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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Blueworks Live

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ABlueworks Live is cloud-based business process management software that provides users with a collaborative environment for documenting, analyzing, and building business process mapping.N/A

    Microsoft Visio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    IBM Blueworks LiveMicrosoft Visio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Visio Plan 1
    $5.00
    per month per user
    Visio Plan 2
    $15.00
    per month per user
    Visio Standard 2024
    $309.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Visio Professional 2024
    $579.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Blueworks LiveMicrosoft Visio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Blueworks LiveMicrosoft Visio
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Blueworks Live
    When compared to Google Sheets it's far better. I won't recommend visio, I have used it for month and then I switched to IBM Blueworks Live, IBM Blueworks Live suited my use case better. It has been around a year using IBM Blueworks Live and I am not switching it to any other …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Blueworks Live
    I have infrastructure in IBM hence integration with IBM Blueworks Live was very easy.
    There were inbuilt tools in IBM Blueworks Live where as Visio didn't support IBM platform much.
    If you have your infrastructure in Microsoft then Microsoft Visio can be a good choice else IBM …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Blueworks Live
    We didn't have a choice. Our implementation partner chose this
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Blueworks Live
    Blueworks Live was part of a project deal. We did not keep it after the project. We found there are many solutions offering similar or superior capabilities - the fact that Blueworks does not fully support the universal BPMN standard was a big letdown for us. The pricing also …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Blueworks LiveMicrosoft Visio
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of IBM Blueworks Live and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    8.4
    33 Ratings
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of IBM Blueworks Live and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    7.7
    33 Ratings
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation8.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine5.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.927 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player8.230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages7.231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of IBM Blueworks Live and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    8.5
    34 Ratings
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools8.534 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of IBM Blueworks Live and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    IBM Blueworks Live
    6.2
    30 Ratings
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.230 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    IBM Blueworks LiveMicrosoft Visio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (37 ratings)
    8.1
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)