TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

IBM Business Automation Workflow vs. SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Business Automation Workflow

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Business Automation Workflow is a solution that helps users automate digital workflows to increase productivity, efficiency and insights — on premises or on cloud.N/A

    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Signavio portfolio offers an integrated platform that helps usersto realign the organization and bring changes, with a suite of products that support business processes. The SAP Signavio portfolio offers a range of business transformation solutions to serve the emerging practice of customer excellence (CEX). SAP Signavio solutions bring together a full 360-degree view of outside-in and inside-out thinking, translating experiences into operational reality by putting the customer at the…N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    61 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    45 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    60 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    Features
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Business Automation Workflow and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.6
    43 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Dashboards10.04 Ratings7.743 Ratings
    Standard reports10.04 Ratings8.241 Ratings
    Custom reports10.04 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of IBM Business Automation Workflow and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    8.0
    54 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Process designer10.04 Ratings8.852 Ratings
    Process simulation10.03 Ratings9.048 Ratings
    Business rules engine10.04 Ratings7.122 Ratings
    SOA support10.04 Ratings8.432 Ratings
    Process player10.03 Ratings7.436 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages10.04 Ratings8.839 Ratings
    Form builder10.04 Ratings8.032 Ratings
    Model execution10.04 Ratings6.429 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of IBM Business Automation Workflow and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    17% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    8.1
    46 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Social collaboration tools10.03 Ratings8.146 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of IBM Business Automation Workflow and SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Feature
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.2
    39 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Content management10.04 Ratings7.239 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Small Businesses
    IBM Blueworks Live
    Score8.9 out of 10
    IBM Blueworks Live
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score7 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Blueworks Live
    Score8.9 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score9.7 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.6
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (18 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (24 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Business Automation WorkflowSAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Have your process first on paper Its important to first document the process before venturing into BPMS. It will save a lot of pain and heartaches. A BPM tool is no magic bullet, it merely automates your process. Its upto you to put visibility and tracking on top of it. Provide monitoring so that you get a chance to improve your process continously. BPM is not an application If you are trying to build an application with BPM, chances are that your are alraedy failing. BPM must be a strategic initiative for an organization. Yes, you build Dashboards, Reports and other software in BPMS, however you do it at a process level not at an application level. http://bpmstech.blogspot.com/2011/05/bpm-initiative.html Know the difference between process data and business data http://bpmstech.blogspot.com/2011/05/lombardi-best-practices.html http://bpmstech.blogspot.com/2012/02/bpm-system-architecture.html
    Read full review
    SAP
    Pros: 1. It reduces technical debt and accelerates a smooth transition, while harmonizing across data migration regions which replaces the legacy customization that are not for S4/HANA. 2. It cuts operational cost by 30% - 40% and improves SLA adherence, while process intelligence identifies duplicate or redundant approval steps when we know SAP ecosystems ties all modules together for better data insights. Cons: 1. Complicated and costly for small businesses. 2. Mature process required for better data feeding and data insights. 3. If non-SAP system data feed might cause misleading and incomplete data insights
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    IBM
    • System does a great job normalizing business process and automating order processing tasks. Before TeamWorks, the process was much more manual and more expensive staff ($65k to $70K) were required to manage the process. Since implementing TeamWorks, we need much lower-skilled workers to manage order processing.
    • System ensures that we have consistent data across all systems.
    • Rules engine is really the “company playbook” – it is the heart and soul of how the company works. It handles thousands of orders per day
    Read full review
    SAP
    • Location agnostic (or home office agnostic) collaboration in virtual workshops
    • Internally within the team or with clients, I can prepare, gather materials, and lead during a workshop or meeting with SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and feel incredibly positioned as the facilitator. Whether in real time or in an asynchronous manner.
    • The combination of highly adaptable and visual work with collaborative tools like forms, comments, timers, and point voting transforms it into a tool I use frequently.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    IBM
    • The system gets crashed when many instances go into the queue stage. The system even crashes and sometimes restarts automatically when the load on the server increases. We had to develop a separate software for this and maintain the same.
    • We cannot manipulate the data during run time. It is difficult to develop user-interfaces with complex functionality.
    • In order to consume external services that follow HTTP protocol, we need to use IDE for that, and consuming services from IDE takes a lot of time to give a response.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    SAP
    • For businesses looking to improve their current business processes, I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is incredibly well-suited.
    • In my opinion, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite excels in sectors with strict regulatory requirements.
    • I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is the best option when teams from several departments must work together on process design or improvement initiatives because of its real-time collaboration capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    This particular decision will be made by other people. Overall IBM BPM is the best BPM engine that I have worked with. It is implemented at our company and IT and business are already somewhat familiar with it. Therefore if asked I will recommend renewal as long as the price is reasonable.
    Read full review
    SAP
    Straight forward and smooth approach!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    IBM
    • The system is easy enough to use but, by definition, is a complex tool. However, they have done a good job generally balancing tool complexity / capability with usability. When comparing to MS Biz Talk, for example, Biz Talk has less functionality but is actually harder to use.
    • Software is very flexible. For somebody with the right technical background, it’s quite easy to write some Java code to overcome any hurdles or make the product do what is needed
    Read full review
    SAP
    It's very simple and easy to use
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Always available
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Performance
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Its quick enough
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    IBM
    Issues can be raised through tickets and it works based on the priority of the issue. The Support Team response is also good and the solution is provided in a short span of time. In a case where the issue is serious, they try to find out the root cause and provide an alternative for it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    SAP
    Whenever we needed assistance, the support team was prompt and knowledgeable, providing clear and effective solutions to our issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    IBM
    • Attended on premise sysadmin training for 4 days, 8 hours per day. Although further follow-up training was available, I never felt the need to go back. Training was very hands-on with real modeling (rather than just following a manual). Very effective.
    Read full review
    SAP
    Real useful trainings and hand ons
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Online Training
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Very complete and useful for day to day operations
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    • Very satisfied – not too difficult at all.
    • We had a consultant available as part of our contract, but we didn’t really need to use (except for some advice on ActiveDirectory and single sign-on)
    Read full review
    SAP
    Training is taking way longer than expected. We have had more than 50 hours of training and still do not feel proficient enough to do anything meaningful with Process Intelligence. The Process Insights are pretty intuitive but does take a willingness to dig in and explore, but in general good right out of the box.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Pega Pega is a comprehensive suite which offers a unique theme of BPM development in the market. A no-coding approach based on rules with inheritance makes Pega a very powerful product. However Pega, falls short on integration centric capabilities and very rigid to customize. On the other hand IBM comes with array of products which suits needs of varying degree. Advanced integration is solved by BPEL Process Server which has support for state based patterns and mediation. Dynamic rules and event management can be solved with WODM, Cloud to on-premise connectivity with Cast Iron, Enterprise gateway and security usecases with DataPower, Social BPM with IBM BPM , WODM, mobify with Worklight. Pega has a little bit of eveything here and there. It solves the dynamic rule management, brings out the flavor of Social BPM and mobility with Antenna ( I guess) and predictive analytics as well in one single suite. There are certain usecases which needs to have a little bit of everything, however this little bits and pieces of functionality when its blows, Pega would have problems to scale. With IBM its a bit nightmare to maintain a variety of technologies, however you can wish to go for one without the other and go for something only when you truly need it. Pega vs IBM Its difficult to pick a winner. In nutshell when you want a full scale BPM with rich integration capabilities go for IBM BPM. On the other hand if you hava mature integration capability already, Pega can yield quick results for you as well. Pega's strength is its methodology. IBM BPM's strength is integration. Actually you can't go wrong with both in terms of implementation. My strong recommendation is to invest time to process analysis and pick a good vendor to support consulting and implementation.
    Read full review
    SAP
    We were able to end the use of archive versions thanks to SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, and everyone has access to the most recent archive. Mac and Windows users can collaborate on a single document. A design tool that spans the concept phase, design phase, and delivery to engineering
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    Not really, its easy to comprehend
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    IBM
    It scales from small team interactions to business processes serving thousands of employees, as well as straight-through-processing needs that go well beyond. Of course, scale is always in the eye of the beholder, but IBM BPM does a good job of giving you all of the hooks, APIs, and data that you need to take on whatever scaling approaches you need to meet the load
    Read full review
    SAP
    Definitely a 10!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It has added value to the upper management to give visibility into what is happening at any time in the enterprise.
    • Boosted employee morale because it gives them all the information to work the case/task in a single location.
    • Identifies bottlenecks and improves the turnover.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    SAP
    • With the help of Signavio, we are now much more operationally efficient, which saves money and makes better use of our resources.
    • The software's emphasis on collaboration has encouraged innovation within our teams, resulting in original solutions and better project outputs.
    • Compliance is crucial for our sector. We have lowered the danger of regulatory problems by maintaining stringent compliance standards with the aid of Signavio.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of SAP Signavio Process InsightsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - InvestigationScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - DashboardsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Journey Modeler - Journey Complexity ScoreScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Explorer - Best practice and process knowledgeScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Manager - Live Insights