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CA Process Automation vs Pega Platform 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
Pega Platform
Ranking in Process Automation
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Business Rules Management (1st), Business Process Management (BPM) (3rd), Rapid Application Development Software (13th), Low-Code Development Platforms (8th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (12th), AI Software Development (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 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 Pega Platform is 4.9%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Pega Platform4.9%
CA Process Automation1.0%
Other94.1%
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…
VS
Quality Assurance Team Lead at HCLSoftware
Process automation has improved case handling and now saves half of our daily manual work
Pega Platform has improved my business process overall. The manager confirmed that manual statuses are automated and manual evaluations are automated. For eight hours of work, it automates four hours of work. Pega Platform has features for operational efficiency that are significant. It provides a business security texture app, which is a valuable feature, and it also offers report definitions such as bar charts, pie charts, and operational help. In terms of management capabilities, Pega Platform provides dashboards and tools that help with management and categories. Pega Platform has good integration features, as integration can be done in many ways, and even for legacy systems, it is a strong feature. I did not encounter any problems with legacy systems. Pega Platform has good scalability. It is not difficult to scale up or down if there is a need.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"Technical support is unequivocally excellent; in fact, the best customer service and technical support I’ve experienced during my 12 years in IT."
"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 is easy to debug and troubleshoot."
"For our use it really does very well; it provides us exactly what we need, and it runs with low-resource utilization and moves quickly."
"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."
"The value lies in just being able to automate things such that there's less human interaction and, therefore, more consistency in our automations."
"We took our server provisioning process from about 30 days to about 4 days on the first iteration of implementation."
"With Pega, you can quickly understand the customer and therefore be able to present the right, most personalized offer to them."
"The workflow designing and integration are the most valuable features, and the UI design was pretty easy, with all the features related to case management being pretty outstanding."
"The solution is able to support the size and scale required."
"It's an end-to-end solution and a digital transformation tool."
"The most valuable feature is the situational layer cake."
"Pega is the leader in business process management solutions"
"The latest releases of PegaRULES are scalable, advanced, and can be easily integrated into your environment."
"The case management functionality of this solution has been most valuable."
 

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."
"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."
"It’s very complex, which is one of the disadvantages."
"Make some of the features more open source that way developers can have more flexibility."
"It needs auto-triggering of workflows based on machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)."
"Somehow the product group within CA left the product dry from some regular expression functionality."
"Although it's drag-and-drop, there's a little bit of a learning curve to use it correctly."
"The main problem with Pega is that it is quite complex, so it is very difficult for the developer to learn."
"Pega should work on redefining their model and creating a demand for their skills."
"The UI layer is a concern since it is native to them and embedded into the code."
"This is a very expensive product and there is a lack of availability of the Pega skill sets, the resources."
"High licensing costs: Pega is often seen as expensive, especially for small and mid-sized enterprises."
"User interface needs improvement."
"I've spent some hands-on time with the platform, and you can do those things, and it is all low code, but is it as easy as they make it sound? No. That's my two cents. For example, if I want to do something, there is no way to switch from low code. I just want to do a simple If-Then-Else rule, but I have to go through their low-code tool and do dragging and dropping. I'm a development person, and in my opinion, even some business users could do this easier. There is no way to go back and forth to an editor where I can just type in an If-Then-Else rule, which would be much faster than drawing in their low-code editor. They don't support that. They lead you too much."
"Pega Platform has a good reputation with its move into Pega GenAI, but there are times it slows down the systems when I have used the personal editions."
 

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."
"May be somewhat more expensive than other solutions initially, but should have enhanced return on investment."
"Licensing is expensive. You need to wisely select between per user and per case."
"It is cost-effective for medium enterprises. It is cheaper than ServiceNow."
"PegaRULES is a good product, but its pricing is a bit on the premium side, especially for professionals."
"The price of PegaRULES is more expensive than other solutions on the market."
"In terms of the pricing for Pega BPM, other solutions may be cheaper, but it doesn't matter if Pega BPM has a higher price tag because what's important is that it's the best solution, and that is what people look for. If I would rate the pricing for the solution, I'd give it three out of five. You have to pay extra for additional features in Pega BPM."
"I rate Pega BPM a seven out of ten."
"The price of Pega BPM is in the middle range compared to other solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise70
 

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Is Pega BPM easy to work with and can beginners utilize this software?
You do need some preparation to be able to use all functions of Pega BPM. However, all users of this platform are in luck as it comes with good documentation and you can learn pretty much everythin...
Have you encountered any issues while using Pega BPM and were you assisted by the company?
My company has been using this tool for years and the only issue we have had, if you can call it that, was while setting it up. When we were setting it up initially, we had some drawbacks and could...
When you consider the features and benefits of Pega BPM, would you say this product is fairly priced?
Pega BPM can be considered overpriced for some; it all depends on the size of your company and the requirements of your customers. Sure, there are products out there that do the things that Pega B...
 

Also Known As

CA IT Process Automation Manager
Pega BPM, Pegasystems, SmartBPM, PegaRULES
 

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Sample Customers

Unum, HCL Technologies, Logicalis
The State of Maine, ANZ, Coca-Cola, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), ME, New South Wales, OptumRx, Texas Department of Transportation, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement
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