Drools comparisons
Drools is compared head-to-head with ACTICO Decision Management Platform, IBM Operational Decision Manager and InRule Decisioning and more: 7 head-to-heads in Business Rules Management Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Drools head-to-head
- Drools vs ACTICO Decision Management Platform
- Drools vs IBM Operational Decision Manager
- Drools vs InRule Decisioning
- Drools vs FlexRule Open
- Drools vs Progress Corticon
- Drools vs DecisionRules
- Drools vs GoRules BRMS
Drools vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Decision tables | Visual rule authoring | Rule testing tools | DMN support | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Drools | Free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | |
| 1 | ACTICO Decision Management Platform | No | €4,500/yr | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.4 |
| 2 | IBM Operational Decision Manager | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.2 | ||
| 3 | InRule Decisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | ||
| 4 | FlexRule Open | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | ||
| 5 | Progress Corticon | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | DecisionRules | Yes | €291/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | |
| 8 | GoRules BRMS | Yes | $2,000/yr | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 8.3 |
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