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."In Bizagi, all of the features are valuable."
"Business process modelling and simulation."
"Your team can work on it having basic training about databases and BPM modeling."
"I like all of the features. I like that you can simulate the processes and add the time standard."
"This solution is easy to use and it is a good tool for process modeling."
"The tool helps to improve business processes and have better KPIs. Also, it is easy to use. Our developers find it easy to learn."
"The product has a comfortable GUI and a good environment for users."
"The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products."
"The advantages of Enterprise are that it's cheaper and much more practical than MagicDraw."
"Modeling is a part of my work, and it has a lot of standard modeling languages. It is quite wide, and a lot is possible in it. We are not programming it ourselves, but if you are into programming and developing software yourself, you can go further and do a lot with Sparx. You can work from the framework and go into the details. With this solution, you get a lot of value at a low cost. It is also quite intuitive in terms of use. I like the use of it."
"I have found the Meta Model tuning feature useful as it provides me with an overview of all my work needs."
"Large variety of profiles and frameworks available out-of-the-box without the need for customization."
"We have found the stability to be very reliable."
"Sparx technical support is good."
"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."
"A feature I like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is its ease of use."
"Enhancing data generation methods for easier printing and refining the file attachment and user interface to optimize usability."
"Bizagi's UI should include shorter steps for documenting controls, documenting properties, changing some attributes in the object, and adding additional text."
"From a developer's point of view, an improvement in the layout would make the UI better."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the costs can be lowered."
"It is difficult to drive ROI on types of processes involving complex business rules."
"It would be helpful if they added some extra features in the next update."
"I'm not really satisfied with the reporting aspect."
"They should improve the migration process between major versions, from version 9 to 10, we had to redo our implementation."
"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"It could be more user-friendly. The tools could be more simple to use. It's a very complex solution. Because I am a business analyst, I use these tools to manage requirements, and I make models in UML, BPMN, and ArchiMate, and it's complex. In the next release, I would like to see more integrations."
"From a practical point of view, we need speed and reliability for creating a model and doing some really meaningful tasks such as application landscape, refactoring, etc. These are two primary criteria. Sometimes, when you import something, it creates the object duplicates, or it allows you to do something that you're not supposed to do. For example, validation is missing. This could be frustrating because when you work at a high speed, you need to come back and start fixing things that the tool allowed you to go with, which is not quite good. So, there should probably be some internal mechanisms to advise you about what you're doing and what is probably not the best idea."
"When many users are accessing the system at the same time, Sparx slows down. It can't easily support a large team."
"Insufficient control of metadata and standards."
"The UI could be improved and made a little bit more presentable."
"Even if there are web-based tools in the Enterprise Architecture tool ecosystem (like Prolaborate), the main modeling application is still a fat client application."
"The Business Process Modeling or BPM feature can be improved to make it more interactive and user friendly because it is a tool for technical people. My current use is only for business process modeling notation and putting in the icons etc. You need to take them in as a class, which makes things very complex. Because of this complexity, it is not an easy-to-handle solution. Enterprise Architect is not very good for mockups. We cannot create user screens and other similar kinds of stuff, which is bad. For these things, we prefer to use Axure RP and other similar solutions. They should either remove this feature from this product or provide some kind of connectivity with Axure RP so that people can do better mockups of screens and import them. They need to augment and strengthen the BPM feature, which is the main feature. They need to put in some elements like artificial intelligence and augmented reality. They should look into such features because these things are coming up."
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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, ARIS BPA and OutSystems, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, LeanIX and Lucidchart. See our Bizagi vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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