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Bizagi vs IBM Case Foundation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Bizagi
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Process Automation (11th), Rapid Application Development Software (15th), Low-Code Development Platforms (13th), No-Code Development Platforms (6th), Process Mining (7th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (16th)
IBM Case Foundation
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 3.7%, down from 6.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Case Foundation is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bizagi3.7%
IBM Case Foundation1.1%
Other95.2%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

Micah Rachuonyo - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Standardization Officer at KEBS
Has helped me create clean and structured process maps with a simple setup experience
I have not explored ways Bizagi can be improved beyond creating maps. If I explore automation and integration with other processes, then I may be able to identify potential areas for improvement. I would appreciate additional features for the free version. Currently, the elements in a process map are limited to activities, decisions, flows, and start/end points. The decision map could be improved to allow more than three options at a decision point.
KA
Senior Systems Consultant at Saudi Telecom Company
User experience reveals stability and easy deployment, though improvements in integration options are needed
We are still working with DataPower Gateway with IBM solutions, but they will move to webMethods from DataPower, IBM. We still use IBM FileNet for the FileNet. We have already integrated IBM Case Foundation with IBM Content Management and are using IBM Content Navigator as an interface in Content Engine and Content Management for lifecycle documents. I do not use analytics for operational insights. We work in banking, but not in healthcare. Currently, my customers are using it on-premises, and security-wise it is fine. For Saudi Arabia, 300 users represent a medium business. I recommend IBM Case Foundation; it is the best in BPM solutions, and I support it. It is the best because it has stability, very good stability. IBM has good stability, and performance-wise it is also easy for deployment. From the GUI, you can make many changes, and it is low code; we did not write much code because the BPM design is a very good solution. My total rating for IBM Case Foundation is 8.5 out of 10.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In the past, we took from 1-3 days for a vacation request for the whole process, and now it's for 2 hours."
"Bizagi has rich functionalities; compared to other BPMN tools, it has more features."
"Business process modelling and simulation."
"The product allowed users to connect with flow chart elements with ease."
"It automates a completely manual, complicated process."
"Bizagi is a great tool for creating, testing, and documenting process diagrams."
"Very user friendly and a professional solution."
"It has an easy to use interface which final users accepted with much more enthusiasm than our ERP (SAP)."
"IBM Case Foundation is both scalable and flexible."
"In terms of rolling out deployments, it's good and there aren't really any bugs."
"The client and the IBM content navigation are the solution's most valuable features."
"It definitely has provided better proficiency in our business processes."
"A valuable feature includes seamless integration with the document management system, along with robust capabilities in analytics and reporting."
"It is scalable."
"It is well integrated with documents and document management from IBM, is a very good data-driven solution, and it is easy to set up workflows that notify the user depending on certain events."
"The most valuable feature is its stability, which is why we are using it."
 

Cons

"It needs some better notation functionality."
"Bizagi could be improved by more automation and machine learning."
"The free version could be better. Some of the templates and all the functionalities aren't available in the free version. I've been trying to check some maps, for example, organizational maps or a model on organization hierarchy. Apparently, there seems to be no template. You have to create your own. I am not sure if there are templates, but I've not really seen any. I think that there's room for improvement."
"As I worked with the desktop version of the Bizagi modeler, I was not so comfortable."
"Also, the tool sometimes feels not so mature when we find random deploy errors from testing to production environment."
"If they add a few more capabilities like AIML and DocGen AI, these features would be good."
"Bizagi has been aggressively adding features to maintain its market-leading position, however, in some cases, this has impacted the stability of certain product builds."
"It works slowly on the cloud, sometimes."
"IBM needs to update the user interfaces of all its products to make them more intuitive and accessible to beginners. Compared to Microsoft products, IBM solutions are less user-friendly. IBM programs are hard to master. It's a problem in my region because it's hard to find IT staff who can work with IBM."
"Once a workflow is launched then it stays static forever, which is a problem because if there is a change in the business then you cannot change the workflow."
"We are now using microservices but there are some areas where the coordination with FileNet is problematic."
"The other thing that they could improve is that when you change the workflow definition from the BPM, then when all workflows are started with the older definition there where they have to stay with the older definition and don't see the change for the older workflows."
"The place of improvement is merging or combining all of the workflow functionality into one seamless tool."
"The solution can be quite expensive."
"​The place of improvement is merging or combining all of the workflow functionality into one seamless tool. Now, there are multiple installations that are different. Case Foundation, before you can put Case Manager and you've got IBM BPM, and the roadmap is there to merge them altogether. But that's the struggle at the moment, it's having multiple installations and disparate workflow applications.​"
"The service as it currently stands is out-of-date and lacks flexibility."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is a free solution."
"It is not expensive."
"The modeler itself is free. For the whole BPM suite, there are other options that may be better."
"Pricing is good value for money."
"When we were working with the on-premises solution, the licenses were a little bit expensive because we had to buy one by one a package of a hundred licenses, whereas now, we are working with the cloud solution, and it has a different cost. It's a different business model because we pay the license for the developers, but the cost is by the environment, and we have unlimited licenses. The business model is different now, but the benefit ratio is good."
"The modeling part of the software is free. Most of the time, it is used for this purpose."
"Its price is reasonable."
"It is on par with other BPM tools, but not as expensive as Pega nor Appian."
"This is not an expensive solution and we are using the standard license."
"Pricing is in the mid-range, it is not cheap, but it's not expensive."
"IBM Case Foundation is a little expensive."
"The price falls in the middle range—not overly expensive but not extremely affordable either."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Performing Arts
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise36
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
I have been using Bizagi with a major project for a state government agency for about four years now. It is pretty straightforward to load in files that are BPMN 2.0 compliant. The option to load V...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?
Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it. It was less expensive than some of the other tools.
What needs improvement with Bizagi?
I have not explored ways Bizagi can be improved beyond creating maps. If I explore automation and integration with other processes, then I may be able to identify potential areas for improvement. I...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Case Foundation?
The tool is expensive for my customers; it is very expensive, more than other solutions. Some customers say it is more expensive. The license cost for Cloud Pak is per user and increases with the n...
What needs improvement with IBM Case Foundation?
We face some challenges with IBM Case Foundation from our customers, particularly with administration and configuration. We face many issues and open tickets with IBM regarding that, especially som...
What is your primary use case for IBM Case Foundation?
My customer's main use cases for IBM Case Foundation include banking, such as Bank Alryad, and the state Ministry of OI. There are many banks in Saudi Arabia in the banking sector. In the banking s...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Case Foundation, FileNet Business Process Manager
 

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Sample Customers

400+ enterprise customers globally, including DHL, Unilever, Caterpillar, Old Mutual.
Suncorp Group Limited
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