Bonita Platform vs. IBM Decision Manager Open Edition

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bonita Platform
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Bonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.N/A
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition (formerly Red Hat Decision Manager) is a business rules management and CEP option. Announced in 2022, the product is transitioning to IBM.N/A
Pricing
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Considered Both Products
Bonita Platform
Chose Bonita Platform
The extensibility or ability to add functions or modify existing capabilities is much easier and better supported in Bonita. The ability to integrate the Bonita system into customer solutions is much easier and allows for tightener coupling to the existing customer portals. The …
Chose Bonita Platform
Integrates well with web application servers and Java. It is a cut above the rest in my opinion. It is affordable.
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition

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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
7.3
43 Ratings
11% below category average
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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Ratings
Dashboards7.841 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.240 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports8.040 Ratings00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
7.8
53 Ratings
8% below category average
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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Ratings
Process designer8.752 Ratings00 Ratings
Process simulation6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules engine8.142 Ratings00 Ratings
SOA support7.840 Ratings00 Ratings
Process player6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages8.438 Ratings00 Ratings
Form builder7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
Model execution7.648 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
7.0
24 Ratings
16% below category average
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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Ratings
Social collaboration tools7.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Bonita Platform
6.8
34 Ratings
18% below category average
IBM Decision Manager Open Edition
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Ratings
Content management6.834 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(53 ratings)
9.4
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.1
(3 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.4
(25 ratings)
8.7
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
4.6
(3 ratings)
5.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.5
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.5
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bonita PlatformIBM Decision Manager Open Edition
Likelihood to Recommend
Bonitasoft
Well suited for low code/no code applications centered around approval flows. It has built-in task management for users to see their pending actions, comments, statuses, etc. It has a very nice design for process flows. Less appropriate may be for generic type applications with complex screens and logic within those screens that need a lot of data to process.
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IBM
Red Hat Decision Manager is well suited for developing a microservices-based application architecture where reusable components / APIs can be used across different end-user applications. It however may not be well suited for use cases where business users need low code / no-code environment to maintain business rules themselves without any developer / IT team support
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Pros
Bonitasoft
  • Bonita seems particularly suited for processes requiring a great deal of human interaction. Its user model allows you to control access to business processes in a fine-grained way. This allows for business processes to move smoothly between users and services as the process advances.
  • The definition and usage of custom forms from the latest version of Bonita seems particularly powerful. It allows for a thorough customization of the look-and-feel and does not require complex developments.
  • The web interface and administration section have greatly improved in the latest versions. Installation and configuration of processes has become more flexible and more structured. The administration section gives a good view on failed processes, allowing to analyse problems in an efficient way.
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IBM
  • Business rule management for filtering the candidate
  • Automate the possible decision making which reduces the time and increase the productivity
  • Whenever business rule changes based on the client requirement.
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Cons
Bonitasoft
  • There is a learning curve beyond the boot camps that needs to be addressed with more structured curriculum.
  • The full stack technologies are industry standard, but these [are] challenging to learn and could use a learning path and orientation. There's probably opportunity for third-parties here to help with learning and adoption.
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IBM
  • It should be easy to use because it needs more knowledge
  • You should be trained to your partner well
  • Well Documentations are needed
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Likelihood to Renew
Bonitasoft
We just renewed our license
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IBM
Red Hat Decision Manager can be scaled and adapted to meet the automation needs of the organization as it grows by reusing the components and business rules data which provides a high ROI on the renewal costs.
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Usability
Bonitasoft
Bonita Platform has allowed us to develop GUI relatively fast using its UI Designer while being able to seamlessly integrate our business logic in Java in a BPMN2 process diagram. It gives a nice productivity boost but still requires programming know-how to be able to deliver the final solution to your business problems.
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IBM
Implementation phase is very difficult .Of course ,you need to know bunch of things about cloud,container,automatization
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Performance
Bonitasoft
Engine itself is efficient enough for most cases I dealt with. It can also be extended by clustering. I have done performance tests with JMeter and only managed to induce the crash of... JMeter. If there are efficiency issues they usually concern bad design/implementation of created apps or bottlenecks in integrated systems. Although I have met two cases with efficiency loss.
1. Java 7 related PermGen saturation caused by big number of installed apps (there is no jar dependency reusal between apps option).
2. Big number of waiting event handlers in processes stresses the database.
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IBM
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Support Rating
Bonitasoft
It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
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IBM
The support for Red Hat decision Manager can be improved to be more omnichannel with better response times for the customers.
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Implementation Rating
Bonitasoft
Nothing in particular
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IBM
For high volume and / or complex set of legacy business rules, plan for adequate time for data migration activities.
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Alternatives Considered
Bonitasoft
RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
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IBM
If you have a low budget to invest probably JBoss BRMS is the option for you, if your budget is not restricted you'll probably like to consider Bizagi
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Scalability
Bonitasoft
Respect of BPMN standard over the long term. Good enhancements by Bonitasoft for new use cases, for example the introduction of a real form editor even if it has been technically difficult to manage. Once done though, we have far greater possibility of human interaction.
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IBM
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Return on Investment
Bonitasoft
  • Case management provided as better tracking which help us to meet SLAs.
  • Auto email notification helps to address "Where are my request" answers which eventually increased our customer delight index.
  • By using the third-party integration, we are able to provide visibility w.r.t end to end request status.
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IBM
  • Quickly write business rules
  • Computers can take decision
  • Complex event processing
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ScreenShots

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