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BizTalk Server vs Bizagi comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.5
Bizagi accelerates project timelines, reduces costs, and delivers significant ROI through efficient business process modeling and automation.
No sentiment score available
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Bizagi customer service is generally satisfactory, but response times can be slow without premium, with many users relying on community support.
No sentiment score available
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
Bizagi is considered scalable for medium-sized companies but has mixed reviews on performance and scalability for larger enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.4
BizTalk Server offers efficient load distribution, but scalability experiences vary with some reporting latency and format conversion challenges.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Bizagi is highly stable, with minor bugs and performance issues, but users appreciate its reliable, consistent operation across environments.
Sentiment score
7.2
BizTalk Server is stable for small transactions but struggles with larger data, facing competition from open-source alternatives.
 

Room For Improvement

Bizagi's desktop version lacks flexibility, has integration, performance, and support issues, and requires improvements in user-friendliness and documentation.
 

Setup Cost

Bizagi's free version is adequate for basic needs, but advanced features require a costly enterprise version, prompting requests for mid-range options.
BizTalk Server's pricing is cost-dependent, potentially expensive compared to Azure, and requires full feature utilization to justify investment.
 

Valuable Features

Bizagi offers an intuitive interface, robust modeling, seamless BPMN integration, and flexible automation, praised for efficiency and ease of use.
 

Categories and Ranking

Bizagi
Ranking in Process Automation
7th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (5th), Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Rapid Application Development Software (15th), Low-Code Development Platforms (11th), No-Code Development Platforms (5th), Process Mining (5th)
BizTalk Server
Ranking in Process Automation
15th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 9.9%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BizTalk Server is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Sebastian - PeerSpot reviewer
A flexible, customizable solution that reduced time to market, but the UI and customer support could be better
The ability to write our own code inside each activity is beneficial. Sometimes we need to create functionality that doesn't come out of the box, and this allows us to do that. The orchestration capabilities provided by the solution are good; they're helpful and fully functional, plus Bizagi has a management consultant to assist. However, they could be better, and there is significant room for improvement. We can adapt processes we created with Bizagi as our business grows and more processes become automated. We have been doing that on a live process, and it works very well. If the change we are implementing is very different to a traditional workflow, we can create a new version and design cases in the new version instead of the older one. We can modify processes already in place if the change isn't too disruptive, or we can keep using the same platform but create cases in a new workflow instead of the old one, so there's a lot of flexibility. Adapting processes is straightforward, though it depends somewhat on the complexity of the process. Making minor modifications is not complicated; we go into the studio, change the piece of code, workflow, or data model we need, and then redeploy.
Srinidhi S - PeerSpot reviewer
For production environments, messages are easily stored within the MessageBox database and offers multiple deployment methods
Some room for improvement means... it's legacy. It's an on-premises system, requiring physical servers for deployment. This is different from Azure; you don't need any servers with Azure. If you have a subscription, you can do whatever you want. There are unit restrictions based on the environment (like non-production vs. production) in BizTalk. You need physical servers and databases. In Azure, those are not required – it's all in the cloud. Now, we have the option of integrating accounts and the On-Premises Data Gateway to connect on-premises BizTalk with Azure. But the trend is moving towards Azure. Not everyone wants a hybrid model. Companies are still going with hybrid scenarios, but they want both BizTalk and Azure. See, whatever you can do in BizTalk, you cannot do the same things the same way in Azure. One example is tracking. In BizTalk, especially for production environments, messages are easily stored within the MessageBox database. Support can assist in retrieving them directly. It's not as easy to track in Azure – everyone can potentially access it, and even reprocessing is different. Logic Apps have a preview mode. If a Logic App is stuck at a particular action, you can resubmit from there. Microsoft is still making improvements – I don't know when they'll have general availability for these features. However, tracking and message storage are more complex in Azure. We have to use Azure Blob storage for archiving, whereas in BizTalk, it's a built-in feature of the MessageBox DB. If you need to debug at any point, you can do so easily in BizTalk. This is one aspect influenced by the on-premises nature of BizTalk. Since everything is moving to the cloud, Microsoft will also end support for BizTalk Server 2030 – there won't be any further support. I don't think they'll release any new versions. 2020 was the last, and it's been four years. After the end of support, I think companies currently using BizTalk will move to Azure or another cloud-based integration technology.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
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 V...
What do you like most about Bizagi?
The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?
My company uses the free version of the product. In our company, we are doing documentation and modeling. When we reach that point of automating the processes, then maybe we shall acquire the paid ...
What do you like most about BizTalk Server?
The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good.
What needs improvement with BizTalk Server?
BizTalk is deployed on-premise. Deployment methodologies are vast in the cloud area. Whereas, if we want to update even a single thing on BizTalk, we need to take the DLL, put it in the system, and...
What advice do you have for others considering BizTalk Server?
When I started my career with BizTalk, people told me the vendor would sunset BizTalk Server, but it didn't happen. Higher versions are still being released. The product will not face the sunset. A...
 

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