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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bonita Platform

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ABonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.N/A

    Power Apps

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/APowerApps is a low code / rapid application development product from Microsoft that allows users to quickly build apps.

    $20

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Power Apps Premium
    $20
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Considered Both Products
    Bonitasoft
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    Chose Power Apps
    PowerApps has much power when talking about Office 365 and Azure integrations. Has low cost and it is easy to create/deploy applications. Bonita is open-source but it is necessary to have many technical skills to create applications and also to handle the infrastructure when …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bonita Platform and Power Apps
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    6.4
    43 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports5.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.740 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Bonita Platform and Power Apps
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    7.7
    53 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer9.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine8.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support6.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages9.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder8.148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Bonita Platform and Power Apps
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    5.9
    24 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools5.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Bonita Platform and Power Apps
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Power Apps
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Bonita Platform and Power Apps
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Power Apps
    7.8
    24 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.722 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings7.423 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings8.523 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings7.923 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings7.423 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.622 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (53 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (25 ratings)
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bonita PlatformPower Apps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bonitasoft
    Well suited for low code/no code applications centered around approval flows. It has built-in task management for users to see their pending actions, comments, statuses, etc. It has a very nice design for process flows. Less appropriate may be for generic type applications with complex screens and logic within those screens that need a lot of data to process.
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    Power Apps is ideal for scenarios that are neither too complex nor too large. It is easy to begin development in Power Apps, as it is one of the best tools for low-code development. Power Apps can be implemented for complex scenarios as well, provided there is strong knowledge of the tool and ample time for planning. Our applications benefit from Power Apps' cross-platform support, making it easy to use on any device, including desktops, laptops, and mobile devices.
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    Pros
    Bonitasoft
    • Bonita seems particularly suited for processes requiring a great deal of human interaction. Its user model allows you to control access to business processes in a fine-grained way. This allows for business processes to move smoothly between users and services as the process advances.
    • The definition and usage of custom forms from the latest version of Bonita seems particularly powerful. It allows for a thorough customization of the look-and-feel and does not require complex developments.
    • The web interface and administration section have greatly improved in the latest versions. Installation and configuration of processes has become more flexible and more structured. The administration section gives a good view on failed processes, allowing to analyse problems in an efficient way.
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    • Power Apps has formats that are pre-built that don't require any coding which makes it easier to achieve your vision. This does become a challenge if your App needs don't fit into that format.
    • We deal with a ton of data so the fact that you can connect to any data source in addition to their pre-stablished data connections makes the process a breeze.
    • The online learning resources and tutorials are helpful as well for those who are tech savvy.
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    Cons
    Bonitasoft
    • There is a learning curve beyond the boot camps that needs to be addressed with more structured curriculum.
    • The full stack technologies are industry standard, but these [are] challenging to learn and could use a learning path and orientation. There's probably opportunity for third-parties here to help with learning and adoption.
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    Microsoft
    • Sometimes the cost of solutions is greater than the benefit. Licensing is expensive relative to the scope of some business user-created personal or team-level solutions.
    • While there is a starter-kit for Governance, it is complicated to stand up and requires dedicated resources to provide on-going governance operations. Many organizations are not going to be able to dedicate resources to governance and this causes the sprawl, solution duplication, silos, unneeded and unplanned licensing expenses, and a general "wild wild west" environment.
    • There needs to be better direction and best practices given around Power Platform Environment utilization and optimization.
    • The accessibility to the platform and ease for business partners to independantly create solutions is both a benefit and a negative. When the business outcome needed is a good fit for PowerApps it is a quick win, but when not a good fit it becomes a frustration for the business partner attempting to make the platform do something it is not well-suited for. The business partner entangles tech teams in the effort which drains resources and provides a lack-luster solution. All of this to say, it would be beneficial to have some tools that business partners could leverage to determine\understand if the type of business outcome they need is well suited to PowerApps or not.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bonitasoft
    We just renewed our license
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Bonitasoft
    Bonita Platform has allowed us to develop GUI relatively fast using its UI Designer while being able to seamlessly integrate our business logic in Java in a BPMN2 process diagram. It gives a nice productivity boost but still requires programming know-how to be able to deliver the final solution to your business problems.
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    Microsoft
    PowerApps is a great solution and I have spent the last year familiarizing myself with the platform and building custom applications to complete a whole range of tasks such as asset management, custom invoice generation, and item restriction tracking. We as a company have barely begun to scratch the surface of what can be achieved with PowerApps.
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    Performance
    Bonitasoft
    Engine itself is efficient enough for most cases I dealt with. It can also be extended by clustering. I have done performance tests with JMeter and only managed to induce the crash of... JMeter. If there are efficiency issues they usually concern bad design/implementation of created apps or bottlenecks in integrated systems. Although I have met two cases with efficiency loss.
    1. Java 7 related PermGen saturation caused by big number of installed apps (there is no jar dependency reusal between apps option).
    2. Big number of waiting event handlers in processes stresses the database.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bonitasoft
    It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
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    Microsoft
    The community forums are extremely responsive to questions asked, there is a good body of online documentation and many community posts to draw from. Although the platform has changed, which means some of the posts are out of date and the solutions provided aren't relevant. Of relevance, I read over 400 articles plus documentation to get this first app built in SharePoint, move it to SQL and make it work exactly the way it should.
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    Implementation Rating
    Bonitasoft
    Nothing in particular
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Bonitasoft
    RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
    We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
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    Microsoft
    1. PowerApps functionality comes with E1 over E3 License without adding extra costs 2. For Nintex you pay (at the beginning) for each workflow, so my intention would be, to do no workflows to prevent additional costs, but I want a platform with a fair price that allows me to create workflows without thinking about the price for each workflow and we use only some workflow and relative easy workflows and forms as a medium-sized company. 3. PowerApps provides a lot of functionality without needing to invest in premium features directly.
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    Scalability
    Bonitasoft
    Respect of BPMN standard over the long term. Good enhancements by Bonitasoft for new use cases, for example the introduction of a real form editor even if it has been technically difficult to manage. Once done though, we have far greater possibility of human interaction.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Bonitasoft
    • Case management provided as better tracking which help us to meet SLAs.
    • Auto email notification helps to address "Where are my request" answers which eventually increased our customer delight index.
    • By using the third-party integration, we are able to provide visibility w.r.t end to end request status.
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    Microsoft
    • Automation of manual processes brings an ROI on labor costs.
    • Intake of data provides clean database design.
    • Connectivity to data-lake provides insights and trends into the data.
    • Able to scale operations with efficiencies provided by the app.
    • Can mature the process and workflows to do more.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of process designed in Bonita BPM StudioScreenshot of Bonita BPM project overviewScreenshot of Fully customized end user interfaceScreenshot of Bonita BPM Admin AppScreenshot of Bonita Process Insights