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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VisualCron

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AVisualCron is an automation, Integration and Task Scheduler tool. VisualCron combines many features into one product. VisualCron was founded in 2004. Through scheduling users can set Jobs to run on a specific time or event with the help of Triggers. The Tasks in each Job automate scripts to eliminate human errors. Through various Tasks users can integrate different systems through file transfer, encryption, compression and…N/A
    Pricing
    KissflowVisualCron
    Editions & Modules
    Small Business
    $1500
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KissflowVisualCron
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$1,499 per Server
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    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    KissflowVisualCron
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Kissflow and VisualCron
    Feature
    Kissflow
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    VisualCron
    -
    Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kissflow and VisualCron
    Feature
    Kissflow
    -
    Ratings
    VisualCron
    3.5
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Kissflow and VisualCron
    Feature
    Kissflow
    -
    Ratings
    VisualCron
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Kissflow and VisualCron
    Feature
    Kissflow
    -
    Ratings
    VisualCron
    4.2
    1 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Business Process Automation
    Comparison of Business Process Automation features of Kissflow and VisualCron
    Feature
    Kissflow
    -
    Ratings
    VisualCron
    4.3
    1 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Business Process Modeling00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Decision Modeling00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Code-Based Automation00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    No-Code Automation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KissflowVisualCron
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (23 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KissflowVisualCron
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    VisualCron does accommodate continuous file processing. Like packing and unpacking compressed files, splitting or merging files, sending E-mail's and executing queries on databases. VisualCron in less suitable for performing very complex operations on files like, arithmetic with numbers, dates or amounts. Very complex job scripts become cluttered. Debugging Job scripts is not easy.
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    Pros
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    • VisualCron can pack and unpack files from many types of packing methods.
    • Clear job scripts with complex constructions can be written in VisualCron
    • VisualCron provides a clear graphical overview of the situation of all jobs.
    • VisualCron clearly indicates when a job has run into an error.
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    Cons
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    • VisualCron should more specifically indicate the root cause of an error.
    • If copying a file goes wrong, VisualCron reports 'can't copy file'. I expect 'no read permissions from original' or 'no write permissions from destination'.
    • VisualCron offers no way to execute a Job script line by line
    • In VisualCron, nested loops cannot be created.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    Really love the product. Was pleasantly surprised that it has been easy to use for parents
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    Usability
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
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    Support Rating
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    Questions and problems can be addressed to VisualCron 's support department via E-mail. I usually get a good answer from them fairly quickly. There is also a VisualCron forum where you can ask questions that will be answered by other VisualCron users.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    For simple processes, VisualCron is easier to use and maintain. For complicated processes, Quadient Inspire offers more options. The graphical representations of waiting, running or completed jobs is adequate for both products. The logging of job actions is better in Quadient Inpire as in VisualCron.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    NetCart DBA VisualCron
    • With VisualCron, I need 3 times less time to get file processing right.
    • If a VisualCron job goes wrong I need twice as much time to find the problem.
    • Visualcron does not run on Linux but on Windows which can make an upgrade and reboot take up to 6 times as long.
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    ScreenShots

    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

    VisualCron Screenshots

    Screenshot of Job - CPU usageScreenshot of Job - execution timeScreenshot of Job - ROI resultScreenshot of Main windowScreenshot of Main window - right clickScreenshot of Output - as table