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FICO Blaze Advisor vs Pega Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 6, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

FICO Blaze Advisor
Ranking in Business Rules Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Pega Platform
Ranking in Business Rules Management
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
82
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (3rd), Process Automation (2nd), Rapid Application Development Software (5th), Low-Code Development Platforms (7th)
 

Featured Reviews

PIOTR SHUBIANOK - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution is stable and has the ability to extend the built-in logic, but is difficult to deploy
FICO needs to provide a better user experience and user interface. Unfortunately, our clients are not able to add customization by themselves. So this limits their ability to use the solution. FICO Blaze is a complex technology, so it's more about engineering work. This means that we need to hire developers who will learn FICO Blaze as technology and use it. Without development knowledge, it is impossible to use the solution. Our clients do not always have a budget to hire huge salaried engineers, and they want to be able to tune small changes by themselves, but unfortunately, they can't because again, Blaze is really a complex technology. Currently, the solution's interface allows for really simple changes to be made by our clients. I would like to have an easier user-friendly interface to allow for more changes to be made by the client without the need for an engineer. This is not true for all companies. We are talking about some real strategies when we have a lot of decision tables, rules, and decision graphs. Because it's really hard for our business users/customers to make low-level customizations by themselves. The main reason why we switched to other solutions is that we don't see the possibility with FICO Blaze Advisor and vector of FICA company that they think to improve this because they created the decision model. This is an extension of FICO Blaze with some new modern UI items, but it's still not working 100 percent. Unfortunately, we see that it's a huge gap nowadays with this old technology that's why we continue to search for new software which we'll use.
Balaji  Choda - PeerSpot reviewer
Cost-effective wwith good automation and enhanced UI flexibility
Initially, the Pega Platform was used as a BPM tool. Now, it is not limited to BPM. We can use it for CPM, GRM, and various other functions. We also utilize robotic automation, including desktop automation and process automation The Pega Platform helps in integrating a lot of manual data and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The feature that I have found most valuable is the algorithm they use in the retail version. The execution there is very optimized - so even though we have a huge service with huge counter rules, we still get the results in milliseconds. That is something amazing I found about this tool."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is that it has a fast engine for decisioning."
"FICO Blaze Advisor's most valuable features are the analytics, the code change is not required, and even a business analyst can do that change in the rules when we set it up."
"The solution is customizable, so you can create your own data items and variables to suit your needs."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature is the IDE."
"The rules management application is the best feature because BAs or even, perhaps, a businessperson, can directly create rules, change rules, and deploy them to production directly."
"There are a lot of frameworks in the product. I use Pega PRPC the most."
"The latest releases of PegaRULES are scalable, advanced, and can be easily integrated into your environment."
"Pega is the leader in business process management solutions"
"There is a feature to accelerate the development so that business analysts can directly create their user stories and assign the task to the developers."
"Whenever a customer needs to do something, the way Pega designs the whole thing into an easy number of steps makes the flow from the actual intent to the actual final results pretty fast."
"Fast prototyping."
"The solution offers excellent workflows."
"The case management is great."
 

Cons

"FICO needs to provide a better user experience and user interface."
"FICO Blaze Advisor is still missing things for maintaining the version of something. For example, we have gates for programming, for storing, or scripts. In there, one developer can prepare a file or a piece of code or something, and another developer can work on the same code or on the same text file or something, and you can manage it. This is missing in FICO Blaze Advisor."
"The developer's tools on their optimized version should be a little bit more user friendly. Additionally, it really doesn't pick up the actual exception or error of what the developers are getting."
"The initial setup of FICO Blaze Advisor was somewhat complex. The implementation took approximately three to four months. However, I left halfway through the process, I am not sure of the exact timeframe."
"More online support such as a knowledge base should be available."
"I would like to see more help on the internet and more training over the internet. They only have a few blogs there, so that should be increased."
"Lacks notifications when code changes have been made."
"Compared to other BPM products, the interface is somewhat complex, so the usability could be improved."
"PegaRULES need to improve its JVM. It needs to enhance the operation speed and memory size."
"The solution would benefit from more integration capabilities."
"The cost of licensing could be improved."
"What should be included is some UI features and maybe some integrations. This includes documentation on how the UI works."
"An area for improvement in Pega BPM is security. It's secure, but it still has a lot of vulnerabilities. Pega BPM is robust, but it still needs some improvement performance-wise."
"This is an expensive solution."
"Pega's technical support could be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There was an annual license required to use FICO Blaze Advisor. There were not any additional features."
"The biggest disadvantage of Blaze Advisor is the initial cost... The price could be reduced to increase profit margins and the number of clients."
"As a starting price, it is around $40,000 for a perpetual license."
"The price of Pega BPM falls on the higher side of the spectrum if I were to compare it with other solutions in the market."
"It is cost-effective for medium enterprises. It is cheaper than ServiceNow."
"Pricing is good."
"The pricing is pretty good, compared to other similar products."
"Pega is expensive."
"The product pricing is considered reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
"In terms of the price, if I were to compare Pega to other tools, it would be more expensive, but it would also provide you with the same features."
"The price is a bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
12%
Insurance Company
12%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FICO Blaze Advisor?
FICO Blaze Advisor has two licensing models in addition to a free trial. One model is yearly maintenance, with regular costs and yearly payments. The other is related to payments for Blaze Advisor ...
What needs improvement with FICO Blaze Advisor?
FICO needs to provide a better user experience and user interface. Unfortunately, our clients are not able to add customization by themselves. So this limits their ability to use the solution. FICO...
Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?
You do need some preparation to be able to use all functions of Pega BPM. However, all users of this platform are in luck as it comes with good documentation and you can learn pretty much everythin...
Have you encountered any issues while using Pega BPM and were you assisted by the company?
My company has been using this tool for years and the only issue we have had, if you can call it that, was while setting it up. When we were setting it up initially, we had some drawbacks and could...
When you consider the features and benefits of Pega BPM, would you say this product is fairly priced?
Pega BPM can be considered overpriced for some; it all depends on the size of your company and the requirements of your customers. Sure, there are products out there that do the things that Pega B...
 

Also Known As

Blaze Advisor
Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES
 

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Sample Customers

Aviva, Absa, Nationwide Building Society
The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
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