AppWorx Workload Automation Reviews and Pricing

Pat Richards

Database & Process Automation Administrator at a music company with 501-1,000 employees

Jul 19, 2018

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Integrates and orchestrates key business applications spanning multiple technology stacks

Pros and Cons

"It has improved my organization through automation of back office and infrastructure procedures, and by integrating and orchestrating key business applications spanning multiple technology stacks."
"It is an object-based approach to task and process design in conjunction with conditional logic and event-based scheduling actions, which enables a build once/use often design methodology to be employed."

"As a general process automation and integration tool, it has been superseded by other offerings, notably the Workload Automation suite."
"The internal security model can be complex when configuring multiple user groups."
"It is difficult to integrate with the Active Directory (AD)."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case is process automation and orchestration.

How has it helped my organization?

It has improved my organization through automation of back office and infrastructure procedures, and by integrating and orchestrating key business applications spanning multiple technology stacks.

What is most valuable?

It is an object-based approach to task and process design in conjunction with conditional logic and event-based scheduling actions, which enables a build once/use often design methodology to be employed, producing automated processes capable of dynamically adapting task flow according to events occurring before/during process execution.

What needs improvement?

The user interface (UI) could be modernised.
The internal security model can be complex when configuring multiple user groups.
It is difficult to integrate with the Active Directory (AD).

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For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Earlier versions of the product suffered some stability issues. The more recent versions of this product are stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have encountered no scalability issues with the product.

How are customer service and support?

We have not needed to use technical support services for some time.

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

Our previous solution was not scalable.

How was the initial setup?

It has a straightforward initial setup.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing options are fairly straightforward.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I can't recall the products which were evaluated.

What other advice do I have?

It is a good product. As a general process automation and integration tool, it has been superseded by other offerings, notably the Workload Automation suite.

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Enterprise Application Architect at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Jul 7, 2020

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Good scheduling feature; reporting, forecasting, and intelligence could all be improved

Pros and Cons

"Scheduling is a good feature."

"Reporting, forecasting and intelligence could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for this solution is to schedule our batch, applications and data warehouse batches automatically. I'm an enterprise application architect and we're a customer of AppWorx.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature for me is the scheduling.

What needs improvement?

This solution could be improved in the areas of reporting, forecasting, and intelligence. In addition, the portability and deployment, artificial intelligence and machine learning, whether it's integrated or embedded, could also be improved. These things would help me to know the SLAs for when a job will end.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for close to 10 years.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution as six out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises