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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aurea Process

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAurea Process (formerly CX Process) from Aurea Software in Austin is a business process management offering, based on Savvion BPM.

    $200,000

    per year

    Drools

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ADrools is an open source business rules management system developed by Red Hat.N/A

    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Decision Manager Open Edition (formerly Red Hat Decision Manager) is a business rules management and CEP option. Announced in 2022, the product is transitioning to IBM.N/A
    Pricing
    Aurea ProcessDroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Editions & Modules
    License
    $200,000
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Aurea ProcessDroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeRequired
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    Features
    Aurea ProcessDroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Aurea Process and Drools and IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Drools
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    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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    Dashboards6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Aurea Process and Drools and IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    5.8
    1 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Drools
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    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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    Process designer6.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Aurea Process and Drools and IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    70% below category average
    Drools
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    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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    Social collaboration tools4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Aurea Process and Drools and IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Feature
    Aurea Process
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    68% below category average
    Drools
    -
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    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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    Content management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Aurea ProcessDroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
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    9.3
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.0
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    Usability
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    Support Rating
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    5.2
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    Implementation Rating
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    User Testimonials
    Aurea ProcessDroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    The tool has potential. Its capabilities and visual aspects could be considered rather basic but this might improve, particularly if the business intelligence/analytics aspect is leveraged. Once running well, it could allow (perhaps smaller) companies to successfully improve their customers' experiences through digitalizing customer journey - and we all know that customer loyalty goes a long way. However, whether or not the tool is comprehensive enough to deliver this for larger companies with more complex, multi- and omni-channel interactions is yet to be seen...
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    Open Source
    As an open source rule engine and product suite, Drools is well suited for the small and middle scale business to manage and integrate the rules to build the rule-driven system which can process the business-critical data and events to produce the automated decision. It is better to use Drools in the well-secured environment (back-end behind the DMZ), not putting it on the customer-facing front or exposing it directly the to public where may bring direct security risk in the enterprise environment. Drools still needs a lot hardening on the security side.
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    IBM
    Red Hat Decision Manager is well suited for developing a microservices-based application architecture where reusable components / APIs can be used across different end-user applications. It however may not be well suited for use cases where business users need low code / no-code environment to maintain business rules themselves without any developer / IT team support
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • Face-lifted platforms: CX Messenger (formerly Sonic), CX Monitor (formerly Actional), CX Process (formerly Savvion)
    • User-friendly UI
    • Relatively painless implementation
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    Open Source
    • Writing rules with business focus
    • Rules evolution and maintenance
    • separate business logic from program code
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    IBM
    • Business rule management for filtering the candidate
    • Automate the possible decision making which reduces the time and increase the productivity
    • Whenever business rule changes based on the client requirement.
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • Standard edition is significantly lighter touch than the (pricier) Enterprise version
    • There are similar solutions on the market that are competitively prices and offer positive user experience
    • Data migration can be tricky at times
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    Open Source
    • Fusion doesn't support persistence of working memory, which brings some extra high availability risk to our business.
    • Guvnor still has a lot room to be implemented, it is not so user-friendly for non-technical people, so a lot of business users complain it is hard to master.
    • Rule execution server doesn't even have JMX implemented, hard to be monitored.
    • Drools is still lacking support for key Web services standards.
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    IBM
    • It should be easy to use because it needs more knowledge
    • You should be trained to your partner well
    • Well Documentations are needed
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Red Hat Decision Manager can be scaled and adapted to meet the automation needs of the organization as it grows by reusing the components and business rules data which provides a high ROI on the renewal costs.
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    Usability
    Aurea
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    Open Source
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    IBM
    Implementation phase is very difficult .Of course ,you need to know bunch of things about cloud,container,automatization
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    Support Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Open Source
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    IBM
    The support for Red Hat decision Manager can be improved to be more omnichannel with better response times for the customers.
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
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    Open Source
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    IBM
    For high volume and / or complex set of legacy business rules, plan for adequate time for data migration activities.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
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    Open Source
    I did not participate in drools choice. I can only compare drools with the previous situation which was using nothing.
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    IBM
    If you have a low budget to invest probably JBoss BRMS is the option for you, if your budget is not restricted you'll probably like to consider Bizagi
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    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • As our customers vary in size and maturity, the ROI ranges accordingly.
    • For younger, smaller businesses this is a useful tool. Digitalization of he customer journey has certainly helped save time and efforts in many cases.
    • For more mature market players the tool is not always comprehensive enough. Dashboard and report personalization take time and efforts, and sometimes it feels that a dedicated BI tool would be a more suitable solution.
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    Open Source
    • The IT department quickly adopted Drools as it is a very good java-based rule engine, which saves a lot of time to meet the project timeline and balanced our business requirements.
    • Recently we start considering the OpenRules, which may be more business user-friendly.
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    IBM
    • Quickly write business rules
    • Computers can take decision
    • Complex event processing
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    ScreenShots

    Aurea Process Screenshots

    Screenshot of CX Platform enables leading companies to modernize, automate, and monitor their back office by bridging legacy SOA solutions to modern micro-service and container-based architectures.