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CA Process Automation vs Oracle BPEL comparison

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Categories and Ranking

CA Process Automation
Ranking in Process Automation
37th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle BPEL
Ranking in Process Automation
33rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of CA Process Automation is 1.0%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle BPEL is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle BPEL1.1%
CA Process Automation1.0%
Other97.9%
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

SJ
Automation Solutions Developer at HCL Technologies
Added value to the delivery of services and the customer experience
We design end-to-end automation solutions for repetitive tasks performed by IT support teams This tool is used in my organization for automating IT infrastructure related incidents or service requests.  Built-in operators available for most integrations. Easy to manage. Attended/unattended…
JI
Senior Business Analyst at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Support for human tasks despite challenges with protocols and adapters
It depends on your needs. Oracle BPEL is suitable for enterprise-wide systems. However, if you're building something smaller or don't know precisely what you need, it's better to start with something smaller. Oracle is a comprehensive bundle, and buying it exclusively for Oracle BPEL doesn't make sense. I'd rate the solution six out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has provided ROI by auto-resolving incidents or requests in the ITSM queue, improved MTTR and SLA adherence, and added value to the delivery of services and the customer experience."
"The benefits are the efficiency we achieve with such a product, as we could automate processes which were done in the past by humans, speeding up the reaction by 10 times and saving us a lot of money."
"We took our server provisioning process from about 30 days to about 4 days on the first iteration of implementation."
"PAM has the ability to integrate and build solutions that work well in CA's suite of service management products and those that are outside of service management."
"It’s a great product, extremely versatile but takes a certain skillset to use and implementation of automation can be time consuming when done properly."
"It is easy to debug and troubleshoot."
"If you’re planning or looking for an application able to create process automation, stop looking."
"Technical support is unequivocally excellent; in fact, the best customer service and technical support I’ve experienced during my 12 years in IT."
"The solution is very seamless and fast."
"What I find the most valuable about Oracle BPEL is that it saves me time."
"The product has everything we need."
"The most valuable feature is the support for human tasks."
 

Cons

"Better reporting, because we have to true up our licenses every three months because we license on running concurrent processes, so we have to provide a report to CA every three months using their tool -- which never works."
"OCR capability should be added as a feature."
"It’s very complex, which is one of the disadvantages."
"Somehow the product group within CA left the product dry from some regular expression functionality."
"A lot of times they don't get resolved, but I'm okay with those kind of responses sometimes."
"Every so often the service needs to be restarted otherwise it runs slower and slower. I think this may be due to a memory leak."
"I'd like to see additional form functionality and having Python as an available common script language."
"CA offers minimal public information pertaining to the performance drain the usage of some objects and operators introduce to processing."
"The solution's integration with SAP should be seamless because some formats are not accepted in SAP but are accepted in Oracle BPEL."
"In the next release, I would like to see REST improved and new technologies for microservices. I'd like to see more containers for separating containers."
"They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems."
"Some user-defined functions for transformation must be added to the next release of the solution."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are a lot of automation savings from any process which is repeatable."
"It has provided ROI by auto resolving incidents or requests in the ITSM queue, improved MTTR and SLA adherence, and added value to the delivery of services and the customer experience."
"The product is moderately priced."
"The solution's pricing is moderate and not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
21%
Construction Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Performing Arts
14%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business2
Large Enterprise10
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Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Oracle BPEL?
They need to have support for new protocols like GraphQL and possibly some out-of-the-box adapters for SAP and other big systems. It should be better if the SAP adapter were included in the bundle.
What is your primary use case for Oracle BPEL?
We primarily use Oracle BPEL for process automation. It is used for workflows for documents, data transfers, and other processes implemented for our customers.
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle BPEL?
It depends on your needs. Oracle BPEL is suitable for enterprise-wide systems. However, if you're building something smaller or don't know precisely what you need, it's better to start with somethi...
 

Also Known As

CA IT Process Automation Manager
BPEL Process Manager
 

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Sample Customers

Unum, HCL Technologies, Logicalis
Nacional Monte de Piedad IAP, Bimbo S.A. de C.V., Intelligent Pathways, DVZ Datenverarbeitungszentrum Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH, Arqiva
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