JAMS Scheduler Reviews & Product Details

I do prefer the manual aspect of JAMS, and once JAMS was setup the jobs and sequences run well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In the past , the setup was a nightmare we were told going from UC4 to JAMS there would be a automatic way to pull over all the info and that was not able to happen. We do have people in or organization that are color blind and there is no way to change colors in JAMS. We need a forecast in JAMS, and The History tab of a job window should include jobs that are currently running.The History tab of a job window should include jobs that are currently running.

Add a refresh button so you don’t have to close and entirely re-open the window to see a new entry. This would help with requests for a bunch of small jobs in quick succession instead of tracking them all in the Monitor view.

We would like the JAMS emails to include the ServiceNow incident number if a ticket is created. Right now JAMS sends an email to ServiceNow to create a ticket and one to support without this number. Having the number would allow for an easier correlation between the systems.

The border colors of the jobs (red, green & yellow) are impossible for operators that are color-blind to see.

In the monitor view when a job is abended can we have a continue added to the list to skip it there from the list view

Search for use – to see exactly where a job sits in a sequence

In Advanced Search - add where the job lives in Job Definitions (full path)

Submit Job from Job Properties

Would like a better zoom Tool: When viewing in Sequence or complex job, anything other than 100% view is blurry.

In our old tool we had the ability to take a sequence or job and select a date and time in the future to see how that sequence or job will run on that date or time.

History does not seem to be keeping the correct amount of runs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAMS is easy to use. In our line of work, date ranges and due times can vary greatly, and its ability to understand natural-language expressions and convert them into valid date values has resolved an enormous number of issues for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recently, I’ve been trying to use the dashboards and reports available in JAMS, but I’m finding them difficult to understand and navigate. I did locate a guide, yet it quickly stopped matching what I could actually see in JAMS, which made it hard to follow and apply. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAMS acts as the central automation software for our most critical business automations and batch processes. I like how it reliably runs jobs on a schedule and offers great error handling and logging. The ability to securely reuse and share secrets across multiple scripts is very beneficial. It's more robust and flexible than task scheduler or cron jobs. I appreciate the observability and ease of building custom reporting using the built in APIs. The agent we installe on desktops works well, making the software convenient to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I feel like the web client's UI is clunky and not really usable. It could be the central hub for how people work with the software if it was better. But the fat client installed on desktops works well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really like how reliable JAMS is. Once something is set up, it just works. It allows me to schedule things like SQL queries to run on a schedule. For one critical report, I need to take a snapshot of a dataset every week on Monday at 6am, and I cannot do that without JAMS. The initial setup was quite simple for me because we have a team responsible for JAMS who set everything up and taught me how to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the settings in the version we use aren't as intuitive as I'd like. For example, my critical snapshot wasn't taken on two seemingly-random Mondays. It took me months to figure out that it was only set to run on workdays, meaning if Monday is a holiday, the automation won't run. I'm not even sure how JAMS determines if a Monday is a holiday, but it was not easy to figure out. I'd also like to run Python scripts through JAMS, which is possible, but my organization doesn't allow it, so I have to use PowerShell instead. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The highest praise I’ve received came from one of my clients, who told me he had called earlier and left a message with my secretary. I don’t have a secretary, but he didn’t notice the difference, which says a lot about JAMS. I really appreciate JAMS’s cross-platform capabilities for scheduling tasks and managing complex workflows, and it fits smoothly into the way I work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have nothing negative to say about JAMS; its performance has been truly incredible. It provided me with a personalized, comprehensive solution that covered all my needs, and it also gave us an approach we can adjust and modify as we continue using the service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The platform is very intuitive, which makes both implementation and migration straightforward. It gives me better visibility, control, and flexibility when managing complex programming tasks. I also appreciate that the restart options are granular enough that I don’t have to rerun the entire nightly process if only a single branch fails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have nothing bad to say about it. It perfectly suits our needs and helps us streamline repetitive tasks like data processing, report generation, and system integrations, while also reducing the risk of errors that can come with doing the same work over and over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s a solid alternative to the Airflow systems on the market. I like the straightforward reporting approach, and it’s easy to use for both technical and non-technical employees. I also appreciate that the whole process is automated within the system—from job activation to record generation, as well as managing dependent jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The implementation was fairly straightforward, and the graphical workflow visualization makes it easy for both technical and business users to follow and monitor complex processes. I don’t need to contact customer support often, but when I do, they respond quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAMS is a comprehensive task-scheduling tool that has been very useful for our IT services team. Its flexibility supports a wide range of use cases for us, which makes it easy to adapt to different needs. I also appreciate how straightforward the data access is: we can run SQL queries to manage it easily, and the table structure is clear, easy to understand, and readily accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are very satisfied with the JAMS product and the team overall. I honestly have nothing negative to say—the product is very stable, and the customer support team responds quickly when issues come up and provides helpful assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that it offers a powerful graphical workflow interface that makes creating schedules for even very complex tasks incredibly easy. It automatically distributes workloads across servers, helping ensure optimal performance throughout our infrastructure. It also makes it much simpler to set up dependencies between databases, file transfers, and scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It has greatly simplified my day-to-day work thanks to its integration with our resource management and planning systems. Overall, it’s been a truly wonderful experience to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JAMS is excellent for complex and cross-platform job scheduling. For instance, when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs, it can be used seamlessly and without conflict with PowerShell scripts or third-party applications. The dependency mapping is a lifesaver: If a downstream task fails due to an upstream task that has failed, JAMS gracefully stops the task and alerts you of the problems instead of letting the errors propagate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The licensing scheme is not always clear, some advanced functions need to be purchased as extra modules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.