We performed a comparison between IBM BPM, Microsoft System Center, and Windows Server AppFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, F5, Apache and others in Application Infrastructure."It provides a very robust environment to build an integration framework or workflow patterns that we have. A lot of changes or modifications have been made to this solution over the past few years. The features that they have added this time have helped developers like us to work on the developmental environment and leverage all the capabilities of the tool. This is what I like about this solution."
"Automation is the most valuable feature of IBM BPM."
"There is information during the process that the analyst will look at, their procedures. We created a part of the application such that the business can change those procedures as needed, on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. As the reps go through the process, they don't necessarily know it's changing, they just know they have to refer to some documentation, and the business can keep that up to date."
"I like the APIs and the BPM coach is a good tool. But if I had to pick one, it would be the API."
"Agility is the key. It gives our customers a faster way to be able to implement processes, get ownership of task, visibility into a process. The ability to modify that process, optimize that process over time, is probably the biggest benefit that they get from the software."
"We like that it does not require a lot of hours to train our people."
"Integration is a big plus for me."
"It is being able to see the process, and understanding what the process is versus having to bury it in code somewhere."
"System Center helps to create the basis for ITIL alignment."
"The solution is easily available. That's its most valuable aspect."
"Good for managing and administering the infrastructure."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The deployment and asset management features are the most valuable. These are the product's main features."
"Many processes could be implemented out-of-the-box, and this helped to adopt processes in areas which we lacked."
"Step-by-step documentation that clarifies the implementation procedure."
"The installation process is easy."
"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows."
"The product's deployment phase was very easy."
"It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."
"There needs to be better documentation for IBM BPM in a central place. There is not any standard documentation for each component available and has been a barrier for developers."
"Consider an admin console during deployment. I would like to migrate single instances, not the whole bunch at once."
"New users will need at least six months to get comfortable with IBM BPM, at least initially. So, there's a learning curve."
"I would like to see the front-end support improved because it should be fully integrated and supported."
"It needs more customization. We like to customize the screens to show more things related to our company."
"We had a weird problem that whenever the database would go down, even for a few seconds, it broke the connection. It would not come back up as it was supposed to. However, working with IBM, we were able to figure out a fix, then it came back up, even after an interruption of the database."
"The options for customization could be improved. More customization using your own code would be beneficial."
"I believe that if the license were cheaper, it would have a greater impact."
"System Center hasn't updated to keep up with the industry. It needs improvements in the user interface, ease of use, and overall product functionality, particularly the cloud-monitoring features. It needs more capabilities to monitor AWS and Azure infrastructure."
"In Microsoft System Center, it is difficult to follow the steps to create dataflows at times."
"Something super important that we need is this integration via Intune Configuration Manager."
"Less server consumption would help, as would better, more flexible reports."
"The multi-tenancy support needs to be improved. We need to have the ability to manage several different environments from one central point of administration."
"Most of the documentation is online, however, there are some gaps there. The product documentation still refers back to the 2012 Server. We're pretty much in 2022. There's a ten-year gap there."
"Implementation and integration in the case of multi-tenant environments needs improvement."
"They should have some customized solutions or internal development, then maybe it could be easier to use different solutions or some self-developed solution."
"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services."
"Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity."
"Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."
