InRule Decisioning vs OpenL Tablets
InRule Decisioning
inrule.com
OpenL Tablets
openl-tablets.orgSide by side
| Figure | InRule Decisioning | OpenL Tablets |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Business Rules Management Software | 7.6 (#12) | 7.4 (#13) |
| Integrations | The platform documentation names Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Azure, and Salesforce as integration platforms. | The product describes Maven and Java integration, Java wrappers, and exposing rules as services; Rule Services can execute rules through REST and Kafka. |
| Purpose | InRule Decisioning supports authoring, testing, storing, deploying, and executing decision logic. | OpenL Tablets is an open-source business rules engine and decision management system. |
| Rule authoring | Its desktop irAuthor and browser based Author Studio support business language rules, decision tables, and rule expressions. | Users can create decision, lookup, spreadsheet calculation, decision tree, and algorithm tables. |
| Security | InRule lists SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications and describes audit logs, role based permissions, and review workflows. | Role-based access control provides fine-grained policies for access to rules assets and operations on them. |
| Support | The subscription includes support site access, videos, phone and email support, and computer based training for irAuthor and Author Studio. | The maker points users to documentation, videos, a forum, and a contact page for help. |
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In their own words
InRule Decisioning
InRule Decisioning helps business users create, test, store, deploy, and run complex decision logic without code. Decisions can be authored in business language, decision tables, visual diagrams, or Decision Model and Notation (DMN), using desktop irAuthor or browser-based Author Studio. Testing tools support unit and regression tests, reusable test data, and execution logging; analytics can track scenarios, evaluated criteria, decision results, and execution metrics. Logic can run through a REST API or .NET SDK, or as JavaScript in browsers, mobile apps, and data platforms such as Snowflake. The product also names AWS Lambda and edge devices as runtime options. Deployment choices include cloud, on-premises, hybrid, self-hosted, and InRule SaaS environments. Listed integrations include Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and SAP. InRule states that the platform has SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications, and offers audit logs and role-based permissions. The subscription price is determined by configurable components and is available on request; Development and Production environments are included, while additional environments cost extra.
OpenL Tablets
OpenL Tablets is a business rules engine and decision management system that uses structured Excel tables as executable application logic. It supports Excel formats dating back to Excel 97, with tables for decisions, lookups, spreadsheet calculations, decision trees, and algorithms. OpenL Studio provides a web interface for editing and managing rules, including guided authoring, inline cell editing, and type-safe checks that point to errors. Rules can run as REST services, Kafka consumers or producers, or providers for Java interfaces; they can also be used in Maven projects and work with Java classes and methods. The repository can use Git, databases, and blob storage, with versions, metadata, WebDAV access, and role-based permissions. Analysis tools include tracing, explanations, tests, benchmarks, what-if analysis, and checks for gaps and overlaps. Deployment features include effective and expiration dates, staging, consistency checks, and live updates. The free demo bundle runs in single-user mode and includes a local Git repository with examples and tutorials.