WorkflowGen vs erwin Evolve by Quest comparison

erwin by Quest and WorkflowGen are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. erwin by Quest is ranked #19 with an average rating of 9.0, while WorkflowGen is ranked #30. erwin by Quest holds a 0.9% mindshare in BPD, compared to WorkflowGen’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 81% of erwin by Quest users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of WorkflowGen users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Erwin Evolve by Quest and WorkflowGen compete in process management and automation. Erwin Evolve has an edge in data governance and business process modeling, while WorkflowGen excels in customizable workflow automation.

Features: Erwin Evolve offers process modeling, data governance tools, and compliance management. WorkflowGen provides workflow automation, quick integration, and adaptable processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Erwin Evolve requires initial configuration, supported by documentation and service. WorkflowGen features quicker deployment and responsive service.

Pricing and ROI: Erwin Evolve's higher pricing aligns with features, offering long-term benefits. WorkflowGen provides cost-effective pricing, rapid ROI, and financial returns.

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Categories and Ranking

erwin Evolve by Quest

Ranking in Business Process Design

19th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (12th)

WorkflowGen

Ranking in Business Process Design

30th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (51st), Process Automation (43rd), Rapid Application Development Software (37th), Low-Code Development Platforms (47th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of erwin Evolve by Quest is 0.9%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WorkflowGen is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Asish Sahu

SPM at Infosys

The reverse engineering capabilities are quite useful.

Evolve is primarily focused on the entity's licenses diagrams, but it would be nice if erwin could integrate case development, so that it shows the ER diagram plus certain inputs on the use cases and how the data is used. That deviates somewhat from the overall scope, so maybe they could call it a different product.

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Christopher Odonoghue

SAP Solution Lead at Johnson & Johnson

Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable

We use this product for many different reasons related to our business We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do. The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically trigger the workflow. This solution needs to be…

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

Pros

"I can send images in the PDF form, along with the relationships and the associations that are a very important part of what we do. It can show what is affected and what is impacted by a certain change in one area of the system architecture or enterprise architecture. I can very quickly draw those issues and topics to the fore."

"We can efficiently deploy business models into the databases and generate SQL scripts."

"I have not seen capabilities for web-sharing and interaction with the architecture from any other supplier. It's a great capability..."

"Evolve's reverse engineering ability is quite useful."

"You can use different kinds of diagrams to represent the architecture setting."

"By placing the data and the metadata into a model, which is what the tool does, you gain the abilities for linkages between different objects in the model, linkages that you cannot get on paper or with Visio or PowerPoint. That is a huge discriminator."

"One of the most valuable features is the website that sits on top of the database. There's a database of objects and how they are related, and you can make views and diagrams and visual elements out of that information on the website. The website is the part that is called Evolve and we use the Evolve Designer and publish the website out to our employees. They can click around and navigate and search, etc."

"The initial setup was really straightforward and the deployment was done within one day."

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"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."

Cons

"The solution's integration capabilities with other tools in our system has not been all that well done. We have people who use ARIS, who use System Architect and, of course, Visio. erwin has very limited ways to import and export from those kinds of tools. It's not a very easy thing to do."

"If it had fewer features to model all kinds of architecture, it would be less complicated."

"They need to develop Evolve's user experience. For example, MEGA has a useful client view that helps with impact analysis. MEGA provides information about the processes, services, infrastructure, and portfolio of applications in one central view. It lets you see the periphery and relationships among components. This view is impressive, and Evolve doesn't have it."

"They have improved the search engine a little bit but it can always be improved more. The more data you put inside it, the more you want to use it."

"What they need to do is to consolidate more of their products. For example, I was just looking and I couldn't figure out what erwin DT is. It's on the website but it would help if they could put information together and make it more clear as to what products they have and how they work with other things."

"The solution needs to focus on allowing for more integrations."

"I would like to see an improvement in the output of the solution."

"I would like it to be easier to make changes and then deploy them into production, especially when you have multiple web servers or front-ends. It would be nice to make a change and then have it propagate to the production servers in a more automated fashion."

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"This solution needs to be more customizable."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a yearly basis, our licensing costs are 50,000 euro. There are no additional costs because we are on a SaaS model."

"The cost is something like $15,000, per license. But I haven't looked at those numbers in three years. It was over $100,000 to initially set everything up and get it all configured."

"I estimate that we pay between $40,000 and $50,000 a year for the solution, not including the upfront costs to buy things the first time."

"I think erwin is quite expensive. I have difficulty selling the portal, in fact."

"Yearly, our cost is €100,000."

"The licensing enables you to differentiate between people who edit the content and the people who consume it. We are able to keep the licensing costs down by keeping the "contributor" licenses to a minimum, and we then just roll out the content in a read-only version for the rest of our users."

"Unless you are a one person shop – always go with the Workgroup edition and Concurrent licensing."

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Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering erwin Evolve?

I rate erwin Evolve by Quest a nine out of ten.

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What do you like most about erwin Evolve by Quest?

We can efficiently deploy business models into the databases and generate SQL scripts.

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What needs improvement with erwin Evolve by Quest?

erwin Evolve by Quest could have additional features to manage the architecture of enterprises and businesses.

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Overview

erwin is used by more than 50,000 professionals in 60+ countries to get big results from their enterprise data initiatives. erwin is the #1 choice in virtually every industry, from government and healthcare to retail and finance.

erwin Modeling provides a collaborative environment to manage enterprise data through an intuitive, graphical interface. With a centralized view of key data definitions, you can leverage information as a strategic asset and more efficiently manage your data resources to save time and money.

erwin by Quest

Immediately accelerate business process adaptability with fluid workflow automation. Use the WorkflowGen .NET workflow software's low code environment to maximize the efficiency of process designers and developers.

Automate any type of human and system-based enterprise process within a battle-tested infrastructure.

Customize and integrate your workflow apps to meet your requirements in a highly configurable environment.

Engage process participants with a full-featured workflow portal, native mobile apps, and email approvals, or through seamless integration with your own web apps.

Leverage a solution used by Fortune 500 companies for worldwide business-critical applications.

WorkflowGen

Sample Customers

AT&T, Bank of America, Chevron, Duke University, ESPN, Fidelity, GE, JP Morgan Chase, KPMG, McGraw Hill, NASA, Pfizer, Royal Bank of Scotland, Teradata, Union Pacific, Vodafone, Wells Fargo.

Comcast, Deloitte, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Sanofi Pasteur, Textron, XL Group. WorkflowGen accelerates business process adaptability in 70 countries for 500+ organizations and 1,000,000 users.

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