IBM Blueworks Live vs. TIBCO® BPM Enterprise

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Blueworks Live
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Blueworks Live is cloud-based business process management software that provides users with a collaborative environment for documenting, analyzing, and building business process mapping.N/A
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Score 7.0 out of 10
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TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM is a business process management platform with capabilities for process automation, process documentation, human capital management, process patterns, and predictive operations analytics.N/A
Pricing
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Features
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.3
Ratings
1% above category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Dashboards8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Standard reports9.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Custom reports7.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
7.7
Ratings
8% below category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
8.3
Ratings
1% below category average
Process designer8.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Process simulation8.50 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Business rules engine5.80 Ratings9.50 Ratings
SOA support7.80 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Process player8.20 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Support for modeling languages7.20 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Form builder8.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Model execution7.70 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.5
Ratings
1% above category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
9.0
Ratings
7% above category average
Social collaboration tools8.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
6.2
Ratings
27% below category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Content management6.20 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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9.4
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
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Usability
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
8.3
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8.0
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User Testimonials
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
Pharmacies are subject to several regulatory obligations, including FDA and HIPAA rules. Pharmacy teams may record and view compliance-related procedures in a uniform format with IBM BLueworks Live. This facilitates Audit tracking, ensures process compliance at every stage, and keeps audits running smoothly.
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It is well suited for high-level analytics or real-time integration among multiple applications. But it's powerful and over complicated and expensive for most small and midsize BPM projects. BPM is used for visual data discovery. It also has two stream analytics CEP Platforms. It offers high-level real-time analytics and operational intelligence.
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Pros
  • Easy to create process diagrams quickly, while collaborating with others.
  • Create linkages to sub-processes and other workflows.
  • Track activities using metadata such as which IT systems are utilized.
  • Use the glossary terms to find where different roles or systems are involved in processes throughout your org.
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  • Assign work items to set of users. You can assign work to users based on the groups they belong to in the org model or by their position.
  • Manage user access and privileges, each set of users can perform a set of tasks based on their privileges and we can also restrict the actions for each level of users.
  • Escalating work items: A user can escalate a work item to a senior user and the matter can be progressed to another level or get closed straight away. The life cycle of work items is stored in the database where it gets reflected in Spotfire reports.
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Cons
  • In particular, we have had problems with the availability of the service because the platform frequently crashed.
  • Is not easy to pull some indicators.
  • We would like to be able to see a different interface, long ago with the same.
  • Payment process is not easy.
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  • The TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM 4.0 platform could improve in process management that implements a large amount of data management.
  • Improve the business growth management of the company that decides to make use of the product.
  • By providing graphical tools that analyze the performance of growth and maintenance of processes.
  • Improve the audit and logging system.
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Usability
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Such a BPM sw is amazing and usefull. You have a gret visibility in design and development phase.
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Support Rating
I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.
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Because our support team is always available also for development suggestions.
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Alternatives Considered
Blueworks Live was part of a project deal. We did not keep it after the project. We found there are many solutions offering similar or superior capabilities - the fact that Blueworks does not fully support the universal BPMN standard was a big letdown for us. The pricing also did not make sense as a standalone solution.
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I selected TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM because for me it is a fantastic and powerful product that permits me to easily implement complex business processes and offers many tools for monitoring, troubleshooting, and administration. In this product there is all that is needed when you must model a complex business scenario and you must provide a simple mechanism for resubmitting
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Return on Investment
  • It has helped us reduce miscommunication between our departments, such as production, inventory, and shipping, thus reducing delays.
  • Now, most things are automated; we can quickly know when a product will be in low stock.
  • With the help of custom charts, we are easily able to determine our best-selling product of the month and week, which helps us market according to stats.
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  • TIBCO BPM has improved efficiency for our organization, it enables our organization to determine what areas of a project appear to be lacking.
  • It enables the best collaboration since our employees understand what to do, including how to respond in unusual circumstances and manage scope.
  • With the TIBCO BPM Tool taking care of process routing, management, and execution, our organization can focus on core areas and increase productivity.
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ScreenShots

IBM Blueworks Live Screenshots

Screenshot of the IBM Blueworks Live interface which fosters real-time communication and feedback, allowing users to work together on process models. It is used to track changes, share insights, and refine workflows with instant messaging directly within the platform.Screenshot of the Library feature in IBM Blueworks Live, which offers a hierarchical view of spaces, blueprints, decisions, and policies. Users can navigate and categorize processes to streamline business operations, ensuring teams have access the right information at the right time.Screenshot of the Discovery Map in IBM Blueworks Live, a tool used to map out complex workflows with drag-and-drop simplicity, making it easy to capture every step of a processes in a structured and clear format. Users can optimize operations by turning insights into action, aligning teams on what truly matters.Screenshot of the Process Diagram view in IBM Blueworks Live, a feature used to transforms Discovery Maps into standardized, swimlane diagrams that clearly outline roles, responsibilities, decisions, systems and process flows. Users can streamline process design with an interactive interface that simplifies complex tasks, enabling the delivery of results faster and more efficiently.Screenshot of the Details Panel in IBM Blueworks Live, used to access critical information such as cycle time, cost, and involved systems. This feature enables users to connect process details across workflows, make data-driven decisions, optimize resources, and enhance business processes, all while keeping stakeholders aligned.

TIBCO® BPM Enterprise Screenshots

Screenshot of TIBCO BPM Enterprise Login ScreenScreenshot of Work Manager UIScreenshot of Operational Monitoring dashboardScreenshot of Organization Browser