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Areas
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K2
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Nintex
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Business
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Good tool for
representing processes visually
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Support for
delivery of data to process approvers and other stakeholders that includes
the information they need to perform their role in the process in a friendly
format. Ability to show them the data they need to make a decision on a
variety of devices, and to record their decisions.
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Good tools for
monitoring and reporting process performance and identify delays.
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Nintex Workflow
is GUI base and easy to use. It is suited for workflows that are not too
complex. It would be great to have more in depth training and the user guide
has room for improvement as well
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Nintex is a
great tool for a logical, tech-minded individual without official development
skills.
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Support
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K2 as has best
support and great community base
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Nintex lags in
support
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Advantages
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User friendly
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Reporting
capability
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Auditing
capability
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Workflow and
business process management
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Line of
Business Data integration
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Good for large
data pulling
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Easy upgrade to
new versions
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Non-technical
users can implement somewhat complex solutions.
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Email
notifications easy.
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Can see
workflow task history visually.
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Administration
for Nintex is easy
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Disadvantages
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We
found SharePoint's built-in process tools clumsy, hard to re-use, and
not very powerful or flexible.
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Getting setup
to where you're actually start using the product can be quiet complex and the
instructions are not quite clear
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Error messages
are completely vague, making it extremely difficult to debug.
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Failures occur
for random reasons.
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Error
notifications get sent out too frequently which confuse users.
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Have
performance issue when pulling larger lists
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Support
nightmare for failed workflows.
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Cost
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K2 blackpearl
(enterprise) has a fixed cost for unlimited users and servers
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Nintex has a
price per web front-end. This is key consideration when farming out
multiple SharePoint front-ends.
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Integration
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K2 blackpearl
provides exclusive activity/event library addressing common systems and
scenarios ( AD integration for user management, Exchange integration, SAP,
Salesforce,SharePoint integration for actions such as document management,
user management, CRM). It also provides excellent framework to connect to LOB
systems using Smart Objects. This helps developer’s focus on core process
logic than interface details.
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Nintex also
is very tightly integrated with SharePoint and lacks integration ability to
external LOB in the enterprise.
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It also
connects to databases and CRM systems, or integrating your SharePoint content
with social media platforms
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Conclusion
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K2 is for
medium to large budget, scaling to enterprise in IT pro-environment
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Nintex is best
suited for small business solutions which deals with lesser data and business
can easily create workflows without any developer
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