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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Logic Apps

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers the Azure Logic Apps as a cloud-based integration service, supporting data and application integration.

    $0

    per execution

    Drools

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ADrools is an open source business rules management system developed by Red Hat.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Editions & Modules
    Actions
    $0.000025
    per execution
    Standard Connector
    $0.000025
    per execution
    Enterprise Connector
    $0.001
    per execution
    Integration Account - Basic
    $0.42
    per hour
    Integration Account - Standard
    $1.37
    per hour
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Open Source
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Azure Logic Apps and Drools
    Feature
    Azure Logic Apps
    8.5
    16 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Drools
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built connectors9.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connector modification9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration8.114 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality services8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data security features7.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring console8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Workato
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Logic AppsDrools
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Azure Logic Apps was a perfect solution for us to integrate the apps and products we used in our business to create automated workflows which were also complex and very advanced. This was a very new feature for us, and also it reduced our software costs massively and also saved us a lot of time. With the crisis, we were in back then Azure turned out to be the best cost-friendly solution because we only had to pay for what we used!
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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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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Connecting to different services using OOB connectors
    • Support for HTTP connectors which enables user to leverage RestAPIs
    • Readability, i.e., it looks just like a Visio diagram. Even managers or HRs can have a look and get to know what's happening
    • It's a Programmer's Lego. It's fun connecting them at the same time getting the work done
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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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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It falls short of alerting capabilities.
    • Microsoft Azure should be unclouded with its pricing. We don't always know how much an inclusion will affect the monthly price. So we have to speculate where we are with the price and if we can afford to include another asset.
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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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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I found them easy to use and adapt to different scenarios, from Azure management to link processes between REST APIs. Together with Function Apps, they're probably the most useful resource type for Azure. Today, I use them in production, and that's a key component: stable, secure, easy to manage, and maintain.
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Azure Logic Apps are backed by Azure and Microsoft. There is a wealth of information on the internet about both of these platforms. In addition to this Microsoft has a huge bush to using this platform and have offered many solutions and support options to the user. The only drawback is that it is a fairly new platform so the 3rd party information tends to be lacking.
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    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    This is very dependent on the line of work you are in and the unique company requirements, as is the case with everything. We utilize Azure Logic Apps for all of our computing solutions within our domain, and it has always worked flawlessly. One of the simplest clouds to set up and use is by far the most popular.
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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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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Moving to Serverless Computing obviously makes the organization get rid of dependent Infra.
    • ROI can be seen immediately as the required infra can be decommissioned after a successful quarter run.
    • Being deployed as a single entity or single app on Azure Logic Apps, Organizations need to be more careful with controls applied to meet compliance and security posture.
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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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