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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bonita Platform

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ABonita is an open-source business process and workflow management platform created by the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science. It is available as a free community edition or as a commercial subscription product.N/A

    Alfresco

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Alfresco platform, from Hyland, delivers comprehensive cloud-native content services. It is used to intelligently activate processes and content to accelerate the flow of business.N/A
    Pricing
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Considered Both Products
    Bonitasoft
    Chose Bonita Platform
    One of the best support for BPMN Ability to extend platforms with reusable components to offer common functionality/connectivity Based on Java, used throughout our company
    Incentivized
    Chose Bonita Platform
    Bonita has a community version, open-source, so it´s easy to test the benefits of process automation for any enterprise. Bonita Platform is also very near to Java architecture, so the learning curve for developers is not difficult, and they only need to understand how processes …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bonita Platform
    The Bonita platform is by far the most complete and flexible solution as a BPM suite with the added advantage that the Community edition is usable for production deployment. From a cost perspective, Bonitasoft licenses the subscription edition per server with no limitations as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bonita Platform
    Bonita BPM has much more connectors than SAP NetWeaver BPM. It's easier and cheaper to develop processes with Bonita and also the consultants are less expensive on that technology.
    Incentivized
    Hyland
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Bonita Platform and Alfresco
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    6.4
    43 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Alfresco
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards6.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports5.540 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.740 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Bonita Platform and Alfresco
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    7.7
    53 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Alfresco
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer9.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine8.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support6.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages9.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder8.148 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Bonita Platform and Alfresco
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    5.9
    24 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Alfresco
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools5.924 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Bonita Platform and Alfresco
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    6.8
    34 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Alfresco
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of Bonita Platform and Alfresco
    Feature
    Bonita Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Alfresco
    8.0
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings3.14 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings3.03 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
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    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score7 out of 10
    Epicor ECM
    Score5.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score9.7 out of 10
    OpenText Content Suite Platform
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (53 ratings)
    7.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (25 ratings)
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.6
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bonita PlatformAlfresco
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bonitasoft
    Well suited for low code/no code applications centered around approval flows. It has built-in task management for users to see their pending actions, comments, statuses, etc. It has a very nice design for process flows. Less appropriate may be for generic type applications with complex screens and logic within those screens that need a lot of data to process.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    Easy integration with the external APIs Workflows can be invoked via REST call Wonderful swagger documentation for process REST APIs REST, MULE, CAMEL, Google Drive, and Box features are available with Alfresco Process Services The micro-service version deployment should be well documented and needs improvement
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Bonitasoft
    • Bonita seems particularly suited for processes requiring a great deal of human interaction. Its user model allows you to control access to business processes in a fine-grained way. This allows for business processes to move smoothly between users and services as the process advances.
    • The definition and usage of custom forms from the latest version of Bonita seems particularly powerful. It allows for a thorough customization of the look-and-feel and does not require complex developments.
    • The web interface and administration section have greatly improved in the latest versions. Installation and configuration of processes has become more flexible and more structured. The administration section gives a good view on failed processes, allowing to analyse problems in an efficient way.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    • Basic workflows are easy enough for casual users to set up and utilize.
    • Cloud sync capability provides a great way to share documents with third parties and to use as a backup system for critical documents.
    • Alfresco mobile app makes it easy for those on the road to access, approve and share documents.
    • Folder rules are easy to set up and make assignment of metadata easier to automate.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Bonitasoft
    • There is a learning curve beyond the boot camps that needs to be addressed with more structured curriculum.
    • The full stack technologies are industry standard, but these [are] challenging to learn and could use a learning path and orientation. There's probably opportunity for third-parties here to help with learning and adoption.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    • Alfresco Process Services and Alfresco Application Development Framework integration makes for best functionality/application of ECM.
    • Use case alignment - Marketing content and documentation of specific business requirements and user stories being available as reference material/documentation.
    • Integration with multiple silos for content.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bonitasoft
    We just renewed our license
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    As per the current market and the line of products that are available for content and document management system, Alfresco is a very good option compared to other systems in terms of features and cost. Plus the community support is great. Also since the product is open source, it can be extended or understood in a better way.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Bonitasoft
    Bonita Platform has allowed us to develop GUI relatively fast using its UI Designer while being able to seamlessly integrate our business logic in Java in a BPMN2 process diagram. It gives a nice productivity boost but still requires programming know-how to be able to deliver the final solution to your business problems.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    The UI is very intuitive, most of our users figure out how to use the platform by themselves, so there's not much training needed.
    You can upload files by using the web drag and drop, WebDAV, FTP, and more.
    Most of the platform already works as-is so you can just deploy it using Docker and it's mostly ready to go.
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    Performance
    Bonitasoft
    Engine itself is efficient enough for most cases I dealt with. It can also be extended by clustering. I have done performance tests with JMeter and only managed to induce the crash of... JMeter. If there are efficiency issues they usually concern bad design/implementation of created apps or bottlenecks in integrated systems. Although I have met two cases with efficiency loss.
    1. Java 7 related PermGen saturation caused by big number of installed apps (there is no jar dependency reusal between apps option).
    2. Big number of waiting event handlers in processes stresses the database.
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    Hyland
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Bonitasoft
    It was sometimes difficult to get support on Bonita API.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    I am not big fan of Alfresco Content Services' support; it works on its own speed and sometimes it becomes challenging to achieve business needs. However, I appreciate regular delivery of security patches and updates
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    Implementation Rating
    Bonitasoft
    Nothing in particular
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    Process was relatively smooth and overall, downtime minimal. MSI was very responsive to our needs and made the transition easier than it otherwise might have been.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bonitasoft
    RHPAM is maybe a very good BPM process engine but is very limited to build a complete application.
    We also try site soft W4 which needs more developments to build an application. We finally choose Bonita which is easier to get ready with.
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    Hyland
    All software has some pros and some cons. Alfresco has some good pluses, and suits our environment very well. It fit perfectly in the place that we are working on. That is why we decided to go with this software. Overall, the kind of content management that needs to be done in an organization is what would determine which software to use.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Bonitasoft
    Respect of BPMN standard over the long term. Good enhancements by Bonitasoft for new use cases, for example the introduction of a real form editor even if it has been technically difficult to manage. Once done though, we have far greater possibility of human interaction.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Bonitasoft
    • Case management provided as better tracking which help us to meet SLAs.
    • Auto email notification helps to address "Where are my request" answers which eventually increased our customer delight index.
    • By using the third-party integration, we are able to provide visibility w.r.t end to end request status.
    Incentivized
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    Hyland
    • Instant document lookup - No paper files to mail which saves in all areas of postage, truck delivery, physical storage warehouse space, printing, etc
    • No longer losing important documents - Previously with paper files things would go missing and those could be costly reports/assessments.
    • Ability to secure documents and provide access to only those who should be allowed to see that content
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Bonita Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of process designed in Bonita BPM StudioScreenshot of Bonita BPM project overviewScreenshot of Fully customized end user interfaceScreenshot of Bonita BPM Admin AppScreenshot of Bonita Process Insights

    Alfresco Screenshots

    Screenshot of Alfresco Control CenterScreenshot of Alfresco