Higson vs Rulebricks

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.

Rulebricks is a visual decision-management platform for automating business processes. Teams can model decisions through a no-code interface and publish API endpoints, so domain experts and process owners can update rules without writing code. Excel models can be imported to generate rules, while multi-rule workflows and a test management UI and API support orchestration and pre-deployment checks. What-if backtests help assess the business impact of changing conditions. Decision tables can also power embeddable calculators, with application branding and embedding options. Listed native integrations include Salesforce, Excel, Zapier, and PostgreSQL, and the maker says it can connect wherever an API can be called. Developer tools include a JavaScript component and programmatic controls for users, tenants, rules, and tests. Deployment options include major cloud providers, on-premises, and air-gapped environments, alongside isolated tenants, single sign-on, and fine-grained access control. The free Design plan allows up to 10 rules and flows, 1,000 monthly executions, and five team members.