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CA Process Automation vs Pega Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

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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
Pega Platform
Ranking in Process Automation
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Business Rules Management (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (4th), Rapid Application Development Software (13th), Low-Code Development Platforms (8th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (13th), AI Software Development (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 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 Pega Platform is 4.9%, down from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pega Platform4.9%
CA Process Automation1.0%
Other94.1%
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…
VS
Quality Assurance Team Lead at HCLSoftware
Process automation has improved case handling and now saves half of our daily manual work
Pega Platform has improved my business process overall. The manager confirmed that manual statuses are automated and manual evaluations are automated. For eight hours of work, it automates four hours of work. Pega Platform has features for operational efficiency that are significant. It provides a business security texture app, which is a valuable feature, and it also offers report definitions such as bar charts, pie charts, and operational help. In terms of management capabilities, Pega Platform provides dashboards and tools that help with management and categories. Pega Platform has good integration features, as integration can be done in many ways, and even for legacy systems, it is a strong feature. I did not encounter any problems with legacy systems. Pega Platform has good scalability. It is not difficult to scale up or down if there is a need.

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."
"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."
"If you’re planning or looking for an application able to create process automation, stop looking."
"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."
"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."
"This tool is used in my organization for automating IT infrastructure related incidents or service requests."
"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."
"The value lies in just being able to automate things such that there's less human interaction and, therefore, more consistency in our automations."
"In terms of functionality, Pega is probably the number one solution in this field."
"While Pega technical support is okay, it also depends on the issues you need help with and who your contact is with Pega."
"Pega BPM offers an integrated case flow and customer service, which contributes to the vendor becoming a world leader."
"It is easy to use, easy to understand, easy to implement and easy to enhance and we can do it as a Cloud. Also it is very user friendly."
"Whenever a customer needs to do something, the way Pega designs the whole thing into an easy number of steps makes the flow from the actual intent to the actual final results pretty fast."
"The marketing automation is very good."
"Application development is very rapid. A lot of code gets reused while building the applications, which is something we highly appreciate."
"With Pega, you can quickly understand the customer and therefore be able to present the right, most personalized offer to them."
 

Cons

"OCR capability should be added as a feature."
"A lot of times they don't get resolved, but I'm okay with those kind of responses sometimes."
"CA offers minimal public information pertaining to the performance drain the usage of some objects and operators introduce to processing."
"Make some of the features more open source that way developers can have more flexibility."
"Better reporting, because we have to true up our licenses every three months because we license on running concurrent processes, so we have to provide a report to CA every three months using their tool -- which never works."
"The solution engine is in Java. Regardless of developments, the solution will always be limited to what Java offers."
"It needs auto-triggering of workflows based on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)."
"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."
"There is room for potential improvement in the performance of PegaRULES, as well as the need to address any existing security concerns. It should be noted that working with an older version of Pega, rather than the latest 8.x versions, may limit certain capabilities and leave room for vulnerabilities that could benefit from increased attention. Furthermore, the user interface (UI) could be a candidate for enhancements. It is worth mentioning that newer versions of Pega may have introduced improvements in these areas."
"The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother."
"We need more light retail BPM tools within the Pega system. However, Pega is mostly for big companies."
"Pega Platform has a good reputation with its move into Pega GenAI, but there are times it slows down the systems when I have used the personal editions."
"Pega Cloud early adoption and use for cross enterprise capability was new to many. The early adoption meant version 2.0 of their cloud service may require refactoring and redesign of some services."
"It should have integration with non-relational databases. A lot of databases are non-relational, and as a company, we are planning to move to NoSQL or open-source databases."
"We have experienced a few technical challenges, particularly triggering the workflow through file drops and accessing files."
"There is room for improvement in the user interface area."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are a lot of automation savings from any process which is repeatable."
"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."
"The pricing is pretty good, compared to other similar products."
"The costing model for Pega BPM is different. One is a license that you can pay yearly. Another licensing model for Pega BPM is based on the number of cases you create in production in a year. Costing based on use cases is also available for Pega BPM. I don't have information on its exact pricing or costs, though."
"There are multiple Pega licensing models, including outcome- and revenue-based licensing models"
"Pricing is good."
"They need to come up with licensing options. Right now they do have a cloud-based option, but the cloud prices I've seen are much more expensive compared to competing products."
"Users have to pay a yearly license cost for Pega BPM, which is expensive."
"The licensing model from Pega BPM is too complex and is more expensive than other solutions, such as SAP. The overall price of the solution depends on the use case."
"I rate Pega BPM a seven out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
21%
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise70
 

Questions from the Community

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Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?
You do need some preparation to be able to use all functions of Pega BPM. However, all users of this platform are in luck as it comes with good documentation and you can learn pretty much everythin...
Have you encountered any issues while using Pega BPM and were you assisted by the company?
My company has been using this tool for years and the only issue we have had, if you can call it that, was while setting it up. When we were setting it up initially, we had some drawbacks and could...
When you consider the features and benefits of Pega BPM, would you say this product is fairly priced?
Pega BPM can be considered overpriced for some; it all depends on the size of your company and the requirements of your customers. Sure, there are products out there that do the things that Pega B...
 

Also Known As

CA IT Process Automation Manager
Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES
 

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Sample Customers

Unum, HCL Technologies, Logicalis
The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
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