IBM Blueworks Live vs. TIBCO® BPM Enterprise

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Blueworks Live
Score 8.6 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
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
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
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
7.8
25 Ratings
4% below category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
9.6
10 Ratings
16% above category average
Dashboards8.018 Ratings10.010 Ratings
Standard reports8.024 Ratings10.08 Ratings
Custom reports7.522 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
7.9
25 Ratings
6% below category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
8.7
17 Ratings
3% above category average
Process designer8.225 Ratings9.115 Ratings
Process simulation8.521 Ratings8.512 Ratings
Business rules engine7.523 Ratings9.714 Ratings
SOA support7.520 Ratings9.015 Ratings
Process player8.023 Ratings9.010 Ratings
Support for modeling languages8.024 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Form builder8.116 Ratings8.415 Ratings
Model execution7.616 Ratings8.015 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.4
25 Ratings
3% above category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
8.5
10 Ratings
4% above category average
Social collaboration tools8.425 Ratings8.510 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
IBM Blueworks Live
8.5
22 Ratings
4% above category average
TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
9.0
13 Ratings
10% above category average
Content management8.522 Ratings9.013 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(28 ratings)
9.3
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Blueworks LiveTIBCO® BPM Enterprise
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
I can say it is not only good but it is best Automation tool ever. Its streamline our business project and with web based solution it allows my team to document existing or new processes using process mapping capabilities. It provides powerful analytics and it is easy to use via online. I personally feel it is very intutive. For less Appropriate I can say only in terms of integration perspective with different CRM tools. Rest is all good!!!!
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TIBCO Software Inc.
TIBCO ActiveMatrix is most useful for teams that need help mapping out their processes with other, co-dependent teams. It makes that conversation happen in a logical, structured way. The software is also helpful for professionals that need more data visualization in their business. On the opposite side, the software is not useful for really small businesses. It’s not worth the money.
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Pros
IBM
  • 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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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • Workspace and Openspace Console that offers a powerful method for troubleshooting and viewing the routing within a process
  • Easy representation of the corporate organization
  • Powerful IDE to design a business process as a TIBCO Business Studio BPM Edition
  • Testing and Debugging
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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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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • A little bit too conservative. Not really anything leading edge. [Tibco] has plenty of customers, and that means they will probably be around forever, but [product enhancements] seem to be more [abundant in competitor product offerings].
  • It would be great to have some pre-defined themes. Pie chart labels - it would be great to get more options for sizing and placement.
  • I find it hard to trust the online portal too much. I doubt the security that is offered by this software.
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Usability
IBM
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TIBCO Software Inc.
Such a BPM sw is amazing and usefull. You have a gret visibility in design and development phase.
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Support Rating
IBM
I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
Because our support team is always available also for development suggestions.
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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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TIBCO Software Inc.
For BPM we looked at some IBM products suites, BPM Online, Oracle products and Pega Systems. The decision to go with AMX BPM was based on the evaluation by the software architect team and the cost of acquiring the TIBCO suites.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Made real time collaberation easier. Overall saving us valueable time.
  • Excellent version control. Saving us time and helping us avoid mistakes / inaccuranies from using out of date documents.
  • Simple and Ease to use from a web broswer reducing the need for extra servers to store the data.
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TIBCO Software Inc.
  • In order to create a BPM management, you need to make a very solid data management model, which becomes very important in its reuse
  • The business process is very often unconnected with the implementation logic and therefore plays in favor of the re-usability of the software
  • Large customization at log level for which managing these tools can be handled minimizing effort
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ScreenShots

TIBCO® BPM Enterprise Screenshots

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