As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 1998
                                                           Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              --------------------

                                BROADVISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                                       94-3184303
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              --------------------

                      585 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                              --------------------

                              Equity Incentive Plan
                        1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                   Pehong Chen
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                                BroadVision, Inc.
                                  585 Broadway
                         Redwood City, California 94063
                                 (650) 261-5100
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)

                              --------------------

                                   Copies to:
                            Kenneth L. Guernsey, Esq.
                               Cooley Godward LLP
                         One Maritime Plaza, 20th Floor
                             San Francisco, CA 94111
                                 (415) 693-2000

                              --------------------

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
                                                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<CAPTION>
=================================================================================================================================
                                                      Proposed Maximum          Proposed Maximum
 Title of Securities to                              Offering Price Per        Aggregate Offering 
      be Registered            Amount to be               Share(1)                   Price(1)           Amount of Registration
                                Registered                                                                       Fee
=================================================================================================================================
<S>                             <C>                     <C>                        <C>                       <C>        
Stock  Options and Common
Stock (par value $.001)         1,175,000               $21.125                    $24,814,090               $7,196.08
=================================================================================================================================

<FN>
         (1) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the amount of the
         registration   fee  pursuant  to  Rule  457(c)  and  (h)(1)  under  the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The offering price per
         share and  aggregate  offering  price are based  upon (a) the  weighted
         average  exercise  price,  for shares  subject to  outstanding  options
         granted under BroadVision,  Inc.  ("Registrant" or "Company") under the
         Company's Equity Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan")(pursuant to Rule
         457(h)  under the Act) or (b) the average of the high and low prices of
         Registrant's  Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
         August ___, 1998, for (i) shares  reserved for future grant pursuant to
         the  Incentive  Plan  and (ii)  shares  issuable  pursuant  to the 1996
         Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act).
         The following chart  illustrates  the  calculation of the  registration
         fee:


================================================================================================================================
                  Title of Shares                        Number of Shares       Offering Price Per       Aggregate Offering
                                                                                       Share                    Price
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares  issuable   pursuant  to  outstanding   stock          173,000              $21.08(1)(a)               $3,646,840
options under the Equity Incentive Plan                                                                                         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to the           802,000              $21.125(1)(b)              $16,942,250
Equity Incentive Plan                                                                                                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares issuable  pursuant to the 1996 Employee Stock          200,000              $21.125(1)(b)              $4,225,000
Purchase Plan                                                                                                                   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price                                                                     $24,814,090
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registration Fee                                                                                              $7,196.08
================================================================================================================================
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
================================================================================================================================
</FN>
</TABLE>

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<PAGE>


                    INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
                REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-14057

         The contents of Registration  Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-14057 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 1996 are incorporated
by reference herein.



                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
-------

5.1       Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2      Consent of Cooley  Godward  LLP is  contained  in Exhibit  5.1 to this
          Registration Statement

24        Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

99.1*     Equity Incentive Plan, as amended as of May 11, 1998.

99.2*     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of May 11, 1998.

* Documents  incorporated  by reference  from the Company's Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on May 15, 1998

                                        1

<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Redwood City, State of California, on August 27,
1998.

                                            BROADVISION, INC.


                                            By:      /s/ Randall C. Bolten
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                     Randall C. Bolten
                                                     Chief Financial Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints  Pehong Chen and Randall C. Bolten,  and
each or any one of them, his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent,  with
full power of substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents,  and each of them,  full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection  therewith,
as fully to all intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute,  may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

                                       2

<PAGE>

<TABLE>

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<CAPTION>
Signature                                             Title                                       Date

<S>                                                   <C>                                         <C> 
         /s/ Pehong Chen                              President,  Chief Executive Officer and     August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------          Director (Principal Executive Officer)                     
         Pehong Chen                                  


         /s/ Randall C. Bolten                        Vice  President  Operations,  and Chief     August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------          Financial Officer (Principal  Financial                    
         Randall C. Bolten                            and Accounting Officer)                
                                                      


         /s/ David L. Anderson                        Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         David L. Anderson


         /s/ Yogen K. Dalal                           Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Yogen K. Dalal


         /s/ Koh Boon Hwee                            Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Koh Boon Hwee


         /s/ Carl Pascarella                          Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Carl Pascarella
</TABLE>
                                       3

<PAGE>


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number                             Description

5.1       Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2      Consent of Cooley  Godward  LLP is  contained  in Exhibit  5.1 to this
          Registration Statement

24        Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

99.1*     Equity Incentive Plan

99.2*     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

* Documents  incorporated  by reference  from the Company's Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on May 15, 1998

                                       4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 1998
                                                           Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                              --------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              --------------------

                                BROADVISION, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                       94-3184303
(State of Incorporation)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                              --------------------

                      585 Broadway, Redwood City, CA 94063
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                              --------------------

                              Equity Incentive Plan
                        1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                   Pehong Chen
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                                BroadVision, Inc.
                                  585 Broadway
                         Redwood City, California 94063
                                 (650) 261-5100
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                              of agent for service)

                              --------------------

                                   Copies to:
                            Kenneth L. Guernsey, Esq.
                               Cooley Godward LLP
                         One Maritime Plaza, 20th Floor
                             San Francisco, CA 94111
                                 (415) 693-2000

                              --------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=================================================================================================================================
                                                      Proposed Maximum          Proposed Maximum
 Title of Securities to                              Offering Price Per        Aggregate Offering 
      be Registered            Amount to be               Share(1)                   Price(1)           Amount of Registration
                                Registered                                                                       Fee
=================================================================================================================================
Stock  Options and Common
Stock (par value $.001)         1,175,000               $21.125                    $24,814,090               $7,196.08
=================================================================================================================================
(1) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the amount of the
         registration   fee  pursuant  to  Rule  457(c)  and  (h)(1)  under  the
         Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The offering price per
         share and  aggregate  offering  price are based  upon (a) the  weighted
         average  exercise  price,  for shares  subject to  outstanding  options
         granted under BroadVision,  Inc.  ("Registrant" or "Company") under the
         Company's Equity Incentive Plan (the "Incentive Plan")(pursuant to Rule
         457(h)  under the Act) or (b) the average of the high and low prices of
         Registrant's  Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
         August ___, 1998, for (i) shares  reserved for future grant pursuant to
         the  Incentive  Plan  and (ii)  shares  issuable  pursuant  to the 1996
         Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act).
         The following chart  illustrates  the  calculation of the  registration
         fee:

================================================================================================================================
                  Title of Shares                        Number of Shares       Offering Price Per       Aggregate Offering
                                                                                       Share                    Price
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares  issuable   pursuant  to  outstanding   stock          173,000              $21.08(1)(a)               $3,646,840
options under the Equity Incentive Plan                                                                                         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to the           802,000              $21.125(1)(b)              $16,942,250
Equity Incentive Plan                                                                                                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shares issuable  pursuant to the 1996 Employee Stock          200,000              $21.125(1)(b)              $4,225,000
Purchase Plan                                                                                                                   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price                                                                     $24,814,090
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registration Fee                                                                                              $7,196.08
================================================================================================================================
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
================================================================================================================================
2
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
                REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-14057

         The contents of Registration  Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-14057 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 1996 are incorporated
by reference herein.

                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
-------

5.1       Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2      Consent of Cooley  Godward  LLP is  contained  in Exhibit  5.1 to this
          Registration Statement

24        Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

99.1*     Equity Incentive Plan, as amended as of May 11, 1998.

99.2*     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of May 11, 1998.

* Documents  incorporated  by reference  from the Company's Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on May 15, 1998

                                        1
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Redwood City, State of California, on August 27,
1998.

                                            BROADVISION, INC.

                                            By:      /s/ Randall C. Bolten
                                               ---------------------------------
                                                     Randall C. Bolten
                                                     Chief Financial Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints  Pehong Chen and Randall C. Bolten,  and
each or any one of them, his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent,  with
full power of substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities,  to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents,  and each of them,  full power and  authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection  therewith,
as fully to all intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute,  may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

                                       2
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                                             Title                                       Date
/s/ Pehong Chen                              President,  Chief Executive Officer and     August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------          Director (Principal Executive Officer)                     
         Pehong Chen                                  

         /s/ Randall C. Bolten                        Vice  President  Operations,  and Chief     August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------          Financial Officer (Principal  Financial                    
         Randall C. Bolten                            and Accounting Officer)                
                                                      

         /s/ David L. Anderson                        Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         David L. Anderson

         /s/ Yogen K. Dalal                           Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Yogen K. Dalal

         /s/ Koh Boon Hwee                            Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Koh Boon Hwee

         /s/ Carl Pascarella                          Director                                    August 27, 1998
--------------------------------------------                                                                     
         Carl Pascarella
3
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number                             Description

5.1       Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP

23.1      Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

23.2      Consent of Cooley  Godward  LLP is  contained  in Exhibit  5.1 to this
          Registration Statement

24        Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

99.1*     Equity Incentive Plan

99.2*     1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

* Documents  incorporated  by reference  from the Company's Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on May 15, 1998

                                       4