OpenText ProVision vs Visio comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

OpenText ProVision
Average Rating
6.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (24th), Business Process Management (BPM) (35th)
Visio
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Mind Mapping Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of OpenText ProVision is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visio is 4.5%, up from 3.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM)
Unique Categories:
Enterprise Architecture Management
0.7%
Business Process Design
12.1%
Mind Mapping Software
35.7%
 

Featured Reviews

MA
Aug 30, 2022
Good attribute attachment but problems with collaboration
I primarily use OpenText ProVision to create our end-to-end process repository and library for different parts of the organization, capturing the collaboration process to get the right inputs OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and…
Anthony Uzoh - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 28, 2023
Good tool for beginners to use on project tracking
I use the tool mainly for project tracking. I also use it for the system design of sequence diagrams and the like Visio is outstanding because it has features that are useful for project management. However, Visio lacks some features that are available on Jira and Trello. If these features are…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"All the features come as part of a standard license."
"The stability of the product is very good."
"OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and analyze that information."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to draw models quickly."
"I like to use Visio because it gives me a quick view of the things I had to put in a model for a company. I don't use it as an interface, though."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"Very interactive with an intuitive interface."
"The tools tab within Visio has been amazingly useful, and it is updated quite frequently. Along with how Visio handles components and everything else, I would call it an easy-to-use tool."
"Good interface and good tool configuration."
"I find the control flow and settings features valuable."
"What I like best about Visio is that it's flexible. Sometimes, if I need to draw quickly, I use Microsoft PowerPoint, but if I need icons, which Visio has, I use Visio. I also like that the solution gives me a much more powerful range of options."
 

Cons

"OpenText ProVision's collaboration management is quite complicated and difficult to use."
"Integrating with or interfacing with other tools like data management tools would be very helpful."
"Lacks the ability to have your own in-house developments."
"The price could be better."
"Lacks an interface with workflow capability."
"The performance sometimes lags and has room for improvement."
"The simulation is an area that requires improvement."
"Sometimes, there is a little bit of a learning curve with it, especially while doing complex network diagrams and getting the lines to snap the way you want them and not overlap or be confusing. It would be great if there was a built-in tutorial. It is not that you can't YouTube, but it would be nice if they gave you some free training. I've been using it forever, but every now and then, I got to do something complicated with it and I wonder how do I do that again. Maybe they do have such information, and I don't know. I have not done research on it because a bunch of people work for me, and some of them are better at it than I am, so I just ask them to do this for me."
"The control flow feature needs to be improved. I compared Visio to Bizagi and found that control flow is better with Bizagi. The improvements that can be made to the solution depends on the user."
"The solution's flexibility can be perceived as both a strength and a weakness."
"We need the place and route capability for the lines when we have a database. I use it for architectures, and between the boxes, there are lines or interfaces from one tool to another. I wish those lines could be easily drawn without having to place them mechanically. I wish that there was some kind of place and route capability, so I just press a button, and all the lines get drawn."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I pay for the license and it is very expensive. If you're only going to use this tool from time to time, you can save money by just using the available online tools. But if you plan on using it heavily, then it's worth it to invest."
"You can purchase a corporate license for more users to use the solution. We have purchased a stand-alone license and which could be cheaper."
"It has a lower price point than the competition."
"The solution is expensive. The solution does come bundled in other packages."
"The pricing of Visio is much better. It has a free version of the cheapest functionality which is enough for us."
"The popularity of a product is an indicator of its price. Because of the popularity of Visio, its price is on the higher side. We need better pricing for it."
"I think costs are on a per user basis."
"The product is expensive, but it is cheaper if you buy it as a part of a bundle or an enterprise-level agreement."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Energy/Utilities Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Construction Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about OpenText ProVision?
OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and analyze that information.
What needs improvement with OpenText ProVision?
OpenText ProVision's collaboration management is quite complicated and difficult to use. In the next release, OpenText ProVision should combine intelligence capability with process modeling.
How easy is it to migrate process flow charts (modeled using tools like Visio) into Bizagi?
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 V...
What do you like most about Visio?
The diagrams Visio creates are quite impressive in the sense that we can cooperate with more colleagues in one task and see the flow of the process.
 

Also Known As

Metastorm ProVision
Microsoft Visio
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Delta Technology, Export Development Canada, Rompetrol, Salt River Project, AMEC, U.S. Air Force, HP Consulting & Integration
Thomas College, Hamburg Port Authority, Portigon AG, Conseil G_n_ral du d_partement des Hautes-Alpes, AAA Auto a. s., Commonwealth Financial Network, ICA, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
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