CA Workload Automation vs. IBM Workload Automation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CA Workload Automation
Score 7.1 out of 10
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As the name may suggest, CA Workload Automation is CA Technologies workload automation offering.N/A
IBM Workload Automation
Score 7.0 out of 10
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IBM Workload Automation (IBM Workload Scheduler, formerly Tivoli Workload Scheduler is IBM's IT workload automation offering.N/A
Pricing
CA Workload AutomationIBM Workload Automation
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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CA Workload AutomationIBM Workload Automation
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
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Workload Automation
Comparison of Workload Automation features of Product A and Product B
CA Workload Automation
9.4
Ratings
13% above category average
IBM Workload Automation
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Ratings
Multi-platform scheduling9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Central monitoring9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Logging9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and notifications9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Analysis and visualization8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Application integration8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
User Ratings
CA Workload AutomationIBM Workload Automation
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
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Usability
9.0
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Support Rating
9.7
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User Testimonials
CA Workload AutomationIBM Workload Automation
Likelihood to Recommend
If batch jobs are heavily used then this product is highly recommended since it maintains dependencies between jobs, notifies if there are any failures, and puts the next batches on hold if previous dependent jobs fails.
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Pros
  • Workload can be scheduled across different Platforms.
  • Support for Hadoop. Integration with Informatica Dataware house application.
  • The latest version has a web interface which is very impressive.
  • Low overheads from administration standpoint.
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Cons
  • Even though the CA Workload Automation GUI is simple and easy to use, it looks outdated and has limited features such as customizing dashboards and saving particular user settings.
  • CA Workload Automation lacks performance and is often slow to edit jobs or to refresh screens and sometimes requires admin to restart service agents for background processes.
  • I would like to see CA Workload Automation in one screen with all the information the user wants to see and have this customized and saved for every user. Rather than having to build a view and search criteria for every new job that is added.
  • I would like a feature or configuration that you can setup different types of notifications for job failures such as text message with different levels of severity.
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Usability
Very happy!
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Support Rating
It would be great if customer chat experience is also readily available.
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Alternatives Considered
CA Workload Automation stacks up very well compared to Cisco/Tidal, BMC and is far superior to crontab. CA Workload Automation has easy initial setup, efficient job management and scheduling, supports multiple applications and environments and improves business critical needs including SLA, increasing productivity while decreasing processing workload times and failures. CA Workload Automation also integrates well with Automation Change Control Expert or ACCE which is a nice migration tool to have if you're managing jobs in the thousands.
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Return on Investment
  • Positively affected in resolving issues through alerts during peak traffic.
  • Monitoring directly help during Thanksgiving and Black Friday traffic.
  • Reporting helped in explanation of issues to higher management.
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