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SS&C Blue Prism vs Visio comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 27, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SS&C Blue Prism
Ranking in Business Process Design
21st
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (33rd), Process Automation (29th), Medical Insurance Claims Software (3rd), Insurance Claims Processing (5th), Document Management Software (14th), Low-Code Development Platforms (23rd), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (16th), Loan Management Software (2nd), Document Automation Software (10th)
Visio
Ranking in Business Process Design
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Mind Mapping Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of SS&C Blue Prism is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visio is 12.5%, down from 13.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Gavin Beckett - PeerSpot reviewer
Design studio enables effective automation while licensing needs improvement
I noticed that it lacks the ability to automatically record the process steps like some of its competitors. Having this capability could accelerate the process. The delivery methodology felt somewhat waterfall in style and not sufficiently agile. Additionally, the licensing model was somewhat prohibitive. It was not developed in a consumption-based manner, however, rather in a fixed-price licensing model that did not account for volumes.
Tugrul TASCI - PeerSpot reviewer
We have seen return on investment in the form of time savings but should have more design tools
I am generally using Visio to create some diagrams Visio should implement more complex tools or graphics to facilitate processing and use flexible templates. It should allow users to easily drag and drop some previously created diagrams. The tools supplied or provided are very basic, and there…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Some important features include the language capabilities, which are crucial since RPA has to read the documents provided by the customer."
"The key feature of SS&C that I find valuable is the general workflow visibility."
"I find the design studio, where I can build the automation, and the control room feature, which allows me to run and monitor the automation, to be the most useful."
"The product provides a lot of flexibility in writing graphs and customizing them."
"Putting details into the process flow and being able to link other objects into the diagrams are very helpful features."
"The Data Objects are hyperlinked to the Standard Operating Procedures, Letters, and Forms."
"The solution makes it very easy to make exciting pictures and designs. Everything is very intuitive and simple to figure out."
"It has a lot of great features."
"This is a very straightforward product and I don't think that anything needs to be simplified."
"It is ideal for putting out flowcharts and swim charts. It's really good. It has all the various options to use, particularly depending on what kind of audience you have. It provides you different kinds of options to insert the pictures and explain things."
"The product is stable."
 

Cons

"I noticed that it lacks the ability to automatically record the process steps like some of its competitors."
"Blue Prism is more costly than UiPath in terms of robotic licenses and orchestrators."
"There is a need for improved integration with external systems in SS&C."
"The user interface could be more robust."
"The performance sometimes lags and has room for improvement."
"Portability from Visio to PowerPoint and vice versa could be simplified."
"As a user, it, unfortunately, lacks recognition by Microsoft products."
"The solution should have better integration capabilities with MacOS and Linux."
"The database modeling has deteriorated significantly in the more current versions."
"The behavior of the interface can sometimes be unpredictable."
"There should be more items available from a variety of other products that can be integrated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"My organization has paid for the solution. However, I have used it personally without payment. There is a free option available."
"I don't have any issue with the pricing. It has a subscription-based model, and the subscription is done on a yearly basis. Of course, we need internal approvals in place."
"Personally, I think the price of this solution is too high."
"The price is reasonable for individual use but for an organization, the costs is high."
"The solution is expensive. The solution does come bundled in other packages."
"The product is expensive, but it is cheaper if you buy it as a part of a bundle or an enterprise-level agreement."
"It's not the cheapest product, but it's extremely valuable."
"There are some cheaper as well as free solutions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
23%
Computer Software Company
15%
Insurance Company
9%
Government
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SS&C Blue Prism?
The pricing was not particularly competitive. It wasn't flexible for different geographies. For instance, in Africa, they didn't have a different pricing model to account for affordability. The pri...
What needs improvement with SS&C Blue Prism?
There is a need for improved integration with external systems in SS&C. Currently, integration is limited to web services and K scripts for connecting to third-party systems, which I believe ca...
What is your primary use case for SS&C Blue Prism?
My primary use case for SS&C is managing migration projects. We are currently working on migrating from ViewStation's 3.5 version using K scripts to the new version in SS&C and rebuilding t...
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...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

SS&C AWD
Microsoft Visio
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

AWS, EY, Deloitte, ABBYY, Microsoft, GLYNT.AI, Pfizer, Invesco, Western Union
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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