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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle WebLogic Server

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AOracle WebLogic Server is a unified and extensible platform for developing, deploying and running enterprise applications, such as Java, for on-premises and in the cloud. WebLogic Server offers a scalable implementation of Java Enterprise Edition (EE) and Jakarta EE.N/A
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    Editions & Modules
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    IBM Decision Manager Open EditionOracle WebLogic Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    IBM Decision Manager Open EditionOracle WebLogic Server
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
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    Oracle
    Chose Oracle WebLogic Server
    We have no option because we need it to use Oracle Forms, but we have used Jboss and tomcat in other projects and Weblogic is more stable.
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    Would buy again
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    78%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
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    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM Decision Manager Open Edition and Oracle WebLogic Server
    Feature
    IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle WebLogic Server
    7.2
    37 Ratings
    10% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings8.435 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings5.837 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.537 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings5.425 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    NGINX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Decision Manager Open EditionOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (5 ratings)
    7.2
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    -
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Decision Manager Open EditionOracle WebLogic Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Oracle
    If you need to have complex options in place you can count on Weblogic to be a robust Applicational Server you can rely on. But you would need to keep an eye on maintaining the framework updated quite frequently to avoid security breaches and subsequent severe situations. If you don't have other infrastructure for test purposes, I wouldn't advise you on having devs and QA installing this heavy application in their local machines, there are other lightweight solutions that would be a better fit for that.
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    Pros
    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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    Oracle
    • The brand relation between Java and WebLogic Application Server usually provides a quicker access to programming features and their availability for the applications deployed.
    • The access to centralized configuration both from console and command line WLST eases the implementation of changes major or not in an organized and expedite way.
    • The maturity of the product is also visible in the available tools provided by the product itself, for both monitoring of resources and alerting for availability and thresholds
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • Debugging issues has been difficult sometimes, the documentation is too dense and finding the the root cause for an specific issue takes time.
    • The Oracle WebLogic Server console UI feels old and gives a sense of lack of innovation even though it provides so much functionality.
    • I'm not sure if Oracle WebLogic Server supports more modern frameworks, but it feels more like a Java EE specific, maybe there's an opportunity there to appeal to newer application platforms
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Oracle
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    Usability
    IBM
    Implementation phase is very difficult .Of course ,you need to know bunch of things about cloud,container,automatization
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    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Server has so many features that sometimes it's hard to find the right place to setup things, I think the dated user interface does not help with that either. This has a direct impact when deciding to use it as your application server, you'd need to have the right people and invest the time needed to master it. If you're application justifies it then it will definitely be a great choice in the long run.
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    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Oracle WebLogic Application Server is great at security, performance and features.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Oracle
    The Oracle support is not great sometimes. They take a long time and need a lot of data over and over to resolve issues.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    For high volume and / or complex set of legacy business rules, plan for adequate time for data migration activities.
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    Oracle
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    I believe the Oracle WebLogic Suite is probably a better all encompassing suite of development tools for the IT department. [It] is probably a bit more expensive than other competitors like Apache Tomcat or NGINX, but is worth the investment if you consider the savings from time to get code into production.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Quickly write business rules
    • Computers can take decision
    • Complex event processing
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    Oracle
    • WebLogic Application Server definitely had a positive ROI since all the applications are deployed on a single platform and making maintenance extremely cost effective.
    • Since all major cloud vendors support and maintain WebLogic, it gives us an opportunity to explore possibilities to move the organizational infrastructure on to the cloud without too much effort.
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