Visual Paradigm vs WorkflowGen comparison

Visual Paradigm and WorkflowGen are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Visual Paradigm is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.7, while WorkflowGen is ranked #30. Visual Paradigm holds a 5.6% mindshare in BPD, compared to WorkflowGen’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Visual Paradigm users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of WorkflowGen users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Visual Paradigm and WorkflowGen are competing products in process management and design tools. Users are generally more satisfied with Visual Paradigm's pricing and support, while WorkflowGen shows strength in feature set, justifying its higher cost.

Features:Visual Paradigm focuses on modeling capabilities, covering UML, BPMN, and SysML with strong integration support. WorkflowGen emphasizes workflow automation, customization options, and versatility in handling process automation, proving suitable for complex business processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:Visual Paradigm provides flexible on-premise and cloud deployment with comprehensive onboarding support. WorkflowGen offers a robust on-premises model, appreciated for its intuitive support systems and customer service. Visual Paradigm's hybrid deployment offers broader adaptability.

Pricing and ROI:Visual Paradigm is noted for moderate setup costs, offering good ROI through scalability and extensive features. WorkflowGen, while higher in initial cost, provides significant ROI due to powerful automation capabilities, facilitating long-term efficiency.

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Categories and Ranking

Visual Paradigm

Ranking in Business Process Design

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

WorkflowGen

Ranking in Business Process Design

30th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (48th), Process Automation (43rd), Rapid Application Development Software (37th), Low-Code Development Platforms (46th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Visual Paradigm is 5.6%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WorkflowGen is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Angie Ibrahim Eissa

Founder & Managing Partner at BBL

A software application designed for software development teams to model business information systems and manage development processes

Setting up Visual Paradigm is easy. There's hardly any configuration needed, unlike some other tools. You just choose your method and diagram type, and you're good to go. As for improvements, integrating project management features with diagrams could be better. Viewing outputs could also be smoother, especially when working with multiple files.Deployment is quick and painless. It practically takes no time at all to set up. And because I also teach at the university, I use Visual Paradigm for my classes and case studies. It's easy to switch between products, and my students have no trouble using it on their own.

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Christopher Odonoghue

SAP Solution Lead at Johnson & Johnson

Good for automatically triggering workflows, but needs to be more customizable

We use this product for many different reasons related to our business We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do. The most valuable feature is the ability to automatically trigger the workflow. This solution needs to be…

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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

"Using the Component Diagram, Visual Paradigm helps with design and control, reusing components."

"Some of the most valuable features of this process modeling tool are process simulation and process animation."

"I like the structure. I can see the diagrams and everything I created."

"Visual Paradigm is simple and easy to use."

"It is a scalable solution since it can be used at an individual level as well as for enterprise-sized businesses."

"Visual Paradigm allowed me to create UML diagrams efficiently."

"The application is easy to use and provides informative diagrams."

"The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality."

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"We use it a lot for creating workflows to transfer materials between plants, which is a signature part of what we do."

Cons

"I would like to see something for visualizing innovation work maps."

"From time to time, we experience some troubles when we work as teams."

"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."

"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."

"The solution can be heavy on resource usage."

"I would like to see the ability to easily export to groupware, such as Atlassian Confluence."

"The solution can improve by updating the user interface, and graphics."

"Takes up a lot of resources."

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"This solution needs to be more customizable."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is an open-sourced solution, it is free to use."

"The pricing of Visual Paradigm is very appropriate and affordable. There are no hidden costs involved."

"Pricing for Visual Paradigm is a four out of five for me. I'm happy with its pricing."

"I rate Visual Paradigm's pricing a five out of ten."

"Visual Paradigm has two models available. One of them is the educational edition, and another is the business edition. For my personal usage, I use the educational version mostly. In a project, my customers have to purchase a license."

"In terms of pricing, I find Visual Paradigm's subscription services reasonable, especially for the modern and standard editions. However, the premium products can be a bit pricey, especially considering our location in the Middle East. Currently, paying around a hundred dollars per user translates to almost six hundred Egyptian pounds, which can add up. For enterprise licensing, I think the perpetual license option could be more affordable. If it were cheaper, say around five hundred dollars, I would have invested in multiple perpetual licenses long ago. Sometimes, to manage costs, we share accounts among team members or switch access on and off for certain members who aren't actively working on projects. As for additional costs, there are charges for cloud services, which I'm considering because I've already exceeded the free capacity."

"Visual Paradigm's pricing is not expensive."

"I rate the pricing a three on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

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10%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Visual Paradigm?

The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Paradigm?

I purchased Visual Paradigm on my own, and it was competitively priced, so I was fine with the pricing.

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What needs improvement with Visual Paradigm?

The product can always get better as the industry changes, however, I didn't necessarily feel it was lacking for what I did with it.

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Overview

Visual Paradigm is a UML tool. The tool is designed for a wide range of users including software engineers, system analysts, business analysts and system architects, or for anyone who is interested in reliably building large-scale software systems using an object-oriented approach. In addition, Visual Paradigm supports the latest standards of UML notation.

Visual Paradigm

Immediately accelerate business process adaptability with fluid workflow automation. Use the WorkflowGen .NET workflow software's low code environment to maximize the efficiency of process designers and developers.

Automate any type of human and system-based enterprise process within a battle-tested infrastructure.

Customize and integrate your workflow apps to meet your requirements in a highly configurable environment.

Engage process participants with a full-featured workflow portal, native mobile apps, and email approvals, or through seamless integration with your own web apps.

Leverage a solution used by Fortune 500 companies for worldwide business-critical applications.

WorkflowGen

Sample Customers

Adobe, Apple, at&t, Caterpillar, Intel, NASA, Nokia, Toyota

Comcast, Deloitte, Mitsui & Co Ltd, Sanofi Pasteur, Textron, XL Group. WorkflowGen accelerates business process adaptability in 70 countries for 500+ organizations and 1,000,000 users.

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