Slurm Workload Manager comparisons
Slurm Workload Manager is compared head-to-head with BMC Control-M, IBM Workload Scheduler and ActiveBatch and more: 7 head-to-heads in Job Scheduler Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Slurm Workload Manager head-to-head
- Slurm Workload Manager vs BMC Control-M
- Slurm Workload Manager vs IBM Workload Scheduler
- Slurm Workload Manager vs ActiveBatch
- Slurm Workload Manager vs RunMyJobs by Redwood
- Slurm Workload Manager vs JAMS Scheduler
- Slurm Workload Manager vs Stonebranch Universal Automation Center
- Slurm Workload Manager vs HCL Workload Automation
Slurm Workload Manager vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment | Dependency controls | Retry and recovery | Monitoring and alerts | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Slurm Workload Manager | Yes | Free | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 1 | BMC Control-M | No | $2,400/mo | 9.4 | ||||
| 2 | IBM Workload Scheduler | No | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 4 | ActiveBatch | No | Self-hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | |
| 5 | RunMyJobs by Redwood | No | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 6 | JAMS Scheduler | No | $833/mo | Hybrid | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 7 | Stonebranch Universal Automation Center | 8.5 | ||||||
| 8 | HCL Workload Automation | Hybrid | 8.4 |
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