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CA Process Automation vs Nintex Process Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

CA Process Automation
Ranking in Process Automation
37th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nintex Process Platform
Ranking in Process Automation
18th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (17th), Workload Automation (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of CA Process Automation is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nintex Process Platform is 2.3%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Nintex Process Platform2.3%
CA Process Automation1.0%
Other96.7%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

SJ
Automation Solutions Developer at HCL Technologies
Added value to the delivery of services and the customer experience
We design end-to-end automation solutions for repetitive tasks performed by IT support teams This tool is used in my organization for automating IT infrastructure related incidents or service requests.  Built-in operators available for most integrations. Easy to manage. Attended/unattended…
Hafiz Muhammad Usama - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Mobility & Digitalization at Fatima group
Have experienced challenges integrating with other systems but have benefited from improved process automation
There are multiple areas that need improvement. Nintex Process Platform needs integration with other platforms such as Salesforce and other CRM platforms. There should be actions available so we can directly integrate with these systems. Additionally, there is a gap in mathematical actions and logical actions. We need to parse data, and if we receive data in JSON, there is no action available in Nintex Process Platform to parse the data and extract data from that JSON string. Such actions and logical actions must be available in Nintex Process Platform to increase its capability. For us, Nintex Process Platform is configurable with SQL Server, but there is no configuration option available with Oracle. We also use Oracle in multiple processes, but we have found no way to directly configure Nintex Process Platform with Oracle. We have to use SQL Server in between. We have to create a link server within SQL Server as a bypass to retrieve or post data into Oracle. There were multiple improvement points available.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is easy to debug and troubleshoot."
"This tool is used in my organization for automating IT infrastructure related incidents or service requests."
"For our use it really does very well; it provides us exactly what we need, and it runs with low-resource utilization and moves quickly."
"We took our server provisioning process from about 30 days to about 4 days on the first iteration of implementation."
"The value lies in just being able to automate things such that there's less human interaction and, therefore, more consistency in our automations."
"PAM has the ability to integrate and build solutions that work well in CA's suite of service management products and those that are outside of service management."
"CA Process Automation manager is a very powerful production tool."
"It’s a great product, extremely versatile but takes a certain skillset to use and implementation of automation can be time consuming when done properly."
"Being able to simply create workflows to handle business processes allows us to route approvals to users without human intervention."
"With an extensive list of integrations with LOB data, your workflows can extend far beyond SharePoint, driving adoption of SharePoint."
"I think that it adds value to any organization, mainly in terms of business applications where you need workflows."
"It is very easy to create and deploy. I am very happy with how user-friendly Nintex Workflow is."
"It can scale well."
"If you need to integrate into anything, K2 is very useful."
"Only Nintex has the feature which allows attachments to an email.​"
"The technical support provided by Nintex is very helpful."
 

Cons

"It needs auto-triggering of workflows based on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)."
"OCR capability should be added as a feature."
"Although it's drag-and-drop, there's a little bit of a learning curve to use it correctly."
"These configurations can be changed only through the installation wizard. There's no way to update such information in the administration interface, which is, in my opinion, very bad."
"I'd like to see additional form functionality and having Python as an available common script language."
"A lot of times they don't get resolved, but I'm okay with those kind of responses sometimes."
"Every so often the service needs to be restarted otherwise it runs slower and slower. I think this may be due to a memory leak."
"It’s very complex, which is one of the disadvantages."
"Nintex is still at the starting point of integrating with AI. It has integrated with a very small piece of artificial intelligence., like only integrated with the Google Cloud. There is a benefit, like a no-code and low-code solution. But, again, if you are a developer, especially if you are a hardcore developer, you are using your code knowledge, its skills, and all. And, suddenly, you are moving into the low-code solution, and then you will feel, like, so many things you can't achieve with the low-code solution."
"Nintex seems to be very server intensive. It is one of the reasons that we are moving to a different product on the SharePoint 2016 platform."
"The user interface in Nintex needs improvement. It is not very intuitive and requires changes."
"The management server and the admin page where you can manage processes need improvement."
"The security features for this solution need to be improved."
"The interface could be better and more language support is needed in the development environment or in the solutions platform in general."
"I have used Pega and I feel that it offers more than the K2 solution, in terms of the latest technology."
"The cost of the solution is high and has room for improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has provided ROI by auto resolving incidents or requests in the ITSM queue, improved MTTR and SLA adherence, and added value to the delivery of services and the customer experience."
"There are a lot of automation savings from any process which is repeatable."
"The annual support costs are expensive."
"The enterprise version has some additional features that I would like to use, but the price is not fair."
"Nintex products are expensive, but valuable. Licensing in on-premise was historically based on a perpetual model, where you’d license per Web front-end. However, they are switching exclusively to a consumption (subscription) model, where you purchase the number of workflows you think you’ll use in your environment, and can scale up from there."
"It's more suited for enterprise level, not for small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs)."
"For the initial hundred users, the cost is $21,000 per year, which I find too high."
"There is an initial fee when purchasing and a fee for maintenance afterward."
"Nintex Workflow is more expensive than Microsoft's native products, but it is still considered moderately priced when compared to higher-end products such as K2."
"We pay on a yearly basis. It's my understanding that we pay approximately $11,000/year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Performing Arts
8%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise26
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for K2?
Nintex Process Platform is expensive. Prices relate to both features and the professional services necessary due to our lack of an implementation team.
What needs improvement with K2?
There are multiple areas that need improvement. Nintex Process Platform needs integration with other platforms such as Salesforce and other CRM platforms. There should be actions available so we ca...
What is your primary use case for K2?
Our organization is a fertilizer company where we develop workflows regarding processes occurring at the plant. Most of them are safety projects, and a few other projects include off-boarding proje...
 

Also Known As

CA IT Process Automation Manager
K2 blackpearl, K2 Five, Nintex Workflow
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Unum, HCL Technologies, Logicalis
SEA Corp, Omnicom Group, Verizon, STIHL
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