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AppWorx Workload Automation vs Automic Automation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 9, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.2
AppWorx Workload Automation improves efficiency and ROI by enhancing automation, monitoring, and reducing job creation and management times.
Sentiment score
7.0
Automic Automation boosts efficiency by automating workflows, reducing human interaction, cutting costs, and improving compliance and task alignment.
The product manages workloads efficiently, allowing our operators to learn and operate it quickly, which underscores its value to our business.
It has significantly reduced the time required for tasks that were previously manual, such as running batch and online jobs and report submissions.
Automic Automation has helped reduce workload failure rates by fifty percent.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
AppWorx support is praised for efficiency and availability, though experiences vary due to agreements and third-party complexities.
Sentiment score
7.1
Automic Automation's support is knowledgeable but inconsistent; transition to Broadcom affected availability, despite positive user feedback on improvements.
Their current support level is really good.
Technical support is managed by third parties now, which complicates direct customer assistance from Broadcom.
They react quickly when it is urgent.
They are highly knowledgeable in their product area and very easy to work with.
If you put the tickets in for which you need help right away, they get back to you right away.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
AppWorx Workload Automation's scalability receives mixed reviews, with outdated tech challenges yet some users report satisfactory performance.
Sentiment score
8.3
Automic Automation excels in scalability, efficiently managing diverse workloads and environments, with high user satisfaction in performance and flexibility.
We have small clients running a thousand tasks per day and big enterprises running one million or two million tasks per day.
The solution effectively supports our existing user base and is equipped to scale further.
It does not perform real-time scalability in our environment, but because of the way we have built it, it can scale well past any thresholds with no issues.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
AppWorx Workload Automation is highly stable and reliable, with users confident in its performance despite minor connectivity issues.
Sentiment score
8.0
Automic Automation provides reliable stability with minimal disruptions, high user ratings, and quick resolution of issues in well-tuned environments.
We have not faced any real issues, and it’s the main reason why we haven't enabled a lot of the redundancy features.
The stability of the solution is excellent.
In a well-tuned environment, it runs very smoothly.
So far, I have not encountered any issues related to instability such as lagging, crashing, or downtime.
 

Room For Improvement

AppWorx Workload Automation needs improvements in UI, security, scalability, AI, mainframe support, and simplified licensing.
Users seek improved reporting, stability, UI, compatibility, and documentation in Automic Automation, citing complexity and integration challenges.
AppWorx Workload Automation does not support mainframe environments.
Licensing fees have increased as they charge based on executions rather than user agents, causing higher costs.
It does not work as well for activities that require real-time input/output, but it works very well for batch, ETL, or similar cases.
Pricing is a major issue for some clients due to changes in Broadcom's pricing model, causing some to seek alternative solutions.
A feature that provides a dependency chart or tree diagram would be very helpful.
 

Setup Cost

AppWorx Workload Automation pricing receives mixed reviews, with concerns about high costs impacting license renewals and cost structure changes.
Automic Automation's pricing flexibility is praised, yet Broadcom's licensing model and rising costs prompt consideration of alternatives.
Licensing now depends on execution counts as opposed to agent counts, leading to increased costs.
The licensing is fair and reasonable for what the product offers.
Broadcom decided to change the way of licensing by moving to the number of jobs runs and then they say that clients have to pay three million because they run one million jobs per day.
Due to the increased pricing, some of them are thinking of reducing tasks in Automic to have fewer executions.
The pricing has been increasing significantly over the years, raising operational costs instead of reducing them.
 

Valuable Features

AppWorx Workload Automation offers reliable and flexible scheduling, AI integration, and user-friendly interface for efficient workload management.
Automic Automation offers a user-friendly interface, cross-platform integration, robust scalability, and flexible workflow automation with real-time notifications.
AppWorx Workload Automation's simplicity and powerful functionality are its most valuable features for us.
Atomic Applications Manager is user-friendly and accommodates around 100 users who can monitor and run their jobs effectively.
A standout feature is the comprehensive versioning, allowing easy rollback to previous states.
Designing workflows is made easier by the graphical user interface, simplifying complex tasks.
It supports high availability by operating multiple servers concurrently, which means users do not experience outages or the need to log in again, even if some servers are updated.
 

Categories and Ranking

AppWorx Workload Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Automic Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
103
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of AppWorx Workload Automation is 1.4%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Automic Automation is 7.1%, up from 6.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workload Automation
 

Q&A Highlights

RM
Aug 26, 2021
 

Featured Reviews

Srikanth Gubba - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation boosts efficiency with a user-friendly interface
Currently, I have switched to negotiating through third-party vendors for licensing, which has made it more expensive. Broadcom should address this by dealing directly with customers again. Licensing fees have increased as they charge based on executions rather than user agents, causing higher costs. Technical support also involves third-party interactions, complicating direct assistance from Broadcom.
Peter Grundler - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps to move away from manual tasks and offers wide platform support and web-based interface
Customers want to move away from manual monitoring and checking processes. Automating these processes helps in time-saving and reduces human error. When you automate business processes, it reduces mistakes. It eliminates the risk of manual errors such as typos. There is a 20% to 30% reduction in human error. It fulfills all the needs when it comes to visibility and control across various operating platforms. It is the perfect product for managing processes that span multiple operating platforms. Automic Automation has the widest platform support compared to other products, such as Control-M, Tivoli from IBM, or Stonebranch. It definitely helps with compliance processes. We have had a lot of customers for two years with a focus on compliance, and it works. They were successful. Due to the fact that our customers can automate a lot of things, it reduces operating costs. It is hard to give a number because the savings are different for each customer. If a customer never had any automation, there could be about 80% savings after implementing Automic Automation, whereas for a customer who already has automated tasks, the difference will be less by adding Automic Automation. They might see 5% to 10% more savings. Automic Automation helps improve our ability to meet SLAs. In the recent versions, SLA management has been integrated, which previously was an external component. Because a lot of customers used it and asked Broadcom to implement SLA management into the workload engine, Broadcom included it. We see more and more customers running their SLA management via the Automic Automation product.
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Answers from the Community

RM
Aug 26, 2021
Aug 26, 2021
@PhilippeLLORET, All worked out fine in the end. We had demos for all three products, and it was decided that Automic Workload Manager was the best option for our needs. The vendor is now able to provide some support for the Automic Workload Automation product.
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AJ
Jul 20, 2020
I am sorry because cannot help you. We have no experience with Appworx Application Manager.
Rony_Sklar - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 20, 2020
@NickWilcox you recently reviewed OpCon - would you be willing to share your experiences with @Rick Murray to help him with his decision? @reviewer1166826 maybe you can give some insight into the pros and cons of AppWorx?
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AppWorx Workload Automation?
The most valuable features of AppWorx Workload Automation are simplicity and reliability. Additionally, they recently transformed the UI which is better.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AppWorx Workload Automation?
Compared to other tools, it is now expensive. Licensing now depends on execution counts as opposed to agent counts, leading to increased costs.
What needs improvement with AppWorx Workload Automation?
Currently, I have switched to negotiating through third-party vendors for licensing, which has made it more expensive. Broadcom should address this by dealing directly with customers again. Licensi...
What do you like most about Automic Workload Automation?
It is easy to manage complex workloads and use electronic workflow automation.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Automic Workload Automation?
The pricing was client-wise, but they are changing it to execution-wise pricing. So, we are in negotiation.
What needs improvement with Automic Workload Automation?
They could improve by providing more control features for schedules. For example, we can hold a job, and then it could stop the job in the actual end application. They could improve such capabilities.
 

Also Known As

CA Automic Applications Manager
Automic Dollar Universe
 

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Sample Customers

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