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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    OpenText MBPM

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/AOpenText acquired BPM solution Metastorm in 2011, and has rebranded the product as OpenText MBPM. It is an alternative BPM solution to OpenText's primary BPM offering called OpenText Cordys Business Process Management.N/A

    OpenText Process Automation

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Process Automation is an enterprise-scale Business Process Management (BPM) and Digital Process Automation (DPA) platform designed to orchestrate complex, data-heavy workflows. The solution specializes in Content-Centric Automation, natively integrating with enterprise content management systems to automate processes that require deep document understanding and regulatory compliance.N/A

    Superblocks

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ASuperblocks is an IDE for internal tooling – a programmable set of building blocks for developers to create mission-critical internal operational software. The Superblocks Application Builder to assemble flexible components and connect to databases and APIs. Users can create REST, GraphQL, and gPRC endpoints call them programmatically from code or 3rd party web-hooks while Superblocks handles infrastructure.

    $41

    per month per creator

    Pricing
    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Starter
    $41
    per month per creator
    Pro
    $70
    per month per creator
    Enterprise
    $141
    per month per creator
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of OpenText MBPM and OpenText Process Automation and Superblocks
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Superblocks
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.93 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.02 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.03 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of OpenText MBPM and OpenText Process Automation and Superblocks
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.3
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Superblocks
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.13 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.13 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support6.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages8.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder6.93 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.13 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of OpenText MBPM and OpenText Process Automation and Superblocks
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Superblocks
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools7.63 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of OpenText MBPM and OpenText Process Automation and Superblocks
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    30% below category average
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Superblocks
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of OpenText MBPM and OpenText Process Automation and Superblocks
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Process Automation
    -
    Ratings
    Superblocks
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings00 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings00 Ratings9.82 Ratings
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    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Small Businesses
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenText MBPMOpenText Process AutomationSuperblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    Metastorm is well-suited for scenarios in which internal stress testing an application is needed in a hurry before showcasing it to potential customers. It supports different views of the process from Swimlane perspective, so different methodologies can be handled. It is an Enterprise level tool and handles both small and large projects quite well, although smaller companies may be stressed out by the amount of time it takes to properly maintain the application.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    Especially for telecom sector, AppWorks handling huge data and transform it easily and very quickly to send it to target systems with in seconds. At a time communicate more than one systems.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    Superblocks is great for building internal tools for your company. We have our finances running on Superblocks, our client services running on it, as well as a lot of internal tooling for our product. You can build full-apps using their API builder, Workflow builder, Scheduled Jobs, and UI builder. All without having to handle your own infrastructure. It's meant to be one extra abstraction layer on top of other developer infrastructure tools like AWS, Vercel, etc.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Complex routing of tasks based on calculated criteria
    • Linking between tasks and accessing relevant information
    • Organising, scheduling and prioritising
    • Different views for different people
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • Entity model
    • BPM
    • User interface GUI
    • Integrations
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • Easy to use User Interface builder for building internal apps
    • Scheduled Jobs and Workflow builder in multiple languages
    • API builder for support your User Interface for your internal apps
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • The Metastorm process engine is based on an older version of .NET. Updating to a newer version would resolve several known issues with .NET email functionality.
    • Metastorm builds web pages at run time. While the UI presented to the end user is fine, the Document Object Model is convoluted and subject to change with new releases. Providing a more simplified DOM or at very least a custom function to replace document.getElementById() would make client-side scripting a much more powerful tool.
    • One function that I've seen Metastorm competitors do well, is email wizards. Having a WYSIWYG email editor would be really nice.
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    OpenText
    • Few Controls which needs improve from user interface
    • Custom controls
    • Data transformation
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • More flexibility on UI component designs
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    There are other products that seem to be a better fit for future initiatives.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Superblocks
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    OpenText
    Although it is intuitive to use it does require training
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
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    Superblocks
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    OpenText
    Great customer service for an API support related query
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
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    Superblocks
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    We found that OpenText MBPM held its own quite well against IBM BPM. We ended up choosing OpenText MBPM due to the analytics, complex routing, and the ease of SOA service integration. Furthermore, the ability to quickly develop simple User interfaces make this tool a daily component of our most-used toolbox components.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    AppWorks platform is very user friendly which will help us to develop the components quickly and deploy it easily. Flows can be developed quickly compared to others platform where business users can view the flow easily.
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • The development of the ticketing system has enabled us to greatly improve customer relationships
    • The scheduling and allocation of the tasks has reduced both the number of open tickets and the turnaround time to resolution
    • Management information from the system has improved decision making
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • Integration management
    • Rapid development
    • SOA
    Incentivized
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    Superblocks
    • We've saved thousands of developer hours that would have otherwise spent on maintaining infrastructure
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