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IBM System Architect vs Visual Paradigm comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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IBM Blueworks Live support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, with many users satisfied and rarely needing assistance.
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Sentiment score
8.1
Visual Paradigm's customer service is praised for quick, effective technical support and satisfactory assistance, even without premium licenses.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.6
IBM Blueworks Live lacks key features like improved import/export functions, better ERP integration, and enhanced reporting and analytics tools.
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Sentiment score
5.1
Visual Paradigm requires performance improvements, better integration, user-friendly pricing, intuitive design, framework support, and enhanced collaboration features.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
IBM Blueworks Live is scalable for large organizations, accommodating many users with flexibility and a straightforward learning curve.
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Sentiment score
8.4
Visual Paradigm is scalable for all company sizes, offering various versions despite mixed opinions on its learning curve.
 

Setup Cost

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IBM Blueworks Live provides scalable, cost-effective enterprise solutions with flexible pricing and minimal setup fees, including free subscription options.
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Visual Paradigm provides flexible pricing options, including free community edition, subscriptions, and perpetual licenses for diverse enterprise needs.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
9.3
IBM Blueworks Live is praised for stability, high availability, and autosave, with minor concerns about cloud informational privacy.
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Sentiment score
8.3
Visual Paradigm is praised for reliable performance, minor bugs, stable updates, and high satisfaction ratings from organizations and users.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.3
IBM Blueworks Live offers intuitive real-time modeling, collaboration, BPMN 2.0 support, and cloud-based process management for efficient documentation.
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Sentiment score
8.6
Visual Paradigm is preferred for its user-friendly interface, comprehensive features, and flexibility in business and system architecture.
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Blueworks Live
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Ranking in Business Process Design
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM System Architect
Ranking in Business Process Design
23rd
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Visual Paradigm
Ranking in Business Process Design
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
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Mindshare comparison

As of November 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 IBM System Architect is 0.4%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Paradigm is 6.6%, up from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

AjarMathur - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user542103 - PeerSpot reviewer
It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model
Data model development: This has built-in ways to create multiple, separate solution data models, including ways to link to an Enterprise Data Model (EDM). Other objects are encyclopedia-wide and need a different approach for managing solution-specific diagrams with an ability to query, e.g…
Vipin_Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers lot of training videos, intuitive and user-friendly
There is room for improvement in the licensing model. I would suggest implementing country-specific pricing, as many other products in India do. This would make Visual Paradigm more affordable and accessible. So, it's a small point for improvement: the pricing model should be more flexible. Every company, especially American companies, should have country-specific pricing for India. It's a huge market with a lot of potential, and having competitive pricing would encourage more people to use the product. Most other product managers, such as Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP, have country-specific pricing for India, and it's a strategy that Visual Paradigm should consider adopting as well.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Government
20%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
11%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
11%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Blueworks Live?
The solution costs around 600-700 dollars/year, which is quite affordable.
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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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...
What needs improvement with Visual Paradigm?
Visual Paradigm's initial deployment was difficult since we did it for the first time. It is challenging to learn to ...
 

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Sample Customers

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