ActiveBatch, awesome if it did literally anything it says it can (it can't)
September 17, 2020
ActiveBatch, awesome if it did literally anything it says it can (it can't)
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with ActiveBatch
We used ActiveBatch to manage many of our automated database reports. It was used system-wide, but for our department only my colleague and I used it. It was supposed to be a replacement for Windows task scheduler, but it barely worked as intended. We had to hack many of our scheduled jobs to use batch scripts since the built-in Powershell or command line options did not work.
- Everything in one place
- Easily manage multiple machines and their scripts
- Supposed to allow for more in-depth schedule 'chaining', e.g. when this job ends it kicks off another
- Almost none of the advertised functionality worked in any form
- Hacks to get it to work included calling a batch script via a scheduled task instead of just saving the code directly in AB - running that way did nothing
- Notifications of job activity either didn't work or just absolutely spammed you
- User accounts didn't work, our team had to share the one that barely worked
- I have no idea what they paid for it, but it was too much.
Do you think ActiveBatch Workload Automation delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with ActiveBatch Workload Automation's feature set?
No
Did ActiveBatch Workload Automation live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of ActiveBatch Workload Automation go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy ActiveBatch Workload Automation again?
No