Fortra’s Automate vs. SAP Replication Server

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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
SAP Replication Server
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SAP'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
Additional Details
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Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
Top Pros
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Features
Fortra’s AutomateSAP Replication Server
Data Source Connection
Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Product A and Product B
Fortra’s Automate
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Ratings
SAP Replication Server
10.0
3 Ratings
19% 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 Product A and Product B
Fortra’s Automate
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Ratings
SAP Replication Server
10.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Simple transformations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Complex transformations00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Data Modeling
Comparison of Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
Fortra’s Automate
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Ratings
SAP Replication Server
7.6
3 Ratings
6% 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 Product A and Product B
Fortra’s Automate
-
Ratings
SAP Replication Server
8.0
3 Ratings
3% below category average
Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
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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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