Bonita Platform vs. VisualCron

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bonita Platform
ScoreΒ 8.2Β outΒ ofΒ 10
N/A
Bonita 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
VisualCron
ScoreΒ 6.5Β outΒ ofΒ 10
N/A
VisualCron is an automation, Integration and Task Scheduler tool. VisualCron combines many features into one product. VisualCron was founded in 2004. Through scheduling users can set Jobs to run on a specific time or event with the help of Triggers. The Tasks in each Job automate scripts to eliminate human errors. Through various Tasks users can integrate different systems through file transfer, encryption, compression and…N/A
Pricing
Bonita PlatformVisualCron
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bonita PlatformVisualCron
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$1,499 per Server
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Community Pulse
Bonita PlatformVisualCron
Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Bonita PlatformVisualCron
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
7.1
43 Ratings
13% below category average
VisualCron
7.7
1 Ratings
2% below category average
Dashboards7.341 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Standard reports6.040 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Custom reports7.840 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
7.7
53 Ratings
8% below category average
VisualCron
4.2
1 Ratings
49% below category average
Process designer8.652 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Process simulation6.910 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Business rules engine8.042 Ratings2.01 Ratings
SOA support7.540 Ratings00 Ratings
Process player6.78 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Support for modeling languages8.538 Ratings00 Ratings
Form builder7.848 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Model execution7.548 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
6.7
24 Ratings
21% below category average
VisualCron
-
Ratings
Social collaboration tools6.724 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
6.9
34 Ratings
16% below category average
VisualCron
-
Ratings
Content management6.934 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
-
Ratings
VisualCron
3.5
1 Ratings
54% below category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Business Process Automation
Comparison of Business Process Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
-
Ratings
VisualCron
4.3
1 Ratings
34% below category average
Business Process Modeling00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Decision Modeling00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Code-Based Automation00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
No-Code Automation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bonita PlatformVisualCron
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(53 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.6
(3 ratings)
8.0
(1 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 PlatformVisualCron
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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
VisualCron does accommodate continuous file processing. Like packing and unpacking compressed files, splitting or merging files, sending E-mail's and executing queries on databases. VisualCron in less suitable for performing very complex operations on files like, arithmetic with numbers, dates or amounts. Very complex job scripts become cluttered. Debugging Job scripts is not easy.
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
  • VisualCron can pack and unpack files from many types of packing methods.
  • Clear job scripts with complex constructions can be written in VisualCron
  • VisualCron provides a clear graphical overview of the situation of all jobs.
  • VisualCron clearly indicates when a job has run into an error.
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
  • VisualCron should more specifically indicate the root cause of an error.
  • If copying a file goes wrong, VisualCron reports 'can't copy file'. I expect 'no read permissions from original' or 'no write permissions from destination'.
  • VisualCron offers no way to execute a Job script line by line
  • In VisualCron, nested loops cannot be created.
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Likelihood to Renew
Bonitasoft
We just renewed our license
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NetCart DBA VisualCron
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
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Support Rating
Bonitasoft
It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
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NetCart DBA VisualCron
Questions and problems can be addressed to VisualCron 's support department via E-mail. I usually get a good answer from them fairly quickly. There is also a VisualCron forum where you can ask questions that will be answered by other VisualCron users.
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Implementation Rating
Bonitasoft
Nothing in particular
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NetCart DBA VisualCron
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
For simple processes, VisualCron is easier to use and maintain. For complicated processes, Quadient Inspire offers more options. The graphical representations of waiting, running or completed jobs is adequate for both products. The logging of job actions is better in Quadient Inpire as in VisualCron.
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
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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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NetCart DBA VisualCron
  • With VisualCron, I need 3 times less time to get file processing right.
  • If a VisualCron job goes wrong I need twice as much time to find the problem.
  • Visualcron does not run on Linux but on Windows which can make an upgrade and reboot take up to 6 times as long.
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ScreenShots

Bonita Platform Screenshots

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

VisualCron Screenshots

Screenshot of Job - CPU usageScreenshot of Job - execution timeScreenshot of Job - ROI resultScreenshot of Main windowScreenshot of Main window - right clickScreenshot of Output - as table