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IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation?

IBM® Business Process Manager is a full-featured, consumable business process management (BPM) platform designed for faster time to deployment. It includes tooling and run time for process design, execution, monitoring and optimization of business processes.

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Awards & Recognition

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation won the following awards in the Business Process Management category

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3 Top Rated Features

2024

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation?

12% Negative

0% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Process Management

Business Rules Management

BPM Workflow and Approvals

Deployment

Process Monitoring and Optimization

Process Modelling and Design

Knowledge and Document Management

Process Simulation and Execution

Form and Report Building

Analytics and Reporting

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation Reviews

Rahul S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Dec 2022

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation from other similar products?

The majority of users will find this solution to be straightforward to use throughout the full process of developing a system that simplifies workflow procedures. The usability is very good

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

extremely readable Task Claim and Submition are streamlined in BPMN diagrams. Scalable, suitable for both direct processing and sophisticated flows including third-party integrations

What do you dislike most about this product?

Data migration from one workflow solution to another can be a little challenging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The OOTB tools and components that IBM Business Process Manager offers cover the majority of business requirements. In addition, it enables us to develop new custom components that can be quickly integrated and used as a library or modify already existing ones.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Caring
Respectful
Client Friendly Policies

Randy A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jul 2022

Great process automation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation from other similar products?

Automation of processes. Reducing work done manually. Very good in load balancing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Distribution of work removing idle resources. Integration with other resources is very easy. Very efficient and effective.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes it is slow. Installation process is complicated. The documentation is not clearly outlined.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

this is the best system for process automation and workflow management.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Robert H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Food and Beverage
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

IBM BPM for enterprise automation

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation from other similar products?

IBM Business Process Manager has robust work performance features than on PPM tools, which has less effective tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IBM Business Process Manager is a complete Business process management tool with OD manager for business rules management and CASE manager for case management.

What do you dislike most about this product?

IBM Business Process Manager has enrichment of tools, that seems ti be daunting to customize all without hiring third-party consultants or relying to vendor customer support.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend this PBM system to all businesses looking forward to enhance CASE andOD management.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Inspires Innovation
Respectful

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Process Management Ability to document, report on and optimize broader business processes which may contain multiple business rules.

Business Rules Management Ability to document, report on, and optimize business rules. Also includes an editable business rules engine.

BPM Workflow and Approvals Includes event processing and exception handling, escalation authorization, ad hoc in-flight workflow revisions, logging, and approvals.

Deployment Includes ability to execute business processes, automated or not, through the tool whether that it is on the user's machine, cloud, or other virtual environment

Process Monitoring and Optimization Includes monitoring capabilities that allow for process analytics, performance measurement, and KPI recording and optimization.

Process Modelling and Design Includes visual process modeler with swim lane, event process chain view, and BPMN support.

Knowledge and Document Management Includes basic knowledge management functions such as content library, searching, FAQ, etc.

Process Simulation and Execution Includes ability to test and optimize the performance of a process using historical data.

Form and Report Building Includes building and layout capabilities for forms and (in some cases) reports; data from processes is automatically recorded and generated in a report.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation Reviews

Rahul S.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Randy A.

Great process automation tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Robert H.

IBM BPM for enterprise automation

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Process Management

Business Rules Management

BPM Workflow and Approvals

Deployment

Process Monitoring and Optimization

Process Modelling and Design

Knowledge and Document Management

Process Simulation and Execution

Form and Report Building

Analytics and Reporting

Collaboration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support