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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appian

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AAppian is a low-code development and business process management platform. It features drag-and-drop design for app building, automated work processes, unified data management, and cloud-based deployment.

    $0

    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Pak for Automation allows the user to design, build and run automation applications and services on any cloud, using pre-integrated automation technologies and low-code tools. IBM Cloud Pak is the latest deployment option of the IBM automation platform for digital business, available on Red Hat OpenShift.N/A

    Oracle SOA Suite

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe rapid adoption of cloud-based applications by the enterprise, combined with organizations’ desire to integrate applications with mobile technologies, is dramatically increasing application integration complexity. Oracle SOA Suite 12c, the latest version of the company's unified application integration and SOA solution, offers a simplified cloud, mobile, on-premises and Internet of Things (IoT) integration capabilities within a single platform.N/A
    Pricing
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Appian Community Edition
    $0
    Application - Input-Only
    $2
    per month per user
    Application - Infrequent
    $9
    per month per user
    Application - Standard
    $75
    per month per user
    Platform
    Custom Quote Priced per user with unlimited apps.
    minimum 100 users, no maximum
    Unlimited
    Custom Quote Priced per development with unlimited apps.
    unlimited
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
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    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
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    Appian
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    38 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    25 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Appian and IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Oracle SOA Suite
    Feature
    Appian
    8.1
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Oracle SOA Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.29 Ratings6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.59 Ratings6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.69 Ratings6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Appian and IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Oracle SOA Suite
    Feature
    Appian
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Oracle SOA Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer7.99 Ratings8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.49 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine6.49 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support8.29 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.39 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder7.69 Ratings8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution8.59 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Appian and IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Oracle SOA Suite
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Oracle SOA Suite
    -
    Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business Process Automation
    Comparison of Business Process Automation features of Appian and IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation and Oracle SOA Suite
    Feature
    Appian
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Oracle SOA Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Business Process Modeling00 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Decision Modeling00 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code-Based Automation00 Ratings8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Code Automation00 Ratings7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Small Businesses
    Bizagi
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Bizagi
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
    Appian
    Score7.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
    Score9 out of 10
    Bizagi
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (139 ratings)
    8.9
    (38 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (19 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (95 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (118 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppianIBM Cloud Pak for Business AutomationOracle SOA Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Appian
    Appian works great for automating manual processes and integrating multiple systems through its toolset. It gives great flexibility for establishing rules for approvals, routings, escalations, and the like. Because of the low code toolset, it's very easy to deploy and make changes as needed as processes evolve and as the organization learns to utilize the system better. Minimal maintenance is required to support the applications build on the platform. Some of the automated testing integration with tools like Jenkins is limited so that may be an issue for some.
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    IBM
    Well Suited Scenarios IBM Cloud Pak shines in scenarios where complex workflows, such as project management in web design, require automation. It's also highly effective for collaborative content creation, enabling seamless content approval. Less Appropriate Scenarios Conversely, it may be less suitable for organizations with simpler task management needs that do not fully leverage its robust capabilities. Also, companies with limited IT resources might face challenges during setup and customization.
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    Oracle
    Oracle service bus is great to quickly proxy any legacy services exposed as soap service. It's well suited for aggregating multiple services on a single endpoint. We can point to multiple endpoints on the business service and use a round-robin approach to access the endpoints. It's not well suited for data transformation and quick preview of mappings and transformations. It's not great on path to cloud transformation.
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    Pros
    Appian
    • Allows at a glance workflow documentation which assists in the need we have for information readiation.
    • Drag and drop interface for workflow development greatly speeds our apps time to market.
    • Using the advanced features of Appian, we are able to create working sites in a fraction of the time it would take to do so using "traditional" development.
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    IBM
    • I like how this tool provides us with automation capabilities to all our business processes hence improves our productivity.
    • Helps us to analyze complex workflows for our clients.
    • Accelerate our growth to digital transformation.
    • Reduce clients wait time. Hence we are able to deliver on time.
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    Oracle
    • The Oracle Service Bus makes the management of web services extremely easy. Through its point and click interface, the web service endpoints can be easily modified.
    • The administration console provides useful dashboards to diagnose any service issues.
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    Cons
    Appian
    • Search issues when type ahead and database search are used in the same field.
    • Buttons implementation where user is require[d] to click on the button description - if clicks on the button outside that text - button will not work.
    • Problems with using certain off-the-shelf performance tools like WebLoad or Neoload. That is because of different dynamic variables being used internally in Appian - which these tools are unable to correlate. We are still investigating using other tools like Jmeter to overcome dynamic correlation problem for performance testing.
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    IBM
    • For heavy load, the performance should be improved
    • The integration with the messaging system is a bit tricky and hence example documentation could be provided
    • It is a very nice and powerful tool however still not very known, marketing needs to be improved
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    Oracle
    • Message reporting tied to a database seems counter productive. Better options to eliminate that would not only minimize the maintenance hassle but also gives more ease to manage the product.
    • Polling feature isn't very efficient where the end point JMS queues may still have JMS connections despite not enabling the corresponding poller proxy services.
    • Unable to deploy multiple web services in one go from the OSB Web console.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Appian
    We recently renewed our license with Appian. We are convinced that its flexibility, relative ease of use, the support they provide, there mobile advancements and their general willingness and desire to see us succeed all contributed to our reason to renew our agreement with Appian
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    IBM
    IBM Cloud Pak provides modernization in collecting, organizing and analyzing data. This product provides to unify market leading services such as data management, DataOps, governance, business analytics and automated AI. IBM Cloud Pak is best for resource and infrustructure optimization. IBM Cloud Pak is capable to accomodate our business automation needs.
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    Oracle
    We have had not many issues with Oracle Service Bus and it's very stable for our requirements. It's highly available and helps us implement Tier1 applications on it.
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    Usability
    Appian
    Appian is a low code environment, because of this, a very good visual interface is required. Appian is providing a feature-rich dashboard [that] we can use for building the dashboards and other interfaces. Appian also provides patches and releases to enhance these features. A developer can start off development just by going through a basic course from the Appian learning community.
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    IBM
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    Oracle
    It's an excellent enterprise service bus and has very stable features. We have been using it since 2008. We did hit into some issues. But, recreating the service helped fix many issues. Also, deployment to various environments was easy. Also, the plugin on Eclipse helps to build proxy and business services quick and easy.
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    Support Rating
    Appian
    Appian is one of the leading low code business automation platforms that support RPA, decision rules, case management, workflow automation, and machine learning all in a single bundle. But it is also harder to implement and replace the traditional business process.
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    Oracle
    We had some issues with MQ connectivity through OSB and our experience was poor with the support team. They do respond. But, it felt like we are ignored and we had bad support. We had to escalate and things used to get dragged for weeks before we get more quality questions on how to pursue investigation.
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    In-Person Training
    Appian
    As analyst I participated in a developer boot camp. At times it was hard to keep up but most of the time it made sense. Trainer took the time to explain and slowed pace down to answer questions etc.
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    IBM
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    Online Training
    Appian
    Very boring; hard to get through quickly, but rather effective in demonstrating the use of the platform.
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    Implementation Rating
    Appian
    It was really seamless. SaaS in the true definition of the word. We logged on and started using the product. Very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Appian
    Appian has enormously transformed and keeps on updating the product every quarter to meet the latest needs of the world with new innovations & technologies being integrated within the platform. What gives more pleasure than a product that keeps on continuous[ly] improv[ing]?
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    IBM
    There are various products that are similar to IBM Cloud, but IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation stands out overall. IBM Cloud offers valuable features such as analytics, cognitive abilities, and data management capabilities. Additionally, it places a strong emphasis on security and compliance, with features such as role-based access control and encryption. Moreover, it allows for easy integration with other systems and platforms.
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    Oracle
    Oracle being the market leader and has a lot of compatibilities with sources like SOA projects, Oracle database and other JMS feeds.
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    Return on Investment
    Appian
    • I believe it has negatively impacted our release dates. There may have been a misunderstanding as to the learning curve, even though it is "low code."
    • The look and feel of the applications created using Appian have uniformity and it's easier to have "reuse" between applications.
    • There is less developer control when it comes to features. I think this mainly has to do with the amount of plugins available. I would think there should be many more available plugins. But again, our use case is probably different than most others.
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    IBM
    • A platform with multiple functions, automations and system monitoring.
    • The components of this software help to obtain results from the first month of its implementation.
    • Each module has a price and can be purchased according to the direct need of the company; this helps to adapt to our budget.
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    Oracle
    • Improve customer relations/service
    • Create internal/operational efficiencies
    • Improve business process outcomes
    • Improve compliance & risk management
    • Strong services expertise
    • Pre-existing relationships
    • Strong consulting partnership
    • Product functionality and performance
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