We performed a comparison between Bonita and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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."The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried."
"One of the most valuable features is you can create without coding, it is a low code platform."
"Bonita is simple and lightweight and is flexible to integrate with third-party systems. The UI is now flexible, whereas it was previously rigid. Any technology can be used as a frontend, including ReactJS, Angular, and others."
"I really enjoy using the workflow management."
"Bonita is user-friendly."
"Its user-friendliness, along with the availability of comprehensive and clear documentation on the website is the most valuable."
"The user interface is easy to use."
"It is a great product that is powerful in developing applications."
"A feature I like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is its ease of use."
"It's a stable and scalable solution. I like that it's similar to Rational Rose."
"It is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group. It is in the tool register of Open Group."
"Sparx has got a range of modeling features, and I am comfortable with all its offering. I've used a lot of tools over the phone. I found EA Spark, probably the most feature rich product all in all compared to other products. The solution is very cost-effective and that is its best feature. It's a very good delivery architecture tool, which also has enterprise architecture capabilities, and it's got full life cycle processes and software development. So for me, it's a pretty comprehensive tool"
"We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago."
"Ability to maintain cross-references for all models in all levels - great tractability."
"Customizable and tailored to the environment. Several template frameworks are provided."
"The profiles allow me to customize the tool to the corporate environment instead of the other way around saving huge amounts of time and energy on trying to turn dozens of individuals into TOGAF, ArchiMate or Zachman experts, or even Sparx EA experts."
"There is a considerable learning curve."
"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."
"We are struggling a bit with integrations."
"I would like to improve the product's load balancing."
"I should be able to park the tasks that are within a process in a kind of container, and dynamically, a super admin should be able to connect these processes. This kind of feature might be helpful."
"Automation in vacation of a human resources replacement would be a good improvement in the product."
"Bonita must add a rule engine. We are a 360-degree partner of Bonita. We can integrate with any kind of rule engine. We have a dashboard related to engine performance, but getting a configurable dashboard for the Buildium or transactional data will add value."
"The main issue with Bonita is that the workspace crashes sometimes."
"Sparx can be a bit slow. If you are trying to design software architecture, sometimes we run into issues and need to refresh."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
"Weak in regards to data modelling. No logical or physical modelling or migration from conceptual to physical."
"It should be made Windows compatible."
"The integration could be improved."
"This solution is quite complex to use. It would be nice if the learning curve wasn't so steep."
"It would be nice to have it supported on the Linux operating system."
"The documentation needs a bit of improvement. What I find is that when I'm trying to do something specific for some part of a project, in terms of documentation, it's kind of hard to get at figuring out if you don't use it all the time."
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Bonita is ranked 11th in Business Process Design with 27 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. Bonita is rated 8.2, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Bonita writes "A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". Bonita is most compared with Camunda, Bizagi, Apache Airflow, IBM BPM and BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, LeanIX and Lucidchart. See our Bonita vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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