BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench vs Bonita comparison

The compared BMC and Bonitasoft solutions aren't in the same category. BMC is ranked #1 in MAD , and holds a 27.9% mindshare in the category. Bonitasoft is ranked #13 in BPM , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 71% of BMC users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Bonitasoft users who would recommend it.

BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench

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71% willing to recommend

Bonita

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96% willing to recommend

BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench

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Categories and Ranking

BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench

Average Rating

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mainframe Application Development (1st)

Bonita

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (11th), Business Process Management (BPM) (13th), Process Automation (12th)

Mindshare comparison

BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench and Bonita aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench is designed for Mainframe Application Development and holds a mindshare of 27.9%, up 26.4% compared to last year.
Bonita, on the other hand, focuses on Business Process Management (BPM), holds 3.7% mindshare, up 2.9% since last year.

Mainframe Application Development

Business Process Management (BPM)

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Jill Wilkey

Technical Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Replacing ISPF tasks with Topaz Workbench

At this time I do not know of additional improvements from my perspective. Over the last year, Compuware has made major improvements to the JES Explorer, which used to be the biggest negative. There are some tools in ISPF that are not available outside of ISPF right now, things the programmers may need to look at. They still have to go to the green screen for a few things. Since we have the free version of Topaz, we do not have access to the new 3270 emulator that can handle this situation in Eclipse. We have noticed that Topaz supported Eclipse environments are rather old. It would be nice if Topaz were compatible with the more current Eclipse releases. The current version of Eclipse supported by Topaz is Photon.

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Paparao Nadipineni

Architect at Evoke

A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations

The initial setup is straightforward and can be completed with the environment within an hour. First, take the latest from the git repository and check the git code to the monitor studio and a bar file, a deployable Bonita archive file. Then, take that process to the Bonita server, running at runtime on another server. Finally, deploy and enable it by selecting the proper organization.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a modernized development portal and helps reduce the learning curve for younger people coming in to work on the platform,"

"It helps our staff work by speeding up their documentation process."

"The smart editor helps because it will code-complete for me. I can see code working a lot faster and I'm able to get things coded in less time."

"We can develop in parallel today on ISPF, but it's giving us the advantage of the newer interface into the mainframe programming languages that younger programmers can use and are familiar with, rather than using the ISPF green screen."

"The most valuable feature of Topaz is Xpediter. It's more flexible than Xpediter through MVS."

"Once we got the configurations and deployment rolled out, it was very stable. I haven't had any major issues with Eclipse or the Topaz Workbench plugins."

"From a user perspective, the GUIs make it easier for people to see and interact with files on the mainframe."

"The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried."

"Flexible and drag-and-drop type of UI is very valuable. The integrations are also very good. You can build workflows very quickly, which is my favorite activity. By using the GUI, you can build the entire mechanism, notifications, and all this kind of stuff."

"The solution is stable. Even the older versions are stable."

"We use the tool to validate and give access to the users. It is for access management."

"Bonita is user-friendly."

"I really enjoy using the workflow management."

"Development of forms and flows."

"Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness."

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Cons

"The ability to edit source code that has special characters is limited. The ability to incorporate or convert REXX into macros that are usable under the Topaz software is not there. And the REXX macros that I have developed over 40 years of work are useless, so I have a toolbox I can't use or deploy using the Topaz technology, while I can use it under MVS."

"I'm always looking for improvement in things like the documentation, to make things a little bit easier and simpler to understand, a place where people can go to troubleshoot issues."

"The area for improvement is related to the testing tools that are available for unit testing or acceptance testing. I know they have some out there that we are not licensed for at this time, but it seems like some of the Eclipse tools that are used for other programming languages, they're all just built-in and they're a little more intuitive to the developers. Making those testing tools as intuitive as possible, and as integrated as possible into the workbench, would be really beneficial."

"It's not as intuitive as it should be. In terms of navigation, there is a large training curve for using it. For a millennial it might be better, if they're used to Eclipse. But coming from a non-Eclipse environment and using Eclipse, though I have experience with Eclipse, it might be cumbersome."

"I'm waiting to see what 19.2 for Topaz looks like, but I have a problem with the JES Explorer right now. It limits you to a certain prefix for job names and there are some groups that have multiple prefixes that they'd like to see all at once in their job names, because of how they work in a group. And they can't see that in the JES Explorer."

"It would be good if the vendors would work together or at least have some collaboration between them, so they would know what would work and what wouldn't work. Right now, the way things are working, they're relying on the customer to make everything work."

"It would be nice to have an audit trail to see what mainframe developers are using what."

"It often doesn't play well with other plugins in the environment."

"There is a need for more components in the library and additional customization options for these components."

"There is a considerable learning curve."

"Bonita can improve by offering more flexibility. The developer does not receive the code of the application to modify it. Most of the other solutions I have used allow the developers to change or improve the code that is generated."

"The community edition has limited module functionality. If they could release some of the functionality that's available in the enterprise edition that would be helpful to those learning to use the solution."

"The interface is advanced and quite good, but it could improve."

"We are struggling a bit with integrations."

"The dashboard has limited features."

"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has saved our developers time and effort when working on documentation, which is now more readable and fluent."

"The only thing I would mention related to the licensing and/or the pricing, is that they have some visualization features in there that are licensed by concurrent users. We're starting to trip up on that. We're looking to probably increase the number of concurrent licenses that we have. But those types of licensing strategies, where they license by concurrent users or the number of seats is confusing for some people. They don't understand why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times."

"In terms of pricing, there isn't an extra charge for the parts of it we use. It comes with the licenses we purchased for other products, so no complaints there. The licensing is built in with the other products that you purchase from Compuware."

"In general, Compuware tools are very competitive."

"You pay an annual fee and can have an unlimited number of processes and users."

"I am using the free version of Bonita."

"Licensing cost for the Enterprise edition comes out to be around 40,000 a year. There is also a Community edition, which is free. Some customers can go for the Community edition, but some of them require the Enterprise edition. Big companies go for the Enterprise edition, which comes with a lot of additional features such as a mobile app."

"The product's pricing is acceptable. Pricing is yearly."

"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."

"The product is not cheaper, not costlier; it is reasonable. Bonita’s license is very flexible, with options to meet the needs of different customers and clients. Previously, it was less flexible, but now, many different licensing options are available."

"I believe this is a very good financial choice."

"Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

32%

Insurance Company

18%

Computer Software Company

10%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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The user interface is easy to use.

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The Enterprise edition is very expensive.

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Overview

Topaz Workbench provides an intuitive interface that enables developers of all experience levels to initiate Compuware’s industry-leading developer tools, Abend-AID, File-AID, Hiperstation, Xpediter and Strobe, as well as non-Compuware products and distributed solutions in the same environment.

Through Topaz Workbench, mainframe teams can:

Access Compuware development tools, providing the ability to visualize complex application logic and data relationships, make changes to code, test and debug, and performance tune
Leverage existing Eclipse frameworks and integrations with popular open-system tools
Manage source code and promote artifacts through the development lifecycle via integration with ISPW
Leverage a multi-language, multi-platform source code editor
Use JES functions like job submission, review, print and purge
Use Host Explorer for z/OS navigation, including dataset management (i.e., allocation, recall, deletion); build mainframe projects to isolate and quickly access files associated with a unit of work
Copy files from one LPAR to another with a simple drag and drop or right click; data is compressed and the processing is zIIP enabled for optimal performance
Leverage integrations with other industry-leading tools

BMC

Bonitasoft helps innovative companies worldwide deliver better digital user experiences for customers and employees. The extensible and open Bonita application platform unleashes the full potential of multidisciplinary development teams to create Living Apps: applications that allow continuous and incremental improvement, connecting tailored user interfaces with reliable back-office operations.

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Erste Group

With more than 1000 customers in 75 countries, and its ecosystem of more than 120,000 members, Bonitasoft is the largest provider of open-source Business Process Management, Low-code and Digital Transformation software worldwide.

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