Fortra’s Automate vs. FileCatalyst

Fortra’s Automate

Fortra’s Automate

15 Reviews and Ratings

FileCatalyst

0 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Fortra’s Automate	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Fortra'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
FileCatalyst	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	FileCatalyst is a suite of server and client applications that accelerate point-to-point file transfers, and that are design to meet needs dependent on specific workflows. By adding on one or multiple client applications, the vendor states users can expect to see increased productivity within workflows and an overall improvement in business efficiencies.	N/A

Pricing

Fortra’s Automate

FileCatalyst

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Fortra’s Automate	FileCatalyst
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	Yes

Entry-level Setup Fee

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Community Pulse
	Fortra’s Automate	FileCatalyst
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Different format Pro Legacy system	No answers on this topic
Top Cons	Minus Memory management Minus Memory leaks Minus Reporting capability	No answers on this topic

Best Alternatives
	Fortra’s Automate	FileCatalyst
Small Businesses	airSlate SignNow Score 8.5 out of 10	DataMotion Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Appian Score 8.8 out of 10	DataMotion Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Appian Score 8.8 out of 10	Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Score 5.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Fortra’s Automate	FileCatalyst
Likelihood to Recommend	10.0 (4 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Fortra’s Automate	FileCatalyst
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. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
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). Incentivized David Croney Operations Analyst Senior Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Fortra Support is very helpful and responsive, although using the tool is very user-friendly, so I hardly use the service. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Fortra Incentivized Farjad Habib Senior Software Engineer Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fortra No answers on this topic
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