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Automic Automation vs Redwood RunMyJobs comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 25, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Automic Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
92
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Redwood RunMyJobs
Ranking in Workload Automation
2nd
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2024, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of Automic Automation is 6.6%, up from 6.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Redwood RunMyJobs is 4.2%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Workload Automation
 

Featured Reviews

RK
Aug 2, 2024
Reliable, easy to use, and helpful for managing simple and complex workflows
It has been easy for us to manage complex workloads using Automic Workload Automation. The user interface allows us to zoom into a particular section of a complicated workflow. If we have 30 different jobs and scripts tied together in a workflow, we can use the graphical interface to work on one section of the job on our screen. We can also embed one workflow into another. If there is a complicated workflow, we can bunch it all into one workflow and embed that one into a different workflow. This way, we can manage more complicated workflows. It is easy to use. We previously had a thick client which was Java-based, and now, we have the web-based one. Both have been easy to use. Building jobs and doing the admin side of things, such as monitoring jobs, checking reports of the jobs, and checking job statistics has been easy. It is one of the easy-to-use tools. We could see its benefits immediately after deploying it. We were replacing a legacy tool with Automic. It was a new solution, and we could see all the new features in it. We have a lot of alerting features and notification features. It even has a feature to notify us when a job takes longer than usual. If our workflow usually takes two hours to run, but it is taking longer, Automic Automation can notify us. It helps to reduce the error or failure rates. Automic Automation has freed up staff to do other things more. By automating routine things with Automic, they can move on to doing other things. It surely frees up people's time. It is saving time for our staff. Automic Workload Automation helped reduce our operational costs. We used to get called often with our old tool because of more failure rates, agents going down, etc. In that sense, it is saving time for staff. If more tickets are generated, we would have to hire more people offshore. With fewer tickers and fewer job failures, we need fewer people. Automic Workload Automation has helped improve our ability to meet SLAs by being more reliable and more stable. It is a stable tool. Our jobs are not failing because technology is failing or agents are going down or not responding.
Mouna G S - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 23, 2023
Reliable with good alerts and good automation
Redwood RunMyJobs made my organization work better. It saves us a lot of time and money by doing jobs automatically. It also reduces the mistakes that people make. The tool is really good at keeping our data safe when it's being used. We can connect it to other systems and programs easily. It also tells us how well our work is going and helps us find and fix mistakes. Redwood RunMyJobs is a tool we can trust. Redwood makes things happen automatically and smoothly. It helps make the process of creating and using software easier, so we can deliver it faster. This means we can keep testing and using it all the time. This saves time, makes our software better, and lets us control how we build it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature of this solution is the scheduler."
"As far as our schedules, if we have problems, we can create our own process in the automation, which is good."
"We have seen big improvements in automation and automated tasks allowing our people to work on more important things for the company, as well as getting financial data quicker."
"We have seen a cost improvement from it."
"The most valuable parts are the scalability and flexibility, where you can do whatever you think, then you can realize it in the product and have many ways to do it."
"It is the automation. Saving time and money is the key. We automate everything."
"Workload Automation's most valuable features are perspective analytics and coding."
"It integrates well with the CICD pipeline."
"Error handling and the recovery feature ensure that my job processes are not stopped if any error occurs."
"By automating the job processes it has saved us a lot of time and resources."
"It's a very powerful tool. It has a lot of flexibility for how you can define jobs and build them. There are different ways in which you can construct jobs depending on your specific needs and requirements."
"Our team was able to integrate it with the ITSM tool as well as security monitoring tools to make the incident creation process automatically feasible."
"This program works with every browser."
"It saves us a lot of time and money by doing jobs automatically."
"REL expressions are quite helpful for setting up the preconditions."
"Installing and configuring Redwood agents are easy, and scheduling jobs on Redwood helps in triggering the batches as per business requirements."
 

Cons

"It would be better if it was easier to view the automated processes."
"I would like to see features from "Prompt" sets in read Masks."
"They need to refine the system basics instead of adding more features."
"There are some monitoring features that could be added."
"For power users, it does not work well for them at the moment."
"There were many bugs in the last version. For example, we could only use capital letters for searching for agent names. Also, we had a problem with ONE Automation where we couldn't use the PGA and SGA in Oracle Databases for resolving RAM because the last version didn't have this capability."
"There is a problem with the installation translation. It is some type of hybrid. We have some parts in German and some in English. It should be completely in German and completely in English. It should be better in the future."
"The new user interface needs improvement. The previous version was good and stable. Now, we have to check the new one before using a web browser. It is not stable."
"It would be nice if Redwood RunMyJobs could work on different systems."
"We need the automatic creation of incidents for failed jobs."
"The reports are downloaded in .CAR file format, which makes it difficult to convert to an Excel file."
"The product could be better in terms of its monitoring and alert service."
"There is a lack of resources and product documentation which, if included, would help to gain more knowledge about the application."
"The user interface of Redwood can be improved a bit to make it more user-friendly and interesting."
"The documentation for this product is limited, which can be improved in the future."
"Adding machine learning and AI capabilities would enable Redwood to automate more complex business processes and tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is way up there with BMC. It is a little bit on the expensive side."
"The pricing keeps going up, which is concerning."
"The pricing is based on the number of servers and agents."
"This is a support system for us, not our core business, so we purchased this product inexpensively."
"The cost of the solution depends on the number of systems that are being orchestrated."
"Automatic is heavily integrated in our organization. The cost to change would be a huge factor for us, and we have not found any other product that is better out there."
"This solution is pretty well-priced."
"They have increased the license price a little bit. It is more than what we expected about two years ago. So, there could be some surprises when it comes to pricing."
"It initially surprised me because we went from an application that was priced by connection to agents/the number of agents to an application that was priced based on the number of job executions. At that time, many of the products we looked at were also priced on job execution. That seems to be more common in the business or in the vendors that provide solutions out there, but that was probably our biggest difference."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Insurance Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Retailer
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Automic Workload Automation?
It is easy to manage complex workloads and use electronic workflow automation.
What needs improvement with Automic Workload Automation?
The support has declined somewhat over the years due to various takeovers. It's not as personal as it used to be.
What do you like most about Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition?
In Redwood Automation, we can easily fetch the daily reports from the system as per the client's requirement and track the status of every job which is running, aborted, or canceled.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition?
As compared to Control-M and UC4, the setup cost and pricing of Redwood are far less as they are delivering good functionality at this price point.
What needs improvement with Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition?
There are fewer cons in Redwood as compared to other tools available in the market. That said, it would be a great thing if they would provide a few new features, like a health dashboard and a few ...
 

Also Known As

Automic Dollar Universe
Redwood Software - Workload Automation Edition, Redwood Business Process Automation - Workload Edition, RunMyJobs, Redwood RunMyJobs
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ING, Adidas, 84.51, ESB
AMD, American Home Shield, Avaya, Burberry, Centrica, City of Dallas, The Container Store, Core & Main, Daikin, Dart Containers, Deere, Energizer, Epson, Halliburton, Keen Foodware, National Gypsum, Rockport Group, Ryder, Technicolor, The University of Michigan, Virgin Money, Whitbread
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