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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ActiveBatch Workload Automation

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AActiveBatch from Advanced Systems Concepts in New Jersey is IT workload automation software.N/A

    IBM Event Automation

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Event Automation enables businesses to accelerate their event-driven efforts. The event streams, event endpoint management and event processing capabilities help lay the foundation of an event-driven architecture for unlocking the value of events.N/A
    Pricing
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of ActiveBatch Workload Automation and IBM Event Automation
    Feature
    ActiveBatch Workload Automation
    9.6
    22 Ratings
    15% above category average
    IBM Event Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling9.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications9.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration9.621 Ratings00 Ratings
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    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Apache Airflow
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Redwood RunMyJobs
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (23 ratings)
    8.1
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ActiveBatch Workload AutomationIBM Event Automation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Redwood Software
    Any large business or organisation that wants to manage their workload effectively and with the least amount of room for error might choose the ActiveBatch Automation tool. Being a consultant I feel that It aids in task automation and has the flexibility to change in response to varying company requirements. It helps to save huge time by doing all the repetitive tasks on daily basis. During the patching activity the schedulers can be stopped. It also help by alerting us if any system/job is down so that SLA can be saved. Overall ActiveBatch Automation stands as a dependable cornerstone for ensuring the seamless operation of our tasks.
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    IBM
    IBM Event Streams is well suited for companies developing event driven Microservices. One of the biggest challenger with microservices is that your data gets distributed into little silos - event streaming (or better known as event sourcing) allows you to get a central source of truth in your event store. We are taking this approach with IBM Event Streams and it is well suited for building an event streaming / sourcing architecture.
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    Pros
    Redwood Software
    • Businesses can use ActiveBatch to plan tasks based on parameters like frequency, dependencies, and the time of day. By automating typical actions like backups and data transfers, businesses can make sure that crucial operations go off without a hitch.
    • Multiple systems and apps can be used in complicated workflows that ActiveBatch can automate. For instance, it can automate a workflow for processing orders from beginning to end, from the customer order through inventory control and delivery through the processing of invoices and payments.
    • Files can be sent between many platforms and systems safely with ActiveBatch. Transfers to cloud-based storage systems like Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure are also included in this. SFTP and FTP transfers are also included.
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    IBM
    • It is adaptive and helps us create more engaging experiences on our platforms.
    • The Key metrics dashboard is rich with insights.
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    Cons
    Redwood Software
    • On RARE occasions, have seen scheduling properties changed that don't take effect.
    • Simpler to understand/more robust reporting options would be nice to have.
    • Maybe I'm missing something, but why doesn't the Instances view show completion time? Just execution time and duration.
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    IBM
    • Provide Capabilities to connect the Event Streams via REST Proxy.
    • Schema Registry to handle Avro Formats.
    • Provide Kafka Connect Sink & Source Connectors.
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    Usability
    Redwood Software
    We can easily add new plans/jobs in our batch schedules. Also, coordination with reporting and QA jobs is simple to do. Building schedules, restarting jobs, triggering dependencies is easy to understand. The system is very stable and allows us to easily see overall processing times.
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    IBM
    The product was very user friendly and extremely easy to get started with. The documentation is excellent and the free tier makes it very easy to get started with without having to make deep or long term financial commitments.
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    Support Rating
    Redwood Software
    My colleague contacted them directly, I only know hearsay on this but it was not good.
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    IBM
    I met with the support team and they have deep technical and development understanding of the needs and the problems which IBM Event Streams addresses. If you are looking for a product backed by a highly technical support team then IBM Event Streams is probably the best choice. I was specifically impressed by the level of technical understanding my support team demonstrated.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Redwood Software
    The workload automation solution is based on the specific needs of an organization, as well as the features, capabilities, and costs of various solutions. A thorough evaluation process and consideration of these factors can help ensure the selection of a solution that aligns with overall business objectives and meets the specific needs of the organization.
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    IBM
    In Event Streams, applications send data by creating a message and sending it to a topic. To receive messages, applications subscribe to a topic. High availability and reliability. Event Streams offers a highly available and reliable Apache Kafka service running on IBM Cloud. Event Streams. Event Streams stores three replicas of your data to ensure the highest level of resilience across three availability zones.
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    Return on Investment
    Redwood Software
    • I have not run numbers to determine hard impact, but a quick estimate is that at least one job is running for a average of about 6 hours per day - that 6 hours, if done by hand, would equate to about 30 - 40 hours per day (and in some cases, could not be duplicated manually, as the job repeats faster than a person could accomplish one cycle.)
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    IBM
    • In using downstreams, the minimal features and the rate of releases were slow, makes us feel that there's no upgrades and other than that there's poor marketing of the product.
    • The adoption around the service is low, requires focused marketing.
    • Lack of visibility into topic depth , Monitoring capabilities
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