BizTalk Server vs Bizagi comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Bizagi
Ranking in Process Automation
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
79
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (4th), Business Process Management (BPM) (7th), Rapid Application Development Software (13th), Low-Code Development Platforms (10th), No-Code Development Platforms (5th), Process Mining (4th)
BizTalk Server
Ranking in Process Automation
16th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Business-to-Business Middleware (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Process Automation category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 10.2%, up from 9.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BizTalk Server is 1.1%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Process Automation
Unique Categories:
Business Process Design
9.6%
Business Process Management (BPM)
6.6%
Business-to-Business Middleware
3.5%
 

Featured Reviews

Jethro Dennis - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 28, 2022
Helps us bring processes to life and clarify them for stakeholders
In business process mapping, you have pools and dark pools. I don't see that Bizagi differentiates between a regular pool and a dark pool. Another area for improvement would be printing. It's just a small nuance to me, but if I've drawn a process that would fit on an 11 by 17 ledger page, but I really want it on a letter-size page, it doesn't show me how to shrink it down. Even if I say, "Go down to one page," it still shows me that I've got two pages. I don't know if it's a bug or if I might need more training. Where I worked before I could plot things. Now, I can only work with ledger, as large as eight and a half by 14. Sometimes, when you draw a business process, it doesn't really fit on a legal or letter-size page. But it should at least allow me to shrink it enough to fit on a letter-size page. If they had a little bit more training on printing and presentation, that would be good.
Srinidhi S - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 17, 2024
For production environments, messages are easily stored within the MessageBox database and offers multiple deployment methods
Some room for improvement means... it's legacy. It's an on-premises system, requiring physical servers for deployment. This is different from Azure; you don't need any servers with Azure. If you have a subscription, you can do whatever you want. There are unit restrictions based on the environment (like non-production vs. production) in BizTalk. You need physical servers and databases. In Azure, those are not required – it's all in the cloud. Now, we have the option of integrating accounts and the On-Premises Data Gateway to connect on-premises BizTalk with Azure. But the trend is moving towards Azure. Not everyone wants a hybrid model. Companies are still going with hybrid scenarios, but they want both BizTalk and Azure. See, whatever you can do in BizTalk, you cannot do the same things the same way in Azure. One example is tracking. In BizTalk, especially for production environments, messages are easily stored within the MessageBox database. Support can assist in retrieving them directly. It's not as easy to track in Azure – everyone can potentially access it, and even reprocessing is different. Logic Apps have a preview mode. If a Logic App is stuck at a particular action, you can resubmit from there. Microsoft is still making improvements – I don't know when they'll have general availability for these features. However, tracking and message storage are more complex in Azure. We have to use Azure Blob storage for archiving, whereas in BizTalk, it's a built-in feature of the MessageBox DB. If you need to debug at any point, you can do so easily in BizTalk. This is one aspect influenced by the on-premises nature of BizTalk. Since everything is moving to the cloud, Microsoft will also end support for BizTalk Server 2030 – there won't be any further support. I don't think they'll release any new versions. 2020 was the last, and it's been four years. After the end of support, I think companies currently using BizTalk will move to Azure or another cloud-based integration technology.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The user logic is very easy to understand, even for people who are not engineers nor developers."
"I like the business process management engine. It's very detailed, and you can probably map any of the corporate workflow processes you come across in it compared to some of the other solutions out there. I can probably say that it has very good support to work in tandem with other RP solutions in the market. The software is still very user-friendly and integral, and they have pretty good online resources. The automation feature is pretty good, so is the integration feature."
"With the appropriate governance framework, properly trained business analysts can be empowered to design and build business solutions themselves."
"Bizagi is flexible. I can share things with other consultants because it is the most commonly used software in my community. It has been a great and good resource for us in making sure that we adhere to the process."
"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 documentation capabilities are very good. Very structured documents and process versions are valuable features, and being able to communicate that to our customers is also a very good feature. It has a good balance between the effort and the result. So, you don't need to be too detailed. You can document while you are modeling, which is a very good feature."
"The product enables the users to automate the processes and provides a good user experience."
"It has an easy to use interface which final users accepted with much more enthusiasm than our ERP (SAP)."
"Essentially, you can do whatever you like with these systems, and you do not have to take care about the scaling because if one server is overloaded, it just forwards the message to the next server, even if it were designated to a specific server. It weeds out the messages according to the load. If you want to scale it, you just add new servers."
"We can handle a large number of messages without any issues, ensuring that everything runs smoothly."
"I rate the tool's stability a nine out of ten."
"The AS2 communication protocol is one of the most advanced processes."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability and stability. The first version of BizTalk was released in 2000, and many companies still use it. It was stable until 2013 when we had support."
"Compared to the current solutions I use, like Azure Logic Apps and other cloud services, BizTalk was far better and more reliable."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good."
"BIzTalk's integration with Visual Studio is the most valuable feature of this product."
 

Cons

"I would like to see simulation as a free feature again. In version 3.3 it was free, but in 4.0 it isn't."
"The open source version lacks the option to publish."
"I'm not really satisfied with the reporting aspect."
"The performance could use improvement. We couldn't connect the processes to on one file. The performance is an issue for us."
"One part of the university has changed its regular desktops to Linux. This is a weak point because Bizagi doesn't run on Linux. I would like the opportunity to run the software inside of Linux."
"The product must make automation easier."
"For the small business, this is very bad because it is still fragmented. The licensing policy should be more flexible and small company oriented. In micro-small companies, there should only be one or two. That's not the problem. Maybe it is too flexible, there are so many pieces that you need to put together. When you have a small business, it can be a little complicated, not so easy."
"The solution needs to make it easier to use RPA products on it. They may need an RPA specific interface. It would be better than having to make an RPA tool to use for viewing. Most of our work is about making RPA tools with the Bizagi, not using Bizagi itself."
"The product's deployment can be quicker"
"The deployment could be simplified."
"It's a complex product because you have many degrees of freedom to connect different parts together. Whether it's sensible or not, is up to you, but the machine does allow it. But because of the vast degrees of freedom, it's complex."
"BizTalk is in the past, Microsoft is not going to evolve it any further or add any new features."
"BizTalk lacks native cloud support. BizTalk doesn't offer in-built support for cloud. We need to use third-party adapters to connect it to cloud services."
"The product could be improved in monitoring, managing, and support functionalities."
"BizTalk Server is an outdated legacy system that does not support messaging."
"It's an on-premises system, requiring physical servers for deployment. This is different from Azure; you don't need any servers with Azure. If you have a subscription, you can do whatever you want. There are unit restrictions based on the environment (like non-production vs. production) in BizTalk. You need physical servers and databases. In Azure, those are not required – it's all in the cloud."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Bizagi is totally free for modeling."
"It is expensive."
"The paid version costs us about $20,000 for 100 users annually."
"This solution would be expensive for a company that has a lot of users."
"The Bizagi modeler can be downloaded free of charge."
"I think that its price is reasonable."
"I used to be very pleased with the pricing. Now, it's a bit more complicated. I don't remember exactly, however, it might be $10 a month per user."
"My company uses the free version of the product."
"Based on the knowledge, it is relatively cheaper than Azure Identity Services and cloud services in general."
"The solution is expensive."
"BizTalk Server is not freeware. There's a significant licensing cost involved. Be sure you will actually utilize its features fully."
"It was not cheap, but it was affordable."
"BizTalk Server is cheap. I would rate its pricing a two out of five."
"The cost will depend on the client's requirements."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
12%
Educational Organization
8%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 Bizagi?
The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.
What do you like most about BizTalk Server?
The tool's most valuable feature is its integration with the banks. Its messaging and routing capabilities are good.
What needs improvement with BizTalk Server?
BizTalk is deployed on-premise. Deployment methodologies are vast in the cloud area. Whereas, if we want to update even a single thing on BizTalk, we need to take the DLL, put it in the system, and...
What advice do you have for others considering BizTalk Server?
When I started my career with BizTalk, people told me the vendor would sunset BizTalk Server, but it didn't happen. Higher versions are still being released. The product will not face the sunset. A...
 

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