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6,455 views|4,134 comparisons
87% willing to recommend
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Business Process Design
April 2024
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It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model
It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model.
Vipin_Kumar
Researched IBM System Architect but chose Visual Paradigm: Offers lot of training videos, intuitive and user-friendly
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... Read more →
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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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    What do you like most about Visual Paradigm?
    Top Answer:The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Paradigm?
    Top Answer:Visual Paradigm's pricing is not expensive.
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    What needs improvement with Visual Paradigm?
    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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    Ranking
    21st
    out of 38 in Business Process Design
    Views
    401
    Comparisons
    306
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
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    7th
    out of 38 in Business Process Design
    Views
    6,455
    Comparisons
    4,134
    Reviews
    12
    Average Words per Review
    417
    Rating
    8.3
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    Overview
    IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture tool, that you can use to visualize, analyze, and communicate all aspects of an enterprise architecture by applying industry-standard frameworks, notations, and methods. After you capture and understand an architecture, you can plan and implement its future improvements intelligently.
    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
    Wuxi Lake Cloud, Nationwide, ETI, IDS Scheer
    Adobe, Apple, at&t, Caterpillar, Intel, NASA, Nokia, Toyota
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government20%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm7%
    Educational Organization7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company33%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm7%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company11%
    Educational Organization10%
    University10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise4%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise24%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise64%
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    IBM System Architect is ranked 21st in Business Process Design while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. IBM System Architect is rated 6.0, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM System Architect writes "It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". IBM System Architect is most compared with No Magic MagicDraw and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and BiZZdesign HoriZZon.

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