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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    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
    OpenText Process AutomationSAP BPM
    Editions & Modules
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    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
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    Features
    OpenText Process AutomationSAP BPM
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of OpenText Process Automation and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Dashboards8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Custom reports8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of OpenText Process Automation and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Process designer9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process simulation9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    SOA support9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Process player9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Form builder8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Model execution8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of OpenText Process Automation and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Social collaboration tools8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of OpenText Process Automation and SAP NetWeaver BPM
    Feature
    OpenText Process Automation
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content management8.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OpenText Process AutomationSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenText Process AutomationSAP BPM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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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
    OpenText
    • Entity model
    • BPM
    • User interface GUI
    • Integrations
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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
    OpenText
    • Few Controls which needs improve from user interface
    • Custom controls
    • Data transformation
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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
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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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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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • Integration management
    • Rapid development
    • SOA
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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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