IBM Blueworks Live vs. Nintex Process Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Blueworks Live
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
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
Nintex Process Platform
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Nintex offers a platform that helps companies discover, automate, and optimize business processes.N/A
Pricing
IBM Blueworks LiveNintex Process Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Blueworks LiveNintex Process Platform
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
IBM Blueworks LiveNintex Process Platform
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.0
21 Ratings
2% below category average
Nintex Process Platform
7.3
172 Ratings
11% below category average
Dashboards8.018 Ratings7.5159 Ratings
Standard reports8.720 Ratings7.4165 Ratings
Custom reports7.218 Ratings6.9137 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
7.7
21 Ratings
9% below category average
Nintex Process Platform
7.4
236 Ratings
13% below category average
Process designer6.721 Ratings8.1213 Ratings
Process simulation8.717 Ratings5.021 Ratings
Business rules engine6.819 Ratings7.8186 Ratings
SOA support8.716 Ratings7.6169 Ratings
Process player7.319 Ratings8.243 Ratings
Support for modeling languages7.320 Ratings6.014 Ratings
Form builder9.416 Ratings8.4211 Ratings
Model execution6.316 Ratings7.8173 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
7.3
21 Ratings
11% below category average
Nintex Process Platform
8.9
18 Ratings
9% above category average
Social collaboration tools7.321 Ratings8.918 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.5
18 Ratings
5% above category average
Nintex Process Platform
10.0
22 Ratings
21% above category average
Content management8.518 Ratings10.022 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Blueworks LiveNintex Process Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(23 ratings)
8.3
(272 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(32 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(21 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
6.7
(22 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Blueworks LiveNintex Process Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It's an excellent tool for quickly creating detailed process maps and diagrams on the fly right when you're collaborating on process design or changes. I love the ability to step through a path using the Playback mode. The glossary and use of metadata in the documentation for process steps create a lot of useful analysis and reporting options. If you commit to using Blueworks across a whole team/dept's workflows, you can get some great insights on process opportunities (automation?) and challenges very efficiently.
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Nintex
Nintex is best suited when processes are drawed by the business and then can be furter enhanced by IT professionals. When only used by business units we see that there are some lose ends in processes and some bagic process knowledge is needed. Therefore it is wise that the persons in the business who will use Nintex have some basic knowledge on how to set up business processes
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Pros
IBM
  • Cloud based, hence quick and easy access without any installation requirement
  • Easy and intuitive, making modeling much easier
  • Visio import is one of the best in Blueworks
  • Low cost compared to some other tools in the market
  • User management is quite easy from an admin perspective
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Nintex
  • Easily build approval process using email and assign a task actions in Nintex Workflow
  • Easily manage security at item level with O365 permission action in Nintex Workflow
  • Easily use Rule in Nintex Form to build the Input Form and manage the events
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Cons
IBM
  • 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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Nintex
  • Adding Machine learning features like the "Image and Text Automation" component, which allows bots to extract data from unstructured sources like scanned documents or PDFs.
  • Natural language processing (NLP) features to understand and interpret human language, which can be useful for tasks like customer service or data entry. mostly for middle east countries where Arabic language is used.
  • Integration with external systems where many industries uses their own legacy systems and they need RPA bot to interact with their systems as well.
  • Adding More OCR tools for Document data extraction and dynamic content.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
We are currently investigating which collaboration platform best suits our needs. Chances are that we move to SharePoint Online and then we're going to also consider the microsoft power platform (power automate and power apps) to develop forms and workflows. Aspecially the pricing model for the cloud is currently a blocking factor to go for the Nintex solution in the Cloud.
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
Based on the on-prem experience with this tool, I believe that they have a lot of potential to help the online version catch up to where the on-prem left off. Nintex developed their online version and it is not as fully formed or capable compared to the on-prem version, and the licensing model scales back what we would have liked to be an expansion or at least continuous improvement of existing flows. It is also not near as user friendly specifically to non-developers and has an uncanny similarity to Microsoft Flow in the online instance. Consistent with my reviews of the tool - I believe they have some good approaches to design thinking that, if translated well from on-prem to online, could make this a clear winner again.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
The Nintex Process Platform has never crashed or had any availability issues during my usage. However there was an issue that was of my own making that caused a slowdown of the system. I had set up a process to run once a day and check for employees on a list that had certain parameters selected, and for some reason that I had to troubleshoot, the process instead ran constantly, which filled the cache quickly. I ended up having to dismantle that process so the system didn't crash.
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Performance
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
Unlike any other process automation product out there. Not only is it a low-code, easy to use tool for building processes in environments like SharePoint or Salesforce, they have really started to expand their tool-set by offering tools to manage other things like process mapping, RPA, mobile,etc.
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Support Rating
IBM
I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.
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Nintex
The support team works as fast as they can and they are usually fast to solver the issues. Sometimes they need more time to solve one of them because our workflows and so on are more complex than usual clients.
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In-Person Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
The trainer addressed the smallest queries in a friendly and timely manner; He walked us through all the necessary products we were using
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Online Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
I used the Nintex training software, it was easy to watch and follow along. It didn't go too fast and was descriptive enough to understand what the steps needed were in order to produce efficient workflows and user friendly forms.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
test runs for key persons to insure the system is set up prior to rolling out I think the platform is good, I think the roll out and the local implantations is where we are failing as a company in using Nintex
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
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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Nintex
It's much more reasonably priced and we were able to actually experience the platform for a bit before we made a decision. And by the time our demo was finished we had already started depending on it for some of our processes so it would've been very hard to separate from it
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Scalability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Nintex
The scalability is really bottlenecked by the imagination of the user. I was able to make processes for my own personal usage, making my daily tasks easier. I was also able to make processes that affected hundreds of employees, making large standardization and efficiency gains. So either way, the system is used the same way, and I was the limiting factor.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • We spend less time searching through notes and messages trying to figure out which process we liked most, which worked best, etc
  • We can view processes and simulated processes in real time
  • It easy to share and collaborate with other team members and get their feedback
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Nintex
  • We have saved our company thousands of dollars by creating our own customer support system rather than using a 3rd party tool.
  • The ability to generate documents/PDFs in workflows has solved a great number of process issues for us and groups who had previously been using paper documents.
  • Automating many permissions updates through workflows has been a huge time saver for repetitive processes.
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ScreenShots

Nintex Process Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Nintex Automation Cloud is a cloud-based platform that offers capabilities to build automation and process-focused applications.Screenshot of Nintex Insights gives visibility into metrics and performance KPIs across all processes.Screenshot of Establishes total visibility and control over enterprise processes with Nintex Process Manager. Includes visual mapping and management software to encourage company-wide collaboration, increase accountability, and improve processes.Screenshot of With Nintex Forms, the users can create dynamic online forms to capture and submit accurate and current data. Its design canvas, drag-and-drop controls, and advanced business logic make it easy to customize forms for various business needs.