We performed a comparison between Bizagi vs Visio based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: In this comparison, the reviews for both solutions line up similarly. Visio comes out slightly on top because users report a positive ROI while Bizagi users don’t mention it.
"The tool helps to improve business processes and have better KPIs. Also, it is easy to use. Our developers find it easy to learn."
"It has an easy to use interface which final users accepted with much more enthusiasm than our ERP (SAP)."
"The most valuable feature is the simulation."
"Agility is most valuable because we can develop so much faster than other tools. We can make requirements, develop, and go out to production much faster. So, agility in the software cycle is most valuable."
"It automates a completely manual, complicated process."
"The user logic is very easy to understand, even for people who are not engineers nor developers."
"I like the integration part, and I also like how they use the database, such as the data when they implement all the data side, and how you can easily integrate it with their widgets."
"The amount of control that this solution provides is great."
"The most valuable feature of Visio is diagram creation. If you have a presentation, you can create your data model using Visio."
"Visio has improved my workflow by making it easy to create charts, diagrams, and basic illustrations that I can use in my client reports and proposals. It has saved me a lot of time I would otherwise spend creating visuals for clients by hand."
"It has a lot of great features."
"A good designation feature."
"It keeps track of its connections as you move things around."
"The fact that it's on-premises allows you to get fantastic speed. It's got a faster response rate, it doesn't lag, and it doesn't have any latency when you're working on it."
"The diagramming and swimlane features allow for separating business functions."
"We are all familiar with it, and it is easy to use. There is a lot of flexibility, and you can add shapes if you want."
"The open source version lacks the option to publish."
"In business process mapping, you have pools and dark pools. I don't see that Bizagi differentiates between a regular pool and a dark pool."
"Can be difficult for new users."
"Sometimes, when your process is big with multiple lanes, the product will freeze the issue noticed on multiple laptops, not a single PC."
"I think that they could improve their update process. Some of the process mining techniques could be added to Bizagi. I think that they can improve their simulation abilities to include more elements of the BPMN."
"The solution is a bit heavy on resources and has slowed down my computer."
"In terms of what needs improvement, the costs can be lowered."
"I would like to see a facility for building a simple CRUD application. In Bizagi, you can use database modeling, diagrams, forms, etc., but in some circumstances I need CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) functionalities which are not there yet."
"Integration with other software would be an area of improvement, so that it's not just used to document but also as a center plane for information sharing."
"System architecture could be improved."
"It could use easier custom icon sets."
"The solution could improve by having more integration."
"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."
"Transferring data was one of the issues that I expected Visio to have resolved. I use the older version."
"Lacks stencils for new technologies in the solution."
"In terms of features, it could provide more automation to display data flowing through architecture."
Bizagi is ranked 5th in Business Process Design with 78 reviews while Visio is ranked 1st in Business Process Design with 100 reviews. Bizagi is rated 8.4, while Visio is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Bizagi writes "A flexible, customizable solution that reduced time to market, but the UI and customer support could be better". On the other hand, 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". Bizagi is most compared with Camunda, Bonita, Microsoft Power Apps, ARIS BPA and Appian, whereas Visio is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visual Paradigm, IBM Blueworks Live, Lucidchart and SAP Signavio Process Manager. See our Bizagi vs. Visio report.
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I have been using Bizagi with a major project for a state government agency for about four years now. It is pretty straightforward to load in files that are BPMN 2.0 compliant. The option to load Visio is available in Studio and Modeler. If you have a lot of models, it may make sense to import. However, if you have just a handful, Modeler is very easy to use and it's probably faster and safer just to build them in the native Bizagi environment.