We performed a comparison between IBM BPM and Microsoft System Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Infrastructure solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The designer feature, compared to other solutions is easy to use."
"By automating several tasks, we have already reduced a lot of work for the business."
"We have automated processes with IBM BPM and DocuSign. Its valuable features include low-code, timer, etc. It makes it simple to implement the products. We generate reports using the solution."
"The integration and design are valuable features."
"Previously, our company's business automation process was slow. IBM BPM's schedule and response functionalities are excellent...There are countless use cases in which IBM BPM proves to be a valuable tool for my clients."
"Its dashboard is easy to use and very good. It allows us to customize."
"It is a stale solution."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of configuration and the easy discovery of the environment."
"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."
"Managment Packs for Microsoft-specific products, help us implement the best practices for each product."
"The availability performance matrix and the reporting capabilities are the solution's most valuable features."
"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"I like the automated features of it that let you schedule those updates and the ability of the product to focus on the specific updates, specific platforms, and products that we're interested in keeping up to date."
"The installation process is easy."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"They could provide case studies to investigate and understand the functionality of business processes before development."
"All our clients are changing to microservice and cloud service. However, BPM does not have a solution for microservice and cloud service."
"I would say the scalability is very good but it's not perfect. It is much more scalable than it has been in the past but... it does require some work to keep it stable. So that is an area that should be improved."
"The solution can improve integration with SAP, CRM, and Salesforce, which is not capital-intensive."
"The tool's workflow function is very strong."
"The interface is limited and should improve in the future."
"The product is extremely complex to use and administrate."
"There needs to be better documentation for IBM BPM in a central place. There is not any standard documentation for each component available and has been a barrier for developers."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"The platform performance and responsiveness need improvement. It still demands high computing resources."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
IBM BPM is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 105 reviews while Microsoft System Center is ranked 15th in Application Infrastructure with 17 reviews. IBM BPM is rated 7.8, while Microsoft System Center is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM BPM writes "Offers good case management and its integration with process design but there's a learning curve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft System Center writes "Good review of configurations, effective antivirus administration, and has weekly reports". IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Apache Airflow, whereas Microsoft System Center is most compared with Oracle SOA Suite. See our IBM BPM vs. Microsoft System Center report.
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