We performed a comparison between BIC Platform and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Software AG and others in Business Process Design."While this is a new product it has a mature feel from being built by a company with many years in the business."
"The product is easy to use."
"The central dictionary is a valuable feature."
"This is low-cost and very user friendly. A variety of models are available depending on the needs of the customer."
"Features good reporting facilities coupled with a concrete database."
"Its ability to reference and link to components from any diagram."
"Large variety of profiles and frameworks available out-of-the-box without the need for customization."
"It is a handy tool for visual modeling that provides opportunities for analysis, design, and support of models using ArchiMate, UML."
"The TOGAF ADM model is most valuable. It is also very cheap as compared to other options in the market."
"It is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group. It is in the tool register of Open Group."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and adaptability of Sparx Enterprise Architect."
"We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago."
"As the product is very new, some minor features are still missing, but everything is there to handle day-to-day process modeling."
"The solution could improve its connectivity to other systems."
"There's an issue with the current manual that they're working on."
"The product needs improvement regarding the confidentiality of the domain information for the key administrator."
"Greater OMG UML and XMI compliance"
"The documentation could be better. Where I work, we speak French and we don't speak English, so we don't have anything in French. It's perfect in English, but we need something in French."
"When many users are accessing the system at the same time, Sparx slows down. It can't easily support a large team."
"The UI is a little bit outdated. It should be more fresh and clean."
"They should make the Save button easier to find. A simplified user interface for a lighter user would probably be useful. I am not sure if such an interface is already there."
"It could be more user-friendly. The tools could be more simple to use. It's a very complex solution. Because I am a business analyst, I use these tools to manage requirements, and I make models in UML, BPMN, and ArchiMate, and it's complex. In the next release, I would like to see more integrations."
"It should be made Windows compatible."
"More challenging than other tools to maintain documents and document versions for an architecture board review."
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BIC Platform is ranked 18th in Business Process Design with 4 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. BIC Platform is rated 8.2, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of BIC Platform writes "Provides good stability, but they should add a feature for enterprise architecture". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". BIC Platform is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ARIS BPA, Visio, ADONIS and Camunda, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX.
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