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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Formstack Forms

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AFormstack is an online form building solution. Its drag-and-drop web form creator gives digital marketers a tool for online data collection and engagement. Users can collect payments and pass form data to popular marketing apps through third-party integrations. With Formstack, users can capture responses, store the information and share it with their teams.

    $50

    per month

    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
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans start at $50/month (billed annually), including: 20 Digital Forms 1,000 Submissions Per Form 14,400 API Calls Per Day Drag-and-Drop Form Builder Custom Themes Payment Integrations Salesforce Integration SSO User Management Form Prefill—
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    Community Pulse
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Formstack
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Survey Format & Appearance
    Comparison of Survey Format & Appearance features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    8.5
    64 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Survey templates8.856 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themes8.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom logo/branding8.761 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Content
    Comparison of Survey Content features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    7.6
    61 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Changes to live survey6.856 Ratings00 Ratings
    Question design help8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple question types8.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Logic
    Comparison of Survey Logic features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    7.9
    61 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Survey logic flexibility7.961 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Survey Reporting & Analytics features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    8.8
    62 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Response tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data export10.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.959 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports5.851 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Administration & Security
    Comparison of Survey Administration & Security features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    10.0
    60 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Access controls10.058 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance10.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Distribution
    Comparison of Survey Distribution features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Vendor-offered crowdsourcing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Respondent restrictions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    -
    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 Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    -
    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 Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    -
    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 Formstack Forms and Oracle BPM Suite
    Feature
    Formstack Forms
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (77 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (13 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (9 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Formstack FormsOracle BPM Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Formstack
    Formstack makes it easy to create a variety of forms. I have used it for event interest and registrations, email list sign-ups, and surveys. I have found it easy to customize, and easy to export data for import into other systems (e.g., CRM).
    Incentivized
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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
    Formstack
    • Allows for unique situations. As a school, we don't have the luxury of being cookie cutter. Neither do our forms.
    • Support. If we don't know how to do it, their support team has been very helpful and actually attempts to understand the issue on hand.
    • User friendliness. In our field we have a phrase: "what if you get hit by a bus?" With Formstack, you can "get hit by the bus" and someone else can jump in and still keep things running (this is used as a phrase for illness, not termination).
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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.
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    Cons
    Formstack
    • Setting up our multi-step form took some getting used to. Some of the branching logic configuration wasn't as intuitive as would be ideal.
    • Since we were pushing data directly into Hubspot, I found it cumbersome to deal with data storage limits within Formstack. I would get frequent notices that new responses were not being stored in Formstack and that I needed to upgrade or delete data. I got tired of that.
    • More/easier support for custom fonts would have been a huge plus. We were able to customize the form's appearance, but had to make some concessions in that regard.
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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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Formstack
    Our user base has come to rely on Formstack to get forms done. The Formstack tools make it easy to start from scratch or copy an existing form to "quick start" a new, similar form. The price is right and frees up IT staff to do more transformative work.
    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
    Formstack
    It's easy to learn how to use, generally easy for clients to use, and overall I've never had an overwhelmingly negative experience with it. While there are a few tweaks that could make it really shine, Formstack Forms serves almost all our needs and we're super happy with it.
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    Oracle
    Not easy to debug errors.
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    Support Rating
    Formstack
    The agents in the original group, especially the ones in cahoots with the developers, are really solid and know what they're talking about--I'm looking at you, Collin. The 'Tier 1' support agents that typically reply to the tickets are really spotty. If you have an overly technical question, i.e. bugfix, or describe a feature from a few years back that randomly disappeared, these agents typically will give you what feels like a generic reply and not know what you're talking about.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Formstack
    We implemented on one of the earlier versions. Through continuous engineering improvements, the interface keeps getting easier and more intuitive. Therefore, later implementations keep getting easier and better.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Overall satisfactory
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    Alternatives Considered
    Formstack
    Drupal is a much more customizable platform, however you must have someone build the forms first and then you can work with them if you do not have the programming knowledge. If you have any changes to make, it can sometimes be both a time consuming and difficult process. Formstack is much more efficient if you do not have an in house programmer.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    Return on Investment
    Formstack
    • Positive - ability to analyze submission trends - e.g. when a marketing email is sent, looking at increased form viewing and submissions in relation to the sending of the campaign.
    • Immediate response - those that submit forms receive immediate response that their form has been submitted.
    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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