We performed a comparison between Bizagi 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 amount of control that this solution provides is great."
"The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products."
"This solution is easy to use and it is a good tool for process modeling."
"One of the features I like is that when drawing any task, when putting a task on the process model canvas, I can simply click on it and see the other task icons for that task. It's just one quick, simple, straightforward connectivity from task to task."
"The user logic is very easy to understand, even for people who are not engineers nor developers."
"The initial setup is super simple."
"The main feature of Bizagi is the speed to which we can automate processes and how we can modify them without a strong impact on the end users."
"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."
"The company has become more efficient and reduced its budget."
"Ability to model and create view under same roof."
"Its traversability is most valuable. I can use ArchiMate, and I can create a UML model. ArchiMate is for logical enterprise architecture, UML is for software engineering, and BPMN is for business processes. I can build it to have multiple models, and they are also traversable, which is not something that every tool allows. If there is a huge organization, you can segment it and have separate models for business technology or internal resource management system. You don't need to keep them in one model, and you can decide to segregate them."
"Simplified our task at maintaining architecture information and traceability with requirements."
"Provides a single repository for all architecture work."
"Using Sparx Enterprise Architect allowed my customer to detail and make the company's IT strategy visible and accessible to all. The system provided clear roadmaps for IT development and helped to keep up-to-date documentation of systems and processes."
"The installation was very easy."
"It is a very rich tool in terms of the functionality, and the types of diagrams, that you can create in this tool."
"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."
"The on-premise software has some bugs."
"The technical support is not fast enough and should be improved."
"For the small business, this is very bad because it is still fragmented. The licensing policy should be more flexible and small company oriented. In micro-small companies, there should only be one or two. That's not the problem. Maybe it is too flexible, there are so many pieces that you need to put together. When you have a small business, it can be a little complicated, not so easy."
"Enhancing data generation methods for easier printing and refining the file attachment and user interface to optimize usability."
"Also, the tool sometimes feels not so mature when we find random deploy errors from testing to production environment."
"Can be difficult for new users."
"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."
"Not visually appealing."
"The presentation graphics need to be improved in future builds."
"This solution is quite complex to use. It would be nice if the learning curve wasn't so steep."
"Weak in regards to data modelling. No logical or physical modelling or migration from conceptual to physical."
"There should be a MATLAB-specific toolbox added to the solution with better compatibility. The connections currently are good but in the future, it needs a huge improvement."
"The stability and performance of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect could still be improved. Setup for it is also slightly complicated and could be improved."
"Its usability needs to be improved. For non-technical users, it is a little difficult to understand how Enterprise Architect works. Users who are not engineers find it difficult to understand how this tool works. This is something they need to work on. They can develop a BPM model to simulate processes."
"There used to be that feature in ArchiMate Modeling of Enterprise Architect called inherited relationships. Now it's gone."
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Bizagi is ranked 5th in Business Process Design with 78 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. Bizagi is rated 8.4, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. 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 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". Bizagi is most compared with Camunda, Visio, Bonita, Microsoft Power Apps and OutSystems, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX. See our Bizagi vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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