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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveBatch Workload Automation

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AActiveBatch from Advanced Systems Concepts in New Jersey is IT workload automation software.N/A

    Pega Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.

    $0.45

    one-time fee per case**

    Pricing
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Low-code Factory Edition
    $0.45
    one-time fee per case**
    Standard Edition
    $0.80
    one-time fee per case**
    Enterprise Edition
    Custom Quote
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—**350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.
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    Community Pulse
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Redwood Software
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    Pegasystems
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
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    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Pega Platform
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    9.6
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Pega Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling9.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Pega Platform
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Pega Platform
    5.3
    63 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings4.062 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.062 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.061 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Pega Platform
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Pega Platform
    8.0
    66 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings9.065 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings10.065 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings7.048 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings5.46 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings9.059 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings8.956 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Pega Platform
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Pega Platform
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings9.050 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and Pega Platform
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Pega Platform
    4.4
    9 Ratings
    59% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings4.49 Ratings
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    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Apache Airflow
    Score8.7 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Redwood RunMyJobs
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    7.9
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationPega Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Redwood Software
    Any large business or organisation that wants to manage their workload effectively and with the least amount of room for error might choose the ActiveBatch Automation tool. Being a consultant I feel that It aids in task automation and has the flexibility to change in response to varying company requirements. It helps to save huge time by doing all the repetitive tasks on daily basis. During the patching activity the schedulers can be stopped. It also help by alerting us if any system/job is down so that SLA can be saved. Overall ActiveBatch Automation stands as a dependable cornerstone for ensuring the seamless operation of our tasks.
    Incentivized
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    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
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    Pros
    Redwood Software
    • Businesses can use ActiveBatch to plan tasks based on parameters like frequency, dependencies, and the time of day. By automating typical actions like backups and data transfers, businesses can make sure that crucial operations go off without a hitch.
    • Multiple systems and apps can be used in complicated workflows that ActiveBatch can automate. For instance, it can automate a workflow for processing orders from beginning to end, from the customer order through inventory control and delivery through the processing of invoices and payments.
    • Files can be sent between many platforms and systems safely with ActiveBatch. Transfers to cloud-based storage systems like Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure are also included in this. SFTP and FTP transfers are also included.
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    Pegasystems
    • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
    • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
    • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
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    Cons
    Redwood Software
    • On RARE occasions, have seen scheduling properties changed that don't take effect.
    • Simpler to understand/more robust reporting options would be nice to have.
    • Maybe I'm missing something, but why doesn't the Instances view show completion time? Just execution time and duration.
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    Pegasystems
    • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
    • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
    • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Redwood Software
    No answers on this topic
    Pegasystems
    Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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    Usability
    Redwood Software
    We can easily add new plans/jobs in our batch schedules. Also, coordination with reporting and QA jobs is simple to do. Building schedules, restarting jobs, triggering dependencies is easy to understand. The system is very stable and allows us to easily see overall processing times.
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    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
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    Support Rating
    Redwood Software
    My colleague contacted them directly, I only know hearsay on this but it was not good.
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    Pegasystems
    It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
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    Online Training
    Redwood Software
    No answers on this topic
    Pegasystems
    The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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    Implementation Rating
    Redwood Software
    No answers on this topic
    Pegasystems
    Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
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    Alternatives Considered
    Redwood Software
    The workload automation solution is based on the specific needs of an organization, as well as the features, capabilities, and costs of various solutions. A thorough evaluation process and consideration of these factors can help ensure the selection of a solution that aligns with overall business objectives and meets the specific needs of the organization.
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    Pegasystems
    We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
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    Return on Investment
    Redwood Software
    • I have not run numbers to determine hard impact, but a quick estimate is that at least one job is running for a average of about 6 hours per day - that 6 hours, if done by hand, would equate to about 30 - 40 hours per day (and in some cases, could not be duplicated manually, as the job repeats faster than a person could accomplish one cycle.)
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    Pegasystems
    • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
    • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
    • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
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