AutoSys Workload Automation vs OpCon comparison

Broadcom and SMA Technologies are both solutions in the Workload Automation category. Broadcom is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.6, while SMA Technologies is ranked #12 with an average rating of 8.5. Broadcom holds a 6.8% mindshare in WA, compared to SMA Technologies’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of SMA Technologies users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 29, 2026

We performed a comparison between AutoSys Workload Automation and OpCon based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.

Features: AutoSys Workload Automation is highly regarded for its ability to handle large workloads, its user-friendly interface, efficient performance, and constant availability. It excels in organizing tasks and initiating them, providing a live view of batch processing, and seamlessly integrating with other software processes. OpCon shines in its adaptability, innovative scheduling solutions, self-service capabilities, and automation-driven reduction in human mistakes. It offers a visually appealing interface, database functionality, and the option to create a dedicated testing environment.

AutoSys needs to enhance its integration with cloud services, reporting capabilities, Linux environment compatibility, migration ease, file transfer job handling, monitoring capabilities, advanced features, workflow management, and workload window management. OpCon could benefit from improvements in its web-based interface, upgrade process, documentation, programming and configuration complexity, mobile app availability, failover functionality, licensing, training for support staff, UI functionality, self-service capabilities, custom job subtypes, and mainframe support.

Service and Support: AutoSys Workload Automation's customer service is highly praised for being very good, helpful, and responsive. OpCon's customer service is described as great, timely, and helpful. However, there have been instances where OpCon provided solutions that were not relevant to customers' problems.

Ease of Deployment: The setup process for AutoSys Workload Automation is simple, direct, and fairly fast, typically completed in under 10 minutes. OpCon's initial setup can be intricate, although SMA consultants can help simplify its management.

Pricing: AutoSys Workload Automation has a setup cost that involves a yearly subscription and an annual license, along with separate costs for agents and server setup. OpCon offers fair pricing and licensing with a tiered pricing model. However, some customers have faced higher licensing costs and encountered setup issues with OpCon.

ROI: AutoSys offers advantages such as time and cost savings, improved reliability, scalability, and compliance. OpCon users have reported significant return on investment, including time savings, error reduction, increased productivity, and the elimination of full-time operators.

Comparison Results: AutoSys Workload Automation is the preferred choice when compared to OpCon. Users praise AutoSys for its simple and straightforward setup, scalability, user-friendly interface, speed, and availability. They appreciate features such as file transfer protocol and file watcher.

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AutoSys Workload Automation vs. OpCon

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Workload Automation category, the mindshare of JAMS is 3.0%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AutoSys Workload Automation is 6.8%, down from 11.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpCon is 2.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Workload Automation Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
JAMS	3.0%
AutoSys Workload Automation	6.8%
OpCon	2.3%
Other	87.9%

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Latha Viswanathan

Principal Data Base And Infrastructure Engineer at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

Automation has replaced nightly monitoring and delivers reliable, unified job scheduling

We have really enjoyed working with JAMS in terms of notifications, alerts, and streamlining. There used to be a process with Automate, which is another product from Fortra, but even before that, the other division of the company that we were merging with had a tool that was built in-house called a file handler or file distributor. It was an in-house developed tool, but it was not as streamlined or as efficient as JAMS is. We literally had to have a dedicated nighttime person monitoring. Although we are 24/7, the divisions of the company that we were using JAMS for have been small scale. While we have automated it, we have streamlined it in such a way that notifications go out and alerts go out, but if there is anything, then we get paged and alerted, and if anything needs to happen at midnight, we can wake up. On the other hand, with the tool I mentioned, the file handler and distributor, we used to have a dedicated nighttime person that had to be sitting and monitoring it to see when a file arrived, whether it met the conditions, and then execute the next particular job. By using JAMS, we have gained a lot more efficiencies in terms of all of those to streamline it, and there is no necessary need for having an overnight engineer just keeping an eye on all of this.

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Pavan Katta

Assistant VP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Experience significant automation with robust integration and user-friendly interfaces

There are areas of AutoSys Workload Automation that have room for improvement. They are implementing good enhancements in the R24 release. The web UI needs some improvement. Cloud integrations are limited to 25 or 30 configurable plugins and integrations to the cloud. They can improve in that area. They have separate tools, not AutoSys Workload Automation, such as Atomic and other SaaS-based solutions that can run inside the cloud. AutoSys Workload Automation can be configured in the cloud, but it requires a substantial number of VMs depending on the load. For on-premises deployment, it is a very good solution. They need to increase their footprint in the cloud and improve the web UI. They are making excellent progress in the R24 release.

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Jose Rivera Hernandez

Senior VP of Technology at Triangle Credit Union

Helps automate all kinds of jobs and it's worth the price because it saves a lot of time and money

One problem that I had with them when we got SMA Technologies is that sometimes the jobs fail, but they automatically restart. SMA Technologies automatically gets a notification that the job has failed, and they restart it on their end, so now, we have the job restarting twice. There were times when we came into the office in the morning, and we had two files because the job ran twice. I do not know if the system can prevent a job from running the second time. If a job has run successfully, or it is running, it should not run again.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The alerting in it is really targeted... you can set specific alerting so that if jobs in a given folder fail, certain people are alerted. You can also set security at the folder level, so that only people in those areas can go set them. That means that the alerting and security can be set at a very granular level."

"JAMS has positively impacted our organization by saving us time, reducing errors, and improving workflows."

"We also use the solution’s Interactive Agents. If we need to push something to our dealer portal, we can just drop a file in a folder and it goes. Running interactive tasks helps me users focus on business processes since I don’t have to take care of running the jobs manually."

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

"We have over 50 jobs running daily to manage all the integration of our systems and we don’t have to monitor these jobs; they just run, JAMS centralizes the management of jobs in our environment, has streamlined our monitoring, saves us about four hours a week in troubleshooting time, and has helped free up about eight hours a week of IT staff time."

"The most valuable feature for us is that it's DR-ready. With respect to disaster recovery, it has the built-in capability for failover to our DR site. If all of the required ports are open, it can be done seamlessly."

"The fact that we no longer need to use Excel spreadsheets is huge. Before JAMS, every group was keeping track of their own batch jobs. Nobody really knew what the other jobs were. So, if jobs failed, other groups wouldn't necessarily know. With JAMS, everything is done through a single scheduler. You can choose who to notify."

"The dashboard is intuitive."

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"The flexibility in solving job scheduling challenges allows us to successfully integrate an acquired business’ fiscal close with our own, even though there is a lot of variance as to when they run in the calendar month."

"It is very valuable for us when we are trying to arrange or orchestrate jobs into a system. It is helpful for triggering jobs for a scheduled task."

"It gives us flexibility when doing releases. We can make changes for one day in a PDS member, since we stage our jobs by date, and the next day the normal job definitions are run."

"It is a fairly stable solution."

"We run millions of jobs through it every day using it for financial transactions, banking, credit cards, PeopleSoft, payroll, etc."

"It is more scalable; we run around 100K jobs on a daily basis, and to manage that much workload on the system, it is very reliable in terms of the uptime on the system."

"We get better reports than we use to have."

"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."

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"OpCon is easy to access, very easy to use, very complete, and always active."

"OpCon improves our daily operations by automating many manual functions."

"OpCon allows us to build complicated workflows that handle all of that, it performs flawlessly, and we were able to go live the first night with zero problems."

"We've saved thousands of man-hours with automation and reduced errors significantly."

"My favorite feature is the dashboard feature, which shows jobs that are running, and completed, any failures, and provides dashboard reporting."

"It's a good product. They can run almost anything you need to run, as far as I am aware."

"OpCon has made our lives easier by taking out the guesswork and removing tedious activities from employee's workdays when their time is better spent elsewhere."

"It can run scripted tasks automatically over and over without intervention. That is what it does and the part that I really like because repetitive tasks need to be done over and over, day after day, no matter what day of the week it is. It is difficult to have staff do these manually and consistently, especially over weekends or through the night. Instead, you can have OpCon do them."

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Cons

"JAMS doesn't allow us to implement SOC controls. We are a company that trades stocks on the New York Stock Exchange, so all our transactions are audited. It has a feature that saves the file for only a month but doesn't segregate the data between finance and SOC-related compliance."

"The monitoring of the JAMS product and its performance is an area of concern for me."

"The cost has definitely gone up tremendously. That is where I do know, as much as the feature sets are there, and if the newly acquired company is going to be doing a pushback, they might just say, 'Do we still need to pay this much? Or at that point, should we look into an alternative?'"

"If there were a softcover book on how to really take advantage of all of JAMS' tools, I would buy it. I do better with training books than online searching, so a book would be helpful."

"With no programming experience, I find JAMS code-driven automation challenging due to the required PowerShell scripting."

"I would like a simple web interface that I could give to my team to go in and kill jobs or see why jobs died so that we don't have to drill down deeper into the application and know everything about it. It would be good to have a really clean web engine that would say here are the jobs running. We can then click to see the time running and whether any of them fails and other similar things. I know they have one, but it's not very simplistic."

"The JAMS automation code isn't so clean."

"JAMS lacks source control features. Our previous solution had job control language, but JAMS doesn't. When migrating between versions, JAMS doesn't migrate all the data, like job change history, etc. Also, the scheduler doesn't have a way to make jobs invisible, so you can temporarily turn a job off if you decide not to run it today."

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"I would like to see two-factor authentication, since you see a lot of companies in the news for security breaches. That is a really big thing for us."

"Analytics seems to be a problem, so a couple of stars deducted for that, but it's probably one of the easiest tools that I manage."

"The visibility and control features are somewhat limited."

"Note that this product is now a legacy product with a dwindling user base and support."

"Needs better documentation with fully explained examples for some of the job types."

"Some of the reports are either a bit hard to understand or don’t give you what you might expect to see."

"The reliability issues need to be resolved."

"When we started the new product and we introduced it, we started getting some new alarm types and the agent went offline."

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"We have not explored the possibility, but one of the areas for improvement would be more integration into Active Directory, to where it could do the creation of user accounts and the additional work to integrate third-party systems into payroll systems."

"We would like a display of the created date, created by, and last modified date, as well as modified by."

"I would like to see improvements with the graphical display during the execution of jobs with complex sequences, step-by-step, in self-service."

"It is a pricey solution. Comparatively speaking, you can certainly find schedulers which are cheaper."

"It was hard to automate in the beginning because there were a lot of concepts. I had to learn a lot of things, as I never used such a software before. I learned a lot of the concepts and ideas behind it in the beginning."

"The initial setup was fairly complex, but we had great support from OpCon."

"There is some difficulty with the ease of use when I don't have some of the templates that were already created. More templates would be great. Non-core featured templates are my biggest struggle."

"We are still in the early stages of our implementation, so at this point, I cannot see any needed improvements or features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I haven't been involved in the financial side for several years, but we buy one host and unlimited agents, and we get a reasonable price for that. We're happy with the amount we pay and the scalability it provides."

"There are no additional costs other than the license for Fortra's JAMS which is affordable."

"JAMS is close to the lower end of the pricing models for enterprise scheduling solutions. They are much cheaper than Control-M, as well as some other products that I've used. I also don't know of another solution where you can actually get true, unlimited licensing, where you can have as many instances and as many agents as you want."

"Fortra's JAMS pricing structure has deteriorated significantly since its acquisition by Fortra."

"This is a good product at a fair price."

"It's certainly a lot cheaper than Tivoli and Control-M. In comparison to them, you get a lot more bang for your buck. You get pretty much the whole functionality and more, in some cases, when compared to Control-M, but at a fraction of the price."

"The product is reasonably priced, and we don't have any add-ons."

"The pricing of JAMS has not been an issue for us, as it has allowed us to save time."

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"There is an annual license to use AutoSys Workload Automation."

"People need to pay attention to how they use their ESP agents on the distributed platform. That's where some of the cost comes in, based on how many you need or how many you use."

"We paid to use the solution monthly."

"The price of this solution is reasonable and there is an annual license required."

"The pricing needs to be improved. Some of my client's complained that it was too expensive."

"CA pricing has been a problem, and not looked upon favorably here at all."

"I certainly think the pricing is worth the value."

"Validate how many agents you need beforehand."

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"The cost is based on the number of jobs. You pay for what you use. For us, the support cost is between €20,000 and €30,000 per year. It's too expensive."

"OpCon cost us $80,000 in 2017 money, and that included everything: support, installation, onsite assistance during the conversion, etc. It's been a worthwhile investment by far."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"Scaling is pricey."

"Our licensing is on a yearly basis."

"It is at a decent price for the work that it does for us."

"I believe our cost is about $150,000 annually."

"Our annual maintenance costs are $45,000. The initial cost is separate."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Construction Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

38%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Retailer

Computer Software Company

26%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	13
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	79

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	19

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JAMS?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the pricing was acceptable. I have gone with JAMS licen...

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What needs improvement with JAMS?

I am fine with what JAMS offers and have nothing to suggest for improvement. JAMS' code-driven automation is not wide...

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What is your primary use case for JAMS?

My main use case for JAMS is scheduling, which is the primary usage. I am mainly using JAMS for scheduling various jo...

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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 b...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AutoSys Workload Automation?

It is reasonably priced compared to the market.

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What needs improvement with AutoSys Workload Automation?

There are areas of AutoSys Workload Automation that have room for improvement. They are implementing good enhancement...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpCon?

I am the one who signs the contract. In the beginning, when I started working here, it seemed very expensive, but aft...

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What needs improvement with OpCon?

One problem that I had with them when we got SMA Technologies is that sometimes the jobs fail, but they automatically...

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What is your primary use case for OpCon?

In this credit union, we use OpCon for automation. That is the main use of it. We have over 3,000 jobs and schedules ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 11% of the time

Stonebranch vs JAMS

Compared 8% of the time

VisualCron vs JAMS

Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 21% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

IBM Workload Automation vs AutoSys Workload Automation

Compared 5% of the time

ActiveBatch by Redwood vs AutoSys Workload Automation

Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Overview

JAMS is an automation and job scheduling solution designed for workflow optimization, catering to businesses large and small with flexible licensing and integration options.

Offering both Core and Advanced packages, JAMS supports a range of environments from small teams to large-scale operations. Its standout features include integration with platforms like PowerShell, SQL, and SAP, coupled with capabilities such as dependency management and natural language scheduling. JAMS simplifies job management, centralizes workflows, and boosts productivity with its robust automation features. Customizable workflows and insightful logging make it adaptable for diverse needs, supported by responsive customer service ensuring seamless operations.

What are JAMS's key features?

Automation & Scheduling: Flexible automation helps manage complex job schedules efficiently.
Integration: Connects seamlessly with platforms like SQL Server, SAP, and Python for diverse applications.
Centralized Job Management: A unified interface for handling thousands of jobs daily.
Dependency Management: Supports complex workflows with efficient dependency tracking.
Insightful Logging: Provides detailed logs and notifications for precise task execution.

What benefits should users look for in JAMS reviews?

Enhanced Productivity: Automates repetitive tasks, freeing up resources for strategic initiatives.
Scalability: Flexible licensing models grow with business size and needs.
Efficient Workflow Automation: Streamlines job orchestration across environments.
Responsive Support: Helps ensure smooth operations with quick troubleshooting.

In industries, JAMS is employed for automating workflows and managing batch jobs. Organizations utilize it for SSIS, SQL Server tasks, file transfers, and integrating with vendor systems, achieving efficient file automation and data management. Scheduler enables precise execution of thousands of tasks daily, enhancing operational efficiency.

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AutoSys Workload Automation delivers comprehensive scheduling capabilities and integration features, offering users scalability and efficiency in automation across platforms. Its enhanced user-friendliness and security make it a reliable choice for job scheduling and workload management.

AutoSys Workload Automation is well-regarded for its stability and intuitive graphical interface which facilitates efficient job scheduling across platforms. Users find its security features effective in ensuring controlled access, and appreciate its ability to handle high volumes of jobs while providing seamless orchestration and monitoring. However, the interface could benefit from modernization. Enhancements are suggested for reporting features and job flow clarity. Its integration with mobility and cloud platforms requires improvement as current support remains limited. Improving monitoring capabilities, managing cross-application dependencies, and simplifying upgrades are essential. Additionally, addressing the costly licensing model and enhancing high-level system process views are significant for maintaining competitiveness in automation.

What are AutoSys's key features?

Scheduling Capabilities: Provides robust and flexible scheduling options across platforms.
Integration Features: Allows seamless automation with diverse systems.
Security Measures: Ensures controlled and secure access to resources.
User-Friendly Interface: Offers an intuitive GUI for simplified use.
High Job Volume Support: Efficiently manages a large number of jobs with ease.

What benefits can users expect?

Reduced Manual Efforts: Automates processes minimizing the need for manual intervention.
Enhanced Visibility: Improves oversight and monitoring of tasks.
Effective Troubleshooting: Streamlines troubleshooting with well-organized workflows.
Scalability: Scales across diverse environments to meet enterprise demands.
Improved Efficiency: Increases operational efficiency with optimized automation.

AutoSys Workload Automation is extensively used in industries like banking, insurance, and retail for job scheduling, batch management, and server workload automation. It supports data processing for enterprise tasks, monitors tasks, and manages cross-platform dependencies, proving to be a reliable tool for complex job orchestration in these sectors.

Broadcom

OpCon empowers organizations with its extensive automation capabilities and seamless integrations, particularly appreciated in financial institutions for managing and optimizing batch processes and operational tasks across platforms such as core systems, Windows, and the cloud.

OpCon offers reliable scheduling and management of workloads, crucial for reducing manual interventions and errors. Its robust automation and integration features with systems like Corelation KeyStone and Symitar support efficient operations, contributing to significant time savings and increased productivity. Users find its ease of use beneficial, although some aspects like web functionalities, integration with third-party systems, and flexibility could improve.

What are key features of OpCon?

Automation Capabilities: Advanced tools for automating diverse tasks and batch processes.
Seamless Integration: Compatible with KeyStone and Symitar, enhancing system functionality.
Self-Service: Enables independent initiation of processes by users.
Scheduling Functionality: Efficiently manages workflows, minimizing manual interventions.

What benefits can users expect?

Time Savings: Streamlines tasks, reducing operational time.
Enhanced Productivity: Increases efficiency across departments by simplifying processes.
Reliability: Delivers dependable automation with minimal errors.
Ease of Use: Simplifies task management with intuitive operations.

In financial institutions, OpCon enhances efficiency by automating batch processing, file transfers, and core processes like reporting and ACH processing. It integrates third-party tools, enabling job scheduling across environments from mainframes to cloud, thereby improving operational performance and reducing manual work.

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Sample Customers

Teradata, Arconic, General Dynamics, Yum!, CVS Health, Comcast, Ghiradelli, & Boston’s Children’s Hospital

Gaumont, Mercantil do Brasil, CCEE, Hanwha Life

LOHR, Carnival Cruise Lines, Herbalife, Digital Federal Credit Union, Synergent, Frandsen Bank & Trust

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