Product comparison
Automation Workshop is available in a Free Edition as well as affordable Personal Use and Commercial Editions. The chart below will help you choose the edition that is best for you.
The Free Edition is only available to home users for non-profit use. The Personal Use license is available for educational institutions and its expanded feature set makes a good choice for home users, too. The Commercial license grants unrestricted use of Automation Workshop in government and business environments.
| Feature | Free Editon | Home | Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Automation Triggers: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| · File Watcher for local & network drives | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| · DigitalOcean Spaces Watcher | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| · FTP and WebDAV Watchers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| · Secure FTPS and SFTP Watchers | No | No | Yes |
| · Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Watchers | No | No | Yes |
| · Scheduler, Logon, System Startup Triggers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Full set of automation Actions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Task import & export | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum number of Tasks | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum concurrently running & parallel Tasks | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum number of Actions per Task | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum number of Triggers per Task | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Maximum number of folders to organize Tasks | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Orchestrate other AW instances | 1 | 2 | Unlimited |
| Concurrency policies & process queuing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Complete error handling for workarounds | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| View & filter unlimited log files | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Automatic log archive & rotate | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Email with secure SSL connection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Complete email reporting | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Email notification templates | No | Yes | Yes |
| Free Edition label not added to email footer | No | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic backup schedule ¹ | No | Yes | Yes |
| Full UI customization | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Knowledge base & online help | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Technical support (Standard & Premium) | No | Yes | Yes |
| 32-bit version | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 64-bit version ² | No | Yes | Yes |
| .exe installer setup | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| .msi installer / Active Directory deployment | No | Yes | Yes |
| Free to try ³ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upgradable ⁴ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service Guard for increased reliability | yes | Yes | Yes |
| Security updates | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Instant new version availability ⁵ | No | Yes | Yes |
| Applicable for accredited educational institutions | No | Yes | Yes |
| Applicable for government & commercial use | No | No | Yes |
| Download | Buy | Buy |
Footnotes & disclaimers
- ¹ Automatic backup of Free Edition is performed on fixed "Once per week" schedule.
- ² Although Free Edition only comes in 32-bit version, it can be used both on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems.
- ³ While Free Edition is totally free, Home and Business editions are free to try for 15-day trial period.
- ⁴ Free Edition can be easily upgraded to licensed version without reinstalling or reconfiguring the software.
- ⁵ New versions of Free Edition are released about 60–90 days later than those of Home and Business editions. Some versions may be skipped entirely.
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Recent news
- November 26, 2024
Automation Workshop Free Edition v8.5.0 debuts Performance profiles, 6 new Actions for remote servers, adds wildcard-based file and folder exclusions, and numerous other features, fixes, and improvements. - March 20, 2024
Automation Workshop Free Edition v7.6.0 brings new and improved Actions, new remote features, multiple bug fixes. Numerous interface and security improvements. - May 26, 2023
Automation Workshop Free Edition v7.0.0 offers new actions for managing Windows services and applications, enhanced FTP/cloud operations, UI fixes, and improvements in the Variable Wizard and Advanced Fallback handling.
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