Nintex Process Platform Reviews

As a Solutions Architect my role is to help my clients implement tools and technology that can build and automate their businesses. While my clients and their environments very widely, Nintex delivers a product that can be used regardless of the industry, division, etc.

In most cases we help clients implement Nintex Workflow to automate business processes that can be tedious when done manually, such as information approvals, notifications, and integrations with other system/data.

The biggest improvement to the organizations that I work with is that it allows the users to reduce, if not eliminate completely, the amount of human interaction, for both complex as well as simple business processes. This allows the users more time to focus on aspects of their work that can have more impact on the longer term strategies of the business.

The Vizio-style designer that runs in the browser is, to me, by far the most valuable feature of the solution. It means that the customer doesn’t have to install any client tools to create powerful workflows.

Another feature that is very close in importance is that it leverages the out-of-the-box SharePoint back-end. This means that you don’t need to install or deploy additional infrastructure to support Nintex Workflow, unlike some of its competitors.

While Nintex Workflow has pretty robust troubleshooting abilities, I think that improving the default logging and notifications would be helpful. Many times we work with clients that have started a workflow, but find that it doesn’t work as they expect, and need assistance in troubleshooting and correcting any errors. That, and offering a licensing model that allows for multiple small workflows, would be a huge improvement to an already great platform.

I have used Nintex Workflow 2010 and Nintex Worflow 2013. I have not worked with a client that has the most recent version deployed.

Overall, I would rank Nintex Workflow at eight out of 10. It is a strong product and is definitely best in its class. It offers strong usability with the in-browser, Vizio-style designer, and can also deliver on some powerful workflow actions. There are times, when dealing with complex workflows, where understanding the application and its nuances is required.

We have implemented an end-to-end workflow solution for a private bank for their loan origination system. We have also implemented a claims reimbursement system, and item-level permissions for SharePoint lists using Nintex workflows.

For end-to-end approval workflows, Nintex workflows are deployed on the SharePoint front-end servers. The claims reimbursement workflows are end-to-end workflows for approvals of claims within the organization. Those for financial services include loan origination, legal and compliance, and core banking system workflows.

Resource management and employee onboarding workflows have also been created to automate the employee onboarding process.

From what was a 20 to 30-day approval cycle, it has now come down to between two and three days for approving loans and claims.

SharePoint does not support item-level/row-level permissions, and we were able to implement the solution using Nintex workflows.

The product and its features have improved the productivity and efficiency of the process flow within the application and systems, providing end-to-end connectivity to all systems.

Tracking of all approvals minutely, audit logs for issues, and helping to find out any non-compliance in the process flows.

State machine and sequential Workflows are excellent features for creating complex state machine and sequential workflows that integrate with major Microsoft products like CRM Dynamics, SAP, and Peoplesoft.

We can create workflows for document management, publishing workflows, and create other custom workflow solutions spanning multiple roles and levels of approvals.

It has integration with BI and Analytics tools, and RPA toolsets as well. 

Custom integration using REST APIs for Line of Business applications is helpful.

It provides good audit and reporting for workflow tasks to detect and resolve issues.

We had issues with long-running workflows for approval processes. While the workflows are waiting for the action to be taken by the approvers, sometimes the approval takes time and workflows do not respond to the actions after a certain number of days.

We would like to design parallel workflows and long-running workflows, along with new features for connecting to cloud-based systems.

When the workflow tasks increase in number, there are issues with performance that need to be addressed.

We have been using the Nintex workflow solution for close to eight years.

The Nintex solution is stable for small to medium workflows and even, to an extent, large workflows.

The Nintex solution can scale from a single server to multiple server deployments to manage workloads.

Good customer support in terms of help desk, and support for fixing product issues.

The initial setup was straightforward, with appropriate demos, documentation, and user manuals.

Implementing the workflows as a development vendor for a major financial services organization, real estate firms, and insurance companies.

Looking at the capabilities and usage for all process flows to be automated within multiple systems and applications throughout the enterprise, the ROI will be met and break-even reached within a year.

One use of the solution is for the leave request process end to end. Someone submits a request, there is verification, and then depending on the answer of the monitor of the human resources, a document is generated for a digital signature where the item is stored in SharePoint. 

The SharePoint feature is a really good connection, there are many features that are good. 

The interface could be better and more language support is needed in the development environment or in the solutions platform in general. Here in Algeria, we have clients wanting the solution to be in French instead of English.

In the future, I think it would be a benefit for the company to have a larger social media presence. This way more people would know about the solution and its benefits.

I have been using this solution for approximately one year.

The solution is stable. For what I use it for, I have not had any problems or encountered any errors.

We have two people using the solution in my company. We are building demos to show potential clients.

The technical support is very good.

I used previously K2, then after Nintex bought K2, we are now using them both. 

The main difference is K2 is used for complex and deep processes. While this solution is used for simple to moderately complicated processes.

In the initial setup, I found there to be too much compromise in the cloud version. The cloud version is deployed in any environment with no problem. We did not install an optimized version for now, but I think it is not going to be complicated because it is on serval different SharePoints.

We did the implementation ourselves and it took one week to do. The maintenance of the solution is done by Nintex on their end.

The price of this solution is affordable but the problem in Algeria is our community is a bit slower. The new clients might feel the solution is a bit expensive.

I have evaluated Kudzu and SAP CRMs previously. They both have CRM connections which are good.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Nintex Workflow a nine out of ten.

Our use case of the solution is to help the sales people in the field, enable them to have all the information from the backend and to more easily put together a proposal for management regarding new tenants of shopping centers. There is a process that flows to the works department, the legal department, the asset manager, and the project manager. They are able to make suggestions, comment, discuss numbers, and make some declarations. It provides good feedback to the management who then need to make a decision. We provide this service for both internal and external clients. We're a customer of K2blackpearl and I'm the company chief information officer. 

The value of this solution is that it's easy to maintain, and to further develop. It's quite low code, so there is not the need of really specialized people and customization is quite simple. 

I think there can be improvements in the product but that may be linked to the decisions that we have taken to put it on-premise, because now we're making big changes and the scope of the project has changed so that we now want external partners to have access to the system. Because we're on-premise, it's more complicated to provide access to their own network. Next time I would go for the cloud. 

I've been using this solution for about three years now. 

Stability is good, no issue there.

Scalability is good. We implemented it in Belgium and then in France and we're now expanding the scope further.  

We haven't needed to contact technical support as we work directly with the integrator. 

I believe the initial deployment took about three months. We used an integrator to help with that and it was successful. They provided some training for us so we'd be able to figure out how to do things ourselves. It was great. 

I would suggest to anyone wanting to deploy this solution to find a good integrator that understands the business first, not only from the technical side. Don't hesitate to take the journey. I would also suggest starting with a small solution and then expand it. Like everything, do a minimum viable product and then extend it a bit more slowly and grow into it.  

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. 

We use it for internal process automation.

The solution helped us automate several processes we used to do manually.

It supports SharePoint in the platform, and it's easy to customize to the maximum extent.

The integration could be improved, and we are looking for a solution on Office 365, not on-premise SharePoint. In addition, we cannot use the same solution on cloud, and we have to purchase it all over again to get it on cloud.

We have been using this solution for three years. We have a perpetual version, so we stopped renewing it last year. It is deployed on-premises on Sharepoint.

The initial setup is straightforward.

I rate this solution a seven out of ten because of its limitations.

We use it for SharePoint 2013 and 2010, and SharePoint Online (Office 365).

Able to automate business processes and help reduce a significant amount of development efforts.

• Workflow (escalation, reminder, LazyApproval, actions, etc.)
• Ease of use

Currently, copying workflow actions from one workflow to another is not possible. Also, the Office 365 solution is not as mature as on-premise.

I primarily use the solution as a development platform.

The solution in general is very easy to use. It's very user-friendly, and it has satisfied the requirements I have. 

It's a really good platform. 

The integration capabilities have been very useful. It's very powerful and very advanced.

The stability of the product is quite good.

The Workflow Designer needs improvement. For example, when you design a workflow on K2, it shows the entire area between one action and another action. However, you should be able to see the structure for this action. It's not automatically structured.

It sould be automatically structured from the shared action to the following action. In K2, you should be able to organize it by yourself. Workflows should be very easy to organize exactly as you need them. It shouldn't be inflexible. The mapping processes need to be better.

You can't really change the look and feel. You should be able to customize the solution a bit more.

The document generation, the dynamic document generation, could be a great addition as a feature.

I've only been using the solution for six months. It hasn't been that long just yet, however, I am enjoying the product.

The stability is very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

The product doesn't seem to have many limitations. It can likely scale well. 

There's no need for technical support as we order services done for us. As far as it's from K2 goes, there's a web solution on the platform and there are partners for the company. Up until this point, however, I haven't found the need to reach out. I haven't had problems that required assistance.

I worked with Nintex for a few years. Recently, after I ran a comparison between K2 and Nintex, I've been working for six months on the K2 platform. I've found it very useful, and very easy in comparison. However, I still use both. Nintex acquired K2 recently.

Compared to Nintex, Nintex is easier to set up. Unlike in K2, in Nintex, you can just build on top of SharePoint. If you want SharePoint, the environment is set up and can install directly in Nintex. In K2, you are configuring two environments. 

I am unsure of the exact pricing. Nintex acquired K2 in 2020 and there may be a shift in the cost structure. I can't speak directly to that, however.

We are a K2 customer and a Nintex partner, although, since the 2020 acquisition, they are the same company now.

I would recommend the solution, especially for companies that are working to go paperless.

I suggest that if they want to integrate between systems from a strategy department into another department, to really look at the integration layers that they have, as it's very advanced.

In general, I would rate this solution at a nine out of ten. We've been largely happy with the product.

Our primary use for this solution is for automating workflows in business applications.

The most valuable feature is the workflows. We have started working with the SmartObjects and the SmartForms, as well.

The SmartForms need to be simplified so that the non-expert, business users can make use of them without coding. That will help a lot. 

I would also like to see the BPM features from Pega implemented, that have to do with the implementation of AI and the robotics.

The AI should be able to learn inside the platform so that it adds intelligence to the tool itself. That way, it can handle the things that are being taken care of by external entities. It will first learn how to handle new events, and then handle them by itself in the future.

I would rate the stability four and a half out of five. Overall it is good, but sometimes it fails.

This is a very easy solution to scale out.

We have approximately sixty thousand users for this solution. Perhaps one hundred of them support the applications and integration, but the majority of them are end-users.

Technical support for this solution is good. We have a contract with them and the support is good. They always help.

I have used Pega and I feel that it offers more than the K2 solution, in terms of the latest technology. For example, I like their implementation of the AI and the robotics inside of their system.

We are part of a technical team and we have the expertise, so the initial setup was not complex for us.

We had a consultant from K2 assist us with the setup.

This is a good solution and it is easy to implement. I think that it adds value to any organization, mainly in terms of business applications where you need workflows. It is easy to use, and workflow design can be done by business users. Overall, it is a good product to have in an organization.

I would rate this solution seven out of ten.