We have received a number of questions regarding how Workbox places itself agains other Workflow solutions on the market, like Nintex, K2, Skelta or Kaldeera.
First of all, Workbox is working on the state workflows, all other products use sequential ones. In our opinion the sequential workflows are harder to use when modelling a complex processes and also are harder to comprehend.
Also, we are much more integrated with SharePoint – we use only it’s engine, lists, etc, so the environment is easier to manage and develop. Users do not have to use additional addins like special workflow libraries or separate sites and tasks list to use the workflow. They can act directly from their item.
Next thing – we only have the web designer, so all functionality is available through the web. Other companies (except Kaldeera) have additional windows applications, that provide the full functionality, and the web designer is less functional.
We also think, that our designer is easier to use and provides more capabilities in some areas like lookups.
We are at the same time aware, that we lack certain things our competitors have – like reporting. We are just starting with workbox, and with every release we are making it more and more functional. We think that our state workflow architecture and deep integration with SharePoint give us great advantage over other products. And also we are cheaper than the competition products.