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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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
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    DroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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    DroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    User Ratings
    DroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.9
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    Support Rating
    -
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    5.2
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    DroolsIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    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
    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
    Open Source
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    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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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