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AWS Step Functions vs AutoSys Workload Automation comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

AutoSys Workload Automation
Ranking in Workload Automation
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Step Functions
Ranking in Workload Automation
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (12th)
 

Featured Reviews

Antony Askew - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us manage complex workloads, reduce our workload failure rates, and save us time
The visibility and control features are somewhat limited. This is a recognized weakness, but thee vendor is currently revamping the user interface to address it. While the current UI is a bit outdated, it's undergoing improvement. AutoSys Workload Automation has some areas for improvement, particularly in housekeeping and product maintenance. These tasks are currently quite manual and labor-intensive for our team. Additionally, the reporting and forecasting functionalities could be more robust. One area for improvement with AutoSys Workload Automation is that it comprises several distinct tools configured to work together. This necessitates familiarity with multiple tools for effective solution management. Consequently, it can sometimes lack a sense of cohesiveness as a unified solution.
Mahender Nirwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Good integration with many AWS services and create a workflow to call one Lambda function after another, and other serverless features
There are two main features I like. You can use the UI or write basic JSON to define the workflow. If you write JSON, it converts it into a visual workflow in the UI. This allows you to visualize what's happening. When you get an error, it's easy to find in any large workflow, and debugging is also pretty easy. I like their UI, to be honest. It has the best profit UI.

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 AutoSys Workload Automation is batch processing."
"The features that I have found most valuable with AutoSys are that it is scalable, easy to use, fast, and always available. That's very important because if it's not steady then it's a real problem. So, at this point, we are satisfied with it."
"The web UI is beneficial and the granular security policies allow us to cover all of our audit requirements."
"It has helped to simplify cross-dependency between MVS and Open systems jobs."
"​It scales very well. We can add jobs and remove jobs. We do not have problems maintaining the product across multiple environments and multiple servers.​"
"The customized views that each individual can create, and views that can be made free-form, makes this very popular with the programmers."
"It's very easy to work with. The learning curve is not that steep."
"The most valuable feature of AutoSys Workload Automation is user-friendliness. If someone has some knowledge of the tool they can use it."
"It's a general solution that you can adapt to your own needs and is simple to use. We like that it can be integrated with everything in the AWS suite, and that the creation of the pipeline can be done using the graphical user interface."
"AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices."
"One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature."
"The JSON app launched recently allows us to define data execution more easily."
"AWS Step Functions offers advanced workflows that save time and enhance efficiency by reducing delays and ensuring consistent orchestration among various services."
"Overall, I would rate AWS Step Functions at least nine out of ten."
"If you want to create a workflow to call one Lambda function after another, and other serverless features, it could save you a ton of money. That's for sure."
"It is a scalable solution."
 

Cons

"More benefits with the agent upgrades, and that's about it. Other than that we have no complaints with it. It's been awesome."
"Because this product only computes processing days, it is hard when things need to be scheduled according to non-processing days."
"The visibility and control features are somewhat limited."
"The graphical interface can be improved."
"AutoSys Workload Automation could improve the integration."
"The solution could improve by having support for container environments."
"The reporting system, currently, could be better."
"Some of the reports are either a bit hard to understand or don’t give you what you might expect to see."
"The price and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"The solution's pricing could be cheaper. It is cheaper than Airflow."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"It is difficult to suggest improvements at the moment."
"Increasing the payload size would be beneficial."
"I would like to see more data transformation features in Amazon Step Functions like additional operators and logic."
"If AWS Step Functions keeps adding more integrations, it would be even better."
"It is hard to coordinate the declaratory language."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is overpriced."
"The return on investment would be very high because doing things manually without this product would be extremely expensive."
"CA pricing has been a problem, and not looked upon favorably here at all."
"Validate how many agents you need beforehand."
"I don't have information on the exact licensing cost of AutoSys Workload Automation because that's managed by the tools and financing teams. For agents, it's close to $4,00, but for the server setup, it's usually a one-time license initially, and it's AMC which is paid every year and comes close to $8,000 to $10,000."
"There is an annual license to use AutoSys Workload Automation."
"I certainly think the pricing is worth the value."
"The price of this solution is reasonable and there is an annual license required."
"The solution is expensive."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
47%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
6%
Insurance Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Control-M compare with AutoSys Workload Automation?
Control-M acts as a single, centralized interface for monitoring and managing all batch processes, which is helpful because nothing gets left unattended since it is all visible in one place, and th...
What do you like most about AutoSys Workload Automation?
The most valuable aspects of AutoSys Workload Automation are its performance, scalability, and ease of getting started for new users.
What do you like most about Amazon Step Functions?
The integration capability is easy, whereas building state machines is tricky.
What is your primary use case for Amazon Step Functions?
AWS Step Functions is a useful tool for orchestration, particularly when using various AWS services. It helps create workflows and manage the order between services like Lambda and Glue jobs.
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Step Functions?
Overall, I rate Step Functions nine out of ten. Such ratings are subjective, and I generally do not rate any service a ten out of ten.
 

Also Known As

CA Workload Automation, CA Workload Automation AE
Amazon Step Functions, Step Functions
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Gaumont, Mercantil do Brasil, CCEE, Hanwha Life
Alpha Apps, The Guardian, SGK, Bigfinite
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