AutomationEdge vs. Fortra’s Automate

AutomationEdge

Fortra’s Automate

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
AutomationEdge	Score 4.2 out of 10	N/A	AutomationEdge is a Robotic Process Automation and IT Automation solution provider. Its Intelligent RPA brings together all the essential capabilities required for enterprise automation like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Chatbot, ETL, ready API integrations and IT Automation. AutomationEdge has already delivered its solution to large multinationals globally like American Express, Capita, Coty, ICICI Lombard, HDFC Life, Smart Dubai Government, Mashreq Bank and Genpact, to name a…	$25
Fortra’s Automate	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Fortra's Automate (formerly HelpSystems Automate) is a robotic process automation platform for desktop applications. According to the vendor, it offers the ability to automate almost any business process, and no technical expertise is required—IT and business users alike can understand the drag-and-drop interface.	N/A

Pricing

AutomationEdge

Fortra’s Automate

Editions & Modules

AutomationEdge RPAaaS Consumption-based Pricing: $25

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
AutomationEdge	Fortra’s Automate
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

Optional

Additional Details

AutomationEdge consumption-based pricing has RPA & ITPA plans starting from $25 per month. No commitment is required. Scale as you go automation option.

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Community Pulse
	AutomationEdge	Fortra’s Automate
Considered Both Products	AutomationEdge No answer on this topic	Fortra’s Automate Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Chose Fortra’s Automate It has similar usage cases and functions. However, many tools are stuck behind paywalls and always try to upsell you to the next version. It's very upsetting. Even if it's cheaper, whenever I try to replicate the functionality, I get that annoying message, "not available in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fortra’s Automate At an older job we used to use SSIS as kind of an automation tool as well as it could also be used to connect to FTP sources, read files, etc. AutoMate is simply centrally designed to be true automation software. It is much more robust, can work with a variety of software … Incentivized Helpful? Farjad Habib Senior Software Engineer Chose Fortra’s Automate MS SharePoint, Azure API Management and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	AutomationEdge	Fortra’s Automate
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	AutomationEdge	Fortra’s Automate
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Anything where automation would be helpful, I'd recommend. If you're doing a task over and over again, Automate can likely work and do it for you. It helps to keep things running exactly the same so that when failures occur, they can easily be traced to their source. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Wiki pages Blogs Articles Triggers Building crons Automating daily tasks Incentivized Farjad Habib Senior Software Engineer Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	There should be more tools around system stability and recovery. Better ways to manage resources to prevent OS crashes. Automate backups internally without tasks. System failure alerts if the machine crashes or reboots. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It's just very easy to use, extremely versatile, and very reliable. It's hard to find use cases where it won't work. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Support is very helpful and responsive, although using the tool is very user-friendly, so I hardly use the service. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	It has similar usage cases and functions. However, many tools are stuck behind paywalls and always try to upsell you to the next version. It's very upsetting. Even if it's cheaper, whenever I try to replicate the functionality, I get that annoying message, "not available in this version." As an IT professional who needs approval for every purchase, I can't keep asking for upgrades to existing tools. Incentivized Kwame H. Baptiste IT Dept. Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	Positive: Reliability on FTP jobs - really important on bank files. Negative - annual support a little pricey - but not unusual for this level of software. Positive: Does not require a dedicated administrator, especially after the jobs are created and tested. I perform other job duties and this rarely interferes with them. Positive - Since it is easy to learn and use it makes it easy to have a back up administrator Incentivized David Croney Operations Analyst Senior Read full review
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