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CA Workload Automation vs. Fortra’s Automate

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CA Workload Automation

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AAs the name may suggest, CA Workload Automation is CA Technologies workload automation offering.N/A

    Fortra’s Automate

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFortra's Automate (formerly HelpSystems Automate) is a robotic process automation platform for desktop applications. According to the vendor, it offers the ability to automate almost any business process, and no technical expertise is required—IT and business users alike can understand the drag-and-drop interface.N/A
    Pricing
    CA Workload AutomationFortra’s Automate
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CA Workload AutomationFortra’s Automate
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Features
    CA Workload AutomationFortra’s Automate
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of CA Workload Automation and Fortra’s Automate
    Feature
    CA Workload Automation
    9.6
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CA Workload AutomationFortra’s Automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CA Workload AutomationFortra’s Automate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadcom
    CA Workload Automation is well suited for firms having to manage and monitor multiple applications operating in multiple environments. and having SLA requirements. CA Workload Automation is less appropriate and not cost-effective for non-critical applications and/or jobs. CA Workload Automation is ideal for companies that require reliable and stable Production support for their business critical jobs to finish on time.
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    Fortra
    It's great for repetitive or regularly scheduled activities like reports or file transfers. However, it's not so good for on-demand activities. It doesn't support task shortcuts to run specific tasks. If it did it would be perfect.
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    Pros
    Broadcom
    • All batch jobs can be monitored from one dashboard.
    • Provides detailed error logs.
    • We have developed packages to invoke OIC integrations through Autosys.
    • Notifications is a good feature when job fails or runs beyond cutoff time.
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    Fortra
    • Very detailed task builder. Easy to read step by step a task's operation even if you don't have much programming knowledge.
    • Scheduling for automation jobs is very flexible. Allows us to create all kinds of job schedules as needed.
    • Organization of jobs, tasks, conditions is done well. Allows us to easily manage our items.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • Monitoring of front-end websites.
    • More utilization insights if possible.
    • Customer service via chat in the future if possible.
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    Fortra
    • A reporting capability on tasks: enabled, disabled, by folder, by trigger, etc. Currently there is none.
    • An "OR" in their conditional statements - currently there is only "AND".
    • Some kind of temporary backup when changing a task - separate from the current back up/restore functionality (which works well).
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    Usability
    Broadcom
    This product along with the Broadcom support team fits out needs and scheduling requirements with no issues. The support team are very aware of their product and how to support it.
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    Fortra
    It's just very easy to use, extremely versatile, and very reliable. It's hard to find use cases where it won't work.
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    Support Rating
    Broadcom
    I love this product!!
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    Fortra
    Support is very helpful and responsive, although using the tool is very user-friendly, so I hardly use the service.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadcom
    We selected CA Workload Automation for the ease of integration and less time to setup. It has less overhead to manage the application and is a very robust application.
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    Fortra
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • CA Workload Automation has improved SLA by 50%.
    • CA Workload Automation has reduced job failures by 60%.
    • CA Workload Automation has improved staff productivity and problem resolution.
    • CA Workload Automation has improved application availability.
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    Fortra
    • It's been a net positive as AutoMate requires less eyes on specific tasks so that people can focus attention elsewhere and do more analysis.
    • Less manual work also decreases the chances of mistakes and/or missed jobs. Since Automate can schedule everything, send email notifications, etc., there is less time wasted.
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