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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pega Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.

    $0.45

    one-time fee per case**

    SIMULIA

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASIMULIA from Dassault Systemes is a simulation application for 3d objects.N/A
    Pricing
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Editions & Modules
    Low-code Factory Edition
    $0.45
    one-time fee per case**
    Standard Edition
    $0.80
    one-time fee per case**
    Enterprise Edition
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details**350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.—
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    Community Pulse
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Considered Both Products
    Pegasystems
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    Dassault Systemes
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
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    Features
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Pega Platform and SIMULIA
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    5.3
    63 Ratings
    37% below category average
    SIMULIA
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    Ratings
    Dashboards4.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports6.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Pega Platform and SIMULIA
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    8.0
    66 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SIMULIA
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    Ratings
    Process designer9.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine10.065 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages5.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder9.059 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution8.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Pega Platform and SIMULIA
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    8% above category average
    SIMULIA
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Pega Platform and SIMULIA
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    4.4
    9 Ratings
    59% below category average
    SIMULIA
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    Ratings
    Content management4.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Small Businesses
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (74 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pega PlatformSIMULIA
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
    Incentivized
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    Dassault Systemes
    It appears to be evolving more towards large users with the 3D EXPERIENCE, while becoming less focused on small users like me, becoming more expensive and limiting the number of cores while most PC's now can easily run 8 cores. Of course it is great for non-linear and highly non-linear scenarios, and especially good at combing a huge variety of element types. I guess it is not best suited for linear analysis due to its high price, but even in this case you have to put in the balance the ability to make the best choice of finite elements and being so straightforward about actually using them.
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    Pros
    Pegasystems
    • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
    • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
    • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
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    Dassault Systemes
    • Create and modify designs from within the CAE environment. Although it has very basic capabilities, it is quite capable of generating 2D and 3D parametric designs. I have even generated some "fancy" designs which ended up being a challenge for draftsmen in specialized solid modeling CAD. I also like the fact that being somewhat limited, it forces you to stick to simple and effective design.
    • Addressing structural instabilities such as snap-through or buckling. This was such a challenge when I started using Abaqus, I had to take a course on "achieving convergence". Coming from there, I can see how SIMULIA has become increasingly able to give you the numerical tools or tricks you need to achieve convergence consistently. In the past I often feared running into different convergence issues as I moved across different produce sizes, leading to changes in the analysis approach, which would make it more difficult to compare them. I just went through a 12-size family in 5 dimensional scenarios each, without a single issue after ensuring convergence with the first couple of sizes.
    • Beautiful pictures. The post-processing of results enables me to generate highly illustrative, fairly easy to understand and elegant presentations, by controlling transparency and results shown independently on different groups, which I can select by material, location, etc.
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    Cons
    Pegasystems
    • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
    • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
    • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
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    Dassault Systemes
    • Exporting sketches. For example, you can import dxf for sketches, but you can't export dxf. This is a major drawback for me, because I often communicate with customers through dwg or dxf sketches. If I can't export dxf, my sketches in CAE are "dead". I have to redo them in the dwg sketch. It is so inconvenient, I often end up making the sketches in DraftSight, so I can export them to CAE but I still have the originals in dwg format.
    • CAE doesn't remember element type assignment by sets. Sometimes when I reconfigure or modify a design, I regenerate sets and surfaces, and this in turn updates material assignments, interactions and loads almost automatically. This doesn't happen with element types, so I often end up submitting a job with the wrong element types.
    • Mesh regeneration and re-mapping in 2D within the job. I need this a lot to model axisymmetric assemblies with sharp indentation the destroys the original mesh. I had it in MSC/MARC and it worked great. Abaqus has it only for 3D. I have tried alternatives like lagrangian/eulerian and eulerian domains but it's still more complicated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pegasystems
    Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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    Dassault Systemes
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    Usability
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
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    Dassault Systemes
    Extremely well organized and friendly, reflecting the latest approaches in solid modeling and adding the FEA part so seamlessly for the user. It's a joy to use. I'm aware some people would complain about the meshing capabilities and thus prefer using HYPERMESH. Fortunately not my case. I did wish I had HYPERMESH a couple of times, but for most of my projects CAE meshing is fine.
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    Support Rating
    Pegasystems
    It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
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    Dassault Systemes
    I keep getting the feeling that it is drifting away from small users. I don't feel so comfortable with the SWYM community approach. I felt much better when you could just email or call HKS and you would feel like you were talking to a real expert who understood your situation. When I was reassigned to reseller in Argentina, which is like the other side of the world for me, I appreciated the cultural closeness, but I had to say goodbye to the level of support I had from HKS and learned to "support myself."
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    Online Training
    Pegasystems
    The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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    Dassault Systemes
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    Implementation Rating
    Pegasystems
    Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
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    Dassault Systemes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pegasystems
    We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
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    Dassault Systemes
    MARC can do the job from an FEA point of view. It even appears better at a couple of things such as 2D remeshing and surviving with highly distorted meshes. So I regard it as a very competitive alternative. I prefer SIMULIA because the GUI is so much better, especially the ability to create actual parametric designs in CAE. ANSYS doesn't cut it for me. I tried it for 1 month and I would see how much I would struggle with convergence in large deformation and large displacement situations with hyperelastic materials with which I have to deal all the time. Also the GUI is not as well built an integrated as in SIMULIA.
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    Return on Investment
    Pegasystems
    • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
    • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
    • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
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    Dassault Systemes
    • I don't even bother doing an ROI. Without SIMULIA I would be pretty much out of business. Except for the fact that I could still have an alternative with MSC/MARC.
    • Price is becoming a more difficult hurdle for small users. It appears I have survived because there was a 50% discount on my small 6-token package. Without this special price I would have to close my business. I'm currently exploring alternatives.
    • A more flexible scheme enabling to add tokens over short periods of time or paying per use could be an interesting possibility.
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