Bizagi vs Visual Paradigm comparison

Bizagi and Visual Paradigm are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Bizagi is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5, while Visual Paradigm is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3. Bizagi holds a 9.7% mindshare in BPD, compared to Visual Paradigm’s 6.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Bizagi users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Visual Paradigm users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Bizagi and Visual Paradigm compete in the business process management and modeling category. Bizagi stands out for its agility and ease of automation, while Visual Paradigm is notable for its flexibility and wide range of modeling languages.

Features: Bizagi offers rapid deployment, effective process modeling, and a free modeler. It adheres to BPMN 2.0 standards, providing easy integration and enabling business analysts to design processes independently. Visual Paradigm provides extensive diagram types, simulation capabilities, and seamless integration with various models, catering well to enterprise architecture needs.

Room for Improvement: Bizagi users face challenges with performance, licensing complexity, and stability during version transitions. Visual Paradigm users suggest improving user interface friendliness, tool integration, and performance with large models. Pricing transparency could be enhanced for both, as Visual Paradigm's premium features are seen as costly by some users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Bizagi supports flexible deployment across on-premises and cloud, but its technical support can be inconsistent. Visual Paradigm is preferred for simple cloud integration, though it also receives mixed feedback on support responsiveness. Bizagi is noted for faster setup and comprehensive documentation, while Visual Paradigm excels in collaboration setup with robust online resources.

Pricing and ROI: Bizagi's free version is attractive to smaller entities, though enterprise pricing increases have made some cautious. Visual Paradigm offers more flexible subscription tiers suitable for small to large businesses. Both deliver measurable ROI, with Bizagi focusing on savings from process automation and Visual Paradigm highlighting efficiency with its short learning curve.

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IBM Blueworks Live

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of IBM Blueworks Live is 3.5%, up from 3.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bizagi is 9.7%, up from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Paradigm is 6.7%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

Featured Reviews

AjarMathur

Global Innovation Director at Ernst & Young

An easily scalable and affordable solution that enables users to document and digitize processes with ease

IBM Blueworks is BPMN 2.0 compliant, but it does not adapt to the overarching BPMN 2.0 concepts. There is only one kind of BPMN 2.0 diagram. It is a process diagram. It doesn't have the concept of separate tools, which other products offer. If I had to do a hardcore BPMN 2.0 modeling, the product would have its own reservations. There were features we could not explore from a BPMN 2.0 perspective. Most of the time, people who are shifting from Microsoft Office tools to a digitized way of working still want the reporting capabilities to be strong. Some tools, like ARIS or Signavio, offer customized solutions from the reporting perspective. If I have documented my whole finance process and want to fetch out a complete SOP report in a very customized manner, IBM Blueworks cannot provide it. We have to rely on some other services. So that's one area in which we always struggled, how to really customize the reporting aspects. I understand that we need to keep the tool a little more asset-light. It's very difficult to keep adding many options, but at least a few BPMN 2.0 options were needed. We have been suggesting to IBM that we should have some way of customizing the reporting. At least we should get a custom way of reporting it into different formats like Excel or putting up a logo for one of the clients so that their SAP can be printed that way.

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Sebastian

Manager at KPMG

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.

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DominicMackenzie

Senior data architect at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model

I have used erwin and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. The first time I used Visual Paradigm was when I was a university student. I didn't want to pay a lot of money and Visual Paradigm had a very good pricing model, so it meant that I could effectively pay for the level of sophistication that I was using at the time and dial it back down to a simpler version.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"IBM Blueworks Live is cloud-based and provides easy access to all your processes in one place."

"It has a built-in capability to capture process owners and managers against processes along with other process governance roles."

"Valuable features include real-time modeling and design work, the ability to perform workshops with clients in real-time with the tool, and getting instant output."

"The reporting that we can generate from IBM Blueworks Live has been interesting. We found the KPIs, risks, process modeling, format, and colors, to be very good. We use the EY template and it is interesting to generate reporting in this format."

"It's very easy, very quick to create a process map. It has templates. The look and feel is very nice. What we want to achieve out of the process map, we can achieve it using Blueworks."

"Collaboration is most valuable. You can collaborate online with many people. People can comment, and you can comment back. It is just like a social network, and that, for me, is very good."

"It enables decisions based upon processes that we do model, and ultimately move forward with."

"The solution is stable. All the refreshes run very well."

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"The API is pretty straightforward."

"Your team can work on it having basic training about databases and BPM modeling."

"Very user friendly and a professional solution."

"BPMN 2.0 compliance, while you model the processes, the system can detect your notation errors."

"The product has a comfortable GUI and a good environment for users."

"Its cost is the most valuable. It is not as expensive. It is also easy to make different types of processes for the users."

"I like all of the features. I like that you can simulate the processes and add the time standard."

"What I find most valuable is the flexibility, I find it very easy to use and very flexible for my purpose. I can use it without any particular problem, and it's very intuitive and easy to understand."

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"Using the Component Diagram, Visual Paradigm helps with design and control, reusing components."

"Some of the most valuable features of this process modeling tool are process simulation and process animation."

"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."

"I love Visual Paradigm because it has many different types of diagrams. For any field of engineering, we can find a diagram."

"The initial setup is extremely straightforward."

"Visual Paradigm is simple and easy to use."

"I like the fact that this solution is complete."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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Cons

"In the Blue Works Live software boxes and lines are automatically placed by the programme and can't be easily manipulated."

"There should be an option to import from and export to Microsoft Visio. Being able to move files back and forth between Blueworks Live and Visio would be good."

"We would like the ability to add additional custom colors. We would like to color additional items to add notes to the blueprint."

"The ability to create a very structured rule. With the capability that we have right now, Blueworks Live is more process focused. We should be able to enhance it to include a lot more of decisions as well."

"Sometimes, the tool is automatic, which can complicate it, but once you're accustomed to manipulating it, you can use it very effectively."

"The user interface is quite easy at first but process analysts soon run into roadblocks of limited functionality, which is disappointing."

"I would like to see integration with ERP systems. This would help us to simulate the process and see where the problems are. Though IBM Blueworks Live is a good tool for documenting, it is not good for simulating."

"The initial setup is neither straightforward nor complex however you do need to know what you are doing."

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"The technical support is not fast enough and should be improved."

"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 product used to have a simulation feature, which I had used quite often. However, it's since been discontinued. It might have originally been a paid feature. It would be nice if they could bring it back and offer it for free."

"I would like to see the automation process included in the next release."

"One of the features which could be improved is machine learning. Even though this product has been working on this topic, we can see that it still requires improvement."

"In business process mapping, you have pools and dark pools. I don't see that Bizagi differentiates between a regular pool and a dark pool."

"The on-premise software has some bugs."

"I think that they could improve their update process. Some of the process mining techniques could be added to Bizagi. I think that they can improve their simulation abilities to include more elements of the BPMN."

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"The solution could be more compatible with other products in the future."

"For me, what needs improvement in Visual Paradigm is the limited features included in the $99 license, which is the cheapest option. If more features could be included in the cheapest licensing package, Visual Paradigm would be better, especially for businesses that have a limited budget for buying software."

"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 is a certain inherent complexity when creating UML diagrams."

"There are some connectivity issues that crop up rarely when used with SQL Server."

"The solution can be heavy on resource usage."

"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not very expensive."

"Making it less expensive would be good."

"Based on the licenses purchased, from a footprint perspective, you can have as many people as you want. You have multiple different categories of licenses to keep the cost low."

"They have a free subscription model that gives a lot of power to the users."

"The solution is very, very cost-effective."

"We are seeing ROI from this solution. The solution has saved us time."

"Price wise, IBM Blueworks Live is in the middle range, and I would give it a five out of ten."

"There are editor licenses that are around 50 euros per month, and contributor licenses that are around 30 euros per month."

"It is expensive."

"The product must improve its cost."

"I'm trying the free unlimited version with unlimited use. But you have to pay to add some features."

"My company uses the free version of the product."

"Its price is reasonable."

"We use the free version of the solution because the price is in dollars, making it expensive for where we are in Brazil."

"It is only necessary to pay for licenses when ready to deploy applications to production."

"Bizagi is totally free for modeling."

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"I rate the pricing a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"Visual Paradigm's pricing is not expensive."

"This product is fairly cheap, but if you want more complex features, e.g. integration with other products, it does require an additional cost."

"I rate Visual Paradigm's pricing a five out of ten."

"The pricing of Visual Paradigm is very appropriate and affordable. There are no hidden costs involved."

"Compared to other solutions such as IBM Rational which is expensive, This solution is priced low."

"Over the years I've seen an increase in price, and it makes it difficult for a single person company, like me, to decide whether to extend the license."

"You can use Paradigm on a subscription basis and you can choose from different tiers of subscription."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

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Large Enterprise

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Blueworks Live?

The solution is easy to operate. Also, there is an automatic mode to make the business flow. You don't have to put an...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Blueworks Live?

The solution costs around 600-700 dollars/year, which is quite affordable.

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What needs improvement with IBM Blueworks Live?

Sometimes, the tool is automatic, which can complicate it, but once you're accustomed to manipulating it, you can use...

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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 st...

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What do you like most about Bizagi?

The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.

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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 rea...

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What do you like most about Visual Paradigm?

The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features a...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Paradigm?

I mentioned using the free version. The free version of Visual Paradigm does not incur any setup costs and offers a s...

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What needs improvement with Visual Paradigm?

I didn't use it so deeply that I found areas that needed improvement or features that were missing. So far, its exist...

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 38% of the time

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Overview

IBM Blueworks Live is a cloud-based business process modeling tool that helps you discover, map and document your processes. It is easy to use, allowing you to learn and perform business process modeling in minutes.

With Blueworks Live you can:

Simplify business process modeling
Quickly build business processes in a straightforward, cloud-based interface designed for both IT and business users.

Improve process efficiency and accuracy
A central process repository eliminates version control and consistency issues by providing users real-time access to process workflows.

Enhance cross-team collaboration
A shared team workspace engages all business process owners, encouraging cross-team participation and continuous process improvement.

Bizagi’s industry-leading low-code process automation platform connects people, applications, robots, and information. As the most business-friendly and flexible solution on the market, Bizagi enables true collaboration between business and IT, delivering faster adoption and success. Fuelled by a community of 1 million users, Bizagi powers over 1,000 organizations worldwide including Adidas, BAE Systems, and Old Mutual. For more information visit www.bizagi.com

Visual Paradigm is a UML tool. The tool is designed for a wide range of users including software engineers, system analysts, business analysts and system architects, or for anyone who is interested in reliably building large-scale software systems using an object-oriented approach. In addition, Visual Paradigm supports the latest standards of UML notation.

Sample Customers

Cloudsoft Corp. Ltd., Bayer, S¾SS, Essex County Council

adidas, Audi, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Post DHL & many more - 500+ customer globally.

Adobe, Apple, at&t, Caterpillar, Intel, NASA, Nokia, Toyota

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