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3,781 views|2,450 comparisons
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87% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Bonita 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Bonita vs. Visual Paradigm Report (Updated: May 2024).
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Pros
"The user interface is better than all of the open-source BPMs that I have tried.""I find process management and user interface designing the most valuable features.""The user interface is easy to use.""Development of forms and flows.""I really enjoy using the workflow management.""Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness.""Bonita is user-friendly.""Process automation with Bonita BPM is really easy."

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"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 application is easy to use and provides informative diagrams.""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.""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.""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.""I love Visual Paradigm because it has many different types of diagrams. For any field of engineering, we can find a diagram.""It is easy and intuitive to use, not excessively rigid, and quite flexible."

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Cons
"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation.""I should be able to park the tasks that are within a process in a kind of container, and dynamically, a super admin should be able to connect these processes. This kind of feature might be helpful.""It is missing some important features that other products have.""The interface is advanced and quite good, but it could improve.""Bonita can improve by offering more flexibility. The developer does not receive the code of the application to modify it. Most of the other solutions I have used allow the developers to change or improve the code that is generated.""The dashboard has limited features.""We are struggling a bit with integrations.""There could be an improvement in IoT connectivity."

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"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it.""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.""From time to time, we experience some troubles when we work as teams.""The user interface is not easy to navigate, so it should be made easier.""The solution is not user-friendly. It uses a lot of memory and CPU. You have to have a good computer to use it.""Takes up a lot of resources.""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.""The solution can be heavy on resource usage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "have installed the image of Bonita BPM on Amazon AWS and there is just one option to use and pay for."
  • "Price to service ratio with Bonita BPM is good."
  • "I believe this is a very good financial choice."
  • "The Community Edition comes free of charge."
  • "We are using the Community Version, which can be used free of charge."
  • "Licensing cost for the Enterprise edition comes out to be around 40,000 a year. There is also a Community edition, which is free. Some customers can go for the Community edition, but some of them require the Enterprise edition. Big companies go for the Enterprise edition, which comes with a lot of additional features such as a mobile app."
  • "The price of the solution is reasonable."
  • "The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."
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  • "Over the years I've seen an increase in price, and it makes it difficult for a single person company, like me, to decide whether to extend the license."
  • "You can use Paradigm on a subscription basis and you can choose from different tiers of subscription."
  • "You can move between the tiers from month to month so you are not restricted to one pricing model."
  • "The pricing of Visual Paradigm is very appropriate and affordable. There are no hidden costs involved."
  • "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 has two models available. One of them is the educational edition, and another is the business edition. For my personal usage, I use the educational version mostly. In a project, my customers have to purchase a license."
  • "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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:One of the things we like best about Bonita is that you can create without coding - it is a low-code platform. With Bonita, you can build the entire mechanism using the GUI, it’s that simple. You can… more »
    Top Answer:The user interface is easy to use.
    Top Answer:The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality.
    Top Answer:Visual Paradigm's initial deployment was difficult since we did it for the first time. It is challenging to learn to use the product.
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    Also Known As
    Bonita BPM
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    Overview
    Bonitasoft helps innovative companies worldwide deliver better digital user experiences for customers and employees. The extensible and open Bonita application platform unleashes the full potential of multidisciplinary development teams to create Living Apps: applications that allow continuous and incremental improvement, connecting tailored user interfaces with reliable back-office operations.
    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
    With more than 1000 customers in 75 countries, and its ecosystem of more than 120,000 members, Bonitasoft is the largest provider of open-source Business Process Management, Low-code and Digital Transformation software worldwide.
    Adobe, Apple, at&t, Caterpillar, Intel, NASA, Nokia, Toyota
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Energy/Utilities Company20%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company20%
    Retailer10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Educational Organization8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm7%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company11%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    University10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business48%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise62%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise24%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise63%
    Buyer's Guide
    Bonita vs. Visual Paradigm
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Bonita vs. Visual Paradigm and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    771,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Bonita is ranked 11th in Business Process Design with 27 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. Bonita is rated 8.2, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Bonita writes "A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". Bonita is most compared with Camunda, Bizagi, Apache Airflow, IBM BPM and ProcessMaker, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and No Magic MagicDraw. See our Bonita vs. Visual Paradigm report.

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