Automic Automation vs ActiveBatch

Automic Automation9.4Visit ActiveBatch9.2Visit

Higher score Automic Automation #1 in Workload Automation Software 9.4/10 Pricing on request ✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Broadcom

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ActiveBatch #3 in Workload Automation Software 9.2/10 Pricing on request ✓ 1 of 5 features Visit ActiveBatch

• Automic Automation fits best

  Large enterprises with complex dependencies

• ActiveBatch fits best

  Enterprise hybrid workload orchestration

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Side by side

Feature	Automic Automation 9.4/10 Visit ↗	ActiveBatch 9.2/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	9.2
Ranking	#1 in Workload Automation Software	#3 in Workload Automation Software
Best for	Large enterprises with complex dependencies	Enterprise hybrid workload orchestration
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Support	Docs	Docs · 24/7
Compliance	SOC 2	GDPR
Integrations	200+ integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Automic Automation 5/5 · ActiveBatch 1/5
Workflow dependencies	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Event triggers	✓	✓
Cross-platform execution	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
SLA monitoring	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Audit logs	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment	Hybrid	Not checked yet
Concurrent jobs	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Cross-platform execution from mainframes to microservices and cloud services Dependency management, SLA monitoring, and predictive alerting Broad integrations across SAP, cloud, data, ITSM, and orchestration tools	Visual workflows with hundreds of pre-built job steps SLA monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment support
Cons	Pricing is contact-sales rather than published by plan Its enterprise breadth may exceed the needs of simple workloads Centralized governance can add overhead for smaller teams	Quote-based pricing adds a sales step before purchase Broad scope may exceed the needs of simple scheduling teams Environment changes require formal change-management controls
Our verdict	Automic Automation is Broadcom’s enterprise workload automation and service orchestration platform. It coordinates business processes, applications, data pipelines, ERP workloads, mainframe jobs, microservices, and cloud services from a… Read the review →	ActiveBatch is a workload automation and workflow orchestration platform from Redwood Software. It is designed for IT and business teams managing processes across applications, databases, operating systems, cloud environments, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Automic Automation — where it wins

  • Cross-platform execution from mainframes to microservices and cloud services
  • Dependency management, SLA monitoring, and predictive alerting
  • Broad integrations across SAP, cloud, data, ITSM, and orchestration tools

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing is contact-sales rather than published by plan
  • Its enterprise breadth may exceed the needs of simple workloads
  • Centralized governance can add overhead for smaller teams

• ActiveBatch — where it wins

  • Visual workflows with hundreds of pre-built job steps
  • SLA monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation
  • Cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployment support

  Where it doesn't

  • Quote-based pricing adds a sales step before purchase
  • Broad scope may exceed the needs of simple scheduling teams
  • Environment changes require formal change-management controls

• Automic Automation9.4/10 · Pricing on request

  A cross-platform workload automation platform for complex, hybrid enterprise operations.

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• ActiveBatch9.2/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad hybrid orchestration platform for governed, event-driven workload automation.

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