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Pega BPM vs Temporal comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Pega BPM
Ranking in Process Automation
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
61
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Rapid Application Development Software (9th), Low-Code Development Platforms (8th)
Temporal
Ranking in Process Automation
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

FS
Jan 23, 2023
Advanced with good case management and the ability to configure as necessary
The solution offers business process modeling when it comes to processing your models or maybe your workflows.  Every company will have a process where it goes from case initiation to different stages based on the business need or business requirement. Pega helps get processes routed to different…
Kannan Mohan - PeerSpot reviewer
May 21, 2024
We can track workflows' progress, identify failures, and retry actions as needed
If someone asked me whether they should use Temporal for the first time, I'd say it depends on their customer base. If they have few customers, RabbitMQ might be a better choice. However, if they have many customers or an event-driven system, Temporal would be easier to manage and track. For a beginner joining our team, learning Temporal might initially have a moderatelearning curve, but once you get the hang of it, it becomes pretty easy to understand. I would rate Temporal nine out of ten because it's the best workflow manager I've used.The one-point deduction is mainly for potential improvements and the latency issue that can sometimes occur.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Powerful, full-featured business process management with excellent support"
"Pega BPM's most valuable feature is the use of CDX to solve problems."
"The workflow designing and integration are the most valuable features. Also, the UI design was pretty easy."
"The most valuable feature of Pega BPM is its architecture."
"It's a good tool for workflow automation."
"The solution offers excellent workflows."
"The most valuable feature is the situational layer cake."
"The most notable feature is the dynamic workflow changes, allowing adjustments without completing the entire cycle. Transitioning from test to build to production was seamless and on the fly, which is something truly remarkable about Pega. Additionally, the workflow creation doesn't require users with extensive technical skills, thanks to its low-code platform, making it accessible and efficient."
"It is very useful for long-running workflows."
"The solution's most valuable features include its ability to simplify the management of complex workflows, improve system resilience and fault tolerance, and reduce the need for extensive boilerplate code."
"Temporal focus on developers rather than business users."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Temporal provides visibility into workflow progress and analytics and supports scheduled tasks with customizable settings, making it very convenient."
"The most valuable thing about Temporal is that we can create multiple and child workflows. We can segregate work as we want, which is good for work organization. It's also easy to maintain. We're trying to generate and fill PDF forms with custom data, including digital signatures. We call AWS and do all activities through Temporal, like calling and saving data in buckets. We do this because we have a lot of load, with multiple users requesting data. We have two types of users: admin and customer. The admin creates forms, and employees or customers fill them out. When admin gets a form, it's stored in Temporal."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to fix things quickly."
"When some jobs take a lot of time and fail midway, the solution’s retry feature automatically causes them to retry."
 

Cons

"Lack of stronger cloud support is somewhat inconvenient for users and implementation."
"Pega Cloud early adoption and use for cross enterprise capability was new to many. The early adoption meant version 2.0 of their cloud service may require refactoring and redesign of some services."
"There is a scarcity of resources who have worked with this solution before."
"It is not fully compatible with all versions of Internet Explorer, so sometimes, it does not work."
"Currently, there isn't any feature I want to be added in the next release of Pega BPM because Pega always adds new features that my team welcomes and looks forward to learning. One area for improvement in the solution is the long learning curve, but after that, you'll find Pega BPM easy to use."
"The solution could be more scalable."
"It is scalable, but it also interacts with a lot of other systems. I think they thought that the interface to other systems, legacy systems, was its strength, but when problems do occur, quickly diagnosing those problems has been a challenge."
"The biggest thing I have seen is when going from one version to another and upgrading to the latest version, it takes a pretty long time for an organization to go through an upgrade process. I think that's an area where they can make it a little smoother."
"Configuring workflows can be improved —the solution could offer more options, but it's not a must-have."
"While the tool can be a bit daunting initially, especially if you're not used to async programming models, it's generally a pleasure. There's always room for improvement, though. I've noticed some limitations with the .NET SDK regarding dynamic workflows, but this might have been improved in recent versions. Overall, I think Temporal could be more open about implementing features in a more—.NET-friendly way, especially in how you add workers and clients."
"Temporal doesn't have built-in data storage to store the state of the ongoing execution."
"There are areas where Temporal could improve. For instance, calling multiple microservices with Temporal introduces latency due to workflow registration and analytics overhead."
"Temporal lacks many resources, like YouTube videos, which users can use to learn or refer to if they get stuck with the solution."
"Temporal's debugging is a bit complex."
"One area for the product improvement is the learning curve."
"We previously faced issues with the solution's patch system."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing model for Pega BPM needs to be improved."
"The licensing model from Pega BPM is too complex and is more expensive than other solutions, such as SAP. The overall price of the solution depends on the use case."
"I rate Pega BPM a seven out of ten."
"Licensing varies across geographical regions for us."
"Users have to pay a yearly license cost for Pega BPM, which is expensive."
"The costing model for Pega BPM is different. One is a license that you can pay yearly. Another licensing model for Pega BPM is based on the number of cases you create in production in a year. Costing based on use cases is also available for Pega BPM. I don't have information on its exact pricing or costs, though."
"They have both on-premise and cloud licensing. If you are a small to medium company, go for the cloud option because that eliminates a lot of the setting up of your DevTest and performance environments, multiple environments, because you can buy that from Pega with the cloud option. So your setup time really goes down. If you're a large company, then you're better off putting it within your company. You have other skill resources within your company to create environments."
"The solution could be less expensive according to my customers. However, I think the price of the solution is fair."
"The tool is open source under the MIT license, so there are no hidden fees. You can freely use everything on their GitHub and Docker images."
"Temporal is a free, open-source tool."
"It is worth the price."
"Temporal is open-source and free to use, which is great. We didn't have to pay for any premium features."
"The savings weren't as big as we initially expected, but they were pretty great from a developer's perspective."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
27%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
30%
Computer Software Company
22%
Retailer
9%
Logistics Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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...
What needs improvement with Temporal?
Developers often mention the desire for a more intuitive visualization of workflow states. While Temporal has matured significantly, its current workflow state visualization can be challenging to i...
What is your primary use case for Temporal?
I'm part of MoCS's platform engineering team. We initially searched for a workflow orchestration engine and discovered Temporal, which met all our development needs. We implemented Temporal in-hous...
 

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Also Known As

Pegasystems, SmartBPM
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Sample Customers

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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