We performed a comparison between AWS Step Functions and Nintex Process Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's Amazon, it's scalable."
"AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices."
"It is a scalable solution."
"One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature."
"The solution is stable...The solution is easy to scale."
"It's a general solution that you can adapt to your own needs and is simple to use. We like that it can be integrated with everything in the AWS suite, and that the creation of the pipeline can be done using the graphical user interface."
"The number of historical events is great."
"What I like the most about Amazon Step Functions is how easy it is to use."
"The SharePoint feature is a really good connection, there are many features that are good."
"The most valuable features of this solution are that it's no code, it's very flexible, and it's easy to design."
"Our solutions using Nintex has been most successful in automating HR processes because it allows you to easily and rapidly build solutions that conform to the unique business processes for each entity."
"I find it useful to utilize LDAP query action to find out the status of a particular user."
"NWC forms could be better. Also, the ability to build workflows that are not dependent on SharePoint is very desirable. The forms feature just isn’t as functional as the forms for SharePoint."
"It's easy to learn. However, there is very little content available for the Nintex also, but they are providing their own documentation and all. So, it's easy to learn also."
"I think that it adds value to any organization, mainly in terms of business applications where you need workflows."
"I think the initial setup is fine."
"It is hard to coordinate the declaratory language."
"The price and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"I would like to see more data transformation features in Amazon Step Functions like additional operators and logic."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"Setup took about one day. We had some errors to understand in the beginning, but now everything is working good."
"The interface can sometimes feel limited, as we're unable to see what AWS is running behind the scenes."
"It wasn't easy to understand the licensing model. It's like if you use just a little, it's cheap, but it becomes more expensive as you use more. It's like a hook that ties you inside the Amazon ecosystem. So, it creates a dependency."
"The solution's data size limit can be improved."
"Heavy, cumbersome and inflexible."
"The license pricing is too high currently for Nintex Workflow."
"Converting a document from PDF to MS Word, or vice versa, needs to be improved."
"The security features for this solution need to be improved."
"We would like to design parallel workflows and long-running workflows, along with new features for connecting to cloud-based systems."
"User interface could use some improvement. Perhaps integration with Visual Studio or SharePoint Designer would be useful."
"We are currently facing a lot of issues with Nintex, and we are trying to move away from this solution."
"I would also like to see the BPM features from Pega implemented, that have to do with the implementation of AI, and the robotics."
AWS Step Functions is ranked 12th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 8 reviews while Nintex Process Platform is ranked 9th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews. AWS Step Functions is rated 7.8, while Nintex Process Platform is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS Step Functions writes "Simplifies complex task automation and enhances development workflows while offering user-friendly interface, seamless scalability and efficient workflow orchestration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Nintex Process Platform writes "Offers good integration capabilities and easy to learn and good stability". AWS Step Functions is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Apache Airflow, Pega BPM and Newgen OmniFlow, whereas Nintex Process Platform is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Appian, Pega BPM and SAP Signavio Process Manager. See our AWS Step Functions vs. Nintex Process Platform report.
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