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Bosch inubit vs IBM BPM comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Bosch inubit
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
50th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM BPM
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
113
Ranking in other categories
Application Infrastructure (8th), Process Automation (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Bosch inubit is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM BPM is 4.1%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM BPM4.1%
Bosch inubit0.7%
Other95.2%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1288188 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps engineer at Swiss Post Solutions
Has reliable technical support and good stability
From my experience using Bosch, I would recommend it to somebody considering it. I would rate it an eight out of ten. There are better solutions on the market. To make it a perfect ten, they should improve the price. There is a learning curve and sometimes there are issues from the software.
Ateeq Rehman - PeerSpot reviewer
Unit Head System Implementor at Allied Bank Limited
Automation platforms streamline processes and offer flexibility, but AI integration and version upgrades pose challenges
In the technology world, there is always room for improvement. Technologies evolve day by day, especially with the emergence of artificial intelligence and generative AI models. Although IBM BPM is a substantial product, adopting and integrating new technologies quickly is not easy due to the migration and upgrade paths involved. Every time new versions are released, we face business and production challenges that make rapid adoption challenging. The main concern bothering me today regarding IBM BPM is the integration of AI components.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"We contact their customer support often. They are very good and reliable."
"One thing that I love about them is that they make it easier to integrate with other systems, especially with the use of smaller files."
"It allows the business to make changes going forward and gives them a bit more power and accountability for some of their processes."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"IBM BPM's most valuable features are its speed in implementing and providing any changes."
"BPM has become a backbone of our organization, handling major processes."
"The customer service is outstanding."
"Faster: industrialization of the renewal process with the automation of certain tasks and a clarified organization can handle a case 3 times faster."
"The performance is fine."
 

Cons

"There are better solutions on the market. To make it a perfect ten, they should improve the price. There is a learning curve and sometimes there are issues from the software."
"Every time we tried to meet to do some upgrade of a version of the solution, it was a lot of work; even minor upgrades always required a significant amount of work in intensities and trials."
"There needs to be better documentation for IBM BPM in a central place; there is not any standard documentation for each component available and it has been a barrier for developers."
"You must have good experience to work with it. It is not that easy. Its installation is complex, especially in the new version for business automation, and it could be improved. It has a safety application embedded inside it, and you need to do a lot of configuration to install it. I have been working for two days to resolve an issue."
"The user experience, while it has improved, should continue to improve."
"The coaches and the user interface are the areas that can be improved a lot. It is good in terms of data processing, but the UI, scripting, and coaches are not very user-friendly and developer-friendly. Performance is always an issue. The scripting and the pattern that it uses are very tedious for new developers to understand, and it takes time to master it in depth. When comparing IBM BPM with IBM APN, a lot of things are provided out of the box in IBM APN. We don't have to write code or a Java connector to make a functionality work. It would be very helpful and time-saving for developers if IBM BPM is improved in this area to provide many functionalities or drag-and-drop options so that the developers don't have to write the code."
"It should have a more powerful and faster form builder, also the license is complex using PVUs."
"Where it can be improved is Integration."
"The configuration is not that easy, and the initial deployment took three months."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is pricey."
"The pricing is quite high, I would rate it two out of five."
"The product is expensive considering the hardware and software costs."
"I wish it was less expensive. I don't know why their pricing model is so high for a piece of software that could benefit so many. It just seems to me that they could have a lower cost, maybe with fewer features or whatever, but it should be possible to do a lower cost workflow software that uses the same interface and underlying engine but does not cost so much that you have to be a Fortune 50 company to buy it. It is annoying to me. There are a lot of solutions that IBM has that are really powerful but nobody can afford them. They know their business, but I still feel that there are a lot of customers who would benefit from this sort of thing. I don't know what this elitism is all about. I am sure they have people doing the money numbers, but it seems like you can make a lot more money by selling it to way more people for a little bit less."
"​We have definitely seen ROI. When we first kicked it off, we said it had to pay for itself within three years, and it did."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the pricing a ten."
"I already compared some solutions related to business process management, and I saw that the cost of IBM BPM is more expensive compared with that of Camunda, for example."
"The solution is highly-priced."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
18%
Construction Company
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Retailer
12%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise72
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is better, IBM BPM or IBM Business Automation Workflow?
We researched both IBM solutions and in the end, we chose Business Automation Workflow. IBM BPM has a good user interface and the BPM coach is a helpful tool. The API is very useful in providing en...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM BPM?
Once it is installed, maintaining it is not a big issue.
What needs improvement with IBM BPM?
There are negative aspects, such as IBM BPM being quite heavy and not lightweight, and the licensing cost is higher, which has caused some companies to shift away. IBM BPM is complicated to install...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

inubit
WebSphere Lombardi Edition, IBM Business Process Manager, IBM WebSphere Process Server
 

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Sample Customers

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Barclays, EmeriCon, Banca Popolare di Milano, CST Consulting, KeyBank, KPMG, Prolifics, Sandhata Technologies Ltd., State of Alaska, Humana S.A., Saperion, esciris, Banco Espirito Santo
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