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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Ubuntu

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AUbuntu Linux is a Linux-based operating system for personal computers, tablets and smartphones. There is also a Server version which is used on physical or virtual servers in the data center.N/A
    Pricing
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
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    Canonical Ltd
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP NetWeaver BPM and Ubuntu
    Feature
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Ubuntu
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of SAP NetWeaver BPM and Ubuntu
    Feature
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Ubuntu
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of SAP NetWeaver BPM and Ubuntu
    Feature
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Ubuntu
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of SAP NetWeaver BPM and Ubuntu
    Feature
    SAP NetWeaver BPM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Ubuntu
    -
    Ratings
    Content management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Small Businesses
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.7
    (47 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP BPMUbuntu
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    If somebody whishes to be an IT professional, learning the basics of Linux is amust. Ubuntu [Linux] is one of the most beginner-friendly, widely supported, easy-to-use-relative-to-the-fact-that-its-still-linux OS on the market. As somebody who learned the basics of UNIX/LINUX on Ubuntu, it was a very good experience. It is customizable, has a lot of improvements over the years, and live up to be a viable alternative to any modern OS in 2021 as well.
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    Pros
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    • PACKAGE MANAGEMENT. You can update everything - OS installed software, you name it with either a few clicks in a GUI or a single command.
    • No bloatware.
    • No need for antivirus software.
    • Certainly the price is right.
    • My 83 year old grandmother has been using it - and because of this I rarely need to provide tech support. But I still visit my grandmother.
    • You can choose from a variety of user interfaces or rock it in the terminal.
    • Generally speaking, Ubuntu is as polished an OS as any you might pay for.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Live readings would be nice.
    • Easier to maneuver
    • Work with all systems with the press of one keystroke
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    Canonical Ltd
    • The repository system could be a little better, as some of the software needed is not easily available there.
    • Ubuntu sometimes does not play nicely or easily with some modern firmwares.
    • Some people report slow responses with newer versions of Ubuntu, although we have not experienced any.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    While it works, we're finding that SNAP is getting more and more annoying, so we're probably going to migrate to Debian.
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    Usability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Canonical Ltd
    I gave it 10 out of 10 because it allows me to do the work I need on a server, such as running a website and database, and making developments. In addition, thanks to its easy and useful interface during installation, it can be easily installed. In addition, thanks to its easily accessible documents, when a problem occurs, it can be solved easily and quickly.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    We did not use the managed commercial support, but instead relied on community forums and official documentation. Ubuntu is very well documented across both instructional documentation from the developers themselves as well as informal support forums [ServerFault, YCombinator, Reddit]. It's easy enough to find an answer to any question you may have
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Canonical Ltd
    It was all pretty much automatic for our use cases. It integrates nicely with Laravel Forge, which is our primary use case.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    Windows 10: Expensive, with more security problems, more difficult to keep updated and less variety of free / open source applications. Its use encourages bad information security practices. OpenSuse Linux: A different distribution at source (Suse Linux), use of rpm packages (with fewer repositories and incompatible with Ubuntu Linux dpkg packages), and whose main objective is to be a "testing ground" for its paid version / professional, SUSE enterprise Linux.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Canonical Ltd
    • Systems administration with Ubuntu is easy with little deep knowledge about it. Docs and community publications are great resources for any task you need to perform on any Ubuntu server and the organization can save several salaries of specialized sys admins in favor of more active roles.
    • Having been an Ubuntu user for many years personally, setting up new Ubuntu servers on my organization came with zero cost for me. I just deployed one instance from my hosting/cloud provider and started working right after it was running, no need to ask support or hire new staff for these tasks.
    • Replacing paid options with Ubuntu have also saved thousands of dollars on Windows Server licenses. I've migrated Windows/SQL Server based systems to Ubuntu/MySQL/PostgreSQL several times during my career and saved about USD 5000/year in licenses to many of them.
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