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AWS Step Functions vs Nintex Process Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
9.5
AWS Step Functions reduce development time and costs, enhance scalability and reliability, streamline workflows, and improve ROI.
Sentiment score
8.2
Nintex Process Platform reduces maintenance costs, increases efficiency, and provides ROI within a year despite some cost concerns.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
AWS Step Functions' customer service is mostly positive, with praised enterprise support and mixed reviews on smaller-scale responsiveness.
Sentiment score
6.8
Nintex Process Platform customer service is generally well-received, though users desire quicker assistance and note technical support limitations.
I use enterprise support, which is excellent, providing responses within fifteen minutes.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
AWS Step Functions is highly scalable and cost-effective, adapting seamlessly to demand fluctuations for teams of all sizes.
Sentiment score
6.9
Nintex Process Platform is generally scalable, effective on Office 365, yet faces challenges with on-premises infrastructure and pricing.
Starting separate Step Functions for each request, making it highly scalable.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
AWS Step Functions are rated highly stable by users, ensured by redundancy and strategies for high availability and reliability.
Sentiment score
7.5
Users generally praise Nintex Process Platform's stability, noting improvements, reliable performance, and minor disruptions, with ratings averaging seven to nine.
If one zone fails, others handle the demand, ensuring high availability.
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Step Functions requires improvements in data limits, pricing, features, integrations, IDE support, and hybrid cloud integration.
Enhancements needed in Nintex for usability, performance, integration, reporting, UI, deployment, AI integration, and support for custom code.
Additionally, the deployment process should be easier.
 

Setup Cost

AWS Step Functions pricing varies based on requests and workflow duration, requiring careful configuration to avoid unpredictable costs.
Nintex Process Platform's subscription pricing is considered high compared to competitors, with significant costs for cloud-based user licensing.
Pricing for Step Functions is very cheap.
The cost is average, provided it is configured correctly.
Nintex Process Platform is expensive.
 

Valuable Features

AWS Step Functions seamlessly integrate AWS tools, enhancing workflow efficiency with scalable task management, visualization, and error handling.
Nintex Process Platform offers scalable, no-code solutions with seamless integration, enhancing data management and workflow automation for enterprises.
AWS Step Functions offers advanced workflows that save time and enhance efficiency by reducing delays and ensuring consistent orchestration among various services.
Step Functions provide seamless integration with AWS services, which enhances the speed of application development.
My team and I created a demo using Nintex, focusing on getting emails, reading, writing, and managing attachments.
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Step Functions
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
12th
Ranking in Workload Automation
15th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nintex Process Platform
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
10th
Ranking in Workload Automation
11th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
Process Automation (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of AWS Step Functions is 2.3%, down from 3.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nintex Process Platform is 2.1%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

Mahender Nirwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Good integration with many AWS services and create a workflow to call one Lambda function after another, and other serverless features
There are two main features I like. You can use the UI or write basic JSON to define the workflow. If you write JSON, it converts it into a visual workflow in the UI. This allows you to visualize what's happening. When you get an error, it's easy to find in any large workflow, and debugging is also pretty easy. I like their UI, to be honest. It has the best profit UI.
Satya Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good integration capabilities and easy to learn and good stability
Nintex is still at the starting point of integrating with AI. It has integrated with a very small piece of artificial intelligence., like only integrated with the Google Cloud. There is a benefit, like a no-code and low-code solution. But, again, if you are a developer, especially if you are a hardcore developer, you are using your code knowledge, its skills, and all. And, suddenly, you are moving into the low-code solution, and then you will feel, like, so many things you can't achieve with the low-code solution. And in that case, you are looking for some custom development. And it's a little bit difficult in the Nintex area. Because they are totally dependent on the low-code solution, and you are looking at where you can implement your custom things. However, you can do that thing, but that will be a difficult task. Also, the outcome, whatever you are trying to get from such kind of custom development, will be a little bit difficult. Let's suppose, like, if you are working with a medium level of data or a small level of data that will be easier to handle with the Nintex. However, the bulk data on a high level of data would be difficult. I have been working with Nintex for the past three years. I've been able to create some really good products in different domains, including banking and insurance. Everything seems achievable, but there are a few things I'm missing. First, debugging can be a bit difficult in Nintex. You can't debug forms and workflows easily. This is something that could be improved in future releases. It requires some R&D. Second, I would like to see more integration with AI. There is some custom integration available through the gateway, but it would be great to have more AI-related features built into the platform.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Step Functions?
The integration capability is easy, whereas building state machines is tricky.
What is your primary use case for Amazon Step Functions?
AWS Step Functions is a useful tool for orchestration, particularly when using various AWS services. It helps create workflows and manage the order between services like Lambda and Glue jobs.
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon Step Functions?
Overall, I rate Step Functions nine out of ten. Such ratings are subjective, and I generally do not rate any service a ten out of ten.
What do you like most about K2?
The latest version of Nintex has many features. We have a clear roadmap and the necessary application to integrate it into our platform.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for K2?
I would rate the pricing for Nintex Process Platform as four out of ten; one is high, and ten is low. It is pretty expensive.
What needs improvement with K2?
There is room for improvement in the user experience in the forms. When we need to develop the forms, we don't have much customization, and I think we need more flexibility there. It's technically ...
 

Also Known As

Amazon Step Functions, Step Functions
K2 blackpearl, K2 Five, Nintex Workflow
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Alpha Apps, The Guardian, SGK, Bigfinite
SEA Corp, Omnicom Group, Verizon, STIHL
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