ActiveBatch Reviews

Active Batch - New best Automation Tool in market!

Comments: Basically, it helps me to automate scheduling, monitor all my servers, and look after logs and alerts!This has been very time-saving and because of this now I can focus on larger targets!

Pros:

Many services, Noticeably some are-Workload ProcessingScalabilityIntelligent AutomationAdministration ConsoleWorkflow Management

Cons:

The only thing I least like is pricing and apart from that this is the best tool.

Overall Best Tool for all sort or monitoring and scheduling task tool !!

Comments: Very good user interface and best event-based automation for real time accurate data. Good Customization for all alerts. Due to version change, old jobs running had few issues' apart form that, all seems good.

Pros:

The good features of Active batch is real time processes and accurate data capturing on tool. Very easy to use , good user interface, Not much pre-requisite needed, very handy. Very good user interface and best event-based automation for real time accurate data. Good Customization for all alerts. Due to version change, old jobs running had few issues' apart form that, all seems good.

Cons:

The data cannot be easily exported out easily to a excel format making it a bit difficult to extract data. Also getting other users to manage their jobs was getting difficult.

Active Batch to orchestrate your workload

Comments: The product is well thought, well priced, offering lot of features, I can understand with such a lot of features it is hard to introduce a change without breaking other functionalities, but if they can tighten their testing before releasing it covering all scenarios, that will be great.

Pros:

lots of features..flexibility on how to orchestrate your workload.

Cons:

sometimes, the behaviors are unpredictable. not a major blow up so far. but it can get on your nerves as why certain things work the way it works and why would it not work for other cases given both are similar situations.

ActiveBatch is the ideal solution if you want quick and complete automation.

Comments: we at Justwicks used active batch for making our product more reliable, since we started using it our ROI nearly increased to 80% within short span of time, and reliability or our product is also increased to a great extent

Pros:

In our organisation we have implemented activebatch into our end to end automation, we have utilized the real time analytics and alerting feature a lot which gave us more insights ahead and able to fix the issue before the clients report it.

Cons:

The documentation and initial setup was bit fuzzy it could be been more details and few more video tutorials would have reduced our time a lot.

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Comments: My overall experience with active batch to date is very good and it provides smooth and it is user-friendly.Any user who uses this for the first will be able to understand it very easily without any difficulties.

Pros:

it's an automation tool that helps the administrator to schedule, monitor and view the logs without or with very less manual intervention.

Cons:

The cost is the only factor that i would like to highlight. However, it is worth it.

The right software solution for your business

Pros:

Its an open-source platform to review about choosing a software and we have access to read the reviews of all customers just to plan before getting into it.It helps a lot in my day to day activities like automation of my workloads.Its user-friendly (easy-to-use) UI so any non IT person can easily get hands-on on this software.Its compatible with different organizations and Active Batch can easily integrate with other applications which makes it easy to access and automates all workloads in different platforms.Customer support team is excellent which makes us resolve our queries in short span of time

Cons:

Cost is something which is a con if its for small organizations.Needs bit more detailed documentation and improvement in the UI part to make it more user-friendly.Comparing to other software, the reporting capabilities are bit less which should be improved better with IT experts.

Automating manual, repetitive tasks have never been easier!

Comments: Active Batch handles all of our nightly batch jobs including but not limited to file transfers between SFTP sites, SSRS report generation, file encryption/decryption and much more. We have several use cases for using Active Batch but one of the main drivers was having a solution to house all of our Windows Task Scheduler jobs, while task scheduler is great, it was a pain to manage and support. With Active Batch, we now have a single solution where we can see which jobs are running, how long they are running for, if they failed, and when they would run next, etc. We currently have about 1000 jobs in different Active Batch environments.

Pros:

ActiveBatch treats all items as objects; this allows for object reuse when building jobs and also reduces the overhead of maintaining and supporting multiple objects.

Cons:

Having to upgrade each of the execution agents, there needs to be a process where the agents are automatically updated when there is a new version available.

Very impressive and Best software worked on

Comments: Overall experience working in this software felt life changing tool which almost do everything you required for any organization you work (IT, manufacturing, logistics etc) This tool has made our life so easy that, we can easily look after inventory stock and take decisions for future procurements and under customer orders and plan accordinglyAs an IT it became so easy to procure electronics items required by having approved supplier list and tracking it

Pros:

As a logistics company, activebatch is very useful in planning your daily activities, providing the purchase order for raw materials, track the activities from supplier side, easily generate the reports as required and plan for customer orderOther good feature are good display, has enormous options to work, under interface is excellent

Cons:

The only cons i felt in this software is that, it should been a bit user friendly with detailed user manual how exactly different functions works, also by having a authorization for customization options to tweak the software as per our requirements

The tool that enhances automation workflows to reach their peak level is ActiveBatch.

Comments: As per my experience this tool became one of best partner in my office, this made my work in easier by alerting and by self re-run capabilities. because of this robust automation workflow automation this made our team proud in the organization by deploying our project on time.

Pros:

ActiveBatch tool has been incredibly beneficial in elevating my testing efficiency to its highest level, thanks to its strong monitoring and scheduling features and this automatically re-runs failed tasks, this provides timely completion alerts, and also suits for various project types, saving me from the burden of learning new tools for the different assigned projects.

Cons:

Barely touchable for start-up companies.

Automation at its best

Pros:

Once if you start using ActiveBatch ,it is easy to read console and general structure of system.it has excellent monitoring capabilities to running and existing jobs. ActiveBatch can easily drag and drop workflow building

Cons:

There is no major issue with the software as it is sufficient for any IT individual for daily basis usage,if someone like developer is using the tool, they might find the full potential of the software. The support level for Level 1 can be improvised and also some of the documentation about the product can be improved in coming days.

My experiences over the years in ActiveBatch

Comments: We have used ActiveBatch for the last 5 years and are we happy. So happy that we have moved all our Automation and scheduling to ActiveBatch and that shows the trust few have in the product

Pros:

Previously we have used a few scheduling systems but in recent years we have moved all our automation and scheduling to ActiveBatch. Which shows the confidence we have in the product The central location of all our workflows and an operation to view running, failed and successful jobs make ActiveBatch an outstanding product. The execute agent and job scheduler is very stable. ActiveBatch scheduler is brilliant and the use of custom dates and calendars makes scheduling powerful. The PowerShell script option in AB makes scheduling of PowerShell scripts easy. Reuse and reference of scripts in workflows make development quicker. The use of variables on Jobs, schedulers, folders, triggers and task gives us a lot of variety and flexibility. The support team is very good and always eager to help. The only issues we have is the difference in time zones in response from the support team due to that. But it has imporved over the last few months.

Cons:

What I found over the years is when a new version of AB has been released, jobs that were working in the previous release not working in the new version. The new GUI of v12 looks good but is a lot slower and crashes more often than the previous version. To do a simple task and using the internal steps like reading a from DB, loop through the records, setting values to a condition can be a confusing thing. Lately, we have been switching all our jobs that were using job steps to PowerShell scripts because we have more control and options in Powershell.

Top Notch Automation Capability

Comments: Overall, ActiveBatch is a very solid and capable package that gives you almost everything you could ever want in automation.

Pros:

ActiveBatch is the backbone of our automation operations. We use it to automate a wide variety of tasks from running our own custom data processing software to retrieving FTP to monitoring server status. * The scheduler has amazing variety and flexibility for automating tasks: jobs within plans, variables that change parameters dynamically, constraints on other tasks, triggers for other tasks. * Monitoring status of jobs and plans can be done in a variety of ways, through a UI, through email or other communication, even automated reporting. Almost however you want to look at status, ActiveBatch has you covered. * Great support for integration with other technologies and services. They have a number of packages for integration with third party systems. You can fairly easily integrate with command line tools, custom libraries or web APIs to create custom links. We've even used Powershell to automate ActiveBatch itself. * Their tech support has always been quick to respond and genuinely willing to dig deep to help solve the problem.

Cons:

Only a couple cons come to mind. * With increased flexibility and capability come increased complexity. It's easy to get a couple jobs going, but there is a learning curve to use the full capability. There is no free training (like self-guided course), though perhaps that's changed since the last time I looked, and the documentation is difficult to wade through. * We do see quirky behavior indicative of small bugs that will manifest themselves after weeks of operation. Although I would consider it stable, every now and again something strange happens (weeks between occurrences) and it's time to restart the service. It's not the same thing every time and support has always helped us navigate unexpected behavior.

I have been using ActiveBatch since 2015. This is the best Enterprise Job scheduler on the market.

Comments: We now have a better Enterprise Job Schedule in our IT shop.

Pros:

I was tasked to find a Enterprise Job scheduler for LA Metro. I evaluated many job schedulers such as Redwood, Cisco Tidal and Activebatch. Activebatch was the one that stood out the most because of its ease to use and its features and functionality. I was able to setup the software and started to use it in 1 day. The user guide is really helpful specially the case studies. I was able to create jobs at no time. What I like most about this software is the ease of use and the versioning control. To ease the transition from other job scheduler to Activebatch, I created job templates allowing various group in ITS to convert existing jobs or create new jobs based on a template and then modify them accordingly to meet their needs. This has cut down the job creation/conversion time tremendously instead to creating them from scratch. This approach helps quickly bring ITS staff member up to speed and give them the confidence to start using ActiveBatch right the way. Finally, I would like to commend the customer support desk. They provide excellent services. I always learn something new every time I call them up. The problem resolution turnaround time is impeccable.

Cons:

Maybe, more advance case studies should be provided on the user guide such as Crystal Report, email workflow, ActiveBatch Web Service examples, etc...

The Only Automation Tool You'll Ever Need

Comments: Our experience has been great, we have never had any major issues with the tool in the 8+ years we've used it. ActiveBatch has been very reliable and we continue to find new ways that it can improve our workflows.

Pros:

The software is extremely flexible out of the box without needing to rely heavily on scripts to accomplish tasks. The GUI tool is very straightforward and allows complex jobs to be created quickly and accurately.

Cons:

The flexibility and comprehensive toolset are great, but it can also be slightly overwhelming for new users, especially if the users have never used an automation tool before.

Active Batch Is One Of The Greatest Software Applications Ever Devised!

Comments: This application is the driving force at First Rate Inc. It flawlessly runs all of our overnight processing jobs and helps us to see performance trends. It help us to meet our SLA's wit our clients.
Hands down one of the greatest software applications ever devised and keeps getting better!

Pros:

If it's digital this application can probably create an automated task to do whatever you need, and do it extremely efficient. We have come up with some very complex plans/Jobs and I doubt we have even scratched the surface on what this application is capable of doing. I cannot stress enough how Active Batch can transform your company! The ROI on this application is astronomical. Once you see how powerful it is you will agree. I'm not being paid to say these things, I like and breath Active Batch almost every day and I always say, how did we stay in business before we started using Active Batch!

Cons:

It's a complicated piece of software and we found it a little difficult to wrap our brains around the creating of jobs, and variables, however, ASCI support is the best in the business and they worked with us to get like the first 10 jobs working and from those 10 we were able to really branch out quickly.

ActiveBatch - "Best Automation Tool in the market with great performance & stabilized output "

Comments: I am having great experience with ActiveBatch because we can put all of our scheduled task in one bucket and then we can easily track the status of each and every objects specifically.ActiveBatch is capable of adhering to service-level agreements for complicated order flows.It allows us to provide some relaxed from manual task and repeat the same task again and again, we can easily schedule and monitor them.

Pros:

Tree Structure for every object is much more efficient for data separation between different systems.Exporting of Jobs from Active Batch is really quiet and simple. We can easily transport the jobs, objects from one Environment to another.Mainly user can use the Drag and drop options to create jobs with different time zones options means very less use of coding and scripts.ActiveBatch Server can be connected to Oracle DB, PeopleSoft, SAP Server and many more.Data migration is very helpful for the users and it's very easy to download the data.

Cons:

There is no cons too much because it is already providing all the options which is required for the business growth and development. It is easily satisfying or meet business requirements.we can easily control the job flow, message queue, queue server, failed jobs etc.

All the tools you need under one roof

Comments: Biggest problems solved are scheduling and job dependency issues. ActiveBatch allows you to make sure jobs run in the order you need them to. Building a workflow on job step dependency where on job kicks off the next as expected. Or utilizing constraints to not run a job multiple times a day if it has already run. It also has a great feedback alert system. to send emails, text messages, etc to let you know when a job has succeeded or failed. New apps allow you to manage jobs from your phone.

Pros:

It has tons of features, and options to integrate it's automation into many third party platforms for backups, email, sharepoint, tracking systems. The options for coding automation in your comfort zone is also great. Whether you script in ksh, bsh, cmd, bat, powershell, js, or vb; you can take existing workflows and start scheduling them into ActiveBatch seamlessly. Or do as I do; and integrate all those skills into a jobs library and create a custom ActiveBatch workflow.

Cons:

Some of those third party integration point cost extra. Probably expected. There is some challenges with security tokens when migrating to new systems.

ActiveBatch - A boon in Automation

Comments: The overall experience with ActiveBatch is awesome as it helps in solving two major issues in our project. First, It helps in managing the Queues of messages from Queue Manager and the speed is also faster while sending the messages sequentially.Second, It follows centralized management and monitoring technology that minimizes human interventions and saves a lot of time.

Pros:

ActiveBatch is a user-friendly Automation tool that has a functionality of automatic scheduling of messages from single source to multiple targets and vice-versa. The best part of this is that we can schedule the timer according to our business needs, no need of manual triggering. It helps to increase the speed while consuming APIs/Web services to any endpoint.It is easier to install as well documented guide is provided by them.It requires no pre requisite knowledge of any automation tool, any new user can easily use it according to the project he is working on.

Cons:

There is no such thing that I like least about ActiveBatch but one thing that can be worked upon is the configuration part after the post-release that happens when update comes.

Moderate Solution for automate IT and business processes

Comments: This software gives a best experience for the industries which are looking for accurate ,consistent output and excellence report.It has good monitoring capability for running and existing jobs.

Pros:

This Software has best capability to providing the solutions in real-time where we can monitor and schedule the jobs as per the requirement. This software can be integrate with many platforms like oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft etc.. into a single platform which required by the organization.We can easily perform the complex scenarios without coding and scripting with the help of drag and drop.By using this software we can reuse the jobs which are already present and can be used for organization requirements due to this maintenance can be reduced.

Cons:

As of now I don't have any cons but my suggestions towards this program is to reduce the price to afford for small scale industries for accuracy.Some times we find difficulty to download the report as per needed format.

Automation for the Endpoint scans in our security environment

Pros:

ActiveBatch is a very fast and a efficient software to automate endpoint scans on our security infrastructure. We have implemented this in our project to perform endpoint scans on the servers and networks of our project in a 12 hour interval to provide us a status on the health as well update on the endpoint components. This was usually conducted by associates, but now automating this has helped us save a number of hours that can be used by the associates on critically important tasks and also automating it with AtciveBatch has reduced the scope of error.

Cons:

The oncall support could be improved. There are several documentations and blogs to understand the integration related trouble shooting but still if the on call support can help in a more elaborate way would be very good.

Best software worked ever

Comments: Overall it was very good working in this software, one of the best software i have worked ever

Pros:

What i liked the most is that its graphic design, transfer many confidential files through FPP server, which has data theft proof protection, authentication for every process carried out and the most important thing is handling production, inventory, materials, alert notification for any expiry materials to be used as earliest and work order planning and closing details

Cons:

I would like to get some customization where we ourself can customize some of the functions as perour requirements and use it

Active Batch = Low-Code Automation = Advanced job Scheduling

Comments: No more negative about Active Batch Its a user dependent, Can be Preferred for smooth work flow

Pros:

Active Batch is excellent in Event Automation so that workflow processes can be initiated when a specific work or IT event occurs, reducing the chance of delay in work or progress.Unify control of all policies and processes for simplified compliance leads to In-depth audit trails, version control and rollbacks, and access management integrations provide additional layers of security for all data and work we done daily.

Cons:

>A cloud option should be provided as free feature.>price should be affordable so that small organization can prefer this.>when there is overload it take some time to open

Streamline Your Workflow with Active Batch Automation

Comments: ActiveBatch user-friendly interface, extensive documentation, and support resources, which make it easier for them to design, visualize, and manage workflows in a centralized and streamlined manner. Its flexibility, versatility, and ease of use make it a popular choice among enterprises and businesses looking to automate their workflows and streamline their operations.

Pros:

It is simpler to monitor and improve automation processes because to Active Batch intuitive and user-friendly interface, which enables users to design, view, and manage workflows in a centralised and streamlined manner. The flexibility and adaptability of ActiveBatch automation in automating complicated procedures across many platforms and systems

Cons:

ActiveBatch offers a wide range of features and customization options, it can take some time for users to get familiar with all the capabilities of the platform and the best practices for designing and executing workflows.

Perfect software to improve Accuracy and reduce Manual Intervention

Pros:

It is a powerful and reliable tool, which helped us to streamline and improve the Efficiency of our Workload. Automating the wide range of tasks across the organization reduced the time consumption and increases the productivity. ActiveBatch has an advanced features that makes it easy to create and manage the complex workflows, without the technical knowledge. Scheduling the batch jobs daily, weekly, monthly and generating the reports to track the task's status is simplified.

Cons:

Enhancing the trigger and notification module would be appreciated, Product articles and training videos should be improved to gain more knowledge on the tool. Some times Help and support teams are Inactive, need to be focus on assisting the users facing Issues. Cost of the product should be reduced by considering the Small Industries.

ActiveBatch is Easy to Use

Comments: With ActiveBatch it is easy to design and schedule jobs for regular and repeated processes. Our batch runs are reliable on this system, and I have been able to find the functionality needed for all of our scheduling needs. The system is easy to learn and maintain.

Pros:

As a developer, I like the option of using the Job Steps editor. There is so much flexibility in the editor. The preset job step types make designing easy, while the jobs steps that allow scripts and code to be run allow for a wide range of additional functionality.

Cons:

I wish the in system help was a bit more detailed with examples included.