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    Tidal by Redwood

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ATidal Automation, from Redwood Software since the early 2023 acquisition, is an enterprise workload automation platform for automating and orchestrating cross-application, cross-platform workloads – in on-prem, cloud or hybrid environments – from one central point of control. Tidal is used to optimize mission-critical business processes, manage…N/A

    TrueSight Orchestration

    Score3.5 out of 10
    N/ATrueSight Orchestration (formerly Atrium Orchestrator) is datacenter automation software from BMC.N/A
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    Tidal by RedwoodTrueSight Orchestration
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Tidal by RedwoodTrueSight Orchestration
    Workload Automation
    Comparison of Workload Automation features of Tidal by Redwood and TrueSight Orchestration
    Feature
    Tidal by Redwood
    8.3
    19 Ratings
    0% above category average
    TrueSight Orchestration
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Multi-platform scheduling8.716 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Central monitoring8.618 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Logging8.519 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Alerts and notifications8.519 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Analysis and visualization8.019 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Application integration7.818 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Tidal by RedwoodTrueSight Orchestration
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Redwood RunMyJobs
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Tidal by RedwoodTrueSight Orchestration
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
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    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
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    User Testimonials
    Tidal by RedwoodTrueSight Orchestration
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Redwood Software
    On coming to well suited experience while error handling and effortless recovery processes are crucial, Tidal performs exceptionally well. It can identify and fix automated issues, reducing downtime and interruptions. A smaller automation solution may be more cost-effective if a business primarily utilizes a single platform or uses a small number of applications that do not require complex integration.
    Incentivized
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    BMC Helix
    Well Suited if running other BMC products Need well trained Level 2 & Level 3 Administration for day to day tasks
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    Pros
    Redwood Software
    • Tidal Automation allows us to automate and schedule/ perform various tasks in a easy and effective manner. It is highly interactive and effective allowing nearly 4k -5k jobs to run a day.
    • Tidal is designed to be easily shareable and collaborative allowing multiple users to work at a particular time making work effective.
    • Tidal allows us to ensure that every event which is triggered is exactly when it's supposed to be regardless of other activities which are going as well.
    • It is user-friendly to generate the reports required of a particular object and allows us to test the codes perfectly well before executing in live environment.
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    BMC Helix
    • Ease of Integration with other BMC products like BMC BSA , BNA ,Remedy & ITSM
    • Technical Support is good
    • Good documentation & Community Support
    • Integration with third party apps is good
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Redwood Software
    • Still a bit slow when navigating. If you close a job you have to wait a few seconds to open another one. Even when you made no changes.
    • When viewing a job and make no changes, the "ok" button changes the last modified date as if you made a change. No big deal, but wastes time when troubleshooting a problem and looking into what jobs were changed last.
    • You can see the parameters column in the "job activity", but not in "Job definitions".
    • Can't search the parameters field in the filter.
    • Changing a variable name does not change it on the job. It still works because Tidal Automation uses the ID number. It just causes confusion when you see a variable on a job and can't find the variable under "Variables". On top of that, Tidal Automation does not show the ID column under "Variables" making it even more difficult to find the variable.
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    BMC Helix
    • Complex initial setup
    • Integration with Cloud is missing
    • UI is old & traditional & not user friendly
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Redwood Software
    We are on the fence. The increased pricing for renewals is staggering. With new automation options like Microsoft's Power Automate and Event Driven Ansible on the field, there are other options now available.
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    BMC Helix
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    Implementation Rating
    Redwood Software
    Having provided consulting services for years on Tidal by Redwood, I recommend going with a solutions partner or consultant to deploy it. I believe there are sizing and tuning guidelines that should be followed for environments of scale. I believe they are not critical when first lighting up the product, but if you are not aware of them you will encounter performance degradation after a few thousand job objects are added.
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    BMC Helix
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    Alternatives Considered
    Redwood Software
    1. Tidal is good at processing large volume pf data and is cost effective. 2. Tidal can automate the scheduling of production objects, ensure that materials are delivered on time 3. Tidal Process large volumes of data which cannot be done everyday by running codes/scripts manually which does it with ease when required.
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    BMC Helix
    We choose Atrium Orchestrator since we are using other BMC products in our environment & integration to those products is simple
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    Return on Investment
    Redwood Software
    • Better decision-making and more process visibility are achieved through reporting and monitoring.
    • Lowered time frames and streamlined administration of the workflow.
    • Improved cost and resource allocation, especially in cloud contexts.
    • A decrease in manual errors and related expenditures.
    • Unusual problems that could occur during automation.
    • Possible difficulties shifting to a new automation tool.
    • The expense of beginning implementation and training.
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    BMC Helix
    • Able to automate 50% of manual operations work
    Incentivized
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