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Best Drools Alternatives in 2026

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16 apps from business rules management software ranked against Drools on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    GoRules BRMS Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $167/mo6.6
    Drools vs GoRules BRMS
  2. 2
    AI Rule Engine Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $49/mo6.4
    Drools vs AI Rule Engine
  3. 3
    DecisionRules Free plan apiself-hostedWeb €291/mo6.4
    Drools vs DecisionRules
  4. 4
    Nected Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $399/mo6.4
    Drools vs Nected
  5. 5
    Rulebricks Free plan apiself-hostedWeb Free6.4
    Drools vs Rulebricks
  6. 7
    Decisions AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Drools vs Decisions
  7. 8
    FlexRule Open apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Drools vs FlexRule Open
  8. 9
    InRule Decisioning AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Drools vs InRule Decisioning
  9. 10
    OpenL Tablets apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 5.6
    Drools vs OpenL Tablets
  10. 11
    Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWeb 5.4
    Drools vs Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite
  11. 12
    Progress Corticon Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted 5.3
    Drools vs Progress Corticon
  12. 13
    ACTICO Decision Management Platform Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWin €375/mo5.2
    Drools vs ACTICO Decision Management Platform
  13. 14
    Higson Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $833.33/mo5.2
    Drools vs Higson
  14. 15
    RuleXpress Web 5.2
    Drools vs RuleXpress
  15. 16
    SAS Business Rules Manager 5.1
    Drools vs SAS Business Rules Manager
  16. 17
    SAS Visual Statistics Free trial self-hostedWeb 5.1
    Drools vs SAS Visual Statistics

Drools alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1GoRules BRMS6.6Free plan$167/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2AI Rule Engine6.4Free plan$49/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
3DecisionRules6.4Free plan€291/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
4Nected6.4Free plan$399/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
5Rulebricks6.4Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted, Web
7Decisions5.6No—Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8FlexRule Open5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
9InRule Decisioning5.6No—Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10OpenL Tablets5.6No—API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
11Trisotech Digital Enterprise Suite5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted, Web
12Progress Corticon5.3No—Android, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13ACTICO Decision Management Platform5.2No€375/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
14Higson5.2No$833.33/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
15RuleXpress5.2No—Web
16SAS Business Rules Manager5.1No——
17SAS Visual Statistics5.1No—self-hosted, Web
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Questions about Drools alternatives

What is the best alternative to Drools?

GoRules BRMS, number 1 in business rules management software with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: AI Rule Engine, DecisionRules, Nected and 12 more.

What is the best free alternative to Drools?

GoRules BRMS is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 5 of the 16 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.