We performed a comparison between Bizagi vs Visio based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, the reviews for both solutions line up similarly. Visio comes out slightly on top because users report a positive ROI while Bizagi users don’t mention it.
"Agility is most valuable because we can develop so much faster than other tools. We can make requirements, develop, and go out to production much faster. So, agility in the software cycle is most valuable."
"This solution is easy to use and it is a good tool for process modeling."
"I like the business process management engine. It's very detailed, and you can probably map any of the corporate workflow processes you come across in it compared to some of the other solutions out there. I can probably say that it has very good support to work in tandem with other RP solutions in the market. The software is still very user-friendly and integral, and they have pretty good online resources. The automation feature is pretty good, so is the integration feature."
"It automates a completely manual, complicated process."
"Your team can work on it having basic training about databases and BPM modeling."
"The most beneficial features of Bizagi for our business processes are its seamless connectivity between process elements and its ability to automate tasks and perform simulations."
"BPMN 2.0 compliance, while you model the processes, the system can detect your notation errors."
"Process management is easy with Bizagi; validating processes and assigning resources is straightforward."
"Visio has improved our organization through an essential collaboration with the other Microsoft applications like SharePoint and Excel. So basically in the earlier days, what used to happen, a majority of the organization captured all the as-is process, the time and motion data in the form of Excel and then they used to create process diagrams using other freeware applications. Collaboration allows easy and convenient sharing with other stakeholders, that is really helpful with Visio."
"I like that once you create what you need, you can group that, at least within that drawing, and you have access to that new stencil object or that custom object throughout that drawing."
"The solution is user-friendly."
"A major benefit of Visio is its user-friendliness. Upon opening the program, you have access to a variety of pre-made templates, saving you time and effort. All you need to do is input your data into the template and you're ready to proceed with your project."
"The main reason I choose Visio is that it is easy to use. The user interface is familiar and straightforward. Additionally, it offers a variety of templates, such as those for Cisco solutions, which make it easy to create diagrams for specific use cases. For example, we use a Cisco Meraki switch and we can find the exact template for it, then we can easily drop in the components and connect the cables to create the diagram."
"It is easy to learn and implement."
"Visio is stable."
"This is a very straightforward product and I don't think that anything needs to be simplified."
"The product used to have a simulation feature, which I had used quite often. However, it's since been discontinued. It might have originally been a paid feature. It would be nice if they could bring it back and offer it for free."
"The solution is a bit heavy on resources and has slowed down my computer."
"One thing that I don't like very much is related to integration: we have to develop some connectors... I would need a connector that connects to a REST service and that uses client ID in secret... They provide the means to develop a connector and use it, but they should implement this because REST services are among the most used protocols for web services."
"It would be useful if we can connect Bizagi to other solutions, such as a local financial solution or Power BI. It would also be good and helpful to be able to connect Bizagi to some services solutions. It should also support right-to-left languages, such as Arabic."
"In business process mapping, you have pools and dark pools. I don't see that Bizagi differentiates between a regular pool and a dark pool."
"Bizagi needs a way to define categories such as process groups like the APQC framework, PCF, and handle the processes within it."
"They should improve the migration process between major versions, from version 9 to 10, we had to redo our implementation."
"The gateway through which it connects with other vendors, specifically RPA vendors, is one aspect that could be improved."
"System architecture could be improved."
"Visio's scalability could be improved. I had a license through my school and it would have been great to be able to collaborate with more people."
"The performance sometimes lags and has room for improvement."
"An area for improvement in Visio is pricing. It's a costly tool for my company because it only uses Visio occasionally."
"One thing that I always felt was missing was the ability to integrate with other Microsoft products, particularly with things like SharePoint or other Excel Office tools. It may be available, but it is not as good as it could be."
"The solution should be included in Microsoft Office 365. For some reason, it's not. It should be bundled in with everything else."
"The behavior of the interface can sometimes be unpredictable."
"Visio is not as scalable as other tools due to the proprietary restriction. You cannot customize it or scale it up like the way you do with Trello or Jira. Microsoft places restrictions on things that you can do with Visio."
Bizagi is ranked 5th in Business Process Design with 78 reviews while Visio is ranked 1st in Business Process Design with 101 reviews. Bizagi is rated 8.4, while Visio is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Bizagi writes "A flexible, customizable solution that reduced time to market, but the UI and customer support could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visio writes "A software for drawing a variety of diagrams which include flowcharts, org charts, building plans, floor plans, data flow diagrams". Bizagi is most compared with Camunda, Bonita, Microsoft Power Apps, ARIS BPA and Appian, whereas Visio is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm, IBM Blueworks Live, SAP Signavio Process Manager and Lucidchart. See our Bizagi vs. Visio report.
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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 Visio is available in Studio and Modeler. If you have a lot of models, it may make sense to import. However, if you have just a handful, Modeler is very easy to use and it's probably faster and safer just to build them in the native Bizagi environment.