We performed a comparison between IBM BPM and Microsoft .NET Framework 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."The installation was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to customize your rules and put them inside the tool."
"This product does the job in terms of executing the workflow."
"It helps maintain, and in many instances, lower costs, as well as to maintain those costs, keeping them stable."
"It is a stale solution."
"Some of the features that I like the most are team management and process performance. They are both very useful and very powerful with regard to the workflow."
"The designer feature, compared to other solutions is easy to use."
"Provides the power to understand and automate processes."
"The web development and Microsoft Windows service development capabilities are among the most valuable features offered by the Microsoft .NET Framework. This language platform is highly user-friendly, with plenty of online examples and information available, as well as a robust development environment."
"The addition of generics to handle common functionality across types, and the more recent upgrade of the dataset to the Entity Framework, has cut development time drastically, while increasing quality and confidence between builds."
"When it comes to the user interface, the context is better than other tools because it is easier to use."
"The most valuable thing about Microsoft .NET Framework is that it is an enterprise-grade language and platform."
"Initial setup is straightforward. All the components are readily available."
"The solution is easy to use if the user is a developer or some technical person."
"Microsoft Platform is the only viable solution when I wish to do something that is not supposed to be cross-platform."
"Microsoft .NET Framework’s most valuable features are web application development, RESTful services development, security, performance, and less memory footprint."
"All our clients are changing to microservice and cloud service. However, BPM does not have a solution for microservice and cloud service."
"I hope IBM uses something from IBM Content Navigator to make the interface easier to navigate."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The front end is not customised for a good user experience."
"User Interface components could be further refined to enhance and extend customizations dictated by end clients."
"The integration could be improved."
"New users will need at least six months to get comfortable with IBM BPM, at least initially. So, there's a learning curve."
"The user experience, while it has improved, should continue to improve."
"If Microsoft would provide a monthly subscription at a cost that a developer can afford then it would be really helpful."
"The product could have a better framework for application development."
"Microsoft could improve .NET Framework by providing more resources to help users understand the solution."
"The solution is difficult to learn if someone is learning it for the first time."
"Lacking in auto-scaling."
"The integration capability of the product with AI is an area with certain shortcomings, where improvements are required."
"Needs stronger security with respect to cloud issues."
"This solution should include Power BI so that we don't have to use any third-party tools."
IBM BPM is ranked 7th in Application Infrastructure with 105 reviews while Microsoft .NET Framework is ranked 4th in Application Infrastructure with 47 reviews. IBM BPM is rated 7.8, while Microsoft .NET Framework is rated 8.4. 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 .NET Framework writes "Intuitive, easier to develop, maintain, and migrate from the old framework to newer versions". IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Apache Airflow, whereas Microsoft .NET Framework is most compared with IIS, Magic xpa Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Apache Web Server and IBM DataPower Gateway. See our IBM BPM vs. Microsoft .NET Framework report.
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