Cloudomation Engine: The Automic Automation Alternative

Choose the better alternative by using Cloudomation Engine.

Cloudomation DevStack vs. Automic Automation

Feature

Cloudomation DevStack

Automic Automation

Installation

Simple. With Docker Compose.

Complex. Requires many components. Additional licences required for database backend (Oracle, MS SQL, DB2).

Maintenance

Easy

Complex

Code-based automation

With Python

Provider specific script language that must be learned and has limitations

Agentless automation

Flexibility

Highly customizable

Customizable, but often limited by the GUI

Pricing

Publicly available

Not publicly available

Job-Scheduling

Event-based automation

Monitoring

Notifications

Automated Data Transfer

REST API

Custom REST API

Any data and parameters can be accepted and any responses can be defined.

Role Based Access Control

Compare: Cloudomation Engine vs. Automic Automation

Feature	Engine	Automic Automation
Installation	Simple. With Docker Compose	Complex. Requires many components. Additional licenses required for database backend (Oracle, MS SQL, DB2).
Maintenance	Easy	Complex
Code-based automation	With Python	Provider specific script language that must be learned and has limitations.
Agentless Automation		X
Flexibility	Highly customizable	Customizable, but often limited by the GUI
Pricing	Publicly available, different price models, depending on demand	Not publicly available
Job-Scheduling
Event-based automation
Monitoring
Notifications
Automated Data Transfer
REST API
Custom REST API	Any data and parameters can be accepted and any responses can be defined.	X
Role Based Access Control

Features

The most important features at a glance.

Managed Cloud, Managed On-Premise, Self-Hosted

Decide on your preferred hosting.

Python Based

Master complexity with the help of Python. Functional limitations are a thing of the past.

Self-Repair Mechanisms

Make your automation resilient. With intelligent self-repair mechanisms in the event of errors, through repetitions, user interaction and savepoints.

Git Integration

Use all the version control features of Git.

Agentless Automation

Skip complicated installations, configuration processes and software management on the target system. Information is transferred without a proprietary agent.

Role Based Access Control

Specify individually the authorizations and who may access functions.

Visualisation

See visually how your automation is behaving. Understand when what how and where an automation is carried out.

Schema validation

Validate data against defined schemas. Ensure that data is converted to the correct data type for further processing.

Secret Management

Store confidential information securely and centrally in a Vault. Secrets are only used during an execution of a flow and are never stored or displayed in Cloudomation Engine.

Tools Integration

Integrate software and systems with connectors, webhooks and APIs. Mock, monitor and analyse interfaces and receive notification of changes.

Flexible Scheduling

Python allows you to define the scheduler the way you want it. Set a precise schedule for the execution of a flow: at a fixed or flexible interval (minute, hour, days…) or by querying a third party system.

API-Management

Create and manage REST APIs. Use webhooks at the push of a button.

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