We performed a comparison between BIC Platform and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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."This is low-cost and very user friendly. A variety of models are available depending on the needs of the customer."
"The central dictionary is a valuable feature."
"While this is a new product it has a mature feel from being built by a company with many years in the business."
"The product is easy to use."
"It's like a repository. So far, we use it only for Information Modelling."
"Simplified our task at maintaining architecture information and traceability with requirements."
"We can easily use it with our new customers."
"The features I find most valuable is the ability to create a document and then put it into a OneCare artifact."
"Ability to model and create view under same roof."
"The most valuable feature is the integrated data model, so if I change the name of an item, all models using that object are automatically updated."
"Sparx offers good flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is the value streams."
"The product needs improvement regarding the confidentiality of the domain information for the key administrator."
"The solution could improve its connectivity to other systems."
"As the product is very new, some minor features are still missing, but everything is there to handle day-to-day process modeling."
"There's an issue with the current manual that they're working on."
"The presentation graphics need to be improved in future builds."
"Even if there are web-based tools in the Enterprise Architecture tool ecosystem (like Prolaborate), the main modeling application is still a fat client application."
"If you just want to create some diagrams with shapes and arrows, then use Visio."
"There used to be that feature in ArchiMate Modeling of Enterprise Architect called inherited relationships. Now it's gone."
"I have found the solution is lacking options. The general usability needs improvement and more compliance to CML definitions."
"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"For data modeling, it is not very mature when comparing with other data modeling tools."
"The database management area was not usable."
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BIC Platform is ranked 18th in Business Process Design with 4 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. BIC Platform is rated 8.2, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BIC Platform writes "Provides good stability, but they should add a feature for enterprise architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". BIC Platform is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ARIS BPA, Visio, ADONIS and Camunda, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX. See our BIC Platform vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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