IBM Blueworks Live Reviews & Product Details

IBM Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process modeling and management solution designed to help organizations identify, document, and improve their business processes through intuitive mapping and real-time collaboration. As a type of Business Process Management (BPM) software, IBM Blueworks Live is built for any company that needs a unified solution to document, analyze, and optimize their workflows. This tool serves as a single source of truth for business process documentation, providing comprehensive support for process discovery, modeling, and management. It is particularly valuable for companies looking to standardize operations, enhance collaboration, and ensure compliance in highly regulated environments. IBM Blueworks Live stands out by offering built-in support for industry-standard diagrams, such as BPMN 2.0, and real-time editing features, making it easier for teams to communicate, make decisions, and drive process improvements effectively from anywhere. Key Features and Benefits: Intuitive Process Discovery and Mapping: - Drag-and-drop interface with pre-built templates for easy process mapping. - Built-in support for BPMN 2.0 ensures standardized and clear process diagrams. - Simplifies the identification and documentation of processes, reducing time and effort. Unified Single Source of Truth: - Comprehensive process modeling and decision modeling capabilities. - Consistent and accurate documentation across the organization. - Enhances decision-making with reliable and standardized information. Real-Time Collaboration and Governance: - Instant visibility of changes, integrated chat, and audit trails for better governance. - Supports role-based access and process integrity management. - Facilitates collaboration with team members, ensuring that everyone stays aligned. Compliance and Standardization: - Helps manage regulatory compliance through structured process documentation. - Reduces the risk of compliance breaches with up-to-date and accurate process information. - Supports governance with audit trails and revision histories. Cloud-Based Accessibility: - No need for complex software installations; accessible from anywhere with internet connectivity. - Scalable and adaptable to suit both small teams and large enterprises. IBM Blueworks Live is ideal for businesses that need a reliable starting point for process improvement initiatives, enabling teams to work more efficiently while maintaining control over their operations. Its ability to provide a unified view of business processes with robust collaboration features sets it apart from other tools, helping organizations achieve higher productivity and smoother operations.

Seller

IBM

Discussions

IBM Blueworks Live Community

Languages Supported

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Scott Clarabut

Pricing

Pricing provided by IBM Blueworks Live.

Editor

$56.20

1 Users Per Month

Contributor

$11.25

1 User Per Month

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User Insights

Average based on 76 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

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Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/9/2024

"The tool is basic and gets the job done but lacks some nice to have collaboration features"

2.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

It follows the standard BPMN language and has the ability to provide essential/critial details for a task that can be used as a training aid for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

The lack of collaboration tools and the lack of ability to drill up/down multiple levels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/2/2024

"Blueworks Live is Great!"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

I think their process mapping is one of their awesome features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

The learning curve and complexity with starting out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurence May of IBM Blueworks Live

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Many thanks for your awesome review and feedback ! I'm thrilled you love our process mapping features. I completely understand your observations on both the learning curve and the collaboration features, we are working on modernising our collaboration capabilities this year to provide a more contemporary and easy experience when working with colleagues. In terms of learning curve, we are also looking at how we can build in the product onboarding capabilities that can help users learn all the features quickly and instinctively through ' how to's', tool tips and guided walks, best next steps etc. I'm looking forward to you experiencing some of these developments over 2025. Thanks again for taking the time to review IBM Blueworks Live.

Simon L.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/21/2024

"Laser Focussed Process Modelling"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

Simple tool that focuses on everyday process modelling and doesn't get bogged down in competing with other technologies, keeps the total cost of ownership down and allows the users to take a steady learning curve but also leverage more advanced functionalities if needed.

As a standalone SaaS tool, that doesn't need any integration in your enterprise, but does offer secure API connectivity if you need it, it helps appease the controls and governance teams leveraging the infrastructure expertise that IBM provide. So simple to purchase and implement in the environment, just buy the licenses and go.

We have rolled Blueworks to 100s of users who use the tool daily and are using it to help understand the process engine of our organisation.

We very rarely need to contact the IBM after sales and support teams on the occasions we have had to the responses have been clear and timely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

Blueworks Live has very limited interoperability with other BPMN supporting products in the marketplace, both putting things in or out. Limited ability to add metadata to the folder (space) hierarchy which means you need a separate tool or manually creating analytics of how processes intersect or are structured e.g. process owner for all processes at a given level.

Bulk editing of attributes is also rather inefficient and requires a lot of manual hand holding.

The product has received technical and functionality updates but really hasn't changed or expanded at all in 6+ years, so starting to look dated.

There is a relatively active community of users and IBM experts, but the ideas don't ever seem to come to the roadmap in a reasonable length of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Blueworks Live solving and how is that benefiting you?

Documenting 1000s of business processes using BPMN standard language and providing a single source of truth, allowing linking of related processes and analytics of documented meta data. Understanding the End to End business operations across our enterprise is enabled via Blueworks Live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Swpanil Agrawal of IBM Blueworks Live

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Simon, thank you for the detailed review on IBM Blueworks Live. We are glad that you have 100s of users who are able to leverage the capabilities of the product. Your review is very timely as we just had a release come out on March 30, 2024 that contains new APIs to help with your pain points. For example, we now have an API to update the activity details which will help you with the bulk editing of attributes across multiple activities and processes. Please see more information in our release announcement here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/automation/blogs/drew-sens/2024/03/22/ibm-bwl-march-available-now.

We are also looking at modernization options right now and would love to collect feedback on what you’d like to see improved. Our goal is to not just update the look and feel but also to enhance existing capabilities as a part of the modernization effort. Please feel free to submit your ideas and feedback on ideas.ibm.com as always. There is a renewed focus on making sure that the ideas submitted are included in the roadmap and all submissions are being looked into and prioritized for our upcoming releases. You’ll be happy to know that some of the ideas you have voted on are already being worked on for our Q2 release. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Verified User in Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/21/2024

"High quality process maps in one place"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

Process modelling tool to BPMN standards and the ability to add meta data. The collaboration features are very good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

Not many organisations in UK use it so support network and client base is small Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Manufacturing

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/21/2024

"Great niche tool for planning"

3/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

The tool is easy to learn and implement. I was able to pick up the tool and create documents quickly with no special training or background knowledge. Lends itself well to process design projects looking at high level processes and creating initial documentation. Customer Support was helpful when I ran into roadblocks and needed assistance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

While it worked great for planning and that specific type of project, it was not ideal for existing processes. I wish it had worked better in reverse where I could take an existing documented process. We tried integrating with our process documentation AI tool for our documented processes and it caused rework and extra time to create the docs in Blueworks. Updates will be cumbersome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Swpanil Agrawal of IBM Blueworks Live

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Hello! Thank you for your review and feedback on IBM Blueworks Live. We are glad that you found the tool easy to use and that it helped you with documenting and standardizing your processes. Your review is very timely as we just had a release come out on March 30, 2024 that contains new APIs to help with your pain points. For example, we now have an API to import Processes via BPMN which will help you with the bulk import of Processes. Please see more information in our release announcement here: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/automation/blogs/drew-sens/2024/03/22/ibm-bwl-march-available-now. We would love to collect feedback on what else you would like to see improved. Please feel free to submit your ideas and feedback on ideas.ibm.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Juan Ramón G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/18/2024

"An excellent tool for the Discovery and Definition of processes"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

It allows following the DiMoDAR (R) methodology, which consists of covering the stages of Discovery, Modeling, Document, Analysis, and Repository, enabling companies to follow an efficient and effective method for process definition that includes the 5 necessary stages of the methodology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

The written font of the activities has always been too small, which sometimes makes reading difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Machinery

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/29/2024

"superior usability"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

-1 It is very easy to create business flows using in interactive manner

-2 Methods for simplifying flowcharts are also available: subgroup, flow-line connection

-3 Relevant documents for business are also attached, can be displayed in the format of WIKI.

-4 In printing in PDF format, the Overview page can be inserted in the first page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

The style, color, and size of the characters cannot be changed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Blueworks Live solving and how is that benefiting you?

-1 Previously, business flows were created using Excel or PowerPoint, which made it difficult to proceed due to the time required for new creations or modifications. This has been dramatically improved, leading to saving time and extend to more business flow creation.

-2 It is possible to reference related documents or internal regulations, resulting in the business flow more practical in daily transitions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Swpanil Agrawal of IBM Blueworks Live

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Hello! We are glad that IBM Blueworks Live is helping you with your process transformation journey. Our goal is for users to be able to easily create business flows and sounds like you are taking full advantage of that. The documentation tab available in different areas of the product allow you to change the font style, color, and size of the text within it. We would love to collect feedback on what you’d like to see improved. Please feel free to submit your ideas and feedback on ideas.ibm.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Lukasz M.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/23/2024

"Blue works for business processes"

2.5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

Easy to collaborate while building business processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

It is not that intuitive and could be more modern in look and feel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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SAP Consultant MM

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/16/2024

"friendly experience"

4/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

It is of great help in creating the pdds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

It has no index or possibility of including it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/16/2024

"IBM Blueworks Review"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Blueworks Live?

IBM blue work live is a cloud base business process modeling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Blueworks Live?

Basic reporting features,It have more cost as compared to other product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Laurence May of IBM Blueworks Live

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Many thanks for your feedback! I am delighted that you have awarded IBM Blueworks Live 5 stars ! We're glad you like the fact we are cloud based tool. Also thank you for your thoughts on the Basic reporting features, I agree with you and this is something we are looking to improve in the future. However, If you have specific reporting you would like to see please raise it as an idea in our IBM idea portal --> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/welcome-ibm-ideas-portal and we will review and respond to you. In terms of cost, its always difficult to compare solutions unless they have precisely the same features & capabilities, however we will always strive to improve our offerings to ensure we meet and exceed our customers expectations.