We performed a comparison between AWS Step Functions and IBM Business Automation Workflow 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."The solution is stable...The solution is easy to scale."
"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."
"The number of historical events is great."
"One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature."
"It is a scalable solution."
"AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices."
"What I like the most about Amazon Step Functions is how easy it is to use."
"It's Amazon, it's scalable."
"The dashboards are helpful because you can display reports directly on your screen."
"No matter what somebody's technical experience level is, the tool can start adding value immediately. Even if that is just an analyst who doesn't have any technical background, they can use some of these no quote accelerators to get things from ideation to deployment in a matter of minutes."
"It's a flexible solution."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow provides a seamless streamlined collaboration within the organizations."
"It helps develop applications very quickly. Once clients get used to it and familiar with the methodology, then they don't feel so locked in. It is able to add this element of agility to our clients' software development lifecycle. That is my favorite thing about it: You're not so locked in as you used to be when developing applications."
"It has had a positive effect on decision-making in my organization. It helps us with our dispute process."
"The solution reduces the time to the resolution which is essential for businesses."
"The business process modeling is the most valuable feature."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"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."
"Setup took about one day. We had some errors to understand in the beginning, but now everything is working good."
"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."
"It is hard to coordinate the declaratory language."
"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."
"Integrating the solution with existing systems can be complicated and it needs careful planning and execution."
"The main areas which need improvement are specifically around reporting and analytics."
"The initial setup is actually a really complicated process."
"The setup and installation process could be made easier."
"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."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow could improve the integration."
"I would like to see more streamlined install and provisioning; preferably containerized IBM BPM would be helpful."
"IBM Business Automation Workflow can improve UI flexibility and integration. Additionally, the solutions from IBM have to provide a paperless solution, allowing for digital versions of documents."
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AWS Step Functions is ranked 12th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 8 reviews while IBM Business Automation Workflow is ranked 13th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 21 reviews. AWS Step Functions is rated 7.8, while IBM Business Automation Workflow is rated 7.6. 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 Business Automation Workflow writes "Good for case management, integration capabilities but lacks stability". AWS Step Functions is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Apache Airflow, Pega BPM and TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM, whereas IBM Business Automation Workflow is most compared with IBM BPM, Camunda, Apache Airflow, IBM Case Foundation and Nintex Process Platform. See our AWS Step Functions vs. IBM Business Automation Workflow report.
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