We performed a comparison between AWS Step Functions and IBM 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."It's a general solution that you can adapt to your own needs and is simple to use. We like that it can be integrated with everything in the AWS suite, and that the creation of the pipeline can be done using the graphical user interface."
"One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature."
"It is a scalable solution."
"What I like the most about Amazon Step Functions is how easy it is to use."
"AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices."
"The number of historical events is great."
"The solution is stable...The solution is easy to scale."
"It's Amazon, it's scalable."
"Automation is the most valuable feature of IBM BPM."
"Its Analytics is the most valuable feature."
"The performance is fine."
"Initially, the process architecture studio was very helpful and it was compliant with BPMN standards."
"By automating several tasks, we have already reduced a lot of work for the business."
"The most valuable features come in the bundle, the design process, creating services, creating BPDs, creating coaches, and UI/UX."
"The solution offers great notifications."
"It helps improve your process through continual measurement."
"The price and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."
"I would like to see more data transformation features in Amazon Step Functions like additional operators and logic."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"It is hard to coordinate the declaratory language."
"It wasn't easy to understand the licensing model. It's like if you use just a little, it's cheap, but it becomes more expensive as you use more. It's like a hook that ties you inside the Amazon ecosystem. So, it creates a dependency."
"Setup took about one day. We had some errors to understand in the beginning, but now everything is working good."
"The interface can sometimes feel limited, as we're unable to see what AWS is running behind the scenes."
"The solution's data size limit can be improved."
"The initial setup can be tricky because IBM BPM is not based on a popular stack, and it's difficult to hire a developer for this product."
"Our developers are complaining that it's too complex to maintain."
"I hope IBM uses something from IBM Content Navigator to make the interface easier to navigate."
"Importing and exporting between multiple environments is more difficult with other tools."
"There are a few areas, like triggering mechanisms, externally exposed variables, and changing its values."
"The pricing is a little bit high. It's gone up in cost."
"You must have good experience to work with it. It is not that easy. Its installation is complex, especially in the new version for business automation, and it could be improved. It has a safety application embedded inside it, and you need to do a lot of configuration to install it. I have been working for two days to resolve an issue."
"Initial setup is very complex. Too many steps need to be done at the database and server levels, and complex configurations. From what I see, a lot of these steps can be and should be automated."
AWS Step Functions is ranked 12th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 9 reviews while IBM BPM is ranked 5th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 105 reviews. AWS Step Functions is rated 7.8, while IBM BPM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of AWS Step Functions writes "Simplifies complex task automation and enhances development workflows while offering user-friendly interface, seamless scalability and efficient workflow orchestration". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM BPM writes "Offers good case management and its integration with process design but there's a learning curve". AWS Step Functions is most compared with Camunda, Pega BPM, Oracle BPM, Apache Airflow and IBM Business Automation Workflow, whereas IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and SAP Signavio Process Manager. See our AWS Step Functions vs. IBM BPM report.
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