OpenText Process Automation vs. SAP NetWeaver BPM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OpenText Process Automation
Score 6.0 out of 10
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OpenText 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
SAP BPM
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
SAP 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
OpenText Process AutomationSAP NetWeaver BPM
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
OpenText Process AutomationSAP BPM
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
OpenText Process AutomationSAP NetWeaver BPM
Considered Both Products
OpenText Process Automation
Chose OpenText Process Automation
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.
SAP BPM
Chose SAP BPM
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 …
Chose SAP BPM
While Winshuttle is comparable, they are really two different tools in that Winshuttle is a hang-on tool while BPM is a catalyst tool. With WS, workflows start in SAP, flow to Winshuttle, and back in SAP (at least with my limited experience). In BPM, everything is housed in the …
Features
OpenText Process AutomationSAP NetWeaver BPM
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Process Automation
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Dashboards8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Process Automation
8.8
Ratings
5% above category average
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Process designer9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Process simulation9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Business rules engine9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
SOA support9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Process player9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Form builder8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Model execution8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Process Automation
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Social collaboration tools8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
OpenText Process Automation
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
21% above category average
Content management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
OpenText Process AutomationSAP NetWeaver BPM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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7.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
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5.0
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User Testimonials
OpenText Process AutomationSAP NetWeaver BPM
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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If your organization is heavily invested in SAP as an enterprise wide solution already, BPM is really your only option. Solid, seamless integration, smooth workflow, and data trails for business analysis are impeccable. If you aren't already heavily invested, key questions to ask would be - Am I using too big a hammer? The results are impressive, no doubt, but the integration of BPM is demanding. A less-demanding, more intutive tool like Winshuttle or even AR Projekt that hooks in to SAP might be a simpler option
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Pros
  • Entity model
  • BPM
  • User interface GUI
  • Integrations
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  • Integrated well with SAP ERP/CRM
  • Comes with adequate tools that help define business rules/processes and also monitoring them and managing exceptions
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Cons
  • Few Controls which needs improve from user interface
  • Custom controls
  • Data transformation
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  • 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
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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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Support Rating
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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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Alternatives Considered
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.
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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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Return on Investment
  • Integration management
  • Rapid development
  • SOA
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  • I don't handle ROI so I cannot tell you that.
  • It's definitely helpful for our business.
  • Works across the organization.
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