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At a Glance
Automic Automation
Automic Automation
Star Rating
(15)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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JAMS
JAMS
Star Rating
(183)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that JAMS Enterprise Job Scheduler excels in its Quality of Support, scoring 9.5, which reviewers mention as being responsive and helpful, particularly during critical job failures.
  • Reviewers mention that Automic Automation shines in Workflow Management, with a score of 9.3, highlighting its intuitive interface that allows for easy creation and modification of complex workflows.
  • G2 users indicate that JAMS offers superior Job Scheduling capabilities, scoring 9.4, with users praising its flexibility in scheduling jobs based on various triggers and conditions.
  • Users on G2 report that Automic Automation has a robust Scalability feature, scoring 8.5, which reviewers say is beneficial for large enterprises needing to manage extensive workloads across multiple environments.
  • Reviewers mention that JAMS provides excellent Proactive Workflow features, scoring 9.0, which users say helps in anticipating issues before they escalate, thus improving overall operational efficiency.
  • Users say that both products have comparable API / Integrations capabilities, each scoring 8.5, but JAMS is noted for its ease of integration with legacy systems, which is a significant advantage for mid-market users.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Automic Automation
No pricing available
JAMS
30 day free trial
Free Trial
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Free Trial
Automic Automation
No trial information available
JAMS
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
9
9.1
136
Ease of Use
8.3
9
8.7
136
Ease of Setup
7.1
7
8.6
101
Ease of Admin
7.9
7
8.7
88
Quality of Support
8.5
9
9.5
132
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
7
9.4
86
Product Direction (% positive)
7.4
9
9.5
130
Features by Category
8.6
62
8.7
849
Automation
8.7
9
8.9
115
8.5
9
8.9
101
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Administration
8.1
9
8.4
111
9.3
9
8.5
99
8.1
9
8.5
90
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.9
46
Functionality
9.1
9
9.4
109
8.5
8
8.5
81
Not enough data
8.3
44
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Automic Automation
Automic Automation
JAMS
JAMS
Automic Automation and JAMS are categorized as Workload Automation
Unique Categories
Automic Automation
Automic Automation has no unique categories
JAMS
JAMS has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Automic Automation
Automic Automation
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
66.7%
JAMS
JAMS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
16.8%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
47.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
35.8%
Reviewers' Industry
Automic Automation
Automic Automation
Information Technology and Services
33.3%
Computer Software
25.0%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
8.3%
Retail
8.3%
Financial Services
8.3%
Other
16.7%
JAMS
JAMS
Financial Services
19.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Insurance
6.1%
Banking
5.6%
Computer Software
5.0%
Other
57.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Automic Automation
Automic Automation
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

First, our configuration allows for the application to be in an active/passive state so that immediately when the active instance fails the passive instance takes over. We have over a thousand unique jobs configured to run. As with the CA7 product, the...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

There is not much to dislike about the Tool, but many a times felt and received feedback also about having troubles in customer support. AUTOMIC team needs to address their customer problems a bit faster and on priority.

JAMS
JAMS
Most Helpful Favorable Review
MG
Mark G.
Verified User

JAMS Job Scheduler is one of the most helpful programs that I use. There are so many programs that must be run at specific times, and in specific order and JAMS does it all!

Most Helpful Critical Review
CY
Chao Y.
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care

Sometimes for unknown reason (and they've debugged this many times to no avail), your job won't run completely and Monitor will show that it's way more than 100% complete.

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Discussions
Automic Automation
Automic Automation Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Automic Automation has no discussions with answers
JAMS
JAMS Discussions
How to hold schedules of all the jobs ?
2 comments
Adrian C.
AC
JAMS has the option to use jobs to execute other jobs in a specific order, which allows you to hold schedules for all jobs.Read more
Can JAMS convert my existing batch jobs?
2 comments
Official Response from JAMS
Yes. Conversion utilities for Windows Task Scheduler, SQL Server Agent, and Cron are included with JAMS.Read more
What is a JAMS Job?
2 comments
Rob G.
RG
A JAMS job is a description of a task that needs to be executed. It can be initiated by the presence of a file in a specific place, the receipt of an email,...Read more