Automate Desktop vs FlexGet
Automate Desktop
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| Figure | Automate Desktop | FlexGet |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Task Automation Software | 7.8 (#19) | 8.6 (#5) |
| Integrations | Listed integrations include AWS, Azure, VMware, SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Dynamics CRM, Excel, Chrome, Firefox, Oracle, MySQL, XML, JSON, PDF, and PowerShell. | FlexGet directly integrates with Deluge, Transmission, uTorrent, rTorrent, SABnzbd, and other clients. |
| Purpose | Automate Desktop helps individual users automate repetitive desktop tasks, web interactions, data extraction, reporting, and file transfers from a single machine. | FlexGet is a multipurpose automation tool for media such as torrents, nzbs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, and CSV. |
| Support | Fortra's Automate Desktop page lists phone, email, and support request contact options and describes Automate Care as providing a dedicated Technical Account Manager. | The project directs users to its forums and chat for help and to GitHub issues for bugs. |
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Automate Desktop
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FlexGet
FlexGet is a free, open-source automation tool for media and other content, including torrents, NZBs, podcasts, comics, TV, movies, RSS, HTML, and CSV. It uses YAML configuration files to define tasks and plugin settings. Plugins can create, filter, modify, or download entries, and alter how the tool operates. FlexGet can run as a daemon and schedule tasks from its configuration. It integrates with clients such as Deluge, Transmission, uTorrent, rTorrent, and SABnzbd, and can connect with Trakt, TheTVDB, or IMDb for managing and tracking series or movies. A JSON API can run independently of the web UI; starting the web server requires a password. The Web UI v2 is experimental and not recommended for new users. Installation guidance covers Windows, Linux/BSD, Mac OS X, and Docker. YAML may be confusing to newcomers, though a validator helps identify mistakes. The project reports that critical remote-code-execution vulnerabilities involving the exec and decompress plugins were addressed in version 3.20.13 and advises upgrading.