JAMS Enterprise Scheduler
August 27, 2025

JAMS Enterprise Scheduler

Ken Boskind | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with JAMS

JAMS is used in 2 ways. One as an Enterprise Scheduler for all types of Jobs and the other type Jobs are specifically for Managed File Transfers using SFTP. The scope of standard Enterprise Scheduler Jobs are becoming more and more SAP centric, while standard MFT Jobs are slowly being replaced by other dedicated services.

Pros

  • The Activity Monitor clearly shows the Running Jobs, and Jobs that are to run soon. Successful Jobs can be viewed as well. The Refresh of this monitor is completely customizable to your liking.
  • Job Definitions are very well organized by use of Folders. This simplifies the structure of how to best Implement JAMS Jobs, including the ability to provide specific properties on each folder - whereby Jobs will inherit these properties.
  • Connectivity to servers is well thought out by having Shortcuts to include Credentials and Connection Store for server information.
  • JAMS Jobs can be controlled via System Resources. This is very powerful and is a very useful configuration found in JAMS.

Cons

  • Continued enhancements to the use of SAP Jobs, to include better Job dependencies from workflow information as viewed in the Diagram tab of a JAMS Job definition.
  • Allow the ability to Archive old and unused Jobs - which would then allow old, referenced resources to be removed.
  • The Report Designer needs much more documentation and example usage.
  • 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.
Our JAMS server does very well for the number of Jobs being executed. Usage of JAMS Agents also run efficiently within our environment.
JAMS customer support is very fast. On occasions, should a support person be off, there is no real transition for support on existing or ongoing tickets. Calling in can usually resolve getting a new resource to review and continue the resolution process.
JAMS is more specialized in Scheduled execution of Jobs with less complexity that B2B. We have been very happy with JAMS in respect to B2B.

Do you think JAMS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with JAMS's feature set?

Yes

Did JAMS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of JAMS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy JAMS again?

Yes

JAMS is a very versatile Scheduler in that it can run and execute most any type of program. JAMS does real well in remote execution through use of Agents. Without Agents, there is more complexity to configuration and connectivity, which can elevate the need for expanded error handling. The reporting module should have expanded documentation to garner all that is available in this module.

JAMS Feature Ratings

Workload Automation
8.3
Multi-platform scheduling
8
Central monitoring
8
Logging
9
Alerts and notifications
10
Analysis and visualization
7
Application integration
8

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