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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 159 reviews and ratings

Score 7.4 out of 10

Based on 137 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Appian

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Oracle BPM Suite

7.7

Dashboards

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7.6

Standard reports

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7.9

Custom reports

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7.6

Appian

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Oracle BPM Suite

7.0

Process designer

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5.9

Process simulation

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7.7

Business rules engine

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6.6

SOA support

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7.3

Process player

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6.9

Support for modeling languages

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7.7

Form builder

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6.3

Model execution

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8.0

Appian

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Oracle BPM Suite

7.0

Social collaboration tools

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7.0

Appian

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Oracle BPM Suite

7.0

Content management

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7.0

Pros

Easy to implement workflow.
Easy to build wireframes and UIs.
Option to utilize various build it objects and apply those on the UIs.

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Kaisar Hossain (MBA PMP, 6 Sigma, Scurm/

Senior Consultant

TELUSTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Business flows under the BPMN 2 notation.
Real-time Analytics
Import flows from Oracle databases

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Miguel Angel Merino Vega

Analista de Sistemas

Consultor independiente de softwareComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Limitation of objects capability such as 'Date / Calendar' object.
Limitation on the number of pages to be displayed. Here, total / max. number is 5 main pages / tabs.
Limitation on displaying / positioning of sub-tabs below each main page / tab. it is only possible to display the sub-tabs below the main page / main top level tab, and if the number of tabs are increased, the UI / sub-tab display becomes busy / cluttered with the title.

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Kaisar Hossain (MBA PMP, 6 Sigma, Scurm/

Senior Consultant

TELUSTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Internal documentation
The price may be higher than other similar tools
Lack of support to import from non-Oracle databases

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Miguel Angel Merino Vega

Analista de Sistemas

Consultor independiente de softwareComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Appian9.5

Based on 11 answers

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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Michael Campbell, PMP,CSM

Director, Strategic Process Project Management

Scripps NetworksBroadcast Media, 1001-5000 employees

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Oracle BPM Suite6.0

Based on 2 answers

We are invested in the Oracle BPM Suite technology and are very comfortable with direction is has been moving and excited to see the roadmap enhancement items that are planned for the Oracle BPM 12c release in the future. We expect that additional support for BPMN 2.0 events and additional adapters and Process Accelerators will continue to enhance our use of the product.

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Director, Fusion Middleware Practice

Mythics Inc.Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Appian8.8

Based on 28 answers

Very easy to develop and learn. Extremely intuitive for business users.

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Sr BPM Engineer

AmeriHealth CaritasHospital & Health Care, 5001-10,000 employees

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Oracle BPM Suite6.0

Based on 1 answer

Not easy to debug errors.

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Student

Pittsburgh Public SchoolsEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Support

Appian8.4

Based on 52 answers

Would like a more personal support mechanism (i.e. if a ticket has gone back and forth, say 3 times, and still not resolved, people should get on the phone).

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Keith Currie, B. Sc., PMP

Senior Project Manager, PMO

JD IrvingPaper & Forest Products, 10,001+ employees

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In-Person Training

Appian9.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Online Training

Appian10.0

Based on 1 answer

Really great training platform. Very visual and easy to use.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation

Appian8.0

Based on 1 answer

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Oracle BPM Suite6.0

Based on 1 answer

Overall satisfactory

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Pittsburgh Public SchoolsEducation Management, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

As a BPM team we evaluated several other products and narrowed the search down to IBM and Appian. We had the respective companies do a head to head demo and we were impressed with both but found that the cloud based nature of Appian was more appealing so we didn't have to support an infrastructure locally. There are pluses and minuses. As a developer it would have been more desirable to have a local installation so I had more direct access to our other local databases but the maintenance with keeping a local system up with a team of 3 IT people who were already stretched to the limits in bandwidth made the Cloud option more practical.

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Senior Technical Programmer

Jefferson County Public SchoolsSemiconductors, 501-1000 employees

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We evaluated Bonita and found that it might fit a smaller-sized company better; we found that Oracle BPM Suite scaled much more evenly. We almost went with one of the competitors, but in the end chose Oracle BPM Suite after we factored in the cost of VMware licensing. There are literally tons of analytics on the back end which are great for upper management, but not so much for average users, but this fits our business model quite well.

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Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Master data process increased speed of processes 50%.
Product management processes increased timely information by 25% faster with decision making.
Improved accuracy of data across the enterprise as reduced issues by 20%.

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Keith Currie, B. Sc., PMP

Senior Project Manager, PMO

JD IrvingPaper & Forest Products, 10,001+ employees

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Documenting a flow to a client allows communicating the intention of a development and thereby minimizing changes that could delay the calendar.
Simulating macro processes allows you to visualize at an early stage the figures of a project in order to better manage resources.

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Miguel Angel Merino Vega

Analista de Sistemas

Consultor independiente de softwareComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

Appian

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Oracle BPM Suite

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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More Information

Oracle BPM Suite More Information

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