We performed a comparison between Visio and Visual Paradigm based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Design solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is very easy for people to start using this tool, and we can import Visio templates that are already published by vendors such as Azure without any issue."
"Great at illustrating advanced topics which helps my team understand what I'm trying to get across."
"Just the fact that a majority of the industry uses it, and you've got third-party templates that were created."
"Visio is outstanding because it has features that are useful for project management."
"The thing I like most about Visio is the stencils. As the product has matured over time, it comes with more stencils and objects that you can just pick out of the menu and go with."
"The diagrams Visio creates are quite impressive in the sense that we can cooperate with more colleagues in one task and see the flow of the process."
"The most valuable feature of this product is its versatility."
"Architecture modeling software with satisfactory standard features. It's also stable and effective in facilitating communication with others."
"I like the structure. I can see the diagrams and everything I created."
"What I like best about Visual Paradigm is its simple GUI, especially since I'm a new user. In my two years of experience with this tool, I didn't find it complex because I was able to learn how to use it via YouTube videos. Visual Paradigm is enough for me. I also find the bridging feature in the tool valuable."
"I love Visual Paradigm because it has many different types of diagrams. For any field of engineering, we can find a diagram."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Visual Paradigm is the ability to design form flows, add libraries, create organizational charts, and connect them all together."
"I find it very user-friendly for my purposes, which is creating business process models that I can publish as HTML pages. It has worked flawlessly for my project, and my clients are able to utilize it as an internal web portal for their process documentation and other needs."
"The solution is very user-friendly. It's easy to just open it and start working."
"There should be more items available from a variety of other products that can be integrated."
"It does not integrate well with other solutions."
"The one particular thing which I would like to see improved is in comparison to other products in the market, and is still lacking in Visio, is publishing on a web application. For example, there is a freeware application business process modeling tool, Bizagi."
"The only downside to Visio is the learning curve."
"Visio's scalability could be improved. I had a license through my school and it would have been great to be able to collaborate with more people."
"If you look at ARIS, for example, or Signavio, the flowchart combines all the details and with the click of a button I can create a process manager. That would be something that Visio could add. It would cut my workload in half."
"To be able to extract a report for business project management notations would be ideal."
"Occasionally, the automation feature that helps you easily add the "next step" goes crazy and it will move a bunch of stuff."
"The solution can improve by updating the user interface, and graphics."
"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."
"Visual Paradigm can improve by having better process mining tools and model integration."
"I would like to see the ability to easily export to groupware, such as Atlassian Confluence."
"There are some connectivity issues that crop up rarely when used with SQL Server."
"Visual Paradigm's initial deployment was difficult since we did it for the first time. It is challenging to learn to use the product."
"Visual Paradigm could improve many aspects. The performance could be better because it can be low. When we have large and complicated models, it has a low speed and many bugs. Sometimes the solution stops and you have to restart Microsoft Windows on your PC. The larger database modeling cannot be done properly, I have to use another solution called SAP PowerDesigner."
"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it."
Visio is ranked 1st in Business Process Design with 100 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. Visio is rated 7.8, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Visio writes "A software for drawing a variety of diagrams which include flowcharts, org charts, building plans, floor plans, data flow diagrams". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". Visio is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Bizagi, IBM Blueworks Live, Lucidchart and SAP Signavio Process Manager, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Lucidchart, Bizagi, No Magic MagicDraw and ARIS BPA. See our Visio vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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