IBM Robotic Process Automation vs. Oracle BPM Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere is a robotic process automation solution combining business process management tools from IBM with Automation Anywhere's bots and automation capabilities.
$840
per month
Oracle BPM Suite
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
The Oracle Business Process Management Suite is an integrated environment for developing, administering, and using business applications centered around business processes.N/A
Pricing
IBM Robotic Process AutomationOracle BPM Suite
Editions & Modules
IBM RPA On premises
Platform starter pack, starting at USD 840.00 per month
per month
IBM RPA Software as a service (SaaS)
Platform starter pack, starting at USD 840.00 per month
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Robotic Process AutomationOracle BPM Suite
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
IBM Robotic Process AutomationOracle BPM Suite
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Robotic Process Automation
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Ratings
Oracle BPM Suite
6.0
5 Ratings
26% 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 Product A and Product B
IBM Robotic Process Automation
-
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 Product A and Product B
IBM Robotic Process Automation
-
Ratings
Oracle BPM Suite
6.0
4 Ratings
33% below category average
Social collaboration tools00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
IBM Robotic Process Automation
-
Ratings
Oracle BPM Suite
7.0
3 Ratings
15% below category average
Content management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Robotic Process AutomationOracle BPM Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(94 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.8
(7 ratings)
6.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(17 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.9
(2 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Robotic Process AutomationOracle BPM Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
While it can be applied to various scenarios, its suitability can depend on the specific requirements of a given task or process. Here are some scenarios where IBM RPA is well-suited and scenarios where it may be less appropriate: Well suited: 1.Data Entry and Data Migration: RPA can efficiently automate data entry tasks, such as copying information from one system to another or migrating data between databases, reducing the risk of human error 2. Report Generation: RPA can generate routine reports by extracting data from various sources, formatting it, and delivering the reports to the relevant stakeholders, saving time and effort. 3. Email and Message Handling: RPA can help manage and categorize emails and messages, such as routing customer inquiries to the right department or processing routine email requests.Less suited for: 1. Cases where there is High Variability: RPA may struggle with tasks that have a high degree of variability, where each case is unique and difficult to standardize. 2. For Complex Decision-Making: RPA is rule-based and not designed for complex decision-making processes. It cannot replace the judgment and decision-making capabilities of humans. 3.Tasks Requiring Creativity: RPA is not suitable for tasks that require creativity, innovation, or problem-solving skills, as it operates based on predefined rules and logic.
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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
IBM
  • accessing local system
  • It was programmed to navigate to the web page requiring reCAPTCHA verification, locate the reCAPTCHA challenge, and generate a screenshot or other data to present to a user for manual input.
  • It was programmed to extract employee data from emails or forms, update the employee record in Workday, and send automated notifications.
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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
IBM
  • Security and data privacy: IBM RPA may not have the strongest security features, which can leave sensitive data vulnerable to breaches or hacking.
  • Scalability: IBM RPA may not scale well to accommodate larger businesses and more complex processes, which can lead to performance issues and increased costs.
  • Customization: IBM RPA may not provide as much customization options as some users would like, making it difficult to tailor the software to specific business needs.
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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
IBM
By implementing IBM Robotic Process Automation, we realized that they are digital robots with a great impact on our manual tasks, generating good automation capabilities that are beneficial to the entire company.
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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
IBM
IBM RPA is a very powerful tool, it has almost all the features that are necessary to build, implement and manage highly functional robots. The learning curve is very fast, so excellent skills are acquired. It is not necessary to have strong programming knowledge because its use is very easy. It is just drag and drop commands. By adding rules and logic, wonderful robots can be achieved.
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Oracle
Not easy to debug errors.
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Support Rating
IBM
IBM has done a great job with enablement for the product. There is documentation for use-cases, development videos for beginners, and a community forum that has proven useful for getting started with the application. Although the resources cannot solve every problem a developer comes across, they have been very beneficial to our technical team.
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Oracle
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Implementation Rating
IBM
I am main developer of the this implementation. I have faced many chanllenges in implementation as IBM RPA not provided direct commands to automate Excel. I enjoyed in finding solution and best approach for the implementation
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Oracle
Overall satisfactory
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
I've always had excellent service and had no trouble communicating. It has aided in my understanding of how I can continue to use the bots. Reading peer assessments reveals that while IBM RPA demands a substantial initial financial commitment, it justifies its cost, unlike Blue Prism RPA, which does not.
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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
IBM
  • IBM Robotic Process Automation has helped save on cost and time as it is able to automate tasks that are repetitive and routine tasks.
  • IBM Robotic Process Automation has helped us increase productivity. This is because it is able to perform tasks with a high degree of accuracy and speed.
  • It has enhanced compliance as it is able to automate compliance-related tasks. This has helped us improve our reputation.
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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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ScreenShots

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