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# IBM Blockchain Platform Reviews
**Vendor:** IBM  
**Category:** [Blockchain Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/blockchain-platforms)  
**Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 11
## About IBM Blockchain Platform
Blockchain is a shared , immutable ledger for recording the history of transactions. It fosters a new generation of transactional applications that establish trust , accountability and transparency-from contracts to deeds to payments.




## IBM Blockchain Platform Reviews
  ### 1. Great Customizable Platform

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Oguz m. | Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2022

**What do you like best about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

This is a customizable platform that Can write smart contracts in JavaScript, Java, and Go language. Build and deploy features like bring your own applications to plug-and-play

**What do you dislike about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

According to my company, this product is a little bit expensive. In addition to that, it does not support all blockchain technologies.It may support more bc frameworks

**What problems is IBM Blockchain Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?**

In my company, we have too many transactions from vendors and customers. This technology replaces old paper kind of payment with blockchain technology. It is easier to process and track

  ### 2. Blockchain for Business

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Relations | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2019

**What do you like best about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

The ability to trace items for agriculture clients from beginning to end of the supply chain process. It helps our clients keep up with their products, and if need be recall an item before it hits the market.

**What do you dislike about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

Cost.  While efficient and the best on the market - Ouch! in the pricing department.

**Recommendations to others considering IBM Blockchain Platform:**

This is the best blockchain program around.  This is by far the most comprehensive for a business to use when tracking shipments.

**What problems is IBM Blockchain Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We/Clients are solving critical timing issues with regards to delivery of items.  With blockchain, we are able to trace products from leaving its origin to it's destination.

  ### 3. Helpful for What is Currently Available on the Market

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2019

**What do you like best about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

IBP makes it very easy to create the infrastructure of a network, and establish channels and peers. 

**What do you dislike about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

There is still a lot of development required to build out the client app and front end applications. It would be great if IBP had more resources for this. 

**Recommendations to others considering IBM Blockchain Platform:**

Come in with developing experience.

**What problems is IBM Blockchain Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are looking at Supply Chain efficiencies and transparency. IBP allows ease of use in creating this shared platform and identifying the permissions for each party involved throughout the supply chain.

  ### 4. Advances in Hyperledger (Fabric) and other blockchain solutions

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2019

**What do you like best about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

IBM has made their permissioned solution work well with permissionless solutions.   There are some interesting aspects to speed up the HyperLedger transactions and also incorporate public block chain if assets required external network verications.   For example Hedera with IBM BC and its Hyper Ledger support.

**What do you dislike about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

Technology idiosyncrasies with the technology is common.  There are many speed bumps to overcome.

**Recommendations to others considering IBM Blockchain Platform:**

For many industrial or solutions where you do not the public blockchain involved and want backing of a large company then IBM is a good solution.

**What problems is IBM Blockchain Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Having used Ethereum and other solutions for distributed technologies, the benefits we are trying to realize is an aspect of patient data, and other basic features (among a STO). Speed and provenance of the data is of the essence and see that over time we will have robust solutions in place.

  ### 5. Good platform

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2019

**What do you like best about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

The interface was good to work with. There was a great documentation for starting with the blumix platform

**What do you dislike about IBM Blockchain Platform?**

there was nothing in particular which was not good about IBM Blockchain Platform.

**What problems is IBM Blockchain Platform solving and how is that benefiting you?**

I could use the platform for a building a blockchain model. The model was a trading model



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## IBM Blockchain Platform Features
**Administration**
- Plugins and APIs
- Cost Control
- Process Control

**Administration**
- Smart Contracts
- Token Creation
- Security and Privacy Policies

**Functionality**
- Smart Contracts
- Token Creation
- Automated Provisioning
- Industry Specialization

**Functionality**
- Side/Child Chains
- Atomic Swap
- Industry Specialization

**Performance**
- Consensus
- Security and Privacy Policies
- Scalability

**Performance**
- Consensus
- Block Time
- Transaction Costs
- Scalability

**Additional Functionality**
- Activity Monitoring
- User Provisioning
- Approval Process Control
- Generative AI
- Distributed Ledger
- Transaction History
- Peer-to-Peer
- Tokenization
- Reporting/Analytics
- Built-In Database
- API
- Network Provisioning
- Multiple Programming Languages Supported
- AI Copilot
- Identity Verification

## Top IBM Blockchain Platform Alternatives
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  - [Ethereum](https://www.g2.com/products/ethereum/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (36 reviews)
  - [Hyperledger](https://www.g2.com/products/hyperledger/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (15 reviews)

