Decisions vs Higson

Decisions is a business process automation and orchestration platform for coordinating workflows, systems, business rules, people, and AI. Teams can build workflows visually and apply rules to govern how processes and decisions run. AI agents can operate within those workflows alongside approvals, human oversight, and process visibility. Process intelligence tools help monitor performance, spot inefficiencies, and improve processes and decisions. The platform lists integrations including Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, SAP SQL Anywhere, and OpenAI. It also supports REST and SOAP APIs, database connections, OpenAPI and Swagger imports, and custom connectors through its SDK. Deployment options include cloud, hybrid, and on-premise. Decisions lists Android, iOS, web, Windows, API, and self-hosted platforms. A free plan is available, while pricing is on request. Foundation, Growth, and Enterprise plans are listed, with custom limits, advanced security, and dedicated support available on a custom plan.

Higson is a business rules engine for managing product logic, pricing and decisions without coding, with a primary focus on insurance. It supports product configuration, underwriting and claims processing. Higson Studio lets business users edit rules through diagrams, decision tables and a tree structure, then run regression and mass tests using data imported from Excel. Version 4.3 includes a beta assistant that generates Groovy or Python logic from plain-language descriptions. Connections use REST and Java APIs, and supported SQL databases include Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL. Rule snapshots can be exported to files and imported into other environments. Higson states that it is CREST certified and provides auditability, versioning and permissions scoped by business domain. Enterprise deployment is on-premise or in a private cloud; AWS Marketplace access is also offered. Enterprise costs $10,000 a year as a fixed annual fee, with no limit on users, rules or non-production environments. The Runtime AWS Marketplace listing offers a 7-day free trial that converts to a paid subscription unless canceled.