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.
"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."
"I find Bizagi so user friendly. I also think that its modeling abilities are great and it's easy to teach them to new users."
"The approval process is simple."
"It is easy to use and easy to learn. It is also fully compatible with BPMN virtual tool. Bizagi is very fast in responding to and fixing the issues."
"The user interface is pretty good."
"This is a free solution that allows us to create quality visualizations for our company."
"The solution offers a free version of their product."
"One of the features I like is that when drawing any task, when putting a task on the process model canvas, I can simply click on it and see the other task icons for that task. It's just one quick, simple, straightforward connectivity from task to task."
"The diagramming and swimlane features allow for separating business functions."
"It has a lot of great features."
"Visio is stable."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"What I like about it is that the templates are easily findable and usable, and they are usually created for other software packages. It seems to be pretty much widely adopted in the industry."
"It is a standard and easy-to-use solution from Microsoft, and you benefit from the general functions of Microsoft solutions. It integrates easily with SharePoint, which is a useful tool from Microsoft."
"A good designation feature."
"The product efficiently visualizes various business processes, including building and networking architecture."
"It should provide the ability to create a simple application. It can be used for database modeling diagrams and forms, but it should also support CRUD, that is, create, read, update and delete."
"It would be useful if we can connect Bizagi to other solutions, such as a local financial solution or Power BI. It would also be good and helpful to be able to connect Bizagi to some services solutions. It should also support right-to-left languages, such as Arabic."
"Bizagi allows for automation, but it's very complicated."
"Cloud support for their process mapping tool could be better. To map all your processes in any way and call your data, you need to download their on-premise setup or their desktop setup. Cloud support for process mapping is limited, and they should work on that."
"The gateway through which it connects with other vendors, specifically RPA vendors, is one aspect that could be improved."
"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."
"I don't know if it's a problem with my operating system or a Bizagi problem, but many times I see that when I try to connect different activities, they show up as not connected."
"It is difficult to drive ROI on types of processes involving complex business rules."
"Lacks stencils for new technologies in the solution."
"The improvement I want to see in Visio is being able to edit it more quickly, particularly when pulling it out of another software and then editing it on that non-Visio software. Currently, the process affects the overall performance because it's not as quick as I want it to be."
"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."
"Visio could be improved by adding more features. If you look at draw.io, they have more features. Also, if you want to design something for the cloud, Microsoft Azure still isn't enabled, so you need to install the plugin. This prototype is easily available, though."
"As a user, it, unfortunately, lacks recognition by Microsoft products."
"The user interface could be simplified and easier to use."
"I can't speak to any missing features. It's been fine so far."
"The behavior of the interface can sometimes be unpredictable."
Bizagi is ranked 5th in Business Process Design with 78 reviews while Visio is ranked 1st in Business Process Design with 101 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, SAP Signavio Process Manager and Lucidchart. 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.