# JAMS Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is JAMS the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 19 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/125553/JAMS/reviews --- JAMS 4.5 (19) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 25th, 2026 # Reviews of JAMS Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.8 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-19 of 19 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use DW David W. GIS Architect Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "More than just scheduling" April 9, 2019 4.0 We have been very happy with the JAMS product and the Team @ MVPSI overall; the product is very stable and the vendor team is very responsive with issues and helping the customers. Pros We have found the flexibility of the JAMS product to give us a great breadth of use cases. Beyond just doing conditional job execution; we actually use it for workflow orchestration on larger processes where a job can monitor other jobs and continue or fail the larger process. Cons There have been growing pains shifting from the V6.5 to V7.x version of software so much changed in the UI/UX that getting use to the new front end has been tiresome. The installation process has also been problematic over the years; but appears to be more stable in the most recent version. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software June 4, 2019 Thanks for the great review, David! We hope you continue to enjoy the flexibility and robustness of JAMS, and always be sure to reach out to us if you ever need anything. SB Scott B. Lead Technician, Production Support Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Using JAMS for 8 years" June 20, 2021 5.0 We heavily use JAMS and love using the product. We run about 30,000 jobs a day and have a production support team of 10 people that manage the jobs. Pros The access to the data - we run SQL queries to easily manage the data - the table structure is easy to understand and is accessible. Cons Sometimes it takes a little time to find a job in complex workflows. Reason for choosing JAMS Cheaper and better features Review Source Davesh M. DevOps Intern Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Excellent idea for software, clients, and scheduling. However, very buggy and not well executed" February 5, 2019 3.0 Pros The idea of having JAMS scheduler handle jobs and monitor them is fantastic and is the best solution so far for batch jobs while managing 20-50 servers. Cons Software is extremely buggy, web client is almost unusable, constant updates, clients sometimes crashes leaving an entire system useless until restarted, sometimes updates fail wasting company time in reverting state Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software April 10, 2019 Thank you for the feedback! JAMS is constantly being enhanced and improved, so we hope your overall experience also improves with each release. If you have specific enhancement requests that you feel would help make the product better, please feel free to contact your JAMS account rep or JAMS Support. BC Bruce C. Software Engineer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "JAMS helps IT do their job" April 2, 2019 4.0 Our team has used JAMS extensively to manage a number of different tasks/processes on several different servers and different operating systems (unix/windows) with a number of different methods such as scripting (bash/powershell) and SSIS calls and calling URL endpoints as well. This is a very flexible tool and it works well for our IT services team. Pros Jams is a pretty full featured job schedule tool. Jobs can be scheduled to run on repeated (hourly) or one time. Jobs can be tired or chained if you want as well. The interface is well done so you don't spend a lot of time finding what you need to modify or update a job. My favorite feature is the email log for completed or errored jobs, so you can get right to work - from your email tool by viewing the log. Cons I have found that the search/query tool doesn't default to the current day when I'm looking for a job. I realize that some users want to keep the query as they left it - thus the need to keep the previous dates and query string. Perhaps a "reset to default" button to clear everything up and get the query tool ready to use would be helpful. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Thanks for the great feedback, Bruce! We're thrilled that JAMS continues to be a useful tool for you and the team. The search/query behavior is very powerful, but something we're actively working to improve upon from an end-user's perspective. Be sure to keep a close eye on the Release Notes for an update on that front in the near future! If there's anything else you need, or features you'd like to see added to JAMS that could benefit the user base, please don't hesitate to reach out to your JAMS account rep or JAMS Support. NG Nancy G. Engineer IV - Systems, IT-Data Management Package/Freight Delivery Used the software for: 2+ years ### "JAMS ease of use, ease of understanding" April 9, 2019 4.0 Very positive. It is a great tool for a variety of teams to use. At our site, the non-production JAMS instance is used to insure the jobs / setups work as expected BEFORE being deployed to Production. And once in Production, Setups & Jobs can be visually monitored by the general public. A variety of notifications on a job's status can be sent automatically, thus eliminating the need to involve valuable "production" resources to answer routine inquires of process owners. Win-win! Pros JAMS has an amazing amount of processing capabilities available. However, the support team is an invaluable part of the product. The support team has been fantastic in helping me to understand what capabilities are available and exactly how to use them. Response to on-line chat requests are answered very quickly. They offer to set up GoToMeetings for hands on assistance. And, on the rare occasion the technician doesn't know the answer, he will find the answer for you! Amazing! They take customer support seriously! The product is tremendously robust too! Cons It can seem a little clunky when using the UI. Sometimes the response time in viewing the detail screens is slow. However, it is difficult to know if it is the JAMS product or our environment that is slow in rendering results. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software June 4, 2019 Thanks for the review, Nancy! We always appreciate hearing success stories like yours, and strive to provide industry leading support to all of our customers. Please don't hesitate to reach out if you ever need anything. CH Craig H. JAMS Administrator Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "JAMS Scheduler From HelpSystems" April 3, 2019 5.0 As I stated above, I have been using JAMS since 2009 and here it is now 2019. JAMS is easy to install and once up and running JAMS just keeps on running. JAMS is extremely stable. The JAMS Support Staff is very knowledgeable and respond if needed very quickly. JAMS Support also resolves any issues quickly and resolves the issue the first time. Pros I am the JAMS Administrator at one of the largest Banking Financial Institutions Worldwide. We have been using JAMS Scheduler since 2009 in our Credit Card Division and Mortgage Division scheduling and running thousands of batch reports worldwide each month with no issues, automatically running all jobs on time as scheduled and as requested. Another vendors scheduler system used in other divisions is called AutoSys. Once Line of Business partners see JAMS they ask: How do we convert from AutoSys to JAMS. Cons CONS would be just that during major upgrades from one release version to the next higher release version, ex: version 6 to version 7 migration, the new version is NOT backwards compatible, thereby causing to have to perform the Big Bang approach to upgrading to the newest release. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Awesome review, Craig! We are extremely happy to have you as a long time customer, and proud of the fact that JAMS continues to be an integral part of Bank of America's ecosystem. Let us know if we can be of any assistance, and we look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with your team. CP Chris P. Enterprise Development Mgr. Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Center of our universe" April 2, 2019 5.0 Using JAMS at last 3 sites I've worked. There is no other competitive product in the price range. And should be included as part of any Direct Commerce system install. Pros Interfaces with virtually everything we have running, Windows Server, Linux, iSeries and is the central part of the production environment. Proved to be a great catalyst for developing in PowerShell. Cons Clients tend to lose connection with server as it does not refresh consistently (v6), sometimes frustrating that other sessions will show different job statuses. Needs a frequent restart, not just a simple refresh. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Great review, Chris. Thanks for that! We often compare JAMS to the cardiovascular system of organizations, so your review title is very fitting. The JAMS Client connection can be affected by the network being leveraged, however we've focused development efforts in newer versions of JAMS (V7) to increase resiliency between the JAMS Server and Clients. We hope you get a chance to check it out for yourself soon, as well as experience all the new features that come in V7! Of course, if you need anything, please don't be shy. JAMS Support or your account manager are always available! jE jeff E. Student Support Liason Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "JAMS is a must..." June 10, 2021 5.0 Fantastic !!! Pros The software is fantastic in ease of use, reporting and job creating. However, the support is second to none .. I cannot stress how fast and effective their support team is, I haven't seen anything even close. Cons I cannot think of much that I don't like, upgrades are a snap, support is amazing, GUI is amazing. Review Source MT Michael T. Senior Database Administrator Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "JAMS is a Great Enterprise Workload Automation Solution" August 23, 2021 5.0 JAMS is a very useful and powerful tool, great enterprise solution. Pros Centralized management enterprise workload automation. Easy setup jobs for different tasks. User friendly interface. Cons JAMS might can provide more user access control. Review Source GE Greg E. VP Application Development Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best automation software for processing inbound/outbound files." April 5, 2019 5.0 Great files automation at all levels. Great dependency checking. The new Workflows are a great addition and very useful for full scale "thinking" by the flow or processes. Pros Very configurable with PowerShell and many other languages. Cons When I am in the system and I undock my laptop, the software loses it's connection to the server. So you have to close the software and reopen it. But that is the least of my worries. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Hi, Greg. Thanks for the review! It's great to hear that you're having success with your file processing and PowerShell jobs. Client connection is something that JAMS Development has been working to improve in newer version of V7.x, so hopefully you're able to upgrade soon for a better experience when undocking. If there's anything else we can do to help, please don't hesitate to reach out to JAMS Support. We're here to help! MS Mehul S. Operations Analyst Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "JAMS Product Review" April 2, 2019 5.0 First and foremost JAMS helped us moving our windows based scheduled jobs which involved manual efforts. Since moving 100+ jobs to JAMS we no longer have to manually monitor the jobs. Overall, we're very pleased with the product and their customer support is exceptional. Pros Ease of use, Robust functionality, built in features like connecting to Oracle EBS, FTP, SFTP, FILE COPY to name a few. Cons So far none. Though we are on version 6.5 which lacks some reporting features but moving to 7.x version soon. And hopefully we will have what we want. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Thanks for the review, Mehul! We are glad that JAMS has freed you and your team from manually monitoring Jobs across your various systems. If you need a hand with V6.5, or making the move to V7, please don't hesitate to reach out to JAMS Support. We're always here to lend a hand if you need anything! JF Joseph F. Sr Technology Engineer Utilities Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent Workload Automation Scheduler Solution" April 5, 2019 5.0 Excellent quality and reliability. The cost makes it a very simple option to go with considering what the software offers. A true Enterprise class workload automation solution. Pros The scheduler is very flexible and reliable as well as scalable. We use it for all our ERP transmissions and automation tasks and it's very easy to use! We also found it to be AWS cloud friendly. Cons The software could probably be even more intuitive for non technical people. Perhaps offer a forms interface that follows a workflow. To be fair, I don't think there isn't anything out there that offers this though it would be very helpful as it is a need. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Thanks for the great review, Joseph! JAMS is a very technical solution, and one of JAMS Development's recent initiatives has been to make it more intuitive for business end users. We hope you have a chance to check out the improvements soon! If there's anything else you need in the meantime, please don't hesitate to reach out to your account manager or JAMS Support. We're here to help! VR Verified Reviewer IT Director Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jams: How to automate OpenVMS...and more" April 8, 2019 5.0 Core functionality was interfacing with an Alpha server running on OpenVMS software. We needed a way to better automate the processing. Also important was to get notifications if things went wrong, and for a non-programmer to quickly resolve issues that might come up. We did not want them looking through batch files and trying to figure out what failed and when. Pros One of the few programs on the market that integrates well with OpenVMS via a native agent. Cons Debugging of scripts is more burdensome than it could be, but I like the audit capabilities where you can roll back to previous versions of a job very easily. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Enterprise Applications Systems Analyst, Information Technology Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "JAMS is a legitimate scheduling system for our scheduling needs" April 12, 2019 4.0 We are using JAMS Scheduler to schedule business process in Higher Education, including job scheduling with Ellucian Banner as our ERP. As now configured, JAMS has been working seamlessly without interruption. Pros We were able to transition from much more scheduling systems to JAMS for a small fraction of what our annual costs had been. Cons JAMS Scheduler has had some technical bumps that have required careful testing and sometimes clever workarounds. However, JAMS Support has been incredibly helpful and proactive to work with in identifying issues, assisting us with workarounds, and promptly addressing bug fixes. Concerning the bumpts, JAMS has improved immensely during the past 18 months that we have owned the product. Review Source JF Jerry F. IT Manager Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Enterprise Automation at its Finest" February 14, 2019 5.0 Very impressed with the support and pre sales teams technical knowledge. Top notch team and product. Pros Easy to use. Nice web client. Easy to maintain, setup, update and on-board new users. This tool literally saves our organizations hours each day. Endless opportunity to add automation around the organization. Cons Windows only can make it tough in a mixed environment but we do just fine with it. Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Thanks, Jerry! Ease of use is a main point of focus for us as we continue to develop JAMS, so we're glad that you find the tool easy to use while also saving your company time. JAMS Support is always available if you need assistance with anything! ST Stephen T. OS Analyst Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A Fully capable task scheduling system" April 2, 2019 4.0 Sadly at this time, after spending a year attempting to deploy, JAMS is not the product for us. Not that it could not be, just simply that it is not a seamless replacement to our existing product and the amount of time to convert (re-write) all the current tasks. Variables and passing arguments to chained procedures may be possible under JAMS, however the non-capital investment and general lack of understanding of the issues at hand caused this deployment to fail. Pros Both Client-Server and Web app interfaces available. Supports task scheduling on Windows and Unix/Linux platforms Cons Uses old programming utilities and modules. Sales in-correctly represented the ability to seamless migrate to the product from our current job scheduler. Review Source GN Gerard N. consultant Banking Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "JAMS review" May 3, 2019 4.0 Very Good product, pity about the license issue with copy jobs Pros intuitive use an most features that we need very good support Cons that a simple copy of the jams log is regarded as a job for license purposes Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software June 4, 2019 Thanks for the review, Gerard. We're glad to hear that JAMS suits your needs thus far and we look forward to continuing working with you and your team. If you haven't already, it may be worthwhile reaching out to JAMS Support (support.jamsscheduler.com) for a quick health check to see if we can alleviate any concerns that you have regarding the JAMS Log jobs. DP Dan P. systems admin Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Jammin with JAMS" April 5, 2019 4.0 scheduling application and development jobs for the entire University Pros we able to schedule systems job with ease Cons interface even though it has been updated is a little lackluster Review Source Response from PSG and 2ndWave Software May 3, 2019 Thanks for the review, Dan! UX is a big initiative for JAMS Development, so we will continue working to make for a seamless experience in JAMS. In the meantime, let us know if you need anything from JAMS Support or your account management team. We're always here to help! TN Tron N. Used the software for: ### "Great implementation for automating processes" December 5, 2016 5.0 JAMS is the centerpiece for our organization in completing automated processes and deployments to production environments. Easy to use, excellent visibility and audit trail. Review Source Similar Products Featured