivity immensely because everything flows. I don't think we could operate at our current staffing levels without it. "

Cons

"The JAMS automation code isn't so clean. "
PS
JAMS Admin at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Fortra's JAMS
Jul 18, 2024
Significantly reduces troubleshooting time for stalled jobs

Pros

"The most valuable aspect of JAMS is its robustness."

Cons

"I want JAMS to implement a global search function."