Alfresco vs. TIBCO® BPM Enterprise

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alfresco
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
The Alfresco platform, from Hyland, delivers comprehensive cloud-native content services. It is used to intelligently activate processes and content to accelerate the flow of business.N/A
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is a business process management platform with capabilities for process automation, process documentation, human capital management, process patterns, and predictive operations analytics.N/A
Pricing
AlfrescoTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AlfrescoTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
AlfrescoTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Enterprise Content Management
Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
8.0
6 Ratings
3% below category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
-
Ratings
Content capture & imaging3.14 Ratings00 Ratings
File sync, storage & archiving9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Document management10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Records management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Content search & retrieval10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Enterprise content collaboration8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Content publishing & creation8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Security, risk management & information governance9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract lifecycle management8.95 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated workflows9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Artificial intelligence8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile support3.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
9.6
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
8.7
17 Ratings
3% above category average
Process designer00 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Process simulation00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Business rules engine00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
SOA support00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Process player00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Support for modeling languages00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Form builder00 Ratings8.415 Ratings
Model execution00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
8.5
10 Ratings
4% above category average
Social collaboration tools00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Alfresco
-
Ratings
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
9.0
13 Ratings
10% above category average
Content management00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
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User Ratings
AlfrescoTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(17 ratings)
9.3
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(9 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AlfrescoTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
Hyland Software
Easy integration with the external APIs Workflows can be invoked via REST call Wonderful swagger documentation for process REST APIs REST, MULE, CAMEL, Google Drive, and Box features are available with Alfresco Process Services The micro-service version deployment should be well documented and needs improvement
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TIBCO Software Inc.
TIBCO ActiveMatrix is most useful for teams that need help mapping out their processes with other, co-dependent teams. It makes that conversation happen in a logical, structured way. The software is also helpful for professionals that need more data visualization in their business. On the opposite side, the software is not useful for really small businesses. It’s not worth the money.
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Pros
Hyland Software
  • Basic workflows are easy enough for casual users to set up and utilize.
  • Cloud sync capability provides a great way to share documents with third parties and to use as a backup system for critical documents.
  • Alfresco mobile app makes it easy for those on the road to access, approve and share documents.
  • Folder rules are easy to set up and make assignment of metadata easier to automate.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • Workspace and Openspace Console that offers a powerful method for troubleshooting and viewing the routing within a process
  • Easy representation of the corporate organization
  • Powerful IDE to design a business process as a TIBCO Business Studio BPM Edition
  • Testing and Debugging
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Cons
Hyland Software
  • Alfresco Process Services and Alfresco Application Development Framework integration makes for best functionality/application of ECM.
  • Use case alignment - Marketing content and documentation of specific business requirements and user stories being available as reference material/documentation.
  • Integration with multiple silos for content.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • A little bit too conservative. Not really anything leading edge. [Tibco] has plenty of customers, and that means they will probably be around forever, but [product enhancements] seem to be more [abundant in competitor product offerings].
  • It would be great to have some pre-defined themes. Pie chart labels - it would be great to get more options for sizing and placement.
  • I find it hard to trust the online portal too much. I doubt the security that is offered by this software.
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Likelihood to Renew
Hyland Software
As per the current market and the line of products that are available for content and document management system, Alfresco is a very good option compared to other systems in terms of features and cost. Plus the community support is great. Also since the product is open source, it can be extended or understood in a better way.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
Usability
Hyland Software
Alfresco Content Services' UI has never been its strength from the beginning. Therefore, rating it from a usability standpoint, I will not rank it high. However, Alfresco Content Services can easily be integrated with any application and leveraged as a backend CMS or DM system. With the new Angular-based UI approach, it's very much possible to create custom UI on top of it as required.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
Such a BPM sw is amazing and usefull. You have a gret visibility in design and development phase.
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Support Rating
Hyland Software
I am not big fan of Alfresco Content Services' support; it works on its own speed and sometimes it becomes challenging to achieve business needs. However, I appreciate regular delivery of security patches and updates
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TIBCO Software Inc.
Because our support team is always available also for development suggestions.
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Implementation Rating
Hyland Software
Process was relatively smooth and overall, downtime minimal. MSI was very responsive to our needs and made the transition easier than it otherwise might have been.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Hyland Software
All software has some pros and some cons. Alfresco has some good pluses, and suits our environment very well. It fit perfectly in the place that we are working on. That is why we decided to go with this software. Overall, the kind of content management that needs to be done in an organization is what would determine which software to use.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
For BPM we looked at some IBM products suites, BPM Online, Oracle products and Pega Systems. The decision to go with AMX BPM was based on the evaluation by the software architect team and the cost of acquiring the TIBCO suites.
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Return on Investment
Hyland Software
  • Instant document lookup - No paper files to mail which saves in all areas of postage, truck delivery, physical storage warehouse space, printing, etc
  • No longer losing important documents - Previously with paper files things would go missing and those could be costly reports/assessments.
  • Ability to secure documents and provide access to only those who should be allowed to see that content
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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • In order to create a BPM management, you need to make a very solid data management model, which becomes very important in its reuse
  • The business process is very often unconnected with the implementation logic and therefore plays in favor of the re-usability of the software
  • Large customization at log level for which managing these tools can be handled minimizing effort
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ScreenShots

Alfresco Screenshots

Screenshot of Alfresco Control CenterScreenshot of Alfresco

TIBCO® BPM Enterprise Screenshots

Screenshot of TIBCO BPM Enterprise Login ScreenScreenshot of Work Manager UIScreenshot of Operational Monitoring dashboardScreenshot of Organization Browser