We performed a comparison between SAP Signavio Process Manager and Visual Paradigm based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Design solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"We could increase the transparency and speed for the new ERP introduction. The status and changes by the new system are now clear to everybody and it is a great tool to train the people."
"The reason we chose Signavio is it's a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling data tool, with data capture behind it, as well as a collaborative nature. A lot of it comes out of the box and requires less technology involvement. It can be run well by the business users. That's what we really like about it."
"I would say the collaboration features are very useful to us, because we are a European organization, so we are not in one location. This is an easy way to share with other people and ask them for feedback. That is the use case for us."
"Process Manager supports end-to-end transformation. Students can better understand end-to-end activity and processes as well as how they are run. For teaching, it's process discovery, then modeling, and finally optimization and simulation, partly. Typically, we showcase some simulation of the processes, and this is where we finish. That is why we validate that it's properly designed, but also what are the outcomes of modeled processes. There are also options for discussion on process optimization."
"I really like the Collaboration Hub because it's so easy to communicate. And what is really important is that you can use it asynchronously. It doesn't matter if you're working in Italy or in America. You are using the same process and you can speak about the same process."
"I love the collaboration function, especially the option to invite people who don't have any users on the licenses."
"The collaboration function in the project views is valuable because people can comment on the processes and we can respond."
"The formatting features are quite good because you can create very complex models, but you can easily clean them up so that they look very nice."
"The solution is very user-friendly. It's easy to just open it and start working."
"Stable design software with multiple functions and features. It's simple to install and easy to use."
"The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality."
"I like the fact that this solution is complete."
"Visual Paradigm is super user-friendly, especially for new team members. I always have them start with it because the interface is so simple to pick up. They usually spend about six months to a year using only Visual Paradigm before moving on to other tools. We also use the cloud repository for collaborative work, but I've had some trouble with code reviewing and limitations. Sometimes, customers even request the source file or exported XML because it's easier for them to access and review."
"The pricing model is attractive."
"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."
"It is easy-to-use and it helps understand its data modeling structure through the intuitive user interface."
"Typically, a business process management suite would cover the whole lifecycle, from discovery to optimization and operations. This is running on the process server and providing some kind of low-code environment for developing business solutions. I think the latter part is missing, where SAP Connector comes in. Specifically, the execution of processes is missing, where you would design forms to take orders. This is typically part of some development environment for the process server to run processes from out of the models."
"The licensing model could be better."
"The user administration, the user-group administration, and the license models need improvement."
"It is sometimes difficult to find the match between what is possible and what is wanted, or what is helpful with the product, so better documentation may assist in this regard."
"SAP Signavio Process Manager needs better automatic rendering of data."
"It could use a better user interface, one that is more efficient."
"The product's pricing could be improved."
"I think the intuitive handling is an issue which they should be more focused on, especially as we have issues with the glossary. If you want to implement Signavio within procedures in contact with other software, it's quite difficult to integrate and you will have several points where you have to double and triple the work, because you cannot maintain the data centrally. With other solutions, we can integrate it and have only one data transfer, to import and export with other solutions. A glossary is still limiting us."
"The solution can be heavy on resource usage."
"Visual Paradigm's initial deployment was difficult since we did it for the first time. It is challenging to learn to use the product."
"Visual Paradigm can improve by having better process mining tools and model integration."
"More flexibility when choosing the type of diagram would be nice."
"Visual Paradigm is much better now. But each project has its own challenges, which is why I'm exploring different tools for my new projects. For instance, designing reports can be tough, especially with the costly intervention of professional services from vendors."
"I would like to see something for visualizing innovation work maps."
"There are some connectivity issues that crop up rarely when used with SQL Server."
"Takes up a lot of resources."
SAP Signavio Process Manager is ranked 6th in Business Process Design with 57 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. SAP Signavio Process Manager is rated 8.2, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP Signavio Process Manager writes "Has many functionalities and is used to model processes to the former operating model". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". SAP Signavio Process Manager is most compared with Celonis, ARIS BPA, Camunda, Visio and ADONIS, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and Idera ER/Studio Business Architect. See our SAP Signavio Process Manager vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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