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SAP Signavio Process Manager vs Visio comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
5.9
SAP Signavio Process Manager delivers cost savings, enhanced collaboration, transparency, efficiency, and intangible benefits despite challenging ROI quantification.
Sentiment score
1.3
Visio streamlines documentation, enhancing efficiency and reducing delivery timelines, offering significant ROI within three to four years.
We can draw and document our processes, then analyze data within SAP Signavio Process Manager.
process and methods manager at Altitude Infrastructure
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
SAP Signavio Process Manager offers reliable support with quick, competent service, though improvement is needed in ticketing and guidance.
Sentiment score
6.4
Most Visio users avoid direct support, preferring documentation and online resources, though premium support users find it helpful.
I would rate their technical support a ten.
process and methods manager at Altitude Infrastructure
I think they must provide better solutions that are accessible for all of them.
Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have not encountered issues myself, but one of my colleagues found that support was provided quite late, resolving the problem in one or two days rather than instantly.
data analyst at dbs global university
We neglected the document from Microsoft and started deep diving and finally found the solution ourselves.
Chief Executive Officer at Easy Touch
While I like Microsoft products in general, the main issue is with the licensing options and the problems associated with them.
IT Professor at Sakarya University
I would rate their support a nine or even 9.5, recognizing that their support system is robust and cooperative.
Senior Network Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
SAP Signavio Process Manager scales well, with positive user feedback on performance and accessibility, especially for large enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.2
Visio is manageable for organizations but faces challenges with scalability, compatibility, and broader deployment due to desktop constraints.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
SAP Signavio Process Manager is highly stable, with minor issues mainly due to external factors, ensuring strong user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.3
Visio is mostly stable, with improved recent versions, though complex tasks or hardware limits may cause occasional issues.
 

Room For Improvement

SAP Signavio enhancements include UI upgrades, better integration, flexible licensing, improved collaboration tools, and competitive process mining features.
Visio users encounter challenges with templates, integration, performance, costs, and licensing, seeking better functionality and user experience.
It should also integrate with non-SAP systems for better functionality.
data analyst at dbs global university
SAP Signavio Process Manager is not as intuitive as others I have seen.
Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Visio should implement more complex tools or graphics to facilitate processing and use flexible templates.
IT Professor at Sakarya University
Licensing cost is one of the major points for improvement since it is quite high for personal use.
Senior Network Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I think people don't use Visio too much, but if the price becomes lower, it would be used widely.
Chief Executive Officer at Easy Touch
 

Setup Cost

SAP Signavio Process Manager is costly but offers valued features, with negotiable pricing and justifiable costs for large organizations.
Enterprise buyers must navigate varied Visio pricing, with options like cloud subscriptions offering cost efficiency through integration and discounts.
After SAP acquired Signavio, the prices increased significantly, making it too expensive for our small company to afford.
process and methods manager at Altitude Infrastructure
If asked to rate the price, I would give it around nine points out of ten, indicating it is somewhat expensive.
IT Professor at Sakarya University
 

Valuable Features

SAP Signavio Process Manager excels in integration, collaboration, and intuitive design, aiding workflow transparency and business transformation.
Visio enhances productivity with seamless Microsoft integration, diverse templates, and user-friendly features for creating professional diagrams.
It has a tool that analyzes your data and shows you where the areas of change for improvement are.
Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The ability to perform queries is a feature unique to SAP Signavio Process Manager, and it proves to be very useful for our needs.
process and methods manager at Altitude Infrastructure
The main benefits Visio provides me include simplifying processes, saving time on manual work with diagram creation, and delivering a clean architecture, whether it is network architecture or application flow.
Senior Network Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
When you use this template, you find directly the related buttons. It saves time and effort.
Chief Executive Officer at Easy Touch
Visio was quite useful in Word and PowerPoint, which I miss in draw.io.
Senior Program Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Signavio Process Manager
Ranking in Business Process Design
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (6th)
Visio
Ranking in Business Process Design
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
109
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 8.4%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visio is 11.3%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Visio11.3%
SAP Signavio Process Manager8.4%
Other80.3%
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Eury Reyes P - PeerSpot reviewer
Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Reveals real bottlenecks, but pricing and usability need work still require improvement.
SAP Signavio Process Manager could be improved in several areas to make it more competitive and accessible. From my experience, the strongest opportunity lies in enhancing its process mining capabilities. While Signavio offers solid functionality, other tools like Celonis provide deeper insights and more seamless integrations, especially when working with large datasets or complex execution paths. Strengthening the integration layer and expanding native process mining features would significantly elevate the platform. Another area for improvement is pricing. The solution tends to be positioned at a premium level, which can limit adoption compared to other tools that offer similar or stronger capabilities at a more accessible cost. A more flexible or tiered pricing model would make the product more appealing to a broader range of organizations. Regarding usability, while the platform is powerful, it can feel advanced for users who do not have a process engineering background. Improving the user interface and offering more intuitive guidance for non-technical stakeholders would help increase engagement and ease of use across teams. In terms of support, the setup experience is manageable, especially with technical assistance, but there is room for SAP to provide more consistent and accessible support to ensure a smoother learning curve for new users. Overall, enhancements in process mining depth, integration capabilities, pricing flexibility, and user-friendliness would make SAP Signavio Process Manager a more compelling and widely adoptable solution.
NitinSharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Specialist at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Created detailed rack and network diagrams that streamline documentation and collaboration
For creating diagrams, I definitely use Visio for HLD, LLD, and traffic flow diagrams. Apart from Visio, I use Jira only if the customer specifically requests it; otherwise, I do not use an in-house version of Jira in my organization. One of the good features of using the Microsoft umbrella product is that if I create a big diagram and then work on the HLD or LLD in Word, I can select everything from Visio and paste it as an image without needing to resize it, which streamlines the process of creating documentation for customers. The main benefits Visio provides me include simplifying processes, saving time on manual work with diagram creation, and delivering a clean architecture, whether it is network architecture or application flow. I have created diagrams for AWS, Azure, GCP, and on-premises data centers, including rack elevation diagrams and organization charts. Modifications can be made easily and reflected immediately, and I can create PNG images to share with the executive team.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise44
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise61
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?
SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...
What do you like most about Signavio Process Manager?
The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand bec...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signavio Process Manager?
The price of SAP Signavio Process Manager was quite high but could be afforded by an organization with a sensitive data scale.
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 Visio?
The diagrams Visio creates are quite impressive in the sense that we can cooperate with more colleagues in one task and see the flow of the process.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visio?
One of the main problems with Visio is its licensing options and associated issues, which lead to discussions about the price with a Microsoft representative. If asked to rate the price, I would gi...
 

Also Known As

Signavio Process Editor
Microsoft Visio
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DHL, Coca Cola EP, Prudential, Zalando, T-Systems, Jabil, Endress+Hauser, Rakuten
Thomas College, Hamburg Port Authority, Portigon AG, Conseil G_n_ral du d_partement des Hautes-Alpes, AAA Auto a. s., Commonwealth Financial Network, ICA, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
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