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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Joule

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AJoule is an AI copilot that’s grounded in an organization's business data and infused with AI agents. It proactively assists employees in every cloud application they use while automating complex processes.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
    Pricing
    JouleSAP BPM
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JouleSAP BPM
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsJoule Base Joule Base is a no-cost entitlement of SAP cloud products that enables teams to navigate SAP systems more easily, find the right information more quickly, and complete everyday tasks faster. Joule Premium Joule Premium extends Joule Base with more powerful AI, including advanced Joule skills, premium embedded AI scenarios, and Joule Agents. Joule Premium capabilities are accessed through the purchase of AI units. Visit the pricing page linked above to learn more about Joule Premium capabilities.—
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    Community Pulse
    JouleSAP BPM
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    SAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    111 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    103 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    74%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    76%
    Implementation went as expected
    68 Answers
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    Features
    JouleSAP BPM
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Joule and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Joule
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Joule and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Joule
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Process designer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process simulation00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business rules engine00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SOA support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process player00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form builder00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Model execution00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Joule and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Joule
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Social collaboration tools00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Joule and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    Joule
    -
    Ratings
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    JouleSAP BPM
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cortana (discontinued)
    Score7.5 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    JouleSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (110 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (108 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    JouleSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    Joule explained ATC findings, including root cause, business impact, recommended APIs, and examples of fixes for S/4HANA readiness checks. Joule today is a point-in-time assistant — great for one question, one generation, one explanation at a time. It is not yet capable of owning a full development flow.
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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.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Users can prompt Joule to create business partners in MDG.
    • The change process for Business partner (Customers/Suppliers) updation is made easy, particularly for updating data such as address and communication details.
    • The workflow process has been simplified by Joule agents, such as identifying the high-priority task and sharing it with the end user.
    • Improved data quality to almost 30%~50% in the CR creation process, which is a significant milestone for us.
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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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    Cons
    SAP
    • In SuccessFactors Joule should have more tools out of the box.
    • There should be more examples on what is possible to do with Joule or Joule Studio in Successfactors, all available examples seem to focus only on Payroll or Inventory management leaving the HR behind.
    • Document Grounding should be easier to implement, and should be possible to have some kind of permissions per couuntry / user group for specific documents. The implementation with Sharepoint makes it harder to complete because normally we need some extra team to join and help and until now, I always had issues implementing it. I believe that it would make it much easier if the documents could be stored and managed inside SuccessFactors.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    As we explore, we can learn more. As i believe, we can only learn to live and live to learn stuffs. So as well AI does the same and improve itself. By trying and prompting joule more, we can use it in better ways. I would definitely wait and use the new versions shared in SAP Teched on Joule with more LLM involved
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    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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    Usability
    SAP
    I would rate Joule’s overall usability a 10 out of 10 because it makes interacting with SAP incredibly simple, intuitive, and fast. The conversational interface removes the complexity normally associated with navigating SAP modules, running transactions, or building reports. Even non-technical users can get meaningful insights within seconds just by asking natural language questions.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    as its cloud based, as of now, we see it available all the time and havent faced any issues while accessing. Not sure if this has high availability and Disaster recovery features got set up already with the default version that we are using at our organization. no issues so far.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    SAP
    SAP Joule's pages load quickly and it does display the information on what we are looking for w.r.to the knowledge base or the SAP articles.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SAP
    Usually support for Joule takes longer than normal, and the correct answer always takes a long time to get, or we just don't get it at all, and we fix ourselves.
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    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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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    Joule implementation was easy but it has too many steps, it would be nice if part of the steps could be done automatically.
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    SAP
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Joule is better because it doesn't take only data available on the web, but combines that with data provided directly by the game publisher through API to us which includes every single match played = all data points from all of those matches. That means that for us Joule gives deeper insights than any online AI chat agent could do
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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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    Scalability
    SAP
    Yes as sap is used widely across organisation
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • Allow us to have everyday operations smoother by automating repetitive tasks and reducing manual efforts, which saves time and improves efficiency.
    • Facilitate effortless information access, since it allows us to search and receive instant responses.
    • Reduces the complexity of SAP by pulling data from different modules and making it clear quickly.
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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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    ScreenShots

    Joule Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Joule AI agent that helps a production supervisor respond faster, avoid delays, and handle shop-floor disruptions to keep production running at maximum efficiency.Screenshot of how Joule can deliver insights grounded in business data, empowering employees to make faster, data-driven decisions.Screenshot of Joule's AI assistance that helps employees work faster by guiding them to the SAP applications and screens where they can complete their next task.Screenshot of Generative AI assisted code development with Joule that helps teams deploy custom applications and extensions faster.Screenshot of Joule Studio, where teams can build custom skills and AI agents to address any specific business needs.