Drools vs JBPM ? differences, pros and cons

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Jerome Cance picture Jerome Cance · Mar 16, 2012 · Viewed 20.3k times · Source

I'm looking for a good rule engine.

I've seen it exists two good projects : JBPM and Drools.

I don't really understand differences between the two and I don't know what is the ideal tool to use.

Please could you provide me more information and your experience with one or other and what do you think is the best to use to manage business rules.

Answer

Geoffrey De Smet picture Geoffrey De Smet · Mar 16, 2012

jBPM is not a rule engine, it's a workflow engine. Drools is a rule engine. So Drools is what you're looking for.

Drools and jBPM are companion projects: they integrate really nicely if you need workflows with rules.

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