We performed a comparison between No Magic MagicDraw 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."The most valuable feature of No Magic MagicDraw is the simulation capabilities and interface."
"The technical support is very good."
"Offers good standards compliance and is user-friendly."
"It is pretty easy to use. It is pretty versatile."
"No Magic has the tools and capability to model a complete enterprise and all product lines."
"The beauty of MagicDraw is that it has a simulation part, so you can simulate your model to validate it. The simulation allows you to bring in code off of an external code that you can write to set up the simulation and execute the code."
"I like the traceability feature. Whoever is working with the product would be sure of the things that could be affected if they decided to affect one of the other companies. For example, let's say that an engineer starts a new project optimization problem by adjusting the thickness of metal sheets. However, the engineers only see a reduced number of affections, but when we use the requirement traceability, they can see the whole picture. That's the main aspect that we were promoting with this tool."
"When you look at it, No Magic is an all-encompassing tool. You can use it for business architecture design. You can use it for deploying an ERP system across your enterprise. However, it was initially designed and developed for model-based systems engineering. That's the systems engineering required to either produce an IP system or product. It takes away the mounds of paper and puts it into a model. It enables you to generate significant savings by modeling that new product or that system before you ever start developing a prototype."
"It is a scalable solution since it can be used at an individual level as well as for enterprise-sized businesses."
"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."
"I like the fact that this solution is complete."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"The pricing model is attractive."
"The initial setup is extremely straightforward."
"Using the Component Diagram, Visual Paradigm helps with design and control, reusing components."
"Stable design software with multiple functions and features. It's simple to install and easy to use."
"There's lots of documentation. They process multiples of guides. They've got all kinds of guides and documentation out there, but it's kind of hard to find. There are a lot of videos. You can go to YouTube and find videos on how it's been used in different ways, but it just kind of scratches the surface."
"It would be better if the User Interface were updated. At the moment, it's a classic environment. It reminds me of the old Windows interface, for example, Windows 95. It would be better to make it more user-friendly. It would also be better if it could integrate with SAP solutions. It isn't easy to find experts in the field. It's hard to find people around the globe that have the necessary skills and expertise to manage this solution. For example, in our case, we needed someone with refrigeration knowledge that also knew how to use the tool, and that was a challenge. We also had issues relating to erasing. Sometimes, it kept it in the background and didn't erase it at all. We had to review the entire list to ensure that the item was deleted."
"For the next releases, I would like to have them import requirements from other sources. They could make it very easy to do that because there are a lot requirements management tools like DOORS, D-O-O-R-S, Dynamic Object Oriented Management. A lot of folks use DOORS to create a requirement. For those requirements you allocate them to a component in the architecture and a verification method for that requirement. It would be good if we could import those into MagicDraw as components so you don't have to manually do these things."
"The UI UX of the tool is not really user-friendly and needs to be completely reformed."
"There are some technical features that you have to study and do research on to be able to understand."
"There could be a trial version for students."
"I would like to see the ability to deploy live business process models and capture real-time data (without the need for another product tool) so you don't have to be dependent on other products for this functionality."
"The licenses are expensive compared to similar tools. At the moment, the user is open to using MagicDraw if it's 15% more than other solutions. If it were to cost any more, they wouldn't use it."
"The solution's technical support can be improved and accessible for our company location since Visual Paradigm follows a remote support model with some challenges."
"Visual Paradigm is much better now. But each project has its own challenges, which is why I'm exploring different tools for my new projects. For instance, designing reports can be tough, especially with the costly intervention of professional services from vendors."
"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."
"Visual Paradigm can improve by having better process mining tools and model integration."
"I would like to see the ability to easily export to groupware, such as Atlassian Confluence."
"The solution is not user-friendly. It uses a lot of memory and CPU. You have to have a good computer to use it."
"The solution could be more compatible with other products in the future."
No Magic MagicDraw is ranked 9th in Business Process Design with 6 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 13 reviews. No Magic MagicDraw is rated 8.2, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of No Magic MagicDraw writes "Pretty easy to use and versatile, but doesn't support code engineering and can be overly complicated at times". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Complete feature sets, plenty of models, and useful document engine". No Magic MagicDraw is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, erwin Data Modeler by Quest and IBM System Architect, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and ARIS BPA. See our No Magic MagicDraw vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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