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OpenText ProVision vs Visio comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText ProVision
Average Rating
6.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (27th), Business Process Management (BPM) (44th)
Visio
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
110
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (1st), Mind Mapping Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Process, Business Automation, and Digital Transformation solutions, they serve different purposes. OpenText ProVision is designed for Business Process Management (BPM) and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.3% compared to last year.
Visio, on the other hand, focuses on Business Process Design, holds 7.5% mindshare, down 12.5% since last year.
Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
OpenText ProVision0.8%
Camunda7.2%
IBM BPM4.0%
Other88.0%
Business Process Management (BPM)
Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Visio7.5%
Bizagi8.1%
Camunda7.8%
Other76.6%
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1944672 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director, Head of Process & Functional Architecture, Intelligent Automation at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Good attribute attachment but problems with collaboration
I primarily use OpenText ProVision to create our end-to-end process repository and library for different parts of the organization, capturing the collaboration process to get the right inputs OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and…
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"OpenText ProVision's best feature is the capability to attach a variety of attributes and extract and analyze that information."
"I like that all the features come as part of a standard license and that one license covers everything."
"The stability of the product is very good."
"The support for Visio is very good, and Microsoft always fixes bugs or problems quickly."
"The solution is easy to set up, the stability is okay, the performance is pretty good, and it's a very flexible solution."
"The most valuable feature of Visio is diagram creation. If you have a presentation, you can create your data model using Visio."
"It has a lot of great features."
"The most valuable feature is how easy it is to use."
"Visio has improved our organization through an essential collaboration with the other Microsoft applications like SharePoint and Excel. So basically in the earlier days, what used to happen, a majority of the organization captured all the as-is process, the time and motion data in the form of Excel and then they used to create process diagrams using other freeware applications. Collaboration allows easy and convenient sharing with other stakeholders, that is really helpful with Visio."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to draw models quickly."
"It's very agile and user friendly with a lot of templates."
 

Cons

"Lacks the ability to have your own in-house developments."
"OpenText ProVision's collaboration management is quite complicated and difficult to use."
"Integrating with or interfacing with other tools like data management tools would be very helpful."
"There are a number of drawbacks. Mainly, the collaboration is lacking to some extent - at least when it comes to how we are using it."
"My main complaint is that the solution is not open source in the sense that you can't have your own in-house developments."
"An area for improvement would be the product's footprint - it's a very large install that uses many gigabytes."
"There are some performance issues on a different operating system which could be improved."
"Licensing cost is one of the major points for improvement since it is quite high for personal use."
"It should be easier to transition into a new version without having to spend so much time in just one area."
"Integration with other software would be an area of improvement, so that it's not just used to document but also as a center plane for information sharing."
"I'd like to be able to extract different data from different relations between the objects I create and I'd like the ability to analyze the different relations between activities, positions and roles."
"We need the place and route capability for the lines when we have a database. I use it for architectures, and between the boxes, there are lines or interfaces from one tool to another. I wish those lines could be easily drawn without having to place them mechanically. I wish that there was some kind of place and route capability, so I just press a button, and all the lines get drawn."
"There could be better integration between Visio and Word, especially when it comes to importing graphics from the one to the other."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is inexpensive if you already have Microsoft products in your environment. The license encompasses all the required services."
"The licensing process is actually a breeze. Simply buy the license and download it from Microsoft, enter the license key in Visio to activate the software, and you're done."
"The pricing is reasonable and I would rate it 6 out of 10."
"I pay for the license and it is very expensive. If you're only going to use this tool from time to time, you can save money by just using the available online tools. But if you plan on using it heavily, then it's worth it to invest."
"The yearly cost is approximately $400 CAD ($300 USD)."
"It's not the cheapest product, but it's extremely valuable."
"There is a licensing fee, but it is fairly priced."
"The popularity of a product is an indicator of its price. Because of the popularity of Visio, its price is on the higher side. We need better pricing for it."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
15%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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

Questions from the Community

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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 Visio?
The pricing is reasonable now. Whereas before, I had used it when it was paid for by my work, but then as I moved to different projects, I wasn't paying $2,000 to have it. Visio is supplied by the ...
What needs improvement with Visio?
I would have said the pricing, but the pricing is fine now, so it's a good tool and a powerful one. When you know how to use it, it's very intuitive. People who don't know how to use it might want ...
 

Also Known As

Metastorm ProVision
Microsoft Visio
 

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Sample Customers

Delta Technology, Export Development Canada, Rompetrol, Salt River Project, AMEC, U.S. Air Force, HP Consulting & Integration
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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