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JAMS Software

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Simplify's Rating
Why JAMS Software is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise Software

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Farmington, Connecticut

Founded

1987

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What believers are saying

  • September 1, 2026 Incident Management gives JAMS a new land-and-expand product.
  • Free five-user tier lowers adoption friction for small operations teams.
  • AI features at no extra cost on July 24, 2026 strengthen retention and upsell leverage.

What critics are saying

  • BMC Control-M and PagerDuty attack JAMS from adjacent automation and incident categories.
  • JAMS Incident Management entered a crowded market on September 1, 2026, with $6 pricing pressure.
  • If incident management flops, JAMS remains a niche scheduler vulnerable to platform consolidation.

What makes JAMS Software unique

  • JAMS Software spans IBM i and Microsoft automation, a forty-year niche moat since 1987.
  • June 2025 PSG-2ndWave spinout made JAMS a focused, independent workload-automation vendor.
  • JAX and JAMS MCP, launched July 24, 2026, embed AI inside customer networks.

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Benefits

  • Remote Work Options
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) Company Match

Company News

PR Newswire
Sep 1st, 2026
JAMS Software launches $6/user incident management tool with free tier for five users

JAMS Software has launched JAMS Incident Management, an on-call alerting and incident management tool for IT operations and engineering teams. The product delivers alerts through voice, SMS, push, email, Microsoft Teams, and Slack, escalating through on-call rotations until acknowledged. The software integrates with monitoring and IT service management systems via email, webhook, or REST API. It includes prebuilt two-way integrations for Azure Monitor, ServiceNow, Zendesk, and JAMS Scheduler. JAMS Incident Management is free for up to five users with no time limit. Paid plans start at $6 per user monthly for the Starter tier (up to 25 users) and $16 monthly for Professional (up to 50 users), both billed annually. On-call scheduling and escalation policies are included in paid plans. The product became generally available on 1 September 2026, following a customer early access period in August.

PR Newswire
Jul 24th, 2026
JAMS launches JAX AI agent and MCP connector for enterprise job scheduling at no extra cost

JAMS Software has launched two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent integrated into its web client, and JAMS MCP, a connector based on the Model Context Protocol standard. Both tools are available at no additional cost to JAMS Web customers. JAX enables IT teams to query jobs, troubleshoot failures, and access support in plain language. JAMS MCP brings these capabilities to external AI coding tools including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, and Claude Desktop. Both features operate within customers' own networks and act with individual user permissions. Customers can choose their AI model, including local models that keep operational data onshore. JAMS does not train on customer data. The tools address the challenge of managing automation environments that grow faster than IT teams can scale. Every action requires user approval, and all operations are logged in dedicated audit trails.

Business Wire
Apr 24th, 2025
PSG and 2ndWave Software to Announce Acquisition of JAMS from Fortra

PSG, a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled services companies to capitalize on transformational gr...

FinSMEs
Apr 23rd, 2025
PSG, 2ndWave Acquire JAMS, Skybot

PSG and 2ndWave Software have acquired JAMS, a workload automation and job scheduling solution, from Fortra. The deal amount was not disclosed. JAMS will become an independent company owned by PSG, 2ndWave Software, and employees. Skybot, another workload automation platform, is also part of the acquisition. Peter Hegland will serve as CEO of the new company.

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