We performed a comparison between QPR ProcessDesigner, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, and Visio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Software AG and others in Business Process Design."Processes become clearer, easier to understand, and easier to spot in development areas."
"It makes communication easier due to transparency on processes."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect was easy to set up and it took just twenty minutes."
"It's a very practical solution. You don't need to do an advanced course to start using this tool."
"The profiles and ready-made templates are an extremely helpful feature. This is one of the biggest features that I find very useful in Sparx."
"The features I find most valuable is the ability to create a document and then put it into a OneCare artifact."
"Using Sparx Enterprise Architect allowed my customer to detail and make the company's IT strategy visible and accessible to all. The system provided clear roadmaps for IT development and helped to keep up-to-date documentation of systems and processes."
"The solution is easy to use, supports SysML and UML, and is able to connect to MATLAB. This is very important for us."
"The product offers very good support for all mainstream modeling notations and architectural frameworks."
"It's like a repository. So far, we use it only for Information Modelling."
"A lot of built-in templates are really phenomenal. They cut down the time when you're trying to get something out. They reduce the complexity that technical folks like to put into things that have to be given to technical folks."
"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."
"It is pretty easy to use if you are looking for this type of solution."
"I think the best part of Visio is that you can import drawings very well into Microsoft Word. For example, if you put the Visio drawing into Word, you can double click on it and it opens in Visio. It is a very useful feature and something which I miss switching to Enterprise Architect. In Enterprise Architect, if I import a drawing into Word it does not open the diagram in Enterprise Architect. This is one of the strongest features and the ability to create your own stencils."
"What I like most about the solution is that It's quite easy to use."
"It's a very flexible solution."
"I like the way you can hypertext across tabs so you can actually create an interactive that you can export as a website. You can also extend it to a monitoring tool if you really wanted to."
"The ability to visualize a workflow is certainly an advantage over just tracking a process in something like Excel."
"There is definitely a need to produce models in XML. There is already something available, but it seems that transferring between the different modelling tools is difficult."
"If you just want to create some diagrams with shapes and arrows, then use Visio."
"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 would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"The dashboard and connectivity could be improved."
"When the model is large, it is a bit slow to render."
"When collaborating with other people, it needs to be more user-friendly."
"Not visually appealing."
"No way to implement data integrity and referential integrity constraints."
"It does not integrate well with other solutions."
"Integration with other applications need improvement. Having the functionality to integrate with databases will also make this solution better."
"There should be more items available from a variety of other products that can be integrated."
"Occasionally, the automation feature that helps you easily add the "next step" goes crazy and it will move a bunch of stuff."
"The database modeling has deteriorated significantly in the more current versions."
"I would like to see included in the next release is the implementation of web publishing."
"The platform has limitations in managing aspects like repositories."
"The user interface could be more robust."
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