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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Blueworks Live

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABlueworks 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

    Oracle BPM Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AThe Oracle Business Process Management Suite is an integrated environment for developing, administering, and using business applications centered around business processes.N/A

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    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Blueworks Live and Oracle BPM Suite and XBPR
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    8.2
    36 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    5 Ratings
    25% below category average
    XBPR
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    Ratings
    Dashboards8.018 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.935 Ratings6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.732 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of IBM Blueworks Live and Oracle BPM Suite and XBPR
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    7.7
    36 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    XBPR
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    Ratings
    Process designer8.235 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation8.331 Ratings7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.832 Ratings9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.829 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player8.132 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages7.234 Ratings7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder8.016 Ratings4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution7.716 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of IBM Blueworks Live and Oracle BPM Suite and XBPR
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    8.4
    37 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    33% below category average
    XBPR
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    Social collaboration tools8.437 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of IBM Blueworks Live and Oracle BPM Suite and XBPR
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    6.1
    33 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Oracle BPM Suite
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    15% below category average
    XBPR
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    Content management6.133 Ratings7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
    Small Businesses
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (40 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
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    -
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    IBM Blueworks LiveOracle BPM SuiteXBPR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    Oracle BPM is well suited to organizations and environments that have a good understanding of their business processes and organizational structures. Trying to introduce a tool such as Oracle BPM into the organization without a good grasp on how the business operates is a recipe for disaster as the implementation will uncover all of the dirty secrets of an organizations business processes and bring them to light. BPM is not to be utilized for smaller service orchestrations or technical service implementations, these should be handled by the Oracle SOA Suite using the BPEL process manager, leaving BPM to handle the organizational business processes, referring to and including lower level services and BPEL processes as needed.
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    Business Process Engineering
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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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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM [Suite] can support unlimited number of cases. No limitations in cases raised.
    • Oracle Weblogic can handle multiple traffic. [It] can handle lots of heavy load[s].
    • Oracle BPM has extensive integration with database[s]. Huge number[s] of customization can be created.
    Incentivized
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    Business Process Engineering
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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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    Oracle
    • Oracle BPM is left behind by other tools more modern in terms of user experience, usability and ability to integrate with everything else.
    • To really harvest the potential of Oracle BPM you need to do it in JDeveloper and with ADF. This restricts its usage to very technical people.
    • The administration of the Oracle BPM tools has really put a burden on our team. It is running on Weblogic and we experience issues very often either with performance or with a bad configuration of the system.
    • As with all Oracle products, the price can be an issue for smaller shops.
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    Business Process Engineering
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
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    Oracle
    In many scenarios it should have provided more features. It took a lot of effort while debugging, making it difficult to maintain.
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    Business Process Engineering
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    Usability
    IBM
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    Oracle
    Not easy to debug errors.
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    Business Process Engineering
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I have gotten great response for the very few times I needed support.
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    Oracle
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    Business Process Engineering
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
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    Oracle
    Overall satisfactory
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    Business Process Engineering
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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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    Oracle
    We evaluated Bonita and found that it might fit a smaller-sized company better; we found that Oracle BPM Suite scaled much more evenly. We almost went with one of the competitors, but in the end chose Oracle BPM Suite after we factored in the cost of VMware licensing. There are literally tons of analytics on the back end which are great for upper management, but not so much for average users, but this fits our business model quite well.
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    Business Process Engineering
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • You'll most certainly need a deep dive and extensive training before your users can even think of using the product and they are very expensive.
    • Lack of documentation makes it very difficult to manage the application if any error is encountered which will result in you ending up hiring a dedicated person to look into the application once it's deployed.
    • For a very large org., if properly implemented and used, it can help identify the cost-intensive and inefficient processes.
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    Business Process Engineering
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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.