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We performed a comparison between IBM Business Automation Workflow and Pega BPM 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.
To learn more, read our detailed IBM Business Automation Workflow vs. Pega BPM Report (Updated: April 2024).
768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"It provides a solution for integration orchestration. This solution is for any organization in the banking, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, and all domains and industries.""It has had a positive effect on decision-making in my organization. It helps us with our dispute process.""This product is tightly integrated with the RPA automation process.""The most valuable feature is automation, which is quite strong and we are quite happy with it.""It has integrated UI and deployment models, and it has a deep set of consultant and service provider ecosystem features.""The business process modeling is the most valuable feature.""The solution's most valuable aspect is the fact it is highly configurable. We can do configurations very easily.""It's a flexible solution."

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"Application development is very rapid. A lot of code gets reused while building the applications, which is something we highly appreciate.""It's a good tool for workflow automation.""There is a feature to accelerate the development so that business analysts can directly create their user stories and assign the task to the developers.""Pricing is a little on the high side.""The solution offers excellent workflows.""In general, we use web services to integrate this solution with our other tools. It is the main approach we use with this solution and it integrates with all tools that we need. If you want to integrate with other solutions such ThreatFire or similar, it is possible as well.""Powerful, full-featured business process management with excellent support""The solution's case management is its most valuable aspect."

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Cons
"The SCADA Systems are very sophisticated and have a hard time integrating with our older scales. The technical support in regards to the partner side needs some improvement.""The development UI is sometimes a little slow.""The main areas which need improvement are specifically around reporting and analytics.""Every client is moving to the cloud. We are still a little behind with IBM, but we are catching up from my point of view.""Improvements could be made in debugging and troubleshooting.""I feel that the features are not user-friendly.""In terms of improvement, it could be less complex.""One significant challenge is the lack of accessible forums or resources to seek help or information when problems arise."

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"Pega BPM could be improved by including token-based authentication and extending its integration options.""To learn Pega, you need to be a partner. If someone just wants to learn Pega for the sake of learning, they won't be able to do so as they don't give access to that.""It's called a local platform but on the other hand, it needs a lot of experience. It's not all that easy to click and plug and play. 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 to get there.""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.""This is a quite expensive product.""This is an expensive solution.""Pega BPM can improve product management, case management, omnichannel, CDH, and the customer data hub. All the major domains can improve. Additionally, more AI functionality and proper integrations with Pega RPA would be helpful.""Its implementation in the public sector was a bit complex."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution has saved us time."
  • "There is still a relatively high total cost of ownership to actually implement, support, and stand up solutions."
  • "Nowadays, clients are looking at pricing as one of the major factors. For IBM products, they always think it is expensive for them. We are still educating our clients on the IBM FlexPoints licensing."
  • "When you compare with Laserfiche and M-Files, IBM is expensive."
  • "Licensing varies by use-case."
  • "IBM Business Automation Workflow has a flexible pricing mode, but the price is expensive. The price of the solution reflects the quality of the solution which is very high. The technical support is an additional cost."
  • "Our license is on a three-year term."
  • "It is on the expensive side, but it provides excellent supportability and an ecosystem that is proven to be a great fit for our organization."
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  • "Licensing is expensive. You need to wisely select between per user and per case."
  • "They have both on-premise and cloud licensing. If you are a small to medium company, go for the cloud option because that eliminates a lot of the setting up of your DevTest and performance environments, multiple environments, because you can buy that from Pega with the cloud option. So your setup time really goes down. If you're a large company, then you're better off putting it within your company. You have other skill resources within your company to create environments."
  • "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."
  • "The licensing fees are based on the number of users."
  • "May be somewhat more expensive than other solutions initially, but should have enhanced return on investment."
  • "The price of this solution, including installation and configuration, is comparable to competing vendors."
  • "The pricing is pretty good, compared to other similar products."
  • "It's a user-based license where, as you scale the numbers of users, the price increases."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:We researched both IBM solutions and in the end, we chose Business Automation Workflow IBM BPM has a good user interface and the BPM coach is a helpful tool. The API is very useful in providing… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of IBM Business Automation Workflow is cost management.
    Top Answer: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 everything… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer: 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 BPM… more »
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    Also Known As
    Business Automation Workflow
    Pegasystems, SmartBPM
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    Overview

    IBM Business Automation Workflow combines business process management and case management capabilities in one workflow solution. It integrates the capabilities of business process and case management into a single workflow offering. It unites information, process, and users to provide a 360-degree view of work to drive more successful optimized business outcomes. IBM Business Automation Workflow on Cloud provides the same capabilities that are offered in the IBM Business Automation Workflow offering, all within a ready-to-use, cloud-based environment that is hosted in IBM Cloud data centers and managed by IBM.

    Pega BPM is a low-code process automation software product that helps organizations quickly build business applications that deliver the demanded experience by customers. This product is a business process management (BPM), process automation, rapid application development, and low-code development tool.

    Pega utilizes business process management (BPM) - a methodology to manage processes and workflows in an organization with the aim to increase work process results. The product implements BPM in the following steps:

    • Analysis: Through comprehensive analysis, the processes that can be created or optimized to meet business needs are identified.

    • Design: The design of a process aims to reduce errors and maintain relevant standard operating procedures.

    • Modeling: The process design can be modeled using various software tools.

    • Execution: The process model execution can be governed through a business rules engine.

    • Monitoring: Monitoring is performed to detect any issues and collect relevant data.

    • Optimization: The collected data is used to optimize and improve processes.

    Pega BMP utilizes this methodology to automate and simplify operations for companies and improve business agility. The solution can automate business operations such as business rules, mobile application development, reporting, case management, security, integration, and predictive and adaptive analytics. It can be employed on premises and in the cloud and allows for automating services such as accounts, marketing, and sales.

    Pega BPM Features

    Pega BPM has various features through which businesses can automate processes and reduce operational costs. Some of these features include:

    • Adaptive Decision Management: Through the support of data analysis concepts, this product feature allows users to make crucial decisions. It supports the retrieval of data automatically, facilitating real-time decision-making. It also provides the ability to make decisions at all times, depending on changes in the processes.

    • Automatic Code Generation: The programming time at a company can be reduced through this feature, as it generates application codes automatically. The feature offers industry-specific solution frameworks for developing applications and visual development tools, allowing business users to build apps. This enables the simplification of complex business processes by converting them.

    • Pega Omni-channel UI: The user interface (UI) of Pega BPM is a design-once and deploy-anywhere model. This means that any channel can be interfaced with the UI, as designs can be adapted to various parameters, including device, channel, or user.

    • Pega Live Data: This feature of the tool integrates all the business’s data, analyzes it, and summarizes it into formats suitable for presentation. The feature has a caching option, which improves data management by reducing the load on external applications.

    • Pega Situational Layer Cake: Through this feature of the solution, business processes can be adjusted regarding changes in customer type, departments, products, geographies, time, languages, and channels.

    • Pega Pulse: Through Pega Pulse, employees, partners, and customers can collaborate and solve issues simultaneously.

    Pega BPM Benefits

    Pega BPM has various benefits for businesses. They include the following:

    • Accelerates business processes by building applications in a timely manner.

    • Provides automatically tailored screens and forms for customers to improve user experience and engagement.

    • Can be utilized on various sources, including being moved from a data center to the cloud and vice versa.

    • The low-code functionality decreases the need for developer intervention and reduces the costs of outsourcing IT assistance and maintenance.

    • The tool offers a flexible UI that allows users to switch from web to mobile during all times of product usage.

    • The platform offers business scalability incrementation through quick application development.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Amarender C., a feature lead at a financial services firm, thinks Pega BPM is easy to set up with great documentation and training.

    Anoop S., a delivery manager at LanceSoft, rates the product highly because it is user-friendly and has case management and claims management functions; has good documentation and a community portal that help in learning the product and resolving issues.

    Sample Customers
    Key Bank, Barclays, Control€xpert, MIR Insurance Brokers, Conqord Oil
    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
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm64%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Engineering Company7%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm34%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company7%
    Government6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company32%
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise75%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise77%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
    Buyer's Guide
    IBM Business Automation Workflow vs. Pega BPM
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about IBM Business Automation Workflow vs. Pega BPM and other solutions. Updated: April 2024.
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    IBM Business Automation Workflow is ranked 13th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews while Pega BPM is ranked 3rd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 55 reviews. IBM Business Automation Workflow is rated 7.6, while Pega BPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Business Automation Workflow writes "Good for case management, integration capabilities but lacks stability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Pega BPM writes "Low code with great APIs and good flexibility". IBM Business Automation Workflow is most compared with IBM BPM, Camunda, Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions and OpenText 360 for SharePoint, whereas Pega BPM is most compared with ServiceNow, Camunda, Appian, Microsoft Power Apps and IBM BPM. See our IBM Business Automation Workflow vs. Pega BPM report.

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