Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review Metastorm is well-suited for scenarios in which internal stress testing an application is needed in a hurry before showcasing it to potential customers. It supports different views of the process from Swimlane perspective, so different methodologies can be handled. It is an Enterprise level tool and handles both small and large projects quite well, although smaller companies may be stressed out by the amount of time it takes to properly maintain the application.
Read full review Pros 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 Read full review Complex routing of tasks based on calculated criteria Linking between tasks and accessing relevant information Organising, scheduling and prioritising Different views for different people Read full review 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. Read full review The Metastorm process engine is based on an older version of .NET. Updating to a newer version would resolve several known issues with .NET email functionality. Metastorm builds web pages at run time. While the UI presented to the end user is fine, the Document Object Model is convoluted and subject to change with new releases. Providing a more simplified DOM or at very least a custom function to replace document.getElementById() would make client-side scripting a much more powerful tool. One function that I've seen Metastorm competitors do well, is email wizards. Having a WYSIWYG email editor would be really nice. Read full review Likelihood to Renew There are other products that seem to be a better fit for future initiatives.
Read full review Usability Although it is intuitive to use it does require training
Harish Rajput Business Excellence Manager - Lean Projects & Process Methodologies
Read full review Support Rating I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.
Read full review Great customer service for an API support related query
Harish Rajput Business Excellence Manager - Lean Projects & Process Methodologies
Read full review 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.
Read full review We found that OpenText MBPM held its own quite well against IBM BPM. We ended up choosing OpenText MBPM due to the analytics, complex routing, and the ease of SOA service integration. Furthermore, the ability to quickly develop simple User interfaces make this tool a daily component of our most-used toolbox components.
Read full review Return on Investment 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 Read full review The development of the ticketing system has enabled us to greatly improve customer relationships The scheduling and allocation of the tasks has reduced both the number of open tickets and the turnaround time to resolution Management information from the system has improved decision making Read full review ScreenShots