We performed a comparison between IBM BPM and webMethods Integration Server 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 system integration layer is valuable because this enables an organization to create a single point where all the key organizational master data is held in different IT applications across different functions, that can be accessed and updated."
"Its most valuable features are usability and integration with other IBM products."
"It helps improve your process through continual measurement."
"The most valuable features come in the bundle, the design process, creating services, creating BPDs, creating coaches, and UI/UX."
"Its dashboard is easy to use and very good. It allows us to customize."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I think the best way it can be it improved, is to make it easier to install. It's a very complicated piece of software, and there are a lot of things you have to do to get it set up. It's not just running an installer. You install WebSphere. You install the BPM product, and there's a large host of other steps you have to do: run queries against the database, you have to manually configure a bunch of properties files for your environment. I think if they could streamline all that, so it wasn't a considerable effort to install, that would be very useful. Because from an engineering point of view, you want to spend as little time as possible actually installing a product."
"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."
"Most of the work in our organization can be more easily done using the tool."
"The product supports various types of digital documents, including XMLs and EDI."
"Broker and UM are the best features."
"The MFT component of webMethods, for example, is easy to set up and convenient to use. It handles files very efficiently and it is easy to automate tasks with complex schedules. Monitoring is centralized to MWS which can be used to monitor other products as well (Trading Networks, BPM, MFT, etc.)"
"We needed a tool that was able to orchestrate and help us configure our APIs so that we could maintain and see the heartbeat, traffic, trends, etc."
"Application integration, business process integration, and B2B partner integration are valuable. But among these, I feel B2B partner integration is the most valuable. This module integrates two business partners and exchanges data through electronic data interchange messages in the form of specific standards, without any manual process needed."
"I would say the core Web-based integrations work the best. They are the most efficient and robust implementations one can do with webMethods."
"A product with good API and EDI components."
"I would say the scalability is very good but it's not perfect. It is much more scalable than it has been in the past but... it does require some work to keep it stable. So that is an area that should be improved."
"UI is an area with a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"From the testing perspective and minor enhancements perspective, customization is something that is a little tedious as compared to new tools. In addition, various open-source tools that are available are not working with IBM BPM."
"When you have to integrate files for enterprise applications."
"The coaches and the user interface are the areas that can be improved a lot. It is good in terms of data processing, but the UI, scripting, and coaches are not very user-friendly and developer-friendly. Performance is always an issue. The scripting and the pattern that it uses are very tedious for new developers to understand, and it takes time to master it in depth. When comparing IBM BPM with IBM APN, a lot of things are provided out of the box in IBM APN. We don't have to write code or a Java connector to make a functionality work. It would be very helpful and time-saving for developers if IBM BPM is improved in this area to provide many functionalities or drag-and-drop options so that the developers don't have to write the code."
"We have had to use Mule as an alternative integration tool because it is more flexible than IBM BPM."
"I would like IBM to consider including AI-enabled process mining, robotic process automation, and very good OCR capabilities from the computer vision side."
"IBM BPM's price could be improved."
"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly."
"On the monitoring side of things, the UI for monitoring could be improved. It's a bit cumbersome to work with."
"The interface needs some work. It is not very user-friendly."
"It would be nice if they had a change management system offering. We built our own deployer application because the one built into webMethods couldn't enforce change management rules. Integration into a change management system, along with the version control system, would be a good offering; it's something that they're lacking."
"This is a great solution and the vendor could improve the marketing of the solution to be able to reach more clients."
"Need to see more API portal features like monetizing APIs and private cloud readiness."
"The product must add more compatible connectors."
"I would like to see the price improve."
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IBM BPM is ranked 5th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 105 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. IBM BPM is rated 7.8, while webMethods Integration Server 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 webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". IBM BPM is most compared with Camunda, Appian, Pega BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and ARIS BPA, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and WSO2 Enterprise Integrator. See our IBM BPM vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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