Spring Cloud Data Flow vs Tungsten RPA comparison

The compared Broadcom and Tungsten Automation solutions aren't in the same category. Broadcom is ranked #30 in DI , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 1.1% mindshare in the category. Tungsten Automation is ranked #10 in RPA , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 2.0% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Tungsten Automation users who would recommend it.

Spring Cloud Data Flow

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Spring Cloud Data Flow and Tungsten RPA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Data Integration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed Spring Cloud Data Flow vs. Tungsten RPA Report (Updated: August 2022).

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Categories and Ranking

Spring Cloud Data Flow

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Integration (30th), Streaming Analytics (16th)

Tungsten RPA

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (10th)

Mindshare comparison

Spring Cloud Data Flow and Tungsten RPA aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Spring Cloud Data Flow is designed for Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 1.1%, up 1.1% compared to last year.
Tungsten RPA, on the other hand, focuses on Robotic Process Automation (RPA), holds 2.0% mindshare, up 1.6% since last year.

Data Integration Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Spring Cloud Data Flow	1.1%
SSIS	3.7%
Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC)	3.6%
Other	91.6%

Data Integration

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Tungsten RPA	2.0%
UiPath Platform	10.8%
Microsoft Power Automate	7.3%
Other	79.9%

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Featured Reviews

NitinGoyal

Engineering Lead at Naukri.com

Has a plug-and-play model and provides good robustness and scalability

The solution's community support could be improved. I don't know why the Spring Cloud Data Flow community is not very strong. Community support is very limited whenever you face any problem or are stuck somewhere. I'm not sure whether it has improved in the last six months because this pipeline was set up almost two years ago. I struggled with that a lot. For example, there was limited support whenever I got an exception and sought help from Stack Overflow or different forums. Interacting with Kubernetes needs a few certificates. You need to define all the certificates within your application. With the help of those certificates, your Java application or Spring Cloud Data Flow can interact with Kubernetes. I faced a lot of hurdles while placing those certificates. Despite following the official documentation to define all the replicas, readiness, and liveliness probes within the Spring Cloud Data Flow application, it was not working. So, I had to troubleshoot while digging in and debugging the internals of Spring Cloud Data Flow at that time. It was just a configuration mismatch, and I was doing nothing weird. There was a small spelling difference between how Spring Cloud Data Flow was expecting it and how I passed it. I was just following the official documentation.

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Jamil Milhem

Project Manager-Senior RPA Specialist at DEWA

Automates browsing tasks without needing a server connection

I have worked with Microsoft Power Platform and UiPath. Kofax RPA offers a comprehensive solution with built-in capabilities for executing tasks like running Excel files and web automation without additional servers. They provide their browsers and extensions. For functions such as OCR, image processing, and data extraction, Kofax has built-in features powered by their engine, eliminating the need for subscriptions to external technologies like Microsoft Cognitive Services or Google Search. One of Kofax RPA's strongest features is its on-premise solution, which is particularly beneficial for organizations operating in regions with data regulations, such as the UAE.

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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

"Overall, Spring Cloud Data Flow is a really good solution and a lot cheaper than a lot of infrastructure provided by big companies like Google or Amazon."

"There are a lot of options in Spring Cloud. It's flexible in terms of how we can use it. It's a full infrastructure."

"The dashboards in Spring Cloud Dataflow are quite valuable."

"The most valuable feature is real-time streaming."

"The most valuable features of Spring Cloud Data Flow are the simple programming model, integration, dependency Injection, and ability to do any injection. Additionally, auto-configuration is another important feature because we don't have to configure the database and or set up the boilerplate in the database in every project. The composability is good, we can create small workloads and compose them in any way we like."

"The ease of deployment on Kubernetes, the seamless integration for orchestration of various pipelines, and the visual dashboard that simplifies operations even for non-specialists such as quality analysts."

"The best thing I like about Spring Cloud Data Flow is its plug-and-play model."

"The product is very user-friendly."

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"This is a stable platform and we did not encounter any big problems."

"The drag and drop functionality is quite good."

"The tool's most valuable feature is web browser automation, which makes it easy to interact with any website. We can assemble a robot in a few hours with web automation, depending on its complexity."

"The best part of Kofax is that they have a whole concept. It's one product, but also has extra elements that can be integrated."

"The scalability of Kofax is very handy, because with a few clicks you can have your scalable environment up and ready and it is not so complex to configure the entire environment."

"We use Kofax effectively and I'm happy with it."

"The product provides end-to-end solutions for different business problems."

"It is a stable product."

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Cons

"On the tool's online discussion forums, you may get stuck with an issue, making it an area where improvements are required."

"There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or refreshing the dashboard."

"The visual user interface could use some help; it needs improvement."

"The documentation on offer is not that good."

"The solution's community support could be improved."

"The configurations could be better. Some configurations are a little bit time-consuming in terms of trying to understand using the Spring Cloud documentation."

"I would improve the dashboard features as they are not very user-friendly."

"Spring Cloud Data Flow could improve the user interface. We can drag and drop in the application for the configuration and settings, and deploy it right from the UI, without having to run a CI/CD pipeline. However, that does not work with Kubernetes, it only works when we are working with jars as the Spring Cloud Data Flow applications."

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"Other than that, I think that there are other tools on the market which may be better to work with for automation."

"Its documentation is not widely available on the web. They should work on the availability of its documentation. In Automation Anywhere, there is a feature called Discovery Bot that automatically records the process steps and suggests a possible bot. I am not sure if such a feature is available in Kofax. If it is not available, it will be very good to have this feature. "

"Kofax needs to create a community where developers have the opportunity to donate to it. The education surrounding this solution should be better."

"We are on version 10.6, and the current version seems to be 11. Kofax is cycling the capabilities of the product very quickly. One of the difficulties has been to actually keep up with the capabilities as they've evolved. On the one hand, it is good that the product is getting better, but on the other hand, it is difficult to implement the best way with a product that is evolving constantly."

"We are on version 10.6, and the current version seems to be 11. Kofax is cycling the capabilities of the product very quickly."

"Exception handling needs to be improved."

"Concatenation of error messages."

"Automation with the latest websites is not effective. The support of newer websites developed using new technologies would improve this solution."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"If you want support from Spring Cloud Data Flow there is a fee. The Spring Framework is open-source and this is a free solution."

"The solution provides value for money, and we are currently using its community edition."

"This is an open-source product that can be used free of charge."

"The pricing model for automation solutions like Automation Anywhere, UiPath, and Microsoft Power Platform is subscription-based, where costs are calculated based on factors such as the number of hours used and the scale of automation required.......With Kofax, you purchase a license upfront, and that's all you need. You can create as many automation workflows as you require without additional costs for individual use cases."

"Price is not a problem, because they are a competitor and we have a special rate."

"Kofax's prices are pretty reasonable."

"Kofax RPA's licensing costs are yearly and expensive."

"I give the price of the solution a six out of ten."

"The solution’s license is not expensive."

"The normal price for an on-premises license is €50,000. That's the price for one robot license. You can have more than one robot license but only one can be run at any one time. I believe the cost of adding a second robot is around €14,000."

"I don't have complete insight at this point in time, but I would guess that Kofax is a lot less expensive than Automation Anywhere. I would expect its license to be on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Computer Software Company

11%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Performing Arts

Construction Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	12
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	18

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Spring Cloud Data Flow?

There were instances of deployment pipelines getting stuck, and the dashboard not always accurately showing the application status, requiring manual intervention such as rerunning applications or r...

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What is your primary use case for Spring Cloud Data Flow?

We had a project for content management, which involved multiple applications each handling content ingestion, transformation, enrichment, and storage for different customers independently. We want...

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What advice do you have for others considering Spring Cloud Data Flow?

I would definitely recommend Spring Cloud Data Flow. It requires minimal additional effort or time to understand how it works, and even non-specialists can use it effectively with its friendly docu...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kofax RPA?

I am not a user of Tungsten RPA; I sell this product for our company.

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What needs improvement with Kofax RPA?

The negative side is that UiPath has a really large community on the RPA side, and Tungsten RPA doesn't have any community for the developer side, which is a red flag for us and for customers.

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What is your primary use case for Kofax RPA?

Tungsten RPA reduces manual work, especially in financial services and HR solutions.

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Kofax RPA, Kofax Kapow, Kapow

Overview

Spring Cloud Data Flow is a toolkit for building data integration and real-time data processing pipelines.
Pipelines consist of Spring Boot apps, built using the Spring Cloud Stream or Spring Cloud Task microservice frameworks. This makes Spring Cloud Data Flow suitable for a range of data processing use cases, from import/export to event streaming and predictive analytics. Use Spring Cloud Data Flow to connect your Enterprise to the Internet of Anything—mobile devices, sensors, wearables, automobiles, and more.

Broadcom

Tungsten RPA offers a sophisticated automation platform designed for seamless integration with enterprise systems. It's known for its robust functionalities in document processing, web automation, and delivering efficient business workflows.

Designed to streamline complex operations, Tungsten RPA supports integrations with major platforms like SAP and ERP tools, known for enhancing business efficiency. It provides powerful OCR capabilities and is characterized by a low-code environment, which simplifies automation tasks. Despite its strengths, there's a need for improvements in community support, documentation, and emerging AI functionalities. Expanding its desktop automation, scalability, and system connections, especially with Microsoft and Citrix, is imperative for broader adoption.

What are the key features of Tungsten RPA?

Third-Party Integrations: Seamlessly connects with systems like SAP and ERP for streamlined operations.
Low-Code Platform: Simplifies automation with easy-to-use programming and deployment options.
OCR Capabilities: Processes low-DPI documents effectively for accurate data extraction.
Web Automation: Streamlines repetitive web-based tasks and browser interactions.
Modular Structure: Facilitates efficient management of business processes and workflows.

Why consider Tungsten RPA for automation?

Comprehensive Automation: Reduces manual workload with reliable execution of repetitive tasks.
Enhanced Efficiency: Increases productivity by automating intricate processes.
Robust Error Handling: Minimizes disruptions with efficient error management strategies.
Flexibility: Adapts to specific business requirements with customizable components.
Low Development Time: Speeds up project timelines due to its low-code nature.

Tungsten RPA is employed across sectors like finance, healthcare, aviation, and logistics for automating crucial business functions. It aids in automating repetitive tasks, data extraction, and process automation in ERP and SharePoint systems. Businesses leverage its capabilities for website automation, handling employee data, and streamlining operations in finance and HR. It enhances customer service operations, document processing, and market data collection, effectively reducing manual workload and boosting operational efficiency.

Tungsten Automation

Sample Customers

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Aetna, BNP Paribas, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, Aviva, Humana, Willis, Merck, University Hospitals, CardinalHealth, American Red Cross, Alegri, Capita

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