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Drools vs. Infor Intelligent Open Network (ION)

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    Overview
    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

    Infor ION

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AInfor Intelligent Open Network is Infor’s advanced middleware cloud platform. Infor ION provides the flexibility to make an often complex web of enterprise systems work together, in order to support the long-term sustainability to optimize return on technology investments. With ION, one application can be upgraded, replaced, or even fail without taking the entire network down. Information is accessible in real-time, and system maintenance is less costly and complex.N/A
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    DroolsInfor ION
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Drools and Infor Intelligent Open Network (ION)
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    Ratings
    Infor Intelligent Open Network (ION)
    8.7
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    DroolsInfor ION
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    DroolsInfor ION
    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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    Infor
    Highly configurable workflows with multiple connectors make it a powerful tool. Built-in Infor ION document schemas are robust and efficient to use. Setting up integration with cloud and complex on-premise systems. Seamless and real-time integration of data between systems.
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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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    Infor
    • Configuring workflow.
    • Multiple connectors.
    • Real time Integration of data.
    • Easy upgrading of integrated systems.
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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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    Infor
    • Support documentation.
    • User experience.
    • Robustness
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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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    Infor
    Built-in workflows and schemas. Real-time monitoring of data integration between systems.
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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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    Infor
    • Reducing integration issues.
    • Real time accurate monitoring.
    • Increased visibility on business network efficiency.
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