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Likelihood to Recommend
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
Any place one can find a task that is performed repeatedly - either on a schedule, or in response to a triggering state (i.e. a file being created in a specific folder) - that task is at least a good candidate for ActiveBatch [Workload] Automation to be used. Repeating FTP jobs, regular SQL tasks or maintenance, regular file system maintenance - all can likely be taken out of the hands of employees, freeing up time for less repetitive tasks.ActiveBatch [Workload Automation] is not appropriate for any task which requires flexible judgment - it isn't an AI engine. ActiveBatch [Workload Automation] also requires at least two servers - a manager ("Scheduler") and at least one worker ("Agent") - thus it is not a good choice for a very small company without those resources available. It is also somewhat costly - not in terms of value, but possibly beyond the reasonable budget of a small company or non-profit with thin profit margins where the investment may outweigh the return.
Programmer Analyst
Moneytree IncFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
AWS Batch
Start with reviewing all your jobs, consolidating the timeline, and making a plan on what all jobs need to be prioritized. These can be optimized based on cost and performance. With a continuously changing workload, AWS Batch helps to build and automate the jobs across various resources. It also helps to manage the performance and workload.
Lead, Analytics & Strategy
TXU EnergyResearch, 10,001+ employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Workload Automation
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
5.8
AWS Batch
8.8
Multi-platform scheduling
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
5.0
AWS Batch
10.0
Central monitoring
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
5.0
AWS Batch
8.0
Logging
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
7.0
AWS Batch
10.0
Alerts and notifications
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
5.0
AWS Batch
10.0
Analysis and visualization
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
8.0
AWS Batch
7.0
Application integration
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
5.0
AWS Batch
8.0
Pros
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
- ActiveBatch [Workload Automation] is great for simplifying complex tasks so that users of multiple technical skill levels can create and monitor automated tasks.
- The support team is amazing and will respond with solutions and answers to questions or issues very quickly.
- ActiveBatch [Workload Automation] does a great job of adding new features and enhancements to the product based on customer feedback.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employeesAWS Batch
No answers on this topic
Cons
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
- While I like being able to reuse scheduling objects and the like, more work needs to be done to help one not reinvent the same scheduling object without realizing it and to then find scheduling objects that have similar schedules even if they are worded slightly differently than what I'm expecting. It needs to be "smarter". It was easy to accumulate a pool of scheduling objects that while named differently, had exactly the same schedule. It was also hard to sift through to find the little differences between similarly named scheduling objects.
- The logger had a clean enough interface but it could be more legible and offer contextual help to describe the messages one is reading. I remember trying to read black text on a medium gray background with Courier size 10-11 font. Not so easy to read quickly and to parse through the relevant parts. I think some selective color coding would be good and links to message definitions or any form of further information would be nice. Maybe the ability to export the log file to various formats would also be helpful.
- I don't remember a dashboard that at a glance on the top level would highlight what jobs failed completely and which jobs might have warnings or non-critical errors. I got emails because I defined to get them. Maybe again if there was a way to color-code the type of error would be good nice-to-have.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Services Company, 51-200 employeesAWS Batch
- Provide more documentation
- Provide in-house training for better use of product
Lead, Analytics & Strategy
TXU EnergyResearch, 10,001+ employees
Usability
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
ActiveBatch Workload Automation 5.0
Based on 2 answers
ActiveBatch's usability is where it shines. It is pretty straight-forward to learn and administer. Our engineers like it because you can use a GUI to manage it or leverage the command line & api's. You can also create templates or clone existing "jobs" so you don't have to recreate the wheel. It is easy to chain jobs together to make them run in a specific sequence as well.
Senior Network Administrator
University HealthSystem ConsortiumHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
AWS Batch
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
ActiveBatch Workload Automation 4.0
Based on 2 answers
We have been pretty happy with ActiveBatch support so far. Luckily, we have not had any major issues with it - so we haven't logged a lot of support tickets. The response time to tickets is about average and the level of expertise of the support engineers seems about average as well. Our sales team has been helpful in getting faster responses when necessary as well.
Senior Network Administrator
University HealthSystem ConsortiumHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees
AWS Batch
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
During initial selection, we compared ActiveBatch with simple schedulers like Task Manager and cron, as well as VisualCron and JAMS. ActiveBatch had the widest range of triggers and the best scheduler/calendar system, and the most comprehensive list of easily-available actions.We also were invited to use ASCI's normal tech support during a trial period - and having done a fair bit of tech support myself, I was very impressed! It was quick and easy to talk to an actual tech (minimal voice menu), and my questions were answered quickly and accurately, with a friendly tech who didn't sound as if I were an interruption to their game of solitaire (like I've gotten from plenty of other vendors). No other vendor we looked at invited us to evaluate their tech support so directly.
Programmer Analyst
Moneytree IncFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
AWS Batch
- Easy to implement and use
- Pay per use, cost savings
- Automate jobs
- Automate performance and workload
Lead, Analytics & Strategy
TXU EnergyResearch, 10,001+ employees
Return on Investment
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
- Saves employees time and sanity, from having to manually run tasks at certain times.
- Cost is not overly expensive, considering the amount of platforms it integrates with "out of the box."
- Takes control of sensitive processes, and runs them confidentially. Alerts management when completed.
Network Engineer
LINN Energy, LLCOil & Energy, 1001-5000 employees
AWS Batch
- Saves cost overall
- Performance monitoring
- Automated alerts
Lead, Analytics & Strategy
TXU EnergyResearch, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
ActiveBatch Workload Automation
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
AWS Batch
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No