We performed a comparison between IBM BPM and Zend PHP Engine 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 case management and its integration with process design are good features."
"There are a lot of things that you get out-of-the-box: Timers and so on, which took a lot of effort and code before."
"The most valuable feature of IBM BPM is the low code design, and ease of maintenance. Additionally, the integration is good and easy to do."
"Our customers use the solution as a workflow platform to manage their processes."
"It helps maintain, and in many instances, lower costs, as well as to maintain those costs, keeping them stable."
"We use the solution to develop and deliver products."
"We can scale by increasing the infrastructure which is currently running."
"Scalability is good. In the time that I have been there, we have added more JVMs to help with the increased workload, so it does scale."
"Scaling up is an important factor for large projects, and with PHP 7 and its performance improvements, this becomes even easier."
"This solution is really easy for me to use."
"We have not encountered issues with scalability as long as we effectively use caching to optimize performance of our web applications as well as a proper use of database connectivity."
"The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the speed at which it compiles and sends the dynamic cache."
"The cache modules that Zend provides have been able to optimize and accelerate the loading of the pages when there was exponential growth in data volume and quantity of requests. At the same time, the monitoring console allowed us to have a real-time understanding of the resources and to make decisions when they were at the limit."
"The solution's initial setup process is easy."
"Zend Engine is the core of PHP. It makes PHP fast, efficient, and basically, the language of choice for web applications."
"I would like it more documentation during the design phase."
"The initial setup process is complex for basic users."
"Except for the Lucene the index - we had a couple of issues in the Process Portal where the Lucene index went out of sync, and we had to work at least 15 - 20 hours to have it back in sync with the database."
"UI is an area with a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Importing and exporting between multiple environments is more difficult with other tools."
"We would appreciate more user-friendly definitions of processes with a more user-friendly interface for documenting processes."
"I'm hearing things might be improving, to really deliver on BPM as opposed to simply workflow. That really should be emphasized a lot more than it has been, because a lot of customers will simply implement the process and leave it there, because the product maybe doesn't emphasize BPM as much as it should, as much as maybe they talk about it in the sales process. The whole idea of BPM, is to iteratively improve the process, and in order to do that you have to have the analytics tool with it. A lot of times that doesn't go as far as it should simply because there's a lot more work to be done for that to happen, and just some sort of technical limitations that don't make that as easy as it should be."
"SQL queries have always been an issue with PHP, especially if you use large tables, which require caution from the side of the developer."
"The main area that Zend needs to improve is to support asynchronous programming tasks, which is facilitated in PHP 7, but not at the same degree as HHVM."
"The process of installing and configuring the product is a bit complex and could be improved."
"Although it offers a complete environment to develop and deploy PHP applications, it has some limitations. For example, when the volume of data increased exponentially, I had problems scaling the system."
"A general scripting language should be further developed and should be embedded into it."
"The biggest problem with PHP is you have to write lot of conditions or have to use a framework."
"The solution can be quicker."
"Integration of MVC with ORM tools for PHP is okay, but lacking a short list of decent ORM tools for PHP to choose from; there is ample room for improvement in both areas."
IBM BPM is ranked 6th in Application Infrastructure with 105 reviews while Zend PHP Engine is ranked 12th in Application Infrastructure with 10 reviews. IBM BPM is rated 7.8, while Zend PHP Engine is rated 8.0. 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 Zend PHP Engine writes "The fact that it is available open-source is the best feature". IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Pega BPM, Appian, IBM Business Automation Workflow and Apache Airflow, whereas Zend PHP Engine is most compared with Apache Web Server and NGINX Plus. See our IBM BPM vs. Zend PHP Engine report.
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