--- title: Automation Studio Reviews meta_title: 'Automation Studio Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 48 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Automation Studio works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.3 review_count: 48 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: CAD & PLM url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad-plm --- # Automation Studio Reviews **Vendor:** Famic Technologies **Category:** [Simulation & CAE Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/simulation-cae) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 48 ## About Automation Studio Automation Studio is a fluid power, electrical and control systems design and simulation software developed by Famic Technologies Inc. ## Automation Studio Reviews ### 1. Automation Studio , an easy and collective approach to manage data and marketing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Subhadip K. | Senior Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2023 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The best about Automation Studio is that it is light weight, Easy to install and configure in any project. Data and Behavioral driven project can be easily managed by building blocks of an Automation. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** There is nothing much to dislike for Automation Studio. The technique is awesome for a learner . whoever starts first time to build a Setup needs some study . Although the manual and official release about the software package is good. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** It solves many problems , like data fetching, managing after extraction. Then Automation of notification via mail sending. Automation Studio helps to write particular scripts for the functional activities, and can be made small to complex queries for retrieving data or information. ### 2. Dynamic application of circuit building in pneumatic and hydraulic system. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Siddharth K. | Web Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** It has all the required components to build a perfect circuit **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** The interface is not more of a convincing one **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automation studio helped me to build respective circuits to solve various problems ### 3. Troubleshooter for Hydraulic Issue **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nikhil C. | Assistant Manager - Hydraulic System Design and Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2022 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation Studio too is very useful when you don't want to test the machine physically and waste money rather you can just create machine circuits and find solutions **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** In automation Studio sometimes you can't create the hydraulic part which are present in physical machine and so that you can't evaluate your circuit and test it **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Automation Studio helps me to create hydraulic circuit and test it or find solutions of the problems virtually rather spending money and time to test it physically ### 4. Automation studio is a really good platform to automate the tasks which helps you to perform task. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kishore K. | Technical Support Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** I like the query activity feature which makes the process quick and also like the Data extract activity and email send activities where we can have journey activities to try existing automation **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I find no dislike while using the automation studio. But I think the query features can be improved a little in performance wise. The query timeout issue needs to be have better structure.Need to get error information more detailed way to user. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use automation studio for SQL query,Import activities,file transfer and automate the email messages to customer and extract the report based on the send information ### 5. Automation Studio Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tanvi K. | Solution Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation studio has numerous advantages . Majorly I have used it for 1. Exporting reports files on servers in different formats. 2. Running of script activities. 3. Usage of verification activities 4. Populating data extensions when after running queries **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** The minimum wait interval is one hour. It would be nice if it gets to 30 mins. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Quite helpful **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Running of SQL Queries . Exporting and Importing of data . Running of SSJS Scripts. ### 6. A one stop PC software simulation for Technician and Engineers. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Homer V. | BMS Technician, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The simulation process helps a lot, there's no need to go all the time on the field to troubleshoot. Just encode the schematic diagram, put the corresponding value of the components and that's it. When you finally found the problem by simulation you can trace out easily the problem in the field. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** There was a little bit of problem in tagging the components, there's a lot of fill inbox that are not useful. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** add water pump motor so I can put it together on a pump circuit. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I resolved the problem on a Booster pump system which the cut in and cut out of pressure is not executed well in the system. When I encode the schematic diagram and simulate, System still in error. i check the the oinout of the timer relay and I found out there was a wrong wiring in the control panel which I corrected in the simulation. So when i get in the system panel i knew already which part of the panel that cause the problem. ### 7. Best Software to Automate your Processess **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** khayati j. | Marketing Analyst, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation Studio is the best software to make your complex process simpler and easy to manage. automation studio helps me in automating the entire process of marketing like importing, data extract, file transfer, running sql queries and sending series of emails. Easy to use and productive software. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Easy to use software but if someone need to run automation then he/she needs to do proper training to run the tool. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Best software to use if you want to make your complex things simplier.. Productive and effective Software. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** automation Studio helps me in automating the entire process of marketing from file importing, data extracting, sending emails to generating reports. ### 8. Automation Studio **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dilip k. | Salesforce Marketing Cloud Developer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Activities like SQL Activities, File transfer, Import file, Data Extract and Send Email activities are very much useful. Creation of automation and schedule them on recurrence so that it can run periodically. The Automation studio is feature reach fast and durable. Provide more flexibility to filter the Audiences. Easy way to share and receive the files through FTP. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Need to have deep understanding before using the tool. Lack of instruction given on what to do for different steps. There must be video guides or proper documents provided on the tool itself to guide the user. Need to provide more automated tool for using SQL scripts like drag and drop and mapping. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Automation studio is a great toll provided by Marketing Cloud that makes the work and process easy and reliable in least amount of time and manual work. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Segmentation of customer data, Sending and scheduling send automation. Automated way to share and receive the files from FTP. Extraction of data and save automatically on Data Extensions periodically. ### 9. very helpful to solve hydraulic problems **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** prafulla d. | Training & Design Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Simulation, as it shows flow direction, various parameters such as velocity, force, acceleration, etc. many hydraulic circuits are easily solved by this software. specially electrohydraulic circuits. I also gave training on this software to my friends inside the company which I cover all the basic details of the software. the plc panel also we handle with great efficiency. but some issues have occurred that once it working properly. but after some, as we have done, again and again, it looks very difficult to operate. I want some plc training link so that I can solve that problem also. if this training any link you can provide to me so that it may help a lot. I can pay also some money for that also and advance training also. one last thing I want to ask is there any website that gives training on this software. because on youtube a very small video of training is available. thanks and regards. hope you give me a reply as soon. my email id is prafulla.deshpande3116@gmail.com **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I personally found that very difficult to connect the electrical circuit to hydraulic circuits **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** very much thankful to automation studio, this software very much helpful to me to solve actual industrial problems, I suggest to use in very large scale and solve problems regarding hydraulic and pneumatics **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** while designing a hydraulic power unit for various application such as boom lifting, VRM, Cement Industry problems ### 10. very strong tool with wide range of flexibility built n for testing and troubleshooting. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** veeresh r. | Senior Mechanical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 25, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Wide range of flexibility within tool to simulate the circuit by varying the input conditions. Mechanism manager option is great value addition where we can test the system in near true scenario **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Some attributes were missing/will be complicated to vary the inputs while version updates. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Automation studio can be extensively used for testing and analyzing hydraulic circuits along with mechanical function simulation (mechanism manger) It can also be used for training the students and new hires. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used AS simulation to analyze frequent cylinder seal failure due to High pressure in the cylinder, mechanism manager is very helpful. ### 11. Automation Studio 6.0 for PLC and Pneumatic Systems simulation. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 18, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The interface is easy to understand. I appreciate the layout and simulation tools. I used Educational Edition in University labs. I used it to make simulations for the PLC course homework. It was a great experiment. Now, I use this software to make machines with pneumatic parts, sensors and PLC. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I don't think there is anything I dislike. everything in the interface is easy to use and reach. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I was a student, I used it in University labs for solving PLC course simulation Homeworks. it helps me to understand and learn the logic of PLC. I worked In a company that design pneumatic machines. The software is very useful to simulate the machine to be built before building it and understand how to design the machine and control pneumatic parts with PLC. ### 12. A great tool for check the function of pneumatic circuit **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prakash S. | Freelance GD&T Trainer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 21, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Simulation of the circuit is a very useful option in Automation studio which shows the exact function of the designed circuit.Actually we shall use this tool to decide if our circuit will fulfill the requirements or not. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** There is no such thing in this software to dislike **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software provides working of real-time function of designed pneumatic circuit which reduces the actual testing with real components and it reduces testing time.it is a great benefit. ### 13. Simulated the whole pneumatic system but in demo mode. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pranav B. | Deputy Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 29, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** All the pneumatic components plus all the simulation techniques, flow sensor, pressure sensors work excellent as mentioned. Because of the software we were able to deliver the project before time. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** DAC options not very clearly available. Data acquisition so that we can interface with the outside world such as microcontrollers, solenoid valves **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Complete Electro Pneumatic system for Automotive and Transportation field. ### 14. Use in industrial automation design **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pekka H. | Retail Salesperson, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** I like the interface, it is easy to understand. I appreciate the layout and simulation tools as well the logig side of things. Company I worked for using this software makes complicated machinery with pneumatics, sensors and logig. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Bit clunky at times, but works for the use case it was designed for. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Most comprehensive tool for automation design. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Large automated machinery design work made easy, easy to build and to simulate a working machine and to build a BOM for quotations and cost evaluation. outputs for technicians to print out plans, tools for writing code. ### 15. Best solution for Mechanical and electrical circuit design **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation Studio gives the best solution the mechanical as well as electrical circuit design. The best thing is that it has already inbuilt library in it, so we can access those symbols easily and quickly. Each and every type of component symbols is available in the library. We just need to drag and drop the symbol. That's what the best thing I have identified in Automation Studio. We can also generation bill of Material easily within the less time with proper format. We can easily create the those electrical and mechanical circuits in it. Also we can export the output file in various formats likes PDF, SVG, DXF and many more formats. Though the pricing of this software is high but it give the best solution us. The commands and other thing are arranged in such a way that anyone can be user friendly with it. We can create multiple drawing in one file and can export to any format that we want. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** As far as I use Automation Studio, I don't see any dislikes in this software. Only the thing is it take some little bit time for initial opening. But well every software does the same. So i strongly recommend you for this Software. I don't think there is something to dislike in this software. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Well I would like to recommend only Automation Studio 6.4 which is the latest version of this software **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this software for electrical as well as mechanical circuit design both. But sometime the stimulation work very slowly. So this one thing I have notified. ### 16. Automation Studio Capabilities **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rajat B. | Senior Consultant, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automated custom solutions can be built using SSJS activity in combination with any other activity. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Sometimes automation activities fails and SFMC provides very generic error. It becomes very difficult for an developer to debug the issue. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** It’s very powerful tool for automating marketing solutions. Please refer salesforce docs for implementing any of the activity. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Below are some of the common use cases. 1. File drop automations for getting data into Data extensions from any third party system via FTP. 2. Extracting tracking data from SFMC and sending it to third party system. 3. Filtering and pushing records to the journey. 4. Building custom solutions using SSJS and SQL activities. ### 17. It's good **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yogesh G. | Site Reliability Engineering Leader / Solutions Architect - du Employee ICT Department, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation studio offers a one of a kind mix of easy to understand framework configuration highlights, progressed designing capacities, dynamic and reasonable reproduction, extensive activity highlights, and adaptable documentation functionalities in a single basic climate. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** It is good software for performing animation for many engineering systems but there cost makes this software difficult to use for professional work **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** It brings another measurement that permits makers, OEMs, and end-clients to upgrade framework execution, sending, and upkeep. It is expected to be utilized by designers and backing work force in a wide assortment of related fields. ### 18. The task got easier, loads get lesser. everything is lined up and work flawlessly. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pallavi A. | Senior Software Engineer for Gwynnie Bee at CaaStle, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation studio activities and automation is the one i rely on the most. It is easy to use and make the whole task lot easier in fewer steps. The most important is that they are reusable. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** drawback which i found in automation is unlike journey builder we cannot add people though out the journey. the process has to be complete before adding new subscribers. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are in e-commerce business and our subscriber base increases gradually so the import activity, welcomes emails are the major product of automation which we are using. ### 19. Great tool for Education on Mechatronics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jebin S. | Lead Automation Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 18, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy to understand and usability. Simulation **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I don't dislike it and I love it to use the tool **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** External interface card and still its user friendly and easy to use ### 20. Famic feedback **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prashantha K. | Executive Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Manufacturing catalog, simulation, custom spool design **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** 1. Compatibility with old software 2. Simulation happens even without complete connection **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Under penetrated software in hydraulic and electrical design **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Training new hydraulic engineers 2. Troubleshooting hydraulic circuits 3. Design of experiments in early stage of design ### 21. Incredibly User friendly software for simulating Pneumatic,hydraulic, PLC&electrical logic diagram **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zahra S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** It’s catalogue and library is broad, user friendly, capable of simulating different logic diagrams in different fields including mechanical, electromechanical, plc **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** - Simulation is not working when more than two switches are on at the same time. - I wish it was compatible with other CAD software Such as AutoCAD Electrical **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** This software is very helpful for design and troubleshooting of any kind of logic circuit including electromechanical, pneumatics, hydraulic and PLC or combination of them. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pneumatic and electro-pneumatic logic diagrams. Easily building the diagrams and investigate the issues by its simulation mode. ### 22. Best PLC software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** It’s easy to use and can apply most of the industries standard to the software **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Everything is good. Personally I think that it’s good for everyone **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Fast and good **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** There’s a lot of shortcut which we can use in automation studio. Like it can actually simulate the flow of the PLC ### 23. Need to work at it to get the best from it **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steve D. | Mechanical \ fluid power instructor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Ability to link fluid power and associated control systems together **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Limited options with PLC software choices if you are not familiar with the default system. It will run circuits that may not run in the real world so care is needed to ensure the designs do run in real applications **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Needs time to get used to some of the quirks. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Testing before deployment. Also used as a training package so concepts can be learnt safely. ### 24. Very convenient for regular showcase of diagrams for different Air Handling unit designs. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alton D. | Sales Engineer - LG Commercial Air-Solutions, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy of use and the user interface which of course very intuitive and understandable. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Time taking to understand some few systems and concepts in tools. **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Best platform to start off your concepts with engineering design and CAD softwares. Worth the experience! **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Projects for mega greenfield's projects can be completed with ease and can be used to clarify eventual client doubts and clarifications. ### 25. Experience with Automation studio **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** pinku m. | RPA Developer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 09, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy to install Easy to script Rich Library Good Simulation speed **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Require expert level knowledge while creating complex simulation design **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** If you are looking for product which can improve your ROI on Automation by using simulation then you can try this Automation studio product . **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating an Electro Pneumatic Circuit using Automation Studio Designing and validating electric systems using Automation Studio ### 26. Very useful for designing and simulating circuits. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aravind K. | Mechanical Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Helps in visualizing operation of complicated circuit before building one. Helps in avoiding time delays in troubleshooting when circuits don't function the way you desired them to. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** May take sometime to get used to the user interface **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Good software to have if you are into building complicated circuits **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pneumatic and hydraulic circuit design and simulation. Helps identify the correct parts and saves time avoiding faulty builds and troubleshooting. ### 27. Learning tool used during Bachelor degree studies, Mechatronics engineer **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy to understand and very vast tool library, it was a really good tool to learn the basic of automations and the integration of different systems such as pneumatics, hydraulics, plc control, fluid mechanics. Back in the day we used automation studio 5, it was very self explanatory and the excersices were simply enough to get a grip on the type of logic required when automatic systems. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Extensive manuals and high hard troubleshooting **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Introduction to automation studies, used throught several asigments. ### 28. Experience with Automation Studio **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Raghavendra Y. | Senior Consultant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Integration with FTP and script activity to do customized automated actions **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Does not have path split feature in Autonation Studio **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** The feature is good enough to setup the Automations in SFMC **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Apart from sending Automated comminications to customers we can also do customized actions ### 29. Automation Studio **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2021 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** It can be used as ETL tool which is helpful **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** No decision split, as in Journey Builder **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Updating Data extension ### 30. BEST WAY TO LEARN FLUID POWER SYSTEMS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ahmad S. | Junior Mechanical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** easy to use and easy to learn the concepts in FPS **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** can do with better layout and help interface **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Good tool for mechanical engineering students getting introduced to FPS **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can do my assignments and test fluid systems before actually building them ### 31. Automation Studio **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation studio is a great and easy to use B2C tool for managing segmentation, data extracts, Imports, reports and Send email activities. I like the ease of using this tool and its interface. Also love doing most of my task using this tool. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Some minor issues are like we cant run some activities together. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this to get desired data extracted from the system and creating and running Import definitions without remembering my file location and FTP access always. ### 32. It has a lot of option but can be very complex if you dont use it a lot **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Plastics | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The most helpful thing is the layout tabs **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** How finicky some object can be to put in. Also when you add new drawing it doesn't let you change the original name and it gets a little hard to add new drawings after already starting with a template **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Take time to learn the program beforr starting project makes it a lot easier **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Update all my companies print. That it had much more options then other programs ### 33. Bharat review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospitality | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Import and file transfer activities are the inspiring option to automate the incoming data independent of any platform **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** None, as of now there is no option which is not enhancing the automation world **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Try to use the engagement split and then use query activity, you will get the feel of automation and gist of powerfullnesss **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Integrated with database directly with the API on automation studio ### 34. Automation Studio is essential software for any system industrial design engineer **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Machinery | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation Studio is amazing in (Pneumatic and Hydraulic) Circuit Design **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Automation Studio isAutomation Studio is Sometimes difficult in conection between electrical sensour and automation control unit with (Pneumatic and Hydraulic) Circuit Design **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Simply this software in professional design software and easy to use **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** (Pneumatic and Hydraulic) Circuit Design for Industrial Application Reduse time , money and very simple software for use ### 35. Automation Studio Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Segmenting the targeted customers based on their behaviors/engagement. Maintaining and updating the active subscriber's list. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Lack of understanding of the capabilities of the automation. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Segregating the Customers based on the engagement like Active, Bounced, Unsubscribed. The benefits which realized like Improved deliverability and Inbox Placements across all the email campaigns, SMS campaigns, etc. ### 36. Five star for automation studio **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vinoth K. | Co-Founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy to use and user interface is very much easy **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** None as dislike, there is always room for improvement **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helped in solving pulling data from external data warehouse to internal database ### 37. Marketing Cloud Automation Studio **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Sending Automated Emails ,integration with FTP are the most useful features in Automation Studio. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** We cannot include subscribers from Salesforce Sales Cloud directly into Automation Studio **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Automation Studio is very much useful in current Market to promote our product through various chanels. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Sending Automated Email, Importing records directly from FTP ### 38. Its one stop solution to get Automation Done! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** I use it to simulate devices. It is very useful to build Pneumatic circuits and also see if build PLC logic works as per requirement **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I don't think there is any downside. Interface can be improved to provide user interoperability **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Use to build logics for controllers and building hydraulic, Pneumatic circuits ### 39. Automation Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Apparel & Fashion | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Create and schedule Automation using Journey, SQL Query, Data Extension with different time zones. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Errors, sometimes we get an error while scheduled automation running. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing SQL Query by stopping the automation and reschedule the same query without disturbing the scheduled automation. ### 40. Experience **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 15, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Everything can be programmed using the same tool including PLC, HMI, Drives, Motors, etc **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Because of an all in one solution, it slows down sometimes. No other dislikes **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** It's a great all in one programming tool. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using for programming the hardware, PLC as well a HMI visualisation ### 41. I am using it in production and it runs smoothly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Even if am not logged in it runs in the back end. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** it's little bit expensive. Price is the only downside **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** IF your cost allows then you can use it for deployment.It's very reliable **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reducing heads by automating the dispatches. Faster execution and more reliability ### 42. Automation Studio - All in one. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Automation studio provides the all type of mechanical circuit design with a simple to use interface. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Simplicity for use of symbols can be done. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I generally use automation studio for personal purposes for designing circuits and to test those circuits in simulation. ### 43. Easy to use software **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** I like that the user interface is straightforward **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Can sometimes be difficult to find the error **Recommendations to others considering Automation Studio:** Use all of the features available **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used it for pneumatic circuit design. It helped my understanding of the circuits ### 44. Best tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The design provides 360degree view and accessibility which makes it ease of use. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Nothing as of now but, it could be designed in a way like cam tool which involves planning,control and management of production operations **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simulation works pretty smooth. ### 45. Good software for designing and simulating electromechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Machinery | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Designing and simulating circuits are easy **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** I found the software quite easy to use. I liked it the way it is. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simulating hydraulic systems. Gave a good overall idea of the limitations of the system ### 46. Used Automation studio hydraulic and pneumatics for one of my project. Interface is very good. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** The user interface is very good. Easier to learn short period of time. **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Hydraulic and pneumatic simulation has too many options. **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving basic pneumatic circuit problems. Easier to work and time saving ### 47. Very good automation app **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Animation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 21, 2020 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** activities I like...what ever we can perform through this App **What do you dislike about Automation Studio?** Some batch automation and activity step need to perform **What problems is Automation Studio solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solve my import activity,campaign activity.....etc solve ### 48. Easy to use and no central install needed **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Automation Studio?** Easy to deploy Outlook signatures. 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