Visual Paradigm vs iGrafx Process360 Live Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

iGrafx Process360 Live Platform and Visual Paradigm compete in process management and modeling. Visual Paradigm seems to have the upper hand due to its superior feature richness, justifying its cost.

Features: iGrafx Process360 Live Platform supports seamless process integration, performance management, and optimization with popular business tools. Visual Paradigm supports UML, SysML, business process modeling, and offers strong team collaboration and agile development capabilities.

Room for Improvement: iGrafx could enhance its feature set to match competitors and offer more flexible deployment options. Visual Paradigm could improve its initial setup complexity, reduce cost, and offer clearer integration with external tools.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Paradigm offers flexible cloud and on-premise deployments supported by extensive documentation and technical assistance. iGrafx provides straightforward cloud-based deployment with effective customer support and is noted for quicker deployment times.

Pricing and ROI: iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is cost-effective with a quick ROI through process optimization. Visual Paradigm has a higher initial cost but offers a justified ROI through its comprehensive feature set for detailed modeling tasks.

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Visual Paradigm vs. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform

April 2025

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

iGrafx Process360 Live Plat...

Ranking in Business Process Design

17th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (23rd), Process Mining (9th)

Visual Paradigm

Ranking in Business Process Design

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is 1.2%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Paradigm is 6.4%, down from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

Featured Reviews

SangameshwarKadole

Senior Process Engineer at Wells Fargo International Solutions

A reasonably stable BPM solution useful for process governance and process mining

The look and feel, along with the ease of use of the solution's web modeling version, is an area with certain shortcomings. The web modeling part can be a bit complex or difficult for new users of the solution. Simplifying the look and feel to make the web modeling part easy to use can greatly improve iGrafx.

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Angie Ibrahim Eissa

Founder & Managing Partner at BBL

A software application designed for software development teams to model business information systems and manage development processes

Setting up Visual Paradigm is easy. There's hardly any configuration needed, unlike some other tools. You just choose your method and diagram type, and you're good to go. As for improvements, integrating project management features with diagrams could be better. Viewing outputs could also be smoother, especially when working with multiple files.Deployment is quick and painless. It practically takes no time at all to set up. And because I also teach at the university, I use Visual Paradigm for my classes and case studies. It's easy to switch between products, and my students have no trouble using it on their own.

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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

"It has simplified compliance with regulations and company standards."

"Finding the right symbol and creating links, horizontal and vertical are the features I use."

"Provides a valuable BPMN feature."

"This product fulfills ninety percent of our needs, and we're happy as users of it."

"One of the biggest plus points of the product stems from the fact that I have never seen any glitches in it."

"The solution's technical support is of good quality since they offer fast and seamless services."

"The solution is very stable."

"We found the technical support to be helpful."

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"The solution is stable. It hasn't crashed, stopped or caused any issues in any way."

"It is easy-to-use and it helps understand its data modeling structure through the intuitive user interface."

"Visual Paradigm is super user-friendly, especially for new team members. I always have them start with it because the interface is so simple to pick up. They usually spend about six months to a year using only Visual Paradigm before moving on to other tools. We also use the cloud repository for collaborative work, but I've had some trouble with code reviewing and limitations. Sometimes, customers even request the source file or exported XML because it's easier for them to access and review."

"The Visual Paradigm business process forms for designing we good. There was not a lot of configuration for the process diagram."

"The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality."

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

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

"Visual Paradigm allowed me to create UML diagrams efficiently."

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Cons

"Dragging and dropping shapes is not as user-friendly as in Visio. In Visio, it's very easy to work with shapes and in very few minutes you can plot a whole, multi swim-lane, cross-functional process."

"It would be nice to have a Spanish user interface available to us."

"It would be helpful to be able to do more analytics and generate reports on historical documents that have already been uploaded to the server."

"In the next release, I would like to see more layers like three, four, and five. It might be possible but I haven't seen it yet."

"The solution could benefit from improvements to its interface. More specifically, when compared to other tools, the process modeling features lack symbols or object types that are used to represent the information or data within the process."

"One of the areas in the product with certain shortcomings where improvements are required includes the tool's reporting capabilities."

"The price could be more competitive."

"I would love to see a template and shapes for customer journey mapping."

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"Takes up a lot of resources."

"From time to time, we experience some troubles when we work as teams."

"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it."

"The product can always get better as the industry changes."

"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."

"In terms of room for improvement in Visual Paradigm, I tried looking for one. I'm pleased with the tool, but it would be great if you could integrate Visual Paradigm with more tools. For example, when moving from Visual Paradigm to another tool, such as Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, the process could be improved a bit. Still, I wonder if it's not limited by the standards Visual Paradigm follows, such as XMI files. It could be connected to limitations related to the standards rather than a tool limitation. When you move projects from Visual Paradigm into Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect via XMI files, you lose all your notes from the elements, so this is an area for improvement in Visual Paradigm. TOGAF support is an additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Visual Paradigm. I'd also like the tool to have ArchiMate support. If both TOGAF and ArchiMate could be supported in Visual Paradigm and made part of a lower level of licensing or cheaper licensing models, that would be best for me."

"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."

"The solution's technical support can be improved and accessible for our company location since Visual Paradigm follows a remote support model with some challenges."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I have heard that the solution's pricing is very competitive."

"Earlier, the licensing part was complex because there were so many modules and elements in the tool. Over the last one and a half years, a lot of work has gone into how the product has priced and positioned its tools in the market."

"The licensing part is one of the problems. Its licensing depends on the number of users, so it sometimes gets expensive."

"My company is trying to replace iGrafx because the license is a little bit expensive."

"Our license is a subscription-based model that is per user. The solution is not expensive, I believe a subscription-based model is $10 per user."

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

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

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

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

"Visual Paradigm costs $99 per license. I chose the cheapest option from the pricing list."

"Pricing for Visual Paradigm is a four out of five for me. I'm happy with its pricing."

"In terms of pricing, I find Visual Paradigm's subscription services reasonable, especially for the modern and standard editions. However, the premium products can be a bit pricey, especially considering our location in the Middle East. Currently, paying around a hundred dollars per user translates to almost six hundred Egyptian pounds, which can add up. For enterprise licensing, I think the perpetual license option could be more affordable. If it were cheaper, say around five hundred dollars, I would have invested in multiple perpetual licenses long ago. Sometimes, to manage costs, we share accounts among team members or switch access on and off for certain members who aren't actively working on projects. As for additional costs, there are charges for cloud services, which I'm considering because I've already exceeded the free capacity."

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

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

University

Financial Services Firm

11%

Educational Organization

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about iGrafx?

The solution's technical support is of good quality since they offer fast and seamless services.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iGrafx?

I have heard that the solution's pricing is very competitive.

What needs improvement with iGrafx?

If customers want to change the color or the logo, they have to go through every page to verify everything is right. We have a strategic approach for the customer. I was involved in almost 100 sess...

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 are pricing and functionality.

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

I purchased Visual Paradigm on my own, and it was competitively priced, so I was fine with the pricing.

What needs improvement with Visual Paradigm?

The product can always get better as the industry changes, however, I didn't necessarily feel it was lacking for what I did with it.

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Overview

The iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is a comprehensive software platform tailored for organizations undergoing digital transformation. Its core functionalities include process mining, process design, simulation, predictive analytics, and AI-based automation. By leveraging these tools, businesses can gain valuable insights into their processes, streamline design and optimization efforts, and harness automation for enhanced efficiency. Whether analyzing existing processes, visually modeling workflows, simulating potential changes, or employing predictive analytics, Process360 Live facilitates a seamless journey towards process intelligence and management, pivotal for modern businesses aiming for operational excellence.

iGrafx

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

Multinational Bank

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