We performed a comparison between IBM Blueworks Live and WorkflowGen based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Software AG and others in Business Process Design."The ease of documenting and digitizing the processes was valuable to us."
"You can use if from your mobile device or you can be on the desktop. It doesn't matter. You are always connected. It is cloud-based, so you don't have to install anything."
"The solution is stable. All the refreshes run very well."
"Valuable features include real-time modeling and design work, the ability to perform workshops with clients in real-time with the tool, and getting instant output."
"The reporting that we can generate from IBM Blueworks Live has been interesting. We found the KPIs, risks, process modeling, format, and colors, to be very good. We use the EY template and it is interesting to generate reporting in this format."
"I like the two-tiered approach, that is, discover and then drill down to the main steps. You can right click and attach risk, policies, and much more. It is a user-friendly solution."
"It has the ability to document in different formats. It is not tied to a specific model. You can look at it from different angles and see the intuitive nature of it. It always generates a valid diagram. You cannot create something that is not BPMN compliant."
"IBM Blueworks Live is cloud-based and provides easy access to all your processes in one place."
"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."
"There should be an option to import from and export to Microsoft Visio. Being able to move files back and forth between Blueworks Live and Visio would be good."
"We haven't yet been able to dabble in case management with Blueworks Live, as it is not yet offered with the product."
"I can't insert any images. For example, within the process map, if I want to put it in the box or rectangle, or circle. If I have to use one image or icon, that's not possible."
"Some of the import functionality was a bit restrictive, in terms of loading data in from other data sources. Something as simple as Excel, loading data tables from Excel, wasn't great. And vice-versa. Some of the export and import functionality with something like Visio - which, I know it's a slightly different tool - but being able to work seamlessly with those other tool sets would've been quite useful. I know it was something that was in the pipeline to be looked at. So that would be useful."
"The ability to create a very structured rule. With the capability that we have right now, Blueworks Live is more process focused. We should be able to enhance it to include a lot more of decisions as well."
"We'd also like to see it be Six Sigma or Lean compatible, a lot of people have asked about that."
"The objects that the solution creates are not unique."
"The initial setup is neither straightforward nor complex however you do need to know what you are doing."
"This solution needs to be more customizable."
Earn 20 points
IBM Blueworks Live is ranked 12th in Business Process Design with 20 reviews while WorkflowGen is ranked 28th in Business Process Design. IBM Blueworks Live is rated 8.2, while WorkflowGen is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Blueworks Live writes "An easily scalable and affordable solution that enables users to document and digitize processes with ease". On the other hand, the top reviewer of WorkflowGen writes "Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable". IBM Blueworks Live is most compared with Visio, SAP Signavio Process Manager, Lucidchart, ARIS Cloud and Camunda, whereas WorkflowGen is most compared with .
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