Bizagi vs Bonita vs Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect comparison

Bizagi and Bonitasoft are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Bizagi is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3, while Bonitasoft is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3. Bizagi holds a 10.6% mindshare in BPD, compared to Bonitasoft’s 4.3% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Bizagi users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Bonitasoft users who would recommend it.

Bizagi

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92% willing to recommend

Bonita

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3,086 Views
2,222 Comparison Views

96% willing to recommend

Sparx Systems Enterprise Ar...

Read 99 Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect reviews

9,216 Views
5,898 Comparison Views

87% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 10.6%, up from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Bonita is 4.3%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is 10.1%, down from 12.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Bizagi	10.6%
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect	10.1%
Bonita	4.3%
Other	75.0%

Business Process Design

Featured Reviews

Paparao Nadipineni

Architect at Evoke

Enables budget review efficiency with open source advantages and workflow orchestration

Definitely, right now, it is purely open source, and we don't have much community support. If they add a few more capabilities like AIML and DocGen AI, these features would be good. Reporting capabilities can be improved more, and community support should be increased. Otherwise, people cannot onboard that particular technology easily.

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Paparao Nadipineni

Architect at Evoke

A simple and lightweight college course automation system with third-party integrations

The initial setup is straightforward and can be completed with the environment within an hour. First, take the latest from the git repository and check the git code to the monitor studio and a bar file, a deployable Bonita archive file. Then, take that process to the Bonita server, running at runtime on another server. Finally, deploy and enable it by selecting the proper organization.

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Milan Sterba

Senior Enterprise Architect at Deepview S.r.o.

Efficient documentation generation through organized model structure with a good price-performance ratio

Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not easy for even experienced users to find their way without guidance. This is not the most user-friendly solution.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The interface, design, and accessible user manuals to help get started using the solution are valuable features in Bizagi."

"Agility is most valuable because we can develop so much faster than other tools. We can make requirements, develop, and go out to production much faster. So, agility in the software cycle is most valuable."

"I like all of the features. I like that you can simulate the processes and add the time standard."

"The user logic is very easy to understand, even for people who are not engineers nor developers."

"The user interface is pretty good."

"One of the features I like is that when drawing any task, when putting a task on the process model canvas, I can simply click on it and see the other task icons for that task. It's just one quick, simple, straightforward connectivity from task to task."

"Very user friendly and a professional solution."

"Business process modelling and simulation."

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"One of the most valuable features is you can create without coding, it is a low code platform."

"I find process management and user interface designing the most valuable features."

"Its user-friendliness, along with the availability of comprehensive and clear documentation on the website is the most valuable."

"Bonita is user-friendly."

"We use the tool to validate and give access to the users. It is for access management."

"The solution is easy to use."

"Flexible and drag-and-drop type of UI is very valuable. The integrations are also very good. You can build workflows very quickly, which is my favorite activity. By using the GUI, you can build the entire mechanism, notifications, and all this kind of stuff."

"Compared to other products on the market, Bonita presents a pretty acceptable level of robustness."

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"The solution allows us to quickly present designs and concepts to customers and get their feedback, thereby moving the project forward step by step."

"Artifact templates are most valuable."

"Sparx has got a range of modeling features, and I am comfortable with all its offering. I've used a lot of tools over the phone. I found EA Spark, probably the most feature rich product all in all compared to other products. The solution is very cost-effective and that is its best feature. It's a very good delivery architecture tool, which also has enterprise architecture capabilities, and it's got full life cycle processes and software development. So for me, it's a pretty comprehensive tool"

"Features good reporting facilities coupled with a concrete database."

"It is a very flexible product. It can do a lot. It is also a reliable product."

"There are a couple of things. Price is one thing, but we also like the scriptability of it. We got into scripting it and automating tasks with it, and it is super duper easy to do and helpful. The API has improved over the years. We automate everything, and I love the automation aspects of it."

"The platform is stable and reliable."

"I have found the Meta Model tuning feature useful as it provides me with an overview of all my work needs."

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Cons

"Bizagi's UI should include shorter steps for documenting controls, documenting properties, changing some attributes in the object, and adding additional text."

"The solution is a bit heavy on resources and has slowed down my computer."

"One thing that I don't like very much is related to integration: we have to develop some connectors... I would need a connector that connects to a REST service and that uses client ID in secret... They provide the means to develop a connector and use it, but they should implement this because REST services are among the most used protocols for web services."

"It would be helpful if they added some extra features in the next update."

"It is expensive compared to other tools which I have in the market."

"Governance is lacking, as with many easy-to-use tools. The scalability could be improved as well."

"The tool is expensive and it should improve its pricing."

"It needs some better notation functionality."

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"Installation could be made easier."

"The community edition has limited module functionality. If they could release some of the functionality that's available in the enterprise edition that would be helpful to those learning to use the solution."

"Bonita can improve by offering more flexibility. The developer does not receive the code of the application to modify it. Most of the other solutions I have used allow the developers to change or improve the code that is generated."

"There is a considerable learning curve."

"There is a need for more components in the library and additional customization options for these components."

"The interface is advanced and quite good, but it could improve."

"I should be able to park the tasks that are within a process in a kind of container, and dynamically, a super admin should be able to connect these processes. This kind of feature might be helpful."

"I have run into a lot of problems because there is not enough documentation."

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"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."

"It really did not work for logical modeling. The look is very old-fashioned. You can't make the diagrams easy on the eye, so we ended up drawing them again in Visio anyhow."

"I would like to see integration with Confluence or any other TRM, and the capability to integrate with the data storage, such as a repository similar to GitHub."

"I struggled with most of the features for this tool, as did the rest of our architecture team."

"I would like it to be less of a general tool. Currently, it is not a Swiss army knife that can do everything. It is not specialized for our purposes. We are a civil engineering company. We build things. We work mostly in what is known as Infra world in the Netherlands, which comprises objects such as bridges, locks, and water management. We would like to see more focus on such types of projects. It would be nice if it has more specializations. At the moment, it is very generic, and you have to create everything yourself. Our focus is more on user requirement management, which is currently very basic. I would like to see a lot more functionality in this area. Its basic functions for adding user requirements are perfect, but we need more features. Currently, it has limited possibilities for our requirements. I would also like to see better contract management and have it managed in a certain way."

"This solution is quite complex to use. It would be nice if the learning curve wasn't so steep."

"This solution has some limitations from a business perspective."

"The templates for documentation should be enhanced to include complex documents such as template RFP, or Non functional requirements template."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It has a very high price. Many clients complain about the price for maintaining the application on Bizagi."

"Pricing is good value for money."

"Make sure that your requirements are explicitly defined from the outset. This will help you choose the right setup and licensing for your needs."

"The modeling part of the software is free. Most of the time, it is used for this purpose."

"This is a free solution."

"Some solutions are completely free. One would be the business process diagramming tool, the server beneath it, and the automation tool. You don't need to pay to map the business process, but you would need to when you want to execute any of the commands. So, basically, they lure you in with a free ride, and when you want to scale the solution, you'll have to pay for it."

"The modeler itself is free. For the whole BPM suite, there are other options that may be better."

"I was using the free version."

More Bizagi pricing and cost advice

"We are using the Community Version, which can be used free of charge."

"The product's pricing is acceptable. Pricing is yearly."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"I believe this is a very good financial choice."

"Licensing cost for the Enterprise edition comes out to be around 40,000 a year. There is also a Community edition, which is free. Some customers can go for the Community edition, but some of them require the Enterprise edition. Big companies go for the Enterprise edition, which comes with a lot of additional features such as a mobile app."

"The Enterprise edition is very expensive."

"The Community Edition comes free of charge."

"The price is fair for what we are using the solution for."

More Bonita pricing and cost advice

"Enterprise licensing is competitive. What would be helpful if they load the pricing for consultants, you know, people who are consultants for clients. So the license is fine for end-user organizations. Still, they should consider lowering the license to support this adoption, particularly for people who are consultants like myself."

"We had a yearly license."

"It is cheap."

"This product has a paid license, with a yearly subscription option."

"They have the price on their site for the enterprise version, and we do receive a small discount."

"The licence has a costly upfront fee which gets you access. You have to pay an annual maintenance fee, which is less."

"We have an annual license, and it's very affordable."

"Its price is very good for the value that you get with it."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Educational Organization

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	43
Midsize Enterprise	16
Large Enterprise	35

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	58

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 st...

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What do you like most about Bizagi?

The natural notation is the best feature of Bizagi because it makes it compatible with other products.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?

Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it. It was less expensive than some of th...

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How does Bonita compare with Camunda Platform?

One of the things we like best about Bonita is that you can create without coding - it is a low-code platform. With B...

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What do you like most about Bonita?

The user interface is easy to use.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bonita?

The Enterprise edition is very expensive.

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What do you like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?

The stability has been good and satisfactory. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?

One of the reasons many public sector institutions in the Czech Republic use it is that it provides a very good price...

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What needs improvement with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?

Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not stra...

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Compared 23% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 45% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

erwin Evolve vs Bonita

Compared 3% of the time

Pega Platform vs Bonita

Compared 2% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 2% of the time

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Overview

Bizagi’s industry-leading low-code process automation platform connects people, applications, robots, and information. As the most business-friendly and flexible solution on the market, Bizagi enables true collaboration between business and IT, delivering faster adoption and success. Fuelled by a community of 1 million users, Bizagi powers over 1,000 organizations worldwide including Adidas, BAE Systems, and Old Mutual. For more information visit www.bizagi.com

Bizagi

Bonitasoft helps innovative companies worldwide deliver better digital user experiences for customers and employees. The extensible and open Bonita application platform unleashes the full potential of multidisciplinary development teams to create Living Apps: applications that allow continuous and incremental improvement, connecting tailored user interfaces with reliable back-office operations.

Bonitasoft

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is an enterprise solution that helps streamline, accelerate, and integrate software, system, and business development. With this intuitive modeling and design solution, enterprises can stay in control of their workplaces, enable collaboration, support their teams and colleagues, and manage complex projects. Software architects, business analysts, project managers, developers, support staff, and testers can unite under a single repository. Through numerous view points and potential sub-systems, users are offered a unified view in a complex environment.

With Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, users are also offered a shared model option which can be accessed quickly and securely by in-office and remote team members through the Enterprise Architect’s Pro Cloud Server. Building a coherent, verifiable model can be done by connecting and integrating a variety of behavioral and structural information in visual form. As a result, Enterprise Architect offers high performance, flexibility, and the ability to model, manage, and trace every stage of the business development and modeling process.

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Features

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect assists in creating a unified and accessible vision in business development by offering a flexible platform with a unique set of rich features. These features include:

Test and debug - Streamline software development and visualize software with the simulation process. Users can test and confirm correct behavior, set and oversee test points, and debug and examine software.

Track tasks - Track, prioritize, and assign individual and group tasks to assist in the model’s development. Users can visually monitor their progress through the Gantt chart.

Open standards - Users can visualize and analyze running software with integrated custom tools. They can also run advanced simulations, team-based repositories, testing tools, and version control. In addition, the solution supports enterprise architecture frameworks such as UPDM and TOGAF.

Simulation - Create and debug embedded solutions by simulating behaviors and state models. Users can specify events, triggers, constraints, and more. Users can also specify extensive and complex structural systems and create custom domain-specific solutions.

Reviews from Real Users

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect merges high-end tools, online availability, a dedication to open standards, and accessible pricing so enterprises can stay in control of their workplaces, whether remote or in-office. Users particularly like the architectural frameworks and the scalability.

Marc L., a principal architecture enterprise solution adviser at Cronomagic Canada, notes, "The product offers very good support for all mainstream modeling notations and architectural frameworks."

An enterprise architect at a manufacturing company writes, "Scalable solution for modeling, project sharing, and collaboration. Support for it is good."

Sparx Systems

Sample Customers

adidas, Audi, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Post DHL & many more - 500+ customer globally.

With more than 1000 customers in 75 countries, and its ecosystem of more than 120,000 members, Bonitasoft is the largest provider of open-source Business Process Management, Low-code and Digital Transformation software worldwide.

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