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Vendor: IBM
4.3 out of 5
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What is IBM Operational Decision Manager?

IBM Operational Decision Manager is a comprehensive decision automation platform that helps you discover, capture, analyze, automate and govern rules-based business decisions. Anyone can work with it―from IT to business-line leaders. In seconds, it can authorize a loan, decide on a promotion or detect a cross-sell opportunity with high precision and customization. With IBM Operational Decision Manager, your applications will continuously remain up to date and well aligned with the changing business objectives of your organization. It is available in editions for both cloud and private cloud environments.

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IBM Operational Decision Manager is the #3 ranked solution in top Business Rules Management solutions. PeerSpot users give IBM Operational Decision Manager an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. IBM Operational Decision Manager is most commonly compared to Pega Platform: IBM Operational Decision Manager vs Pega Platform. IBM Operational Decision Manager is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 79% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 28% of all views.
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IBM Operational Decision Manager mindshare

As of August 2025, the mindshare of IBM Operational Decision Manager in the Business Rules Management category stands at 32.1%, down from 34.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Key learnings from peers

Valuable Features

  • "It is a scalable solution."
  • "ODM's most valuable features are that it's easy to define and divide business rules, and it can handle very large numbers of transactions per second."
  • "ODM provides an efficient, comprehensive way to manage all the applications. Regardless of the BPM tool we are using, we choose ODM because it's flexible."

Room for Improvement

  • "The solution's licensing cost needs improvement."
  • "ODM could be improved with better integration with other platforms."
  • "The only thing we have trouble with is integrating IBM ODM with the cloud. The product is on-prem, and we need to migrate the rules to the cloud. It's a hectic process."

Pricing

  • "It is an expensive solution."
  • "ODM's pricing could be more competitive as there are open-source business rules engines that are becoming standard."
  • "It was not a large cost. It was a one-time cost."
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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
28%
Insurance Company
15%
Healthcare Company
8%
Computer Software Company
6%
Government
4%
Educational Organization
4%
Retailer
4%
Outsourcing Company
4%
Transportation Company
4%
Performing Arts
3%
Media Company
3%
Logistics Company
2%
Manufacturing Company
2%
Wellness & Fitness Company
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
University
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Construction Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Hospitality Company
1%
Comms Service Provider
1%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
1%
Renewables & Environment Company
1%

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Learn more about IBM Operational Decision Manager

IBM Operational Decision Manager was previously known as IBM Operational Decision Management, ILOG JRules, IBM ODM.

IBM Operational Decision Manager customers

Odyssey Transportation & Logistics Corporation, Swiss Customs, Athletes' Performance, L_elo, Versicherungskammer Bayern

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