We performed a comparison between Camunda 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."I love that Camunda is a very developer-friendly platform, and my customers have evaluated the pricing as reasonable."
"The speed and execution of DMN was a big selling point for us. It's very good at conducting business processes that are easily modeled and presented in a way that's easy to understand."
"Camunda Platform is better than IBM BPM, and Azure. It is more elaborate."
"I've found the active community most valuable but it also provides you with a lot of other features."
"The BPMN diagram is valuable. For our use case of transferring money from one account to another, the connections have to be done in the traditional financial ways. There are a lot of unexpected errors and a lot of instability with this kind of system, and we are using Camunda in order to have clear flows. With BPMN, I can show a flow to my business partner, and the business team can easily understand what's going on. The technical team can understand what the implementation is, and we can model different errors and the process for recovering from these errors."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to share the logic within the rules engine with the business, so you can put it up for everybody to read."
"The most valuable features are the workflow, the task list, and the modeler where we use VPN."
"The solution is easily compatible with HTML forms and HTML language programming and that is the most significant part."
"The initial setup is extremely straightforward."
"It is a scalable solution...The initial setup was straightforward."
"I like the structure. I can see the diagrams and everything I created."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a scalable solution since it can be used at an individual level as well as for enterprise-sized businesses."
"The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality."
"It is easy-to-use and it helps understand its data modeling structure through the intuitive user interface."
"Some of the most valuable features of this process modeling tool are process simulation and process animation."
"It lacks some preset features and configurations which would make it more plug-and-play for customers."
"I would like to see better pricing."
"The only drawback is the time that it takes to have a complete set of workflows implemented on the Camunda platform."
"As we experienced some difficulties in the beginning, deployment took almost a month."
"When trying to design rule tables the solutions graphical user interface could improve, it could be more user friendly."
"I have faced problems in bringing up the Cockpit in terms of GUI processes. I think that there is room for improvement in those areas."
"Community support is basically what I'm looking for. Other than that, it is okay for now."
"I think that Camunda can try to do better when it comes to solving the complexities of all the products in its software stack."
"The solution is not user-friendly. It uses a lot of memory and CPU. You have to have a good computer to use it."
"I would like to see the ability to easily export to groupware, such as Atlassian Confluence."
"I was looking to generate code from the diagrams, but it was not totally clear how to do it."
"Visual Paradigm's initial deployment was difficult since we did it for the first time. It is challenging to learn to use the product."
"In terms of room for improvement in Visual Paradigm, I tried looking for one. I'm pleased with the tool, but it would be great if you could integrate Visual Paradigm with more tools. For example, when moving from Visual Paradigm to another tool, such as Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, the process could be improved a bit. Still, I wonder if it's not limited by the standards Visual Paradigm follows, such as XMI files. It could be connected to limitations related to the standards rather than a tool limitation. When you move projects from Visual Paradigm into Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect via XMI files, you lose all your notes from the elements, so this is an area for improvement in Visual Paradigm. TOGAF support is an additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Visual Paradigm. I'd also like the tool to have ArchiMate support. If both TOGAF and ArchiMate could be supported in Visual Paradigm and made part of a lower level of licensing or cheaper licensing models, that would be best for me."
"For me, what needs improvement in Visual Paradigm is the limited features included in the $99 license, which is the cheapest option. If more features could be included in the cheapest licensing package, Visual Paradigm would be better, especially for businesses that have a limited budget for buying software."
"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."
"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."
Camunda is ranked 2nd in Business Process Design with 69 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. Camunda is rated 8.2, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Camunda writes "Open-source, easy to define new processes, and easy to transition to new business process definitions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". Camunda is most compared with Apache Airflow, Bizagi, Pega BPM, IBM BPM and Appian, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and IBM System Architect. See our Camunda vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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