List of job scheduler software

This is a list of notable job scheduling software. Job scheduling applications are designed to carry out repetitive tasks as defined in a schedule based upon calendar and event conditions. More recently this category of software is increasingly labeled as 'Workload Automation', which is an industry term for the next generation of job scheduling applications.

Abstract

The products are divided into four categories: standalone vendor software supporting ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software, standalone vendor software without ERP support, non-vendor schedulers, and finally; platform built-ins. (Typically the goal of "ERP software" is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions within an organization.)
Only products having a Wikipedia page for it or its vendor are listed.
The products are ordered alphabetically.

Job scheduling products with ERP support

For the description of the functionalities in the table header, just click on it.

Product (alphabetical)	Vendor	Version	Company Origin	Company size	User interface	Data storage	Script storage	Event driven	Agentless	Agents	Platforms	Central upgradable	Any OS account	stdout/err transfer	File events	File transfer	ERP Support	SAP XBP version	Role-based security	Auditing	Design lifecycle
ActiveBatch	Advanced Systems Concepts	9.0	USA	Dedicated	Thick-Client GUI, Thin-Client Web Browser and Mobile	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix, Linux,Windows, IBM iSeries & AIX, Amazon EC2, VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, Azure, Mac OS, OpenVMS, z/OS, HP UX & NSK		yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP Business Objects & NetWeaver, Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, Dynamics AX, Informatica PowerCenter, IBM Cognos & DataStage, Netezza, Teradata	2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
AutoSys	CA	r11.0		Large	Browser, thin client	Database	yes	yes	no	yes	UNIX/Linux, Windows, AIX
BatchControl	Blohm Software	6.1	Germany	Dedicated	GUI	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	All SAP Platforms	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP	1.0, 2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
Batchman	Honico		Germany	Dedicated	GUI Browser			yes	no	no					yes		SAP only	2.0 and 3.0
Control-M	BMC	8.0	USA	Dedicated	Fat GUI, Web Launch for Zero Admin, Web Browser and Mobile Self Service	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix/Linux/Linux s390, Windows, iSeries Tandem OpenVMS, z/OS, HP mPE, Unisys 2200, Mapper	Via SD	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, Oracle EBS Peoplsoft, Business Objects, Informatica, Cognos, Oracle Business Intelligence, VMware Vcenter, Oracle RDBMS, IBM UDB RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server RDBMS	2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
ONE Automation	Automic	11.0	Austria	Dedicated	Web Browser, Fat GUI	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix/Linux, Windows, OpenVMS, IBM iSeries, IBM z/OS	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, SAP Business Objects, Oracle EBS, Oracle Retail, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Microsoft AX, Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server	2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
Notixia	Witlaken Inc	11.0	Canada	Any	Web Browser, Fat GUI	Relational Database with JDBC Support	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix/Linux, Windows	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	Internal, Multi-system		yes	yes	yes
Dollar Universe	Automic	6.2	France	Dedicated	Web Browser, Fat GUI	Proprietary indexed files	yes	yes	no	yes	Unix/Linux, Windows, OpenVMS, IBM iSeries, IBM z/OS	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, SAP Business Objects, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Microsoft AX, Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server	2.0	yes	yes	yes
Flux	Flux (software company)	8.0	USA	Dedicated	Browser GUI, Command Line, REST services, Java API, scripting	Database and/or XML Files	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix/Linux/AIX/Solaris, Windows, HP, JEE, SOA	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, SAP Business Objects, Cognos, Informatica, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft	--	yes	yes	yes
JAMS Scheduler	MVP	6.1	USA	Dedicated	GUI, Browser, CLI	Database	yes	yes	possible	yes	Unix, Linux, Windows, iSeries, OpenVMS	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	Ecometry, JDEdwards, Oracle, Peoplesoft, SAP, Symitar	2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
JobScheduler	SOS-Berlin	1.8	Germany	Dedicated	Browser, GUI, Fat client, Command Line, Web services	XML Files/Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	UNIX, Linux, Windows, AIX, Solaris, HP, JEE	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP	SAP/R3	no	yes	yes
OpCon	SMA Solutions	5.20	USA/Europe	Dedicated	Fat client, Browser	Database	no	yes	no	yes	Unisys OS2200, Unisys MCP, UNIX, Linux, IBM z/OS, IBM VSE, IBM ISeries, HP NonStop, Windows, OpenVMS, JEE	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, Microsoft AX, Cegid, Lawson Movex/M3	2.0. soon 3.0	yes	yes	yes
Opswise Automation Center	Stonebranch	5.2	USA	Dedicated	Web-enabled device, self-service	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Windows, Linux, Unix, z/OS, iSeries, SOA, SAP	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, Peoplesoft	3.0	yes	yes	yes
Rev Scheduler	RevSoft	3.5	Australia	Dedicated	Browser, GUI	Database	yes	yes	no	yes	Windows/x86; Unix; Linux/x86+PowerPC+s390x; AIX/PowerPC; Solaris/SPARC+x86; HP-UX;		yes	yes	yes	yes	JD Edwards Enterprise 1, World.		yes	yes	yes
Skybot Scheduler	HelpSystems	3.8	USA	Large	Browser, GUI	Database	yes	yes	no	yes, can auto-update	Windows/x86; Linux/x86+PowerPC+s390x; AIX/PowerPC; Solaris/SPARC+x86; HP-UX/PA-RISC+Itanium; Macintosh/x86; IBM Power Systems servers running IBM i	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP NetWeaver®, Oracle E-Business Suite®, Informatica PowerCenter®, Microsoft SQL Server®, Web Services	2.0	yes	yes	yes
Sked	Atgen Software Solutions	2.1	India	Dedicated	CLI	Bundled Database	no	yes	no	yes	UNIX, Linux	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	yes	yes
Tidal Enterprise Scheduler	Cisco	6.2	USA	Large	Java Client, Web Browser, iPhone/iPad App & Self Service Portal	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Windows, UNIX, Linux, z/OS, OS/400, NonStop (NSK), and OVMS	no	yes	yes	yes	FTP, SFTP, FTPS, Hadoop HDFS, MapR	Amazon AWS, SAP, SAP BW, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, PeoplelSoft, BusinessObjects, Informatica, Cognos, Cisco UCS Manager, VMware, Oracle RDBMS, Microsoft SQL Server RDBMS, Sqoop, Hive, Web Services, JDBC, JMS	2.0 and 3.0	yes	yes	yes
Tivoli Workload Scheduler	IBM	9.2	USA	Large	Browser, CLI, Mobile	Database	yes	yes	yes	yes	Unix/Linux, Linux/390, Windows, IBM iSeries, IBM zOS	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	SAP, PeopleSoft	2.0. soon 3.0	yes	yes	yes, by export-import of definitions

Job scheduling products without ERP support

For the description of the functionalities in the table header just click on it.

Product (alphabetical)	Vendor	Version	Company Origin	Company size	User interface	Data storage	Script storage	Event driven	Agentless	Agents	Platforms	Central upgradable	Any OS account	stdout/err transfer	File events	File transfer	Role-based security	Auditing	Design lifecycle
Grid Engine	Univa
Hinemos	NTT Data	4.0.1	Japan	Dedicated	Client, Browser	PostgreSQL	No	Yes	No	Yes	Unix Linux Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Future Version	Yes	Yes	Yes
Job Arranger for Zabbix (Open Source)	Daiwa Institute of Research Business Innovation Ltd.	2.0	Japan		Fat Client,CLI	MySQL PostgreSQL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Linux Windows	Yes	Next Version	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
JobServer	Grand Logic	3.6.7	USA	Dedicated	Browser CLI	Oracle Mysql Postgresql	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Linux MacOSX Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Juice Box (free)	Lingo	1.2.2 (September 3, 2013)	New Zealand	Dedicated	Browser	Built in	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any system with a JVM	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes
Obsidian Scheduler	Carfey Software	3.2.0 (April 2015)	Canada	Dedicated	Java API, REST API, Browser	Relational Database	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any system with a JVM	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenLava	Teraproc	2.2	Canada	Dedicated	C/C++,Python	Built-in				Yes	Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Platform LSF	Platform Computing now an IBM company		Canada	Dedicated							Unix Linux Windows
ProActive Parallel Suite	ActiveEon	3.3	France	Dedicated	Java API, REST API, CLI, Browser, Eclipse RCP, Matlab, Scilab	Derby or an external database	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Any system with a JVM	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
RUNDECK	Open Source SimplifyOps Inc	2.3.2	US	Dedicated	Web GUI, Command Line Interface and Utilities, APIs	Relational Database with JDBC Support	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Unix Linux, Windows	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Schedulix	Open Source independIT Integrative Technologies GmbH	2.5.1	Germany	Dedicated	Web GUI, Command Line Interface and Utilities, APIs	Relational Database with JDBC Support	No	Yes	No	Yes	Unix Linux Windows	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
VisualCron	VisualCron		Sweden	Dedicated							Windows
Talika PMS	www.etalika.in Thomson digital	1.0	India	Dedicated	Windows	MySQL	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Windows	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lich - Job Scheduler	www.lich.com.br Petrim Tecnologia	1.0	Brazil	Dedicated	Web GUI, Command Line Interface and Utilities, APIs	MongoDB	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Unix Linux Windows	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Non-vendor schedulers

DIET
OpenPBS
Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management
uSched Services and Tools

Platform built-in schedulers

Cron Unix built in scheduler
Windows Task Scheduler
JES2 and JES3 on IBM zOS

Descriptions of the features

Version

The information in this table is regarding this product version.

Company size

Large : the company has many products
Dedicated : the company's job scheduling product is their primary product

Script storage

Some products are only capable of starting a script or executable which is already present on the target system. Eventually some environment variables are set prior to the script run.
Some products are able to store scripts in their repository. When the job runs, its script is first transferred to the target system and then executed. This gives the batch job designer a central point of development.

Event driven

Most modern job schedulers are event driven: jobs that run in sequence have no wait time.
The opposite is time driven, like Windows' Scheduled tasks or Unix' crontab: a job runs at some time, and the next job is scheduled the expected runtime later plus some spare time.

Agents

An agentless job scheduler makes use of RSH, or more secure, of SSH.
An agent is a piece of software that is installed on every host, and is usually continuously connected to the central job scheduler. This causes more functionality to the agents, like a file trigger.
A drawback of agents is that they must be upgraded from time to time, which can cause severe production downtime when having lots of agent systems.

Platforms

All kinds of Unix flavours mentioned by the vendors are notes as "Unix". The same goes for "Linux" and "Windows" and Mac.

Any OS account

Can the agent run a job as any OS-account on the target system? The agent of some products can only run a job as the user the agent runs as, which most likely must have a lot of privileges, which in turn might be a security issue.

stdout/err transfer

Can you inspect the standard output and/or standard error of the executed job on your viewer? Some systems even immediately transfer both to the central scheduler, which might give extra network load.

File events

Can the job scheduler react (start a job) on the appearance of a file? With this you don't have to poll for the file.

File transfer

Some vendors deliver a file transfer utility. The standard command-line FTP on e.g. Unix is not good enough for batch usage: a file might be failed to transfer, yet the 'bye' command went well so the exit status will be ok. The file that may link both the server's will give a proper scheduler procedure in the process.

ERP support

The list of ERP packages supported.

SAP XBP version

The SAP XBP interface comes in 2 versions: 2 and 3. Version 2 has an intercept table, while version 3 has for intercept an include and an exclude table. This is important when you want all SAP-jobs but a few being intercepted and routed through your scheduling system. Some SAP-jobs won't work well when intercepted.

Role-based security

Is it possible to grant privileges through roles to the users of your scheduling system? Think of developers, operators and administrators. Some products use LDAP or the Windows system AD.

Auditing

Some companies demand recording of all user actions (compliance), but if not it is still handy to backtrace who did some action, just to ask him why he did so.

Design lifecycle

Does the job scheduling system support the transfer of batch designs along development, test, approve and production repositories? Most products have an export- and import-feature, and some products have the transfer mechanism all built-in.

User Interfaces

Lists what kind of user interfaces are available to access the job Scheduler.