FlexRule Open vs SAS Business Rules Manager

FlexRule Open combines data, business intelligence, rules and AI for enterprise decision intelligence in regulated environments. It supports Decision Model and Notation at Conformance Level 3 and Shared Data Model and Notation, and uses DecisionLang for declarative decision modeling and execution across multiple runtimes. The Open SDK lets technical teams extend DecisionLang with features, custom visuals and integration points without source-code access. Deployment can be in the cloud, on premises or at the edge, including embedded, browser, client and REST API service execution. Its RESTful API exposes configuration, permissions, security, deployment and decision execution. The authoring platform provides step-through debugging, breakpoints, execution-context inspection and no-code testing for rules, decisions, machine learning and other models. Users can manage and compare versions of artifacts, models and online services, and inspect change history. Connectors include databases, REST APIs, Gmail, Salesforce and Dynamics 365. Pricing is on request.

SAS Business Rules Manager is paid, on-premises software for creating and working with business rules. It provides visual rule authoring for defining logic and decision tables for organizing rule-based decisions. Rule testing tools are included, allowing teams to test rules as part of the workflow. The product supports both listed execution access modes, so its rules can be reached through either of those modes. Deployment is on-premises, placing the software within the organization’s own environment rather than a listed cloud deployment. SAS, the maker, was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, USA. Pricing is available on request, and no free plan is listed. The stated capabilities are concentrated on business-rule authoring, decision-table organization, testing, execution, and on-premises operation. Teams evaluating it can focus on whether those rule-development and deployment characteristics match their environment, then request commercial details from SAS.