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Bizagi vs IBM System Architect comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Bizagi
Ranking in Business Process Design
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
84
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (6th), Process Automation (11th), Rapid Application Development Software (16th), Low-Code Development Platforms (12th), No-Code Development Platforms (5th), Process Mining (7th), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (6th)
IBM System Architect
Ranking in Business Process Design
26th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of Bizagi is 8.1%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM System Architect is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bizagi8.1%
IBM System Architect1.4%
Other90.5%
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Micah Rachuonyo - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Standardization Officer at KEBS
Has helped me create clean and structured process maps with a simple setup experience
I have not explored ways Bizagi can be improved beyond creating maps. If I explore automation and integration with other processes, then I may be able to identify potential areas for improvement. I would appreciate additional features for the free version. Currently, the elements in a process map are limited to activities, decisions, flows, and start/end points. The decision map could be improved to allow more than three options at a decision point.
it_user542103 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model
Data model development: This has built-in ways to create multiple, separate solution data models, including ways to link to an Enterprise Data Model (EDM). Other objects are encyclopedia-wide and need a different approach for managing solution-specific diagrams with an ability to query, e.g…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Bizagi is a very useful tool because it does not require you to program, and the user logic is very easy to understand, even for people who are not engineers nor developers."
"Bizagi is simple, it's simple to implement, and it's simple to learn."
"Our organization's adoption of Bizagi has greatly improved governance, especially where the role of academic secretariat is involved."
"I think the main competitive advantage of Bizagi is its user-friendly environment that allows you to drag and drop BPMN elements on its surface."
"The solution offers the best user interface and the easiest way of working for the many co-workers that are drawing and developing and documenting their processes."
"The ability to write our own code inside each activity is beneficial. Sometimes we need to create functionality that doesn't come out of the box, and this allows us to do that."
"The amount of control that this solution provides is great."
"The main feature of Bizagi is the speed to which we can automate processes and how we can modify them without a strong impact on the end users."
"It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model."
 

Cons

"Governance is lacking, as with many easy-to-use tools. The scalability could be improved as well."
"Agriculture, Industry."
"Bizagi could be improved by more automation and machine learning."
"As I worked with the desktop version of the Bizagi modeler, I was not so comfortable."
"I'm not really satisfied with the reporting aspect. It's not really nice."
"The solution has issues when it comes to exporting in formats other than PDF, and it's difficult sometimes to connect with a solution like Visio."
"In business process mapping, you have pools and dark pools. I don't see that Bizagi differentiates between a regular pool and a dark pool."
"When you start working with information modeling, et cetera, here is no really good solution for the data modeling and information modeling."
"The product is very outdated software; complex to use, and the GUI is a fat client so no mobile or web access."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"When we were working with the on-premises solution, the licenses were a little bit expensive because we had to buy one by one a package of a hundred licenses, whereas now, we are working with the cloud solution, and it has a different cost. It's a different business model because we pay the license for the developers, but the cost is by the environment, and we have unlimited licenses. The business model is different now, but the benefit ratio is good."
"Pricing is good value for money."
"We use the free version of the solution because the price is in dollars, making it expensive for where we are in Brazil."
"The pricing model is good; I believe it's free for up to 20 users, and then they start charging. I hear the solution can get quite expensive, however."
"This is a free solution."
"I'm trying the free unlimited version with unlimited use. But you have to pay to add some features."
"I used to be very pleased with the pricing. Now, it's a bit more complicated. I don't remember exactly, however, it might be $10 a month per user."
"It is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise36
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Questions from the Community

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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Bizagi?
Bizagi's pricing is very aggressive, and it was one of the reasons we chose it. It was less expensive than some of the other tools.
What needs improvement with Bizagi?
I have not explored ways Bizagi can be improved beyond creating maps. If I explore automation and integration with other processes, then I may be able to identify potential areas for improvement. I...
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Sample Customers

400+ enterprise customers globally, including DHL, Unilever, Caterpillar, Old Mutual.
Wuxi Lake Cloud, Nationwide, ETI, IDS Scheer
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