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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    SAP Replication Server

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASAP's Sybase Replication Server is database development and management software.N/A
    Pricing
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Features
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Fortra’s Automate and SAP Replication Server
    Feature
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Replication Server
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Fortra’s Automate and SAP Replication Server
    Feature
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Replication Server
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Fortra’s Automate and SAP Replication Server
    Feature
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Replication Server
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Fortra’s Automate and SAP Replication Server
    Feature
    Fortra’s Automate
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Replication Server
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Skyvia
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Robotic Process Automation
    Score8.4 out of 10
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    UiPath Automation Platform
    Score8.5 out of 10
    SolarWinds Task Factory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    SAP
    I asked questions about a warm standby and multicast replication. We ended up using bi-directional replication and a warm standby db. Having 3 or more live OLTP DB's where each was read-write was going to be difficult to manage for contention if the same table was being updated. We stuck with an easier solution to have only two OLTP's, and then used additional DB's as read-only DW's.
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    Pros
    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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    SAP
    • guaranteed delivery
    • high availability
    • scalable
    • low latency
    • data transformation
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    Cons
    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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    SAP
    • Data Reconciliation Functionality.
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    Usability
    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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    SAP
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    Support Rating
    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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    SAP
    SAP support has been outstanding. They have quick response times and always meet their SLAs. Any time we have an issue that needs to be researched they are able to get back to us quickly with resolution.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
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    SAP
    Hands down Sybase has the best replication
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    Return on Investment
    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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    SAP
    • A positive is that it allow quick business decision making on the basis of real time data. Huge time saving for business.
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