IBM Blueworks Live Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8.9 out of 10

Score

8.9 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for IBM Blueworks Live are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Ease of Use: Multiple users have found IBM Blueworks to be intuitive and easy-to-use, removing complexity from processes and streamlining accessibility. This user-friendly interface has enhanced their efficiency in navigating tasks effectively.

Collaborative Features: Users appreciate the collaborative nature of IBM Blueworks, finding it seamless to work with others in real-time and securely store documentation in the cloud. The ability to collaborate effortlessly has improved teamwork dynamics and project outcomes.

Process Mapping Capabilities: Reviewers have emphasized the benefits of process mapping elements within IBM Blueworks' web-based solutions, enabling teams to document new or existing processes efficiently. This feature has facilitated effective communication among team members when designing workflows.

Reviews

41 Reviews

IBM Blueworks Live Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using IBM Blueworks Live for customers to model and discuss their current business processes before process digitalisation or automation projects. IBM Blueworks Live can be used to share process diagrams with the organization and collaborate with users on process design.

Pros

Ease of Use
SaaS Offering
Discovery Map

Cons

No Standalone On-Premises Version available
Drawing arrows is quite hard
Some documentation features are missing

Likelihood to Recommend

Getting started modelling processes, discussing and sharing processes in an organization. Visualizing changes before implementation.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Reseller

3 years of experience

Real Time Team Collaboration in the Cloud

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Blueworks Live mainly for process modeling using BPMN notation, which we didn’t have before. It’s cloud-based so I can access it anywhere, and it was easy to customize with our organization’s colors and logo.

Pros

it’s easy to use and helps our team collaborate smoothly
real-time cloud collaboration makes process management efficient
the tutorials were super useful to get started and easy to follow

Cons

sometimes the performance slows down when there’s more data
it’s hard to find similar ideas and group them properly
the functionality of importing diagrams or maps is so limited

Likelihood to Recommend

I would definitely recommend IBM Blueworks Live to teams looking for a simple and visual way to map out their processes. It’s helped us find ways to improve workflows just by seeing everything clearly, also the interface is easy to work with, and the predefined templates made getting started smooth.

Kush Patel

Chief Technology Officer in Corporate at Echoinnovate IT (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

I Enjoy Using IBM Blueworks Live Every Day

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

July 2, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Blueworks Live mostly for mapping our business processes using BPMN notation. It helped us a lot since we didn’t have any proper process modeling tool before.

Pros

i love how easy it is to use and how it helps our team collaborate smoothly
the tutorials were super useful and made it easy to get started, even with limited experience
mapping functionality lets us link processes and capture metadata, which really helped us scale

Cons

the functionality of importing diagrams or maps is really limited
the reports feel too basic
the performance slows down when there's a lot of data

Likelihood to Recommend

I’d definitely recommend IBM Blueworks Live, especially if your team needs to work together in real time. It made it easy to map and write down complicated processesand this tool works great if you want to find and fix errors.

Jazz Patel

Head of Sales Operations in Sales at Echoinnovate IT (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

Streamlining Business Processes: IBM Blueworks Live.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our business processes are mapped, examined, and enhanced with IBM BLueworklive. Particularly in areas like prescription fulfillment, inventory management, and regulatory compliance, it helps us streamline procedures. Regardless of whether they are in customer services, quality control, or operations, our teams require a tool to collaborate more effectively. Blueworks Live provides a centralized platform for collaboration, increasing the transparency and inclusivity of process innovations.

Pros

Easy to use.
Process mapping and documentation.
Version control and governance.
Integration with other tools.

Cons

Process diagrams can be organized relatively rigidly using Blueliveworks.

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.

Charles Miller

VP Of Research and development in Research & Development at Steviaorganics (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Problem Solver.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 25, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As the owners of a fashion e-commerce business, we use Bluework to maintain our supply chain processes and inventory management. Our inventory consists of thousands of products managed by around ten people. Multiple members can work on updating the inventory simultaneously without causing any issues.

Pros

Real-Time Team Collaboration and Updations.
Creation & Updations of the framework in my process.
Inventory management.
Integration with HubSpot, thus helping in performing marketing emails.

Cons

Integration with Slack and Microsoft Teams can also be added.
There should be a virtual tour for beginners at the beginning.

Likelihood to Recommend

Bluework can be suited for mid- or large-sized companies. We have a very large chunk of data that needs to be managed by multiple people simultaneously, which makes a perfect use case for Bluework. Moreover, Bluework has very accurate data visualization. Automatons: When we need to update our inventory due to low stock, Blue Work automation reminds us to update the low stock product quantity!

Harshit Mishra

Director in Product Management at KK Fabric (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Best tool for realtime collaboration

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

September 10, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is cloud based business process modelling tool design to help, there are few points which are the main reason like

Process automation

Process Analysis

Process Documentation

Wokflow automation and digitization

Pros

Visual process modelling
Cloud based and scalable
Process Analysis and automation

Cons

It is Cloud based modelling tool that help business process
It's reporting and exporting features are limited
Limited integration with the other tool
Need to improve the performance for large and complex model work

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Blueworks Live is provide consistent platform for sharing information and documentation

the work process It is allow to work in real time

Robust mobile capabilities

IBM Blueworks Live reporting features are limited making it less in compare with other tool and robust capabilities to inhance the safety in comare with other tool.

Nripendra Pratap

Survey Programmer Qualtrics in Information Technology at Course5i (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Streamlined Process Updates and Change Management With IBM Blueworks Live

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 3, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The capacity of IBM Blueworks Live to aggregate massive volumes of data from various sources and perform real-time analysis has revolutionized the fiels. the platform easily connects dat, from patients records to clinical trial data, enabling us to make data driven decisions more quickely. this has sped up our development procedures by cutting down on the amount of time it takes us to spot patterns.

Pros

Designed to foster dynamic cooperation
Users of IBM Blueworks Live can graphically and swiftly map out business processes
teams are empowered with IBM Blueworks Live to record, examine and optimize processes

Cons

While Blueworks live easily interfaces with other IBM products, it can be difficult to combine with non IBM or third party systems.

Likelihood to Recommend

For supply chain management, IBM Blueworks Live provide predictive analytics and real-time monitoring. for pharmaceutical organizations that need to trace shipments maintain inventory levels, and gurantee on time deliver, this is essential. The platform lowers the possibility of shartages or delays and aids in optimizing logistics.

Daniel Manthri

Analyst in Research & Development at Steviaorganics (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Best in the market

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 19, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a education trust in India.

We use IBM Blueworks Live to manage all our student, teachers data.

With IBM Blueworks Live we keep all the records of fees, academics, notices etc.

Pros

Management of students, teachers data
Automatic reminders
Students report generation with charts

Cons

IBM Blueworks Live doesn't support integration with Hubspot, I think it should work on adding that integration
Integration with platforms other than IBM is a bit tough
Introduction UI is a bit tough to understand in the beginning

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Blueworks Live is best suited for scenario where you have to handle a lot of data.

In our cases we have to manage the data of around 23000 students and IBM Blueworks Live makes the job very easy.

Moreover it's feature to generate charts that is very helpful in cases where you need a visual representation of a large chunk of data

Berth Blair

Managing Director in Finance and Accounting at Arbeeson (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Best Suited for IBM infrastructure

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

August 16, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are fashion eCommerce company based in India. We use IBM Blueworks Live in managing our inventory. Using IBM Blueworks Live we keep all our inventory updated in our admin panel as well as other platforms where we sell our garments such as myntra. We also have our in-house web development team which creates all their database schema and we diagrams using IBM Blueworks Live.

Pros

Creation of ER diagrams
Inventory Management
Customer Management

Cons

Integration with other platforms except IBM products
It can also have a more explanatory virtual tour of their website to help users understand the platform more easily

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall IBM Blueworks Live is well suited software.

To manage customers & inventory, IBM Blueworks Live totally fits in.

Well, there is not much where I could say where you cannot use IBM Blueworks Live, but in scenarios where there is a lot of technical documentation, I won't recommend IBM Blueworks Live.

Pallav Gupta

Managing Director at 98DegreeNorth (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

IBM Blueworks Live: empowering business process improvement

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

August 7, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The whole IBM Blueworks Live experience for my organisation has been fantastic. When it comes to process automation, it functions incredibly effectively. The user can create charts and maps and quickly automate any complicated problem because to its visual features. It's drag and drop functionality minimizes mistakes and saves a ton of time.

Pros

Process discovery
Easy to learn and implement
Process documentations
Swimlanes
Good for high level initial design

Cons

Pricing could be better
Better mobile experience
Reporting and analytics

Likelihood to Recommend

There was some initial pushback on tailoring the platform to our specific needs but eventually it was great and addressed what we were trying to accomplish.

Nitin Choudhary

Software developer in Information Technology at S (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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