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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

    Lua

    Score1 out of 10
    N/ALua is a mobile-first enterprise communication solution. It powers messaging that is built for business: instant, secure, and keeps everyone accountable. Some key features include: Real-time Secure Messaging, Two-touch Conference Calling, and an Analytics Dashboard.N/A
    Pricing
    DroolsLua
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Lua
    $0
    Per User per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    DroolsLua
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$2,500
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    Features
    DroolsLua
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Drools and Lua
    Feature
    Drools
    -
    Ratings
    Lua
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Chat00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    DroolsLua
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    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DroolsLua
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DroolsLua
    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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    Lua
    I wouldn't recommend Lua because they were recently acquired by another company and will be shutting down. It was unfortunate that we were only given 2 months notice right after signing up for another 1-year term.
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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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    Lua
    • It is easy to communicate in real-time.
    • Easy to set up different groups.
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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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    Lua
    • The application for iPad is not optimized.
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    Support Rating
    Open Source
    No answers on this topic
    Lua
    They are closing operations, so there's no support to rate
    Incentivized
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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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    Lua
    We chose Lua because of their price point and feature set compared to other tools.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Lua
    • It has been great for communication and broadcasts, its a shame that they are closing down.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of A Group Conversation With Files and Photos (iPhone)Screenshot of A Dedicated Tab for All Your Ongoing Conversations Broadcasts (Android)Screenshot of An Interactive Directory Organized by Departments, Roles, and Custom Groups (iPhone)Screenshot of Two-touch Conference Calling, No Dial-ins, No Passcodes (iPhone)Screenshot of A Dedicated Repository for All Attachments (Android)Screenshot of Communication Analytics Dashboard (Web)