Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) and Express>It vs. Higson

Overview
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Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) and Express>It
Score 8.7 out of 10
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The Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) allows business analysts to specify business rules in a form that is very familiar and comfortable to them: grid-like spreadsheets. In the BRE, the rules are specified in business terms, not technical terms, and with expressions that are clear to anyone who has worked with Microsoft Excel. As a consequence, not only can rules be specified quickly and accurately, they are also easily understood by other business people.N/A
Higson
Score 5.9 out of 10
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Higson, formerly Hyperon is a tool for managing business rules: the instructions that tell an enterprise software how a company runs, like which customers are eligible for which products, or how to dynamically price services in response to changing conditions. Higson aims to make it easy for line managers to fine-tune these rules in real-time, responding to a rapidly changing operating environment without needing to wait for changes in the software’s code. The vendor describes…N/A
Pricing
Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) and Express>ItHigson
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Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) and Express>ItHigson
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details—For pricing contact Higson Sales. They also have a partnership program for software companies.
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
Ab Initio Business Rules Environment (BRE) and Express>ItHigson
Likelihood to Recommend
Ab Initio
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Decerto
Hyperon is less appropriate in smaller projects that do not contain a lot of business logic. However, if there are a lot of business rules to manage, many things that might be frequently changed, then Hyperon is a good tool to address it.
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Pros
Ab Initio
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Decerto
  • Separation of business logic from the app's code
  • Decision table performance
  • Good GUI
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Cons
Ab Initio
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Decerto
  • Pretty high entry threshold
  • A few bugs in GUI
  • UX might be better in some places
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Usability
Ab Initio
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Decerto
It's a very good tool to manage business rules. There are certain GUI bugs and a code boilerplate, but overall it does its job really well.
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Support Rating
Ab Initio
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Decerto
There is documentation on the site to help learn about the tool. There is also an email to ask for help or any other questions. The team responds quickly with a full answer.
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Alternatives Considered
Ab Initio
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Decerto
Hyperon has got far better performance. It also has far better GUI to manage business rules. On the other hand, Drools has a bigger community to help you with your problems.
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Return on Investment
Ab Initio
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Decerto
  • Shorter time to market with new features
  • Business users might change things without the help of developers
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Screenshot of Example of the domain.Screenshot of Sample decision table.Screenshot of Sample function.