System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Apr 24, 2025
They recently switched to subscription-based pricing, which increased. The price is fair considering the functionality and importance of the tool, although the increase did unsettle our management.
IT Director at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Aug 27, 2024
Fortra's JAMS pricing structure has deteriorated significantly since its acquisition by Fortra. Previously, both Help Systems and MVP offered more favorable pricing and licensing terms. However, Fortra's current pricing and licensing practices are unnecessarily complicated far less customer friendly. In addition to standard licensing fees, numerous additional costs are associated with using JAMS. Fortra's approach of charging for seemingly minor components, such as separate agents and schedulers, is frustrating and adds to the overall cost of ownership.
JAMS Admin at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Jun 21, 2024
Two years ago, the JAMS tool was transferred to a new team focused on IT automation. When I informed my director of approximately ten thousand dollars of the tool's annual cost, she expressed surprise at its affordability. She mentioned that other server-side automation tools typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. On the other hand, JAMS is relatively inexpensive, with additional costs only incurred for tags, other services, and optional support renewals.
Business Objects Data Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Mar 14, 2023
The way that we have it licensed is by the number of jobs. We have two installations and there probably could be a little bit more flexibility in terms of moving licenses between one and the other. However, our situation is that we have one that is a production license and another that is a non-production license, so that may be the issue.
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.
Student Services SQL Server Manager at Health Care Compliance Association
Real User
Dec 9, 2022
Our licensing is pretty cheap because we have a state solution. So, we pay only $1,000 a year. We're a software provider for school systems. We are state-owned. There are 13 of us throughout Ohio, and we have a collective agreement with JAMS or a collective licensing through JAMS. Because we have so many licenses, we get a discount on the renewal, etc.
Take advantage of its scalability. You can start small. The initial cost is very reasonable. Once you have started picking up the tool and adopting it, then you can scale up from there and buy more agents. There are annual licensing and maintenance costs. If you add agents or servers, every one you add has an additional annual cost. Then there is the basic cost of any software, which is the server hardware and operating system.
Technical Operations Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Oct 17, 2021
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. That has been a godsend for us because we have environments that we spin up and take down on-demand. There are times when we have hundreds of environments going at one time. Having that lower-cost model has been really good for us, while still being able to get the functionality that we need from the tool. Maintenance and additional features are all included in the yearly cost, and that cost is still much cheaper than what you would pay for maintenance for another product.
We haven't had the requirement to go beyond our number of licenses. The way that the license is set up, we are allowed a certain number of jobs a day. That is the license that we have, which is more than enough. It was $10,000 for the first year. Then, there is a maintenance cost for licensing every year that we get billed $5,000 for every year. The way that the license is set up = it will allow you to 350 jobs a day. You can install the agent on as many machines as you want, but you can only run 350 jobs a day. Then, if you want more, you pay for more.
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...
They recently switched to subscription-based pricing, which increased. The price is fair considering the functionality and importance of the tool, although the increase did unsettle our management.
Fortra's JAMS pricing structure has deteriorated significantly since its acquisition by Fortra. Previously, both Help Systems and MVP offered more favorable pricing and licensing terms. However, Fortra's current pricing and licensing practices are unnecessarily complicated far less customer friendly. In addition to standard licensing fees, numerous additional costs are associated with using JAMS. Fortra's approach of charging for seemingly minor components, such as separate agents and schedulers, is frustrating and adds to the overall cost of ownership.
The licensing model for JAMS is straightforward and based on the number of agents, not the number of jobs you run. It's cheap and fairly simple.
Two years ago, the JAMS tool was transferred to a new team focused on IT automation. When I informed my director of approximately ten thousand dollars of the tool's annual cost, she expressed surprise at its affordability. She mentioned that other server-side automation tools typically cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. On the other hand, JAMS is relatively inexpensive, with additional costs only incurred for tags, other services, and optional support renewals.
The pricing is completely reasonable.
JAMS is priced competitively compared to similar solutions and offers flexible licensing options to cater to user needs.
The pricing of JAMS has not been an issue for us, as it has allowed us to save time. This makes it a cost-effective product.
There are no additional costs other than the license for Fortra's JAMS which is affordable.
JAMS is much cheaper than our previous solution.
The way that we have it licensed is by the number of jobs. We have two installations and there probably could be a little bit more flexibility in terms of moving licenses between one and the other. However, our situation is that we have one that is a production license and another that is a non-production license, so that may be the issue.
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.
Our licensing is pretty cheap because we have a state solution. So, we pay only $1,000 a year. We're a software provider for school systems. We are state-owned. There are 13 of us throughout Ohio, and we have a collective agreement with JAMS or a collective licensing through JAMS. Because we have so many licenses, we get a discount on the renewal, etc.
Take advantage of its scalability. You can start small. The initial cost is very reasonable. Once you have started picking up the tool and adopting it, then you can scale up from there and buy more agents. There are annual licensing and maintenance costs. If you add agents or servers, every one you add has an additional annual cost. Then there is the basic cost of any software, which is the server hardware and operating system.
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. That has been a godsend for us because we have environments that we spin up and take down on-demand. There are times when we have hundreds of environments going at one time. Having that lower-cost model has been really good for us, while still being able to get the functionality that we need from the tool. Maintenance and additional features are all included in the yearly cost, and that cost is still much cheaper than what you would pay for maintenance for another product.
We haven't had the requirement to go beyond our number of licenses. The way that the license is set up, we are allowed a certain number of jobs a day. That is the license that we have, which is more than enough. It was $10,000 for the first year. Then, there is a maintenance cost for licensing every year that we get billed $5,000 for every year. The way that the license is set up = it will allow you to 350 jobs a day. You can install the agent on as many machines as you want, but you can only run 350 jobs a day. Then, if you want more, you pay for more.