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FICO Falcon Platform vs Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 12, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

FICO Falcon Platform
Ranking in Fraud Detection and Prevention
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nice Actimize Fraud & Authe...
Ranking in Fraud Detection and Prevention
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Fraud Detection and Prevention category, the mindshare of FICO Falcon Platform is 9.5%, up from 7.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management is 5.6%, down from 5.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Fraud Detection and Prevention
 

Featured Reviews

LA
It can set rules to identify suspicious activity at each point of sale during every transaction
I previously worked at Santander Bank FICO and Oracle. It was only about six months. FICO is working on a local model specifically for Brazil, whereas tools from Oracle and other vendors are only developed for general use. I haven't seen any other vendors who think like that until now. Our solution here in Brazil doesn't work for Europe, Africa, the USA, Canada, or Mexico. It's unique to Brazil and designed based on the transaction patterns of people living here. FICO has all the information on our transactions, and the logs of old transactions are on the central server. It's the same for other banks like Fordesco, Santandar, CitiBank, etc. All these banks send their transactions to the server, and FICO Analytics uses all the information about transactions in Brazil to build a model.
Jahnavi Koppala - PeerSpot reviewer
A good designer for the UI, stable, and scalable
I give the solution a ten out of ten. Unlike other technologies, Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management is partially pre-built, making it easy to understand what needs to be done and how to complete the work. Furthermore, due to the pre-existing code, there is no need to start from scratch, providing a better understanding of the current situation and what needs to be implemented. Our organization moved to Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management because the solution is an upgraded version and also it provides many benefits as we can easily activate rules. Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management is very convenient and it provides easy access to everything. When utilizing the solution for the first time, always start with a lower environment such as a development environment. Only use Dell and SIT, and do not go directly to production. The solution may have an impact on the bank and large transactions.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"FICO is working on a local model specifically for Brazil, whereas tools from Oracle and other vendors are only developed for general use. I haven't seen any other vendors who think like that until now."
"It can make real-time decisions or real-time declines."
"The most valuable feature is automation which makes our transaction capture 40 percent easier."
"The core engine seems to be better than the rest for pattern recognition. It is able to process large amounts of data."
"The alerts are the most valuable feature because we have different alerts. Different data is fed to Actimize. It alerts us if a transaction happened from a certain place."
"The process and technology in the solution are very fast, and it is bug-free."
"Nice's most valuable feature would be its rule engine."
"The solution is easier to set up, configure, and use than other products."
"The tool helped my clients track some fraudulent activities which couldn’t have been possible without the solution. Once the solution is deployed, the system of the client needs to be upgraded and overhauled to reflect the new system. The end users can see the benefits of it. The integration of the solution is increasing the customer base of our clients since more customers from other banks have decided to join the client bank due to the level of security."
"The solution loads big data efficiently and quickly."
 

Cons

"I've had bad experiences with FICO support. At the bank, we've faced critical problems where we only had minutes to find the solution, and it's hard to explain quickly. We contacted FICO, but they told us it was beyond their scope of support. They try to triage the call by asking us how much money we're losing, but I can't go into that."
"When setting up rules or parameters, some coding is required, and the learning curve is quite steep."
"It has become too complex for its own good with a lot of versions. They are trying to do too much. Instead of keeping it sort of traditional and keeping the core search engine as a standalone and having analytical bolt-ons, they have decided to jam it all into the same product, which made the product overly complex and difficult to implement."
"Its user interface could be better."
"I would say — Actimize is not being moved forward by Nice."
"It is complex in terms of daily maintenance. Other detection platforms run on a 15-day or one-month window, whereas this particular platform runs daily. Therefore, it requires daily maintenance. If there is a delay due to this daily maintenance, it creates a snowball effect impacting the subsequent days. It takes a lot of effort to catch up and get into BAU mode. It would be great if they could include certain features to make the daily processing less complex, but I don't see that happening. It is a complex product, and with each version release, it is just becoming more and more complex."
"It would be better if it integrated with other tools. Actimize uses many databases, and everything on Actimize has been deployed to the database. On the customer side, on the front end side, if they focus more on integrating with other applications, it can make the tool better. The reporting feature and dashboards could be better. In the next release, I would like them to incorporate a Tableau-type reporting structure within this tool."
"Could include additional customization"
"The patch section has room for improvement."
"The solution needs to mitigate and provide an update for one listener process that keeps failing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The functionality is fine, but the price is getting more expensive."
"FICO is one of the best fraud detection platforms. However, a small bank might find it too expensive. In that case, I would agree it's probably not worth it. However, it's a no-brainer if your bank has 50 million accounts and 7 million credit card transactions daily."
"It is reasonable for enterprise customers."
"We need a separate license for each of the packages, such as the core package, self-development package, and customization package."
"I don't like the length of our vendor contracts because it kills our flexibility."
"I don't know how licensing is handled in the current organization. I know that Actimize provides an option for yearly licensing because that's what we had in my previous job."
"Nice Actimize Fraud & Authentication Management is an expensive product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
39%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
40%
Computer Software Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about FICO Falcon Platform?
FICO is working on a local model specifically for Brazil, whereas tools from Oracle and other vendors are only developed for general use. I haven't seen any other vendors who think like that until ...
What needs improvement with FICO Falcon Platform?
FICO users are business users, not developers. When setting up rules or parameters, some coding is required, and the learning curve is quite steep. This is a disadvantage of FICO. Additionally, the...
 

Also Known As

Falcon Platform
Actimize, NICE Actimize, Nice Actimize Fraud and Authentication Management)
 

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