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Exela Plexus vs. SAP NetWeaver BPM vs. TIBCO® BPM Enterprise

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Exela Plexus

    N/AN/AExela Technologies (formerly SourceHOV) offers Plexus, a BPM, case and exception management platform.N/A

    SAP BPM

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASAP NetWeaver Business Process Management is a business process management offering and application infrastructure. It supports joint modeling of processes, central process execution via a Java-based engine, provision of interfaces for users, and integration of business rules into processes.N/A

    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is a business process management platform with capabilities for process automation, process documentation, human capital management, process patterns, and predictive operations analytics.N/A
    Pricing
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
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    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
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    Cloud Software Group
    Chose TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    SAP PO / BPM and Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Exela Plexus and SAP NetWeaver BPM and TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Exela Plexus
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Exela Plexus and SAP NetWeaver BPM and TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Exela Plexus
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    8.1
    17 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Process designer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings10.02 Ratings9.513 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings10.02 Ratings6.79 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings10.02 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings10.02 Ratings7.015 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Exela Plexus and SAP NetWeaver BPM and TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Exela Plexus
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Exela Plexus and SAP NetWeaver BPM and TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Feature
    Exela Plexus
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    10.0
    12 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings10.012 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Exela PlexusSAP BPMTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
    It is well suited when we need to integrate business processes with SAP ERP and SAP CRM - the solution can be integrated with business rules/procedures defined in SAP ERP/CRM and NetWeaver can be used to monitor the rules and flag off exceptions. When there are multiple workflows running, it tends to slow down running of these processes. Also, it entirely depends on SAP portal for it to run efficiently.
    Incentivized
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise allows integration with Corporate LDAP and at the same time define Role Based Access Control which helps in authentication and authorization of the users. It supports both default database and custom database. Drag and drop feature allows easy and faster way to do the development. It has support for deployment from design studio and scripted deployment as well. TIBCO BPM Enterprise has a wide range of plugins for development.
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    Pros
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
    • Virtual paper trail. Iterations of process and current documentation are all stored as "artifacts", leaving a great trail.
    • Configuration of users. BPM somewhat magically determines which users will be impacted and automates rules.
    • A pro (that is also a con) is the design interface. If you know what you are doing, it is incredibly powerful and malleable.
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    Cloud Software Group
    • Workspace and Openspace Console that offers a powerful method for troubleshooting and viewing the routing within a process
    • Easy representation of the corporate organization
    • Powerful IDE to design a business process as a TIBCO Business Studio BPM Edition
    • Testing and Debugging
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    Cons
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
    • Live readings would be nice.
    • Easier to maneuver
    • Work with all systems with the press of one keystroke
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    Cloud Software Group
    • A little bit too conservative. Not really anything leading edge. [Tibco] has plenty of customers, and that means they will probably be around forever, but [product enhancements] seem to be more [abundant in competitor product offerings].
    • It would be great to have some pre-defined themes. Pie chart labels - it would be great to get more options for sizing and placement.
    • I find it hard to trust the online portal too much. I doubt the security that is offered by this software.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Exela Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    As a big fan of SAP in general, the BPM solution fits right in with all the other things SAP does well, and does it with incredible efficiency
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    Cloud Software Group
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    Usability
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
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    Cloud Software Group
    TIBCO BPM Enterprise can be integrated with other technologies like React UI which can be used to customize front end and TIBCO Business Works for processing. Services created in TIBCO BPM Enterprise can be exposed to REST which can be shared as API to external systems. Users can be created and modifies very easily using out of the box TIBCO BPM Openspace and Workspace. Events can be customized and this data can be used to generate reports.
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    Support Rating
    Exela Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    We have our own tech support for systems, I would say they probably could use more training on it, I don't really think it's anything regarding the SAP system, but more the knowledge they have on the system itself. It seems to take longer for them to fix any issues we may come across.
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    Cloud Software Group
    Because our support team is always available also for development suggestions.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
    I found the initial setup of NetWeaver is much simpler than other products especially in an SAP environment where we have SAP ERP/HRM/CRM as it can be well integrated with other SAP products. The only drawback is the need/dependency on SAP Portal. It is better suited in an environment where SAP ERP is running.
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    Cloud Software Group
    For BPM we looked at some IBM products suites, BPM Online, Oracle products and Pega Systems. The decision to go with AMX BPM was based on the evaluation by the software architect team and the cost of acquiring the TIBCO suites.
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    Return on Investment
    Exela Technologies
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    SAP
    • Helped us harness integrated benefit from having SAP ERP/CRM by leveraging NetWeaver to define business processes/rules and monitor exceptions
    • Did not have any negative experience except for the fact that at times when multiple rules run, it can be somewhat slow
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    Cloud Software Group
    • In order to create a BPM management, you need to make a very solid data management model, which becomes very important in its reuse
    • The business process is very often unconnected with the implementation logic and therefore plays in favor of the re-usability of the software
    • Large customization at log level for which managing these tools can be handled minimizing effort
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    ScreenShots

    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise Screenshots

    Screenshot of TIBCO BPM Enterprise Login ScreenScreenshot of Work Manager UIScreenshot of Operational Monitoring dashboardScreenshot of Organization Browser