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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CMW Platform

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    CMW Platform (formerly Comindware) is a business process management software centered on worklows to build automations. It implements a drag-and-drop interface along with Excel-style rules and forms.N/A

    Oracle BPM Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Oracle Business Process Management Suite is an integrated environment for developing, administering, and using business applications centered around business processes.N/A
    Pricing
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsComindware Tracker is available for purchase on a per-user subscription plan.—
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    Community Pulse
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Considered Both Products
    CMW Lab
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    48 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
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    Features
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of CMW Platform and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    CMW Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of CMW Platform and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    CMW Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of CMW Platform and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    CMW Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of CMW Platform and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    CMW Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Small Businesses
    airSlate WorkFlow
    Score10 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Power Automate
    Score8.5 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft Power Automate
    Score8.5 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (71 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (7 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CMW PlatformOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CMW Lab
    If you have multiple departments that are in charge of production or different facets of a large project, this platform is for you. International companies would benefit especially from the real-time updates, which are incredible for overseas production monitoring. For smaller businesses, the cost is too much for something that could be handled in-house
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    Oracle
    Oracle BPM is well suited to organizations and environments that have a good understanding of their business processes and organizational structures. Trying to introduce a tool such as Oracle BPM into the organization without a good grasp on how the business operates is a recipe for disaster as the implementation will uncover all of the dirty secrets of an organizations business processes and bring them to light. BPM is not to be utilized for smaller service orchestrations or technical service implementations, these should be handled by the Oracle SOA Suite using the BPEL process manager, leaving BPM to handle the organizational business processes, referring to and including lower level services and BPEL processes as needed.
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    Pros
    CMW Lab
    • Graphical workflow builder capability makes it easy to set workflow in form of spreadsheets to improve visibility.
    • Workflow automation in the cloud unifies tasks, documents and resources in real-time.
    • Integration with outlook makes it easy to manage workloads direct to the email.
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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM [Suite] can support unlimited number of cases. No limitations in cases raised.
    • Oracle Weblogic can handle multiple traffic. [It] can handle lots of heavy load[s].
    • Oracle BPM has extensive integration with database[s]. Huge number[s] of customization can be created.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CMW Lab
    • Even though the cost is higher than its counterparts in the market, overall, it is reliable and gets the job done.
    • I've faced a single issue in my tenure of using this platform - the integration capabilities. As compared to other project management tools, CMW does seem to have limited integration options.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM is left behind by other tools more modern in terms of user experience, usability and ability to integrate with everything else.
    • To really harvest the potential of Oracle BPM you need to do it in JDeveloper and with ADF. This restricts its usage to very technical people.
    • The administration of the Oracle BPM tools has really put a burden on our team. It is running on Weblogic and we experience issues very often either with performance or with a bad configuration of the system.
    • As with all Oracle products, the price can be an issue for smaller shops.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CMW Lab
    Very likely.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    In many scenarios it should have provided more features. It took a lot of effort while debugging, making it difficult to maintain.
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    Usability
    CMW Lab
    As I mentioned in my whole review that it is making opration smoother it's capabilities to automate repetitive tasks, reduce manual errors,and improve productivity.Its low code approach allows us to create business apps quickly and easily without requiring extensibe programming knowledge.although it has lots of positive points but there are some issues which is barrier to become perfect that's why I give 8
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    Oracle
    Not easy to debug errors.
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    Support Rating
    CMW Lab
    It's more of drag and drop functionality. It is quite easy to set up. Creation of form is very easy. Support Team of Comindware Tracker is good and very friendly. It is efficient in terms of task management, project management, team management, vendor/client tracking.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    CMW Lab
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Overall satisfactory
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    Alternatives Considered
    CMW Lab
    Other than trying Comindware Tracker it is newer to me, I have used Adobe software multiple times and are familiar with their products. I won't stack Comindware Tracker against them because they both are amazing. I like using Comindware tracker because it is easy to use and is great for me, it helps optimize and maintain my workflows.
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    Oracle
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    CMW Lab
    • Comindware Tracker is versatile and can be used to automate common business processes.
    • Comindware Tracker offers process adjustments and visibility in real time.
    • Comindware Tracker anticipates the organization's document and data management in a unified way.
    • It provides analytical analysis as well as complex reports to help us run our business more efficiently.
    • It is ideal for the automation and execution of processes by classifying tasks.
    • Comindware Tracker helps in quick and easy simplification of operations.
    • Comindware Tracker improves the agility of routine activities.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • You'll most certainly need a deep dive and extensive training before your users can even think of using the product and they are very expensive.
    • Lack of documentation makes it very difficult to manage the application if any error is encountered which will result in you ending up hiring a dedicated person to look into the application once it's deployed.
    • For a very large org., if properly implemented and used, it can help identify the cost-intensive and inefficient processes.
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    ScreenShots

    CMW Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of Graphical Workflow BuilderScreenshot of Drag'n'drop Web-form DesignerScreenshot of Collaboration toolsScreenshot of Workflow automationScreenshot of Workflow trackingScreenshot of Outlook intergration