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Bizagi vs Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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:
 

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)
Sparx Systems Enterprise Ar...
Ranking in Business Process Design
7th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (4th)
 

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 Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is 6.9%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Bizagi8.1%
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect6.9%
Other85.0%
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.
Milan Sterba - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Architect at Deepview S.r.o.
Efficient documentation generation through organized model structure with a good price-performance ratio
Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not easy for even experienced users to find their way without guidance. This is not the most user-friendly solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The free online Help and E-Learning is very strong."
"The basic mapping feature is key for me; it's fantastic, it's easy to use and it's free."
"This solution is easy to use and it is a good tool for process modeling."
"If your approach is for manual task automation is a really good option."
"Business process modelling and simulation."
"The tool helps to improve business processes and have better KPIs. Also, it is easy to use. Our developers find it easy to learn."
"Bizagi is a great tool for creating, testing, and documenting process diagrams."
"The visualizations and attachments provided by the product are valuable."
"In this way, the quality of the documentation has improved."
"Our clients have used EA to document the architecture for enterprise architecture as well as for software architecture, with the architectural blueprints in Sparx EA acting as a key reference repository for the transformation projects."
"I am sure that the process of the developing of our product is faster and more secure through using Sparx."
"It really is pretty cheap and you only pay the maintenance renewal, so it is worth every dime."
"EA is a good, cheap, flexible, and capable tool."
"The Business Process Modeling or BPM part is the most valuable. Its ability to simulate scenarios is also very useful. It can also create descriptions of the workflows. It has a feature in which if you create some BPMN process, a workflow diagram, and the description inside, you can actually simulate the whole scenario, and you get the description. That's very handy."
"SPARX EA is well suited for a client that does not have an Enterprise Architecture or Business Process and that needs to get started, so you can leverage the product right from scratch."
"Large diagrams for hardware infrastructure, HA environments, Integrated Solution view, etc all help different teams to understand the scope of projects."
 

Cons

"The product used to have a simulation feature, which I had used quite often. However, it's since been discontinued. It might have originally been a paid feature. It would be nice if they could bring it back and offer it for free."
"The tool is expensive and it should improve its pricing."
"The gateway through which it connects with other vendors, specifically RPA vendors, is one aspect that could be improved."
"Bizagi could be improved by more automation and machine learning."
"It would be helpful if they added some extra features in the next update."
"Customer Service: It needs improvement to the speed with which they respond. Technical Support: It needs improvement to the speed with which they respond."
"The data in Excel that comes out after running the simulation is a bit complicated sometimes to interpret."
"Bizagi's UI should include shorter steps for documenting controls, documenting properties, changing some attributes in the object, and adding additional text."
"If you are using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect as an individual contributor, then it's not a great choice."
"For data modeling, it is not very mature when comparing with other data modeling tools."
"The user interface is not so good. It's not easy for someone to use it at first. The product takes some getting used to."
"I didn't find any valuable features in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect because you cannot use it for re-engineering."
"The only stability concern I encountered was it not recognising that my laptop has limited resources especially as diagram complexity increases."
"What should be improved are the integration capabilities of the solution with Bizagi."
"I think the project management part should be easier to use."
"The areas of improvement should be focused on utility service such as producing better graphics, perhaps having a wider image library set and producing better models for working directly with customers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"For the prices, we didn't try a negotiations about licensing or pricing, but if i can say a word about this, I find Bizagi prices to be well thought out."
"It has a very high price. Many clients complain about the price for maintaining the application on Bizagi."
"Pricing is good value for money."
"From what I know of the market, I think Bizagi is a cheap solution for process engineering. Out of the solutions I've tried, from cheapest to most expensive, would be Vizor, Bizagi, Signavio, and then Siemens. I used a version of Bizagi that my university provided for free, so I have never paid for a license."
"It is on par with other BPM tools, but not as expensive as Pega nor Appian."
"This solution would be expensive for a company that has a lot of users."
"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."
"The paid version costs us about $20,000 for 100 users annually."
"Pricing and licensing is very attractive, simple, and straightforward."
"The pricing for ultimate version is steeply high."
"It is cheap."
"We paid 1200 euros as a once-off cost. All add ons and integrations come at an additional cost."
"I use my own license. So, I just bought the professional version, which costs $800 or something like that. In the company where I am working, we have floating licenses. They are probably more expensive. Its licensing is affordable, but we are talking about a large organization, and there could be modelers or viewers of the models. We don't know how much that would cost us."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is priced well. The price we pay is approximately $20 per month. Other solutions I have found to be much more expensive."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The licensing is not as expensive as some of the other data modeling tools such as Erwin."
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Top Industries

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

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise36
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise58
 

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...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
One of the reasons many public sector institutions in the Czech Republic use it is that it provides a very good price-performance ratio. While it might be cumbersome to learn, it still delivers exc...
What needs improvement with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not ...
What is your primary use case for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
We are mostly using the ArchiMate language to describe enterprise or solution architecture, along with a bit of use cases. We are producing quite large models, with over 10,000 elements and relatio...
 

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400+ enterprise customers globally, including DHL, Unilever, Caterpillar, Old Mutual.
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