Flowable vs Pega Platform comparison

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Flowable and Pega are both solutions in the Process Automation category. Flowable is ranked #27, while Pega is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.6. Additionally, 100% of Flowable users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Pega users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Pega Platform and Flowable are competing products in business process management and automation. Pega appears to have an edge in flexibility and strategic decisioning, appealing to large enterprises, while Flowable's strong integration capabilities and modularity are advantageous for scalable solutions.

Features: Pega Platform enhances business with robust business rules management, AI-powered automation, and real-time analytics, catering to complex processes. Flowable is characterized by its open-source nature, dynamic form engines, and seamless integration capabilities, offering a lightweight and adaptable architecture.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Pega offers a straightforward deployment model due to its low-code environment, though it may require more initial consulting. Flowable's deployment is marked by flexible microservices architecture, demanding higher technical understanding. Pega provides extensive support services, whereas Flowable's customer assistance varies based on community and resource availability.

Pricing and ROI: Pega generally involves higher setup costs but delivers significant ROI for large-scale implementations. Flowable provides cost-effective entry points with its open-source nature, reducing initial investment and offering meaningful ROI for businesses capable of leveraging its modular potential.

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Automation Anywhere

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Venkat Sivaprakash

Management Consultant at Accenture

Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions

Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.

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Simon Greener

Solutions Architect at Cohga Pty Ltd

Helps to control the workflow and business process components of customers' operations but OSGi integration can be challenging

I'd rate my experience with the initial setup of Flowable at about a three out of ten, but for our developers, it's probably closer to a six. I found it challenging due to the complexity of the user and help documents and the fact that much of the Flowable documentation and tutorials are focused on cloud-based implementations. Since we're primarily interested in basic components like BPMN models and form design, which aren't included in the product, the learning process was more difficult for me. In contrast, our developers are more comfortable diving into the code and technology stack, which allows them to be more proactive in their approach. The deployment took three months to complete. We're still in the deployment process. Our main challenge is integrating the Flowable process engine into our product, which uses OSGi. This has led to complexity in managing the Java versions and dependencies, as the tool has around 150 Java files. We could have chosen to interact with Flowable via a Docker container and the REST API, which would have isolated the OSGi Java dependencies, but we decided to integrate it directly. This has required resolving Java version control issues and upgrades, leading to various development challenges that must be addressed. It is a learning process for all of us. As an integrated solutions architect, I would have probably opted for the Docker route rather than the direct OSGi integration chosen by the developers. However, since they went with the OSGi integration, it's taking us longer to complete the deployment. Currently, we have one full-time developer dedicated to deployment, along with one part-time developer, and my involvement at about a quarter of my time. So, we have about two people working on deployment. As for maintenance, we're not entirely sure yet. Given our direct OSGi integration choice instead of Docker and REST, maintenance may be more challenging. However, we'll have a clearer picture once deployment is complete.

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Venkat Sriram

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"None of the commands are unique to Automation Anywhere, which allows beginners to leverage external knowledge."

"The ease of use of getting started is probably the big thing. They had a lot of references that we were able to check. It is a well-known player, and being able to get up and running quickly was the big thing."

"The return on investment we see from Automation Anywhere is significant; particularly, the FTE savings represent a big return."

"This tool provides us with easy accessibility for adopting the new process, as it is more user-friendly, and many new resources are able to grasp the tool and start doing the automation with ease, which is basically missing in the other vendors' tools."

"It has saved our HR department time since this process automatically happens without anybody's intervention. Our HR department is able to devote their time to more productive work or activities. It has also saved a lot of costs since every employee in the HR department is involved in the attendance and payroll process. Second, the process is now no more human dependent."

"Compared to other RPA solutions on the market I have worked with, AA surpasses its competitors by far."

"One of the benefits my organization has seen from these features is productivity in two ways: I am able to save a lot of time because of the automation, I do not need manual intervention anymore as manual intervention has been cut down by ten to fifteen percent, and the productivity gains have been substantial."

"Overall, the commands provided have enough range to complete almost any task, with creative out-of-the-box thinking required sometimes for workarounds."

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"The tool's most valuable feature is the process engine. It allows us to define BPM-based workflows, deploy them into our process engine, and interact with them within our product."

"One of the key advantages of PegaRULES is its out-of-the-box capabilities, which eliminate the need to build certain functionalities from scratch. For instance, features like "get next" in process flows allow for the seamless continuation of a flow without the requirement of additional activity creation. This serves as an illustration of how existing components can be leveraged rather than starting from scratch. It provides a solid foundation, to begin with, and allows for enhancements at a higher level, making it a beneficial starting point."

"Although the solution might be too big for our purposes, as of now we are continuing with Pega because we don't know of any such tools which have the scalability, as well as the ease of use that this solution provides."

"Powerful, full-featured business process management with excellent support"

"The visualization of the business process and the collaboration aspects of the solution are its most valuable features."

"Pricing is a little on the high side."

"It's an end-to-end solution and a digital transformation tool."

"When our clients automate the KYC and onboarding processes, they can reduce their manual force and then deploy them in much better tasks rather than the mundane activities of selecting forms and gathering information."

"The most important features of Pega BPM are case management and claims management, and soon they'll also be offering claims processing. I also love Pega BPM in terms of performance. It's also one of the very few user-friendly solutions in the market. It may take some time to learn Pega BPM, but once you get a proper handle on it, tracking and managing processes become very easy anytime, anywhere. Pega BPM also has very good documentation you can use to learn the solution. Pega has a community portal that has complete information and explanations, and if you're facing a challenge, you can post your challenge on the community portal and get a resolution at the same time."

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Cons

"Currently, while working on the SAP part, I encounter some challenges, particularly not being able to extract the tree structure."

"Some things that I do not see as of today are interactive chat or video interface."

"Automation Anywhere is a tool. It is not able to go ahead and extract the hand-written documents."

"I would like to have a command that allows me to add code, like C#. As a developer, this would be helpful."

"I would like to see a built-in read-only role for the control room so that the bot creators can log in and monitor the production environment without any auditing concerns."

"Training is good and interactive but the final certification exam is very tough and it requires in-depth practical knowledge."

"Not all data is good quality. This presents a challenge for automation, which is important."

"Where minor but widespread changes are made to the cloud product being operated upon, changing the cloned search values individually was incredibly time consuming, and it shut down the RPA service until it was fixed."

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"In my opinion, areas of improvement for Flowable include the management and creation of forms within the open-source components and the documentation and examples provided. While the cloud-based Flowable implementation with no-code features is attractive, we prefer more control over integration, especially since we deploy our product onto AWS. We also want to avoid additional licensing fees for Flowable runtime user components on top of our software development and implementation charges."

"Customers expect more out-of-box solutions to be readily available"

"Implementing Pega solutions is a bit of a challenge due to the way code is handled, and in general the quality of partners available with Pega specialisation could be improved."

"From a technical point of view, it would be helpful to have some advanced analytics to help with configuration. We have a lot of unwanted features and it would be good to configure it more appropriately so that we are using just exactly what we need."

"Compared to other BPM products, the interface is somewhat complex, so the usability could be improved."

"The unit testing needs to improve, as well as the user interface."

"The local development approach is good in Pega, however, cost-wise, it's getting expensive. That needs to be addressed."

"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."

"PEGA claims that they provide a LOW-CODE-PLATFORM which is easy to use - even for "citizen developers" (i.e. business employees). If you really want to use all the features out of this platform, you definitely need a lot of experience and a lot of training."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Currently, it stands as one of the more expensive RPA tools available."

"We were required to purchase licenses and bot runners, which determined the permissible run times for the bots."

"We would like them to change the license model of charging per bot."

"It's justified because we have saved quite a bit of money at the company and many manual hours. Overall, it justifies the cost."

"Initially, they charged a premium, but now the rest of the vendors have increased their overall pricing and Automation Anywhere is not that high at this time. It's pretty viable."

"It is expensive. I would rate Automation Anywhere an eight out of ten in terms of pricing."

"I would like them to have better license management."

"It costs up to $1,200 per license."

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"Since the tool is open-source, we don't have to pay anything for it. It's free to download and use, which is great for us. If Flowable hadn't been available as open source and required a license fee for us to integrate it into our product, we might not have chosen it."

"The price could be lower."

"We do not have to purchase any licenses for the product."

"There are multiple Pega licensing models, including outcome- and revenue-based licensing models"

"The price of PegaRULES is more expensive than other solutions on the market."

"We mostly have a yearly license."

"The price is a bit expensive."

"This upgrade process is very expensive; although I haven't been on the sales team responsible for the pricing, I know it costs millions of dollars."

"PegaRULES is a good product, but its pricing is a bit on the premium side, especially for professionals."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Outsourcing Company

14%

Comms Service Provider

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	162
Midsize Enterprise	86
Large Enterprise	565

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Midsize Enterprise	16
Large Enterprise	70

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...

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From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...

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How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?

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Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?

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Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)

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Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES

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Overview

Automation Anywhere offers ease of use, robust system connectivity, and GenAI-driven document automation through a cloud-native platform, significantly enhancing productivity across multiple industries with advanced AI features.

Delivering a comprehensive suite of tools designed for easy integration and rapid deployment, Automation Anywhere drives efficiency by reducing costs and automating repetitive tasks. Its cloud-native platform supports broad industry adoption, including advanced AI features like process automation and Co-Pilot, streamlining complex workflows with minimal technical skills required. Users benefit from robust integration capabilities, which facilitate seamless interaction with multiple systems. However, there is room for improvement in areas such as user-friendliness for beginners, stability, flexible licensing, and enhanced OCR functionality. Organizations in sectors such as banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare gain from the improved operational efficiency and ROI Automation Anywhere offers.

What are the important features of Automation Anywhere?

Ease of Use: Simplifies automation tasks with a user-centric interface.
Robust Connectivity: Provides seamless integration with multiple systems.
GenAI-Driven Document Automation: Leverages AI to automate document management.
Process Automation & Co-Pilot: Enhances workflow automation with advanced AI.
Cloud-Native Platform: Enables rapid deployment and integration.

What benefits should be evaluated in reviews?

Time Savings: Automation drastically reduces manual processing time.
Cost Efficiency: Decreases overall operational costs by automating tasks.
Productivity Enhancement: Streamlines workflows with AI-driven tools.
Improved Integration: Enhances ability to work with multiple systems.
Scalability: Supports growth with a flexible cloud-native architecture.

In the insurance industry, Automation Anywhere is utilized for automating processes such as enrollment management and compliance checks. Its applications extend to supply chain management, financial transactions, and business performance monitoring across sectors like banking, finance, manufacturing, and healthcare, helping organizations to automate routine tasks, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.

Automation Anywhere

Flowable is a versatile software that streamlines and automates business processes. It is commonly used for workflow management, task automation, and digital transformation initiatives.

Users also utilize Flowable for document management, case management, and customer journey mapping. Its valuable features include efficient workflow management, seamless integration capabilities, and a user-friendly interface.

Flowable allows for smooth collaboration and task automation, and its ability to integrate with other systems and applications enables a seamless flow of information.

The intuitive and easy-to-use interface makes it accessible to users of all technical backgrounds.

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Pega Platform provides flexible business process management with a focus on rapid application development and automation through a low-code approach, enhancing efficiency across sectors.

Pega Platform is renowned for its ability to streamline operations with robust automation features, including robotic process automation and decision-making capabilities. Its intuitive interface and workflow management contribute to a reputation for enhancing business processes. Although users face challenges with integration limitations and high licensing costs, they benefit from rapid deployment and efficient process adaptations. The unified architecture reduces complexity, while case management and integration services support digital transformations in sectors such as banking, insurance, and healthcare.

What are the key features of Pega Platform?

Low-Code Development: Facilitates rapid application development with minimal coding.
Case Management: Efficiently manages complex workflows and cases.
Integration Services: Offers seamless connectivity with diverse systems.
Robotic Process Automation: Automates repetitive tasks for increased productivity.
Decision-Making Capabilities: Enhances process accuracy with advanced decision tools.
Intuitive Interface: Simplifies user interaction and workflow management.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Enhanced Efficiency: Streamlines operations, reducing time and resource usage.
Quick Deployment: Facilitates rapid implementation and adaptability.
Improved Customer Experience: Integrates seamlessly with customer service solutions.
Increased Flexibility: Adapts to changing business requirements effectively.

In industries like insurance, banking, healthcare, and government, Pega Platform is implemented to automate diverse workflows, supporting initiatives from claims processing to customer onboarding. Enterprises use Pega for case management and digital transformations, valuing its out-of-the-box integrations and real-time reporting capabilities to boost operational automation and enhance customer experiences.

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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics

1. Adobe 2. BMW 3. Cisco 4. Dell 5. Ericsson 6. Ford 7. General Electric 8. Honda 9. IBM 10. Johnson & Johnson 11. Kia Motors 12. LG Electronics 13. Microsoft 14. Nike 15. Oracle 16. PepsiCo 17. Qualcomm 18. Red Bull 19. Samsung 20. Toyota 21. Uber 22. Visa 23. Walmart 24. Xerox 25. Yahoo 26. Zara 27. Accenture 28. Bank of America 29. Citigroup 30. Deutsche Bank 31. ExxonMobil 32. Facebook

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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