ActiveBatch was released in December 2000 by Advanced Systems Concepts, Inc. (ASCI), a New Jersey software company founded in 1981, as a centralized job-scheduling and workload-automation tool. In February 2022, ASCI merged with Redwood Software, and the product now operates as ActiveBatch by Redwood, continuing under its original name while gaining Redwood's cloud-native and SaaS infrastructure.
The platform replaces the scripted, siloed job schedulers IT teams accumulate over years with a drag-and-drop console that orchestrates automated tasks across distributed environments, integrating through REST APIs and pre-built connectors instead of custom scripts. That "scriptless" approach dates back to Version 7 in 2009 and remains the product's core differentiator against automation tools that require scripting expertise for every new workflow.
ActiveBatch suits mid-size to large IT operations teams that need to consolidate job scheduling across multiple systems, ETL pipelines, backups, application workflows, into one governed platform, with over 2,000 customers across 50 countries. Pricing is quote-based and depends on architecture and add-ons like the Self-Service Portal or mobile apps; a free trial is available, but there's no published price list.
