Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) vs GitLab | TrustRadius

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Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 9 reviews and ratings

Score 8.8 out of 10

Based on 191 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform)

GitLab

Multi-platform scheduling

Central monitoring

Logging

Alerts and notifications

Analysis and visualization

Application integration

Pros

SAP Automation is the foremost thing that comes to mind.
Supports automation Scripts in multiple operating systems such as Linux, Windows, etc.

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Shreyash Rangarajan

Senior Analyst

CapgeminiInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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It uses the well-known Git language to communicate with, which is very popular
The interface is slick and easy to get used to
They are very transparant in their security issues
Updating the software from the command line is the easiest I have come across

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Dylan Eikelenboom

Software Programmer and Security Officer

IXON B.V.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Cons

User interface was clunky
Upgrades are not particularly easy

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Lead Middleware Engineer

The OCCInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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GitLab could improve some of the confusion around how permissions work (sometimes unclear why one user can do an action, but not another)
GitLab should provide a way to rerun a merge pipeline, without rerunning the original Merge Request pipeline
When jobs fail, it would be awesome if every user could see the information on the runner and the versions of the software it is running on (to better debug the issue)

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Verified User

Team Lead in Engineering

Internet Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Automic is a very strong Automation Platform which enable us to implement user requirements quickly.

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Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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GitLab 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Gitlab is the best in its segment. They have a free version, they have open-source software, they provide a good service with their SaaS product, they are a fully-remote company since the beginning (which means they are fully distributed and have forward-thinking IMO). I would certainly recommend them to everyone.

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Willian Molinari

Backend Engineer

DoistInternet, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

No score

No answers yet

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GitLab 9.0

Based on 4 answers

The web console management is superior and I would have given Gitlab a 10, but sometimes it is hard to find documentation about a configuration setting in the gitlab.rb configuration file. As we move everything to code that means moving our CVS tools to code as well - and Gitlab to code. The usability of Gitlab from the end user's perspective is superior and the usability from the operations team is very good and getting better but there could be a little improvement in the gitlab.rb config file layout and documentation.

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Managing Member

ZenPan Technology Solutions, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) 4.5

Based on 4 answers

The Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) is used to perform Information Technology Process Automation (ITPA). This tool offers enormous functionalities that can be used to automate applications which allow remote function calls and APIs. It works well with mail objects. This tool is primarily used to automate SAP application which is an enterprise resource planning tool.

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Shreyash Rangarajan

Senior Analyst

CapgeminiInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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GitLab 8.9

Based on 20 answers

At this point, I do not have much experience with Gitlab support as I have never had to engage them. They have documentation that is helpful, not quite as extensive as other documentation, but helpful nonetheless. They also seem to be relatively responsive on social media platforms (twitter) and really thrived when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Information Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Since other tools are all user interface based, they are prone to errors in terms of application exception, and the dependencies are comparatively higher for the automation to run successfully. This is not the case with the Automic One Automation Platform (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) as the contact with application happens at the network layer and does not depend on the user interface of the application.

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Shreyash Rangarajan

Senior Analyst

CapgeminiInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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The main feature I dislike in Asana is its lack of functions for recurrent tasks. My work demands different routines every week and month, so it was a little bit difficult to set those up. Whereas Gitlab solved all those problems because it’s easy to use and easy to understand.

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Consultant

HCL TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Hours of server operations given over to end-users.
Single pipelines for job plan execution reduced the operational overhead.

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Lead Middleware Engineer

The OCCInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 employees

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The community version is free and can be run as a container. This has significantly reduced the cost to get started with the app.
The integrated CICD system is allowing development teams to increase their development speed as code is automatically tested and built when new versions are committed.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

GitLab Editions & Modules

On-premise Edition

Free	$0¹
Premium	$19¹
Ultimate	$99¹

per user per month

SaaS Edition

Free	$0¹
SaaS Premium	$19¹
SaaS Ultimate	$99¹

per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

We provide free Gold and Ultimate licenses to qualifying open source projects and educational institutions, find out more by visiting our pricing page.

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Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform)

GitLab

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform)

GitLab

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform)

GitLab

Broadcom Automic Automation (formerly CA Automic Automation Platform)

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