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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    JAMS

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AJAMS is a centralized workload automation and job scheduling solution that runs, monitors, and manages jobs and workflows. Reliably orchestrate the critical IT processes that run your business from a single pane of glass.

    $9,996

    per year

    Kissflow

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kissflow is a low-code platform for custom application development tailored to business operations. Kissflow empowers process owners and IT developers to automate and build processes and applications for internal business operations.

    $1,500

    per month 50 Users

    Pricing
    JAMSKissflow
    Editions & Modules
    Core
    9,996.00
    per year
    Advanced
    Customized Pricing
    per year
    Small Business
    $1500
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JAMSKissflow
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details- Core: For small teams getting started with automation. Core Integrations: PowerShell, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Python, 20+ others. - Advanced: Comprehensive solution for large-scale operations. Core Integrations: SAP, JDE, Ellucian Banner, Informatica, Mainframe and Power Systems.—
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    JAMSKissflow
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    JAMS Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    67 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    68 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    49 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
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    Features
    JAMSKissflow
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of JAMS and Kissflow
    Feature
    JAMS
    7.4
    70 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Kissflow
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-platform scheduling8.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Central monitoring7.868 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logging7.268 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications8.167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization6.466 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application integration6.765 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of JAMS and Kissflow
    Feature
    JAMS
    -
    Ratings
    Kissflow
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    JAMSKissflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (72 ratings)
    8.4
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (72 ratings)
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (70 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JAMSKissflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    JAMS Software
    There's probably better schedulers out there. JAMS is good for an on-premises/classic IT implementation. JAMS is well-suited for use cases such as collecting a file from a shared location and uploading it to an API, running scripts on servers, and handling middleware tasks that process files or data between handoffs across different locations. JAMS is best suited to environments
    with IT staff who can develop, test, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot
    scripts; it does not use natural language processing (so it requires in-depth
    knowledge of the scripting language in use), and it does not appear to offer
    native dashboarding or reporting that is easily accessible to all users.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    We've used Kissflow [School Cloud] in order to track parent requests for transportation in the SpEd department. It has been user friendly for parents to input a request and staff to review, double check school sites and locations, and set up specific routes to meet the needs of students and communicate the info back to parents.
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    Pros
    JAMS Software
    • JAMS works well to organize jobs into logical folders with unique permissions for each folder
    • JAMS makes it easy to set up alerts for job failures and other notifications
    • Setting up scheduling times with normal human wording, such as Weekdays, or 2nd Tuesday of the month, etc.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • They know what they are. You aren't going to get a Workflow program that also wants to be a CRM. You will get the equivalent of an electronic assistant going from station to station, taking care of business and giving you the end result.
    • Paper. It reduces the amount of paper needed for menial tasks tremendously. You can automate an entire process. As an educational institution, you may still need paper copies, but you aren't waiting for John Doe to sign Line 3, then Jane Doe to initial, and so on and so on with a paper form.
    • Tracking. If you need to know where things are in the process, the fact that this program is dedicated to workflow makes it incredibly easy to identify where people are in the sales flow.
    • Customer appreciation. When your workflow is stronger, faster, and better, the customers feel it. They feel like you are right there with them and getting things moving.
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    Cons
    JAMS Software
    • Would love to see JAMS become a SaaS type of product instead of needing to be hosted by ourselves
    • having lots of jobs in the monitor area can lead to performance issues when running the client locally
    • dashboard and reporting tools could be more user friendly and provide more functionality to help monitoring teams spot recurring issues easily
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • Workflow Design: There isn't a copy/paste function when creating the workflow, and you can't move a workflow task between parallel branches. This becomes a pain point when an item has 98% of what you need, but you can't copy it and place it in another branch to make the last tweaks. Instead, it needs to be completely recreated
    • Interface: While I like the current design features, which make it easy for an end-user to find their tasks and items, it would be nice to also have some flexibility within the platform. Things like being able to groups apps under a category or tailoring the look and feel of the page a little more would be a welcome addition.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    JAMS Software
    JAMS is a critical resource free up people to do other things and ensuring that processes and tasks are run consistently. We are also confident that procedures are run consistently and on time or as soon as the necessary data is available. With automated job failure notification, we are not required to check that jobs are running correctly.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    Really love the product. Was pleasantly surprised that it has been easy to use for parents
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    Usability
    JAMS Software
    JAMS is very user friendly; you hardly need to do coding. The only thing that I would say a challenge is setting it up, but that's because you barely know the product yet and, in every processing, setting up is the difficult part. But once you've set it up and you are going to use it, you will really feel that it is worth to invest in this kind of software solution, it really does it job very well.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    The system has room to grow as it's limited by not being able to edit POs after they've been approved. The system is great for registrations and syncing to other systems while including the attachments. The reporting from Kissflow is also easy to setup to link to other platforms such as Looker
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    Reliability and Availability
    JAMS Software
    We didnt really encounter any downtime, no issues encountered during 2 years of use of JAMs also our client barely raise an issue with JAMS, mostly the issues is on the batch jobs that jams executes. So I would gave it a perfect 10, very reliable hardly encounters any error and bug
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    Performance
    JAMS Software
    JAMS performance is very great, there are no issues raised with the performance, it just like nothing happens on the job after integration it gives you this monitoring capability, no reports and bugs raised on the performance, we didnt do integration with other software only database and with use of JAMS agent to different servers
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    Support Rating
    JAMS Software
    I've never had to wait more than a day for a response to any email queries submitted. We had a very positive experience using support hours during out migration process from v6 to v7. We've also recently had a weeklong group training course where all attendees were positive about the learning outcomes, a shoutout to Jose who did both the migration and the weeklong course!
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    I haven't encountered a need for support with KiSSFLOW. It's not a perfect platform, but it's functional, dependable, and reasonably intuitive. I can't fault a support team just because their product works!
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    In-Person Training
    JAMS Software
    People that were involved in the POC found the training a lot easier to follow. I think most people would have preferred to just get the training material and run through themselves.
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    Implementation Rating
    JAMS Software
    I Was not part of the original Implementation, and the persons did that are no longer with the Organization. But I was part of the recent Upgrade process a year ago and I am the JAMS admin and was very pleased
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    Alternatives Considered
    JAMS Software
    JAMS is WAY more advanced, it isn't a fair comparison. The history is easy to get through. It is easy to get alerts of complete to failed and with a log. Adding jobs is extremely easy that even my teammates who do not manange the software are able to set them up. With the new web component we are very excited for the future of JAMS advancements.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    KiSSFLOW is much easier to set up, less coding and easier to explain to those that are being trained. The company already had SharePoint, but it is a very difficult system to set up. A class had to be taken, along with getting books in order to understand the process of the workflow. With KiSSFLOW, it is simple to understand, the helpdesk is quick with their response, help topics are laid out simply and you can even talk with someone on that side to ask your questions. Overall, KiSSFLOW is a much easier workflow and system to use.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    JAMS Software
    i didnt have any involvement in the sales process, however we purchased the product so it had to be decent.
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    Scalability
    JAMS Software
    The product is quite flexible. There are a number of features and functions that we use on a daily basis, and there are many features that are available that we have not yet needed or explored (like setting up jobs with the ability to do FTP or Sftp file transfers).
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    Professional Services
    JAMS Software
    i didnt have any involvement in the sales process, however we purchased the product so it had to be decent.
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    Return on Investment
    JAMS Software
    • Our company depends on the JAMS Scheduler in executing a large number of SAP Jobs. In never having had a true Enterprise Scheduler such as JAMS before now, we are very happy with the results.
    • There a number of features in JAMS for setting up schedules and dependencies on other jobs. This helps our company achieve the necessary workflows for Job execution. This optimization saves on system resources and keeps Jobs flowing smoothly.
    • We are very happy that JAMS is a robust solution with High Availability. This is necessary for Enterprise products, to reduce downtime, which we have not had as a result. This feature definitely saves our company money by reducing or eliminating unexpected downtime.
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • The only real hard number savings that we have had with KiSSFLOW is the money we have saved in forms being printed, especially multi-part forms. So for a small college like us that it probably in the $5000 to $10000 per year range. We have certainly saved money in increased efficiencies of the processes that we have moved to KiSSFLOW. But that is harder to calculate.
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    ScreenShots

    JAMS Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Centralized Job Repository - here users store job definitions, schedules, and parameters in one central database.Screenshot of the Job Monitor - this displays the status of jobs and workloads from one central monitoring console. Viewers can drill down on individual jobs to diagnose failures, dependencies, and expected completion times.Screenshot of a Dashboard - Here, users can create data-rich visuals to monitor critical batch jobs and workflows running on various agents and on different business applications.Screenshot of the Centralized Job Repository - Stores job definitions, schedules, and parameters in a central database.Screenshot of the Visual Job Editor - a drag and drop editor for tasks is used to build multistep workflows that include dependencies, user input, parallel processes, and triggers.Screenshot of JAX  AI agent - built right into the JAMS Web Client. Ask it to find a job, troubleshoot a failure, or explain how something works, in plain language, and it answers grounded in real JAMS documentation.

    Kissflow Screenshots

    Screenshot of overall efficiency monitoringScreenshot of workflow trackingScreenshot of process metricsScreenshot of the drag and drop form builderScreenshot of a parallel branches workflowScreenshot of where to change file permissions