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    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

    Watson IoT Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Watson IoT Platform is an Internet-of-things is a managed cloud-hosted solution supporting device connectivity, control, visualization, and overall device visibility and management. It provides a UI where users can add and manage devices, control access to IoT service, and monitor usage. With its device management service, users can perform device actions like rebooting or updating firmware, receive device diagnostics and metadata, or perform bulk device addition and removal.N/A
    Pricing
    OpenText MBPMWatson IoT Platform
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    Pricing Offerings
    OpenText MBPMWatson IoT Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenText MBPMWatson IoT Platform
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of OpenText MBPM and Watson IoT Platform
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Watson IoT Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of OpenText MBPM and Watson IoT Platform
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.3
    3 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Watson IoT Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder6.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of OpenText MBPM and Watson IoT Platform
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Watson IoT Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of OpenText MBPM and Watson IoT Platform
    Feature
    OpenText MBPM
    6.0
    2 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Watson IoT Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OpenText MBPMWatson IoT Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    OpenText MBPMWatson IoT Platform
    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.
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    IBM
    For large companies with large-scale manufacturing, electronics management, and infrastructures that require lots of maintenance, IBM Watson IoT is a must-have. It greatly increases performance, decreases downtime, and is an all-around great management dashboard. This is best for infrastructures that have a larger infrastructures of IoT devices in an enterprise/manufacturing setting, otherwise IBM Watson may not bring many benefits to your team.
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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
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    IBM
    • The asset information is available in both static and dynamic format (from thermal images, to OEM data, to time series data). The ability to ingest all the information using a single platform has great value.
    • Another benefit is a seamless integration with Maximo. This has been a challenge with other 3rd party systems available.
    • The experience of IBM Maximo systems updates is positive.
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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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    IBM
    • Some of the tutorials could use a little more improvement - While there is a considerable amount of documentation, most of the good documentation for Watson IoT we found to be from third-parties.
    • Administration and billing tools could use a bit more improvement - The UI is a bit clunky and poorly-designed here.
    • Be prepared to work with IBM support to get this going - Their turn-around support for inquiries can be lengthy, and setup time may also be quite lengthy because of this.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    OpenText
    There are other products that seem to be a better fit for future initiatives.
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    Usability
    OpenText
    Although it is intuitive to use it does require training
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    Great customer service for an API support related query
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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.
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    IBM
    Predix has recently launched their Asset Performance management Unified system. I am keen to see how it stacks up against Watson.
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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
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    IBM
    • Positive - This tool greatly increases most company's manufacturing and production efficiency, and the use-cases are extensive. It was a great way of decreasing down-time for us.
    • Negative - Took lots of work and energy to get up and running, we had to rely on IBM support and tutorials many times during this process.
    • Positive - Quite cheap, most of the tiers of pricing cost very little, and it's possible to use Watson IoT for a few months for free to see if it is beneficial for your company.
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