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    ProcessMaker

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AProcessMaker is a process automation platform that helps organizations optimize and scale their business operations. By combining workflow automation, AI-driven decision-making, and advanced analytics, ProcessMaker empowers businesses to streamline complex processes, improve efficiency, and enhance customer experiences.N/A

    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AEnterprise Architect is the flagship architecture management platform from global, Australian-headquartered company Sparx Systems.

    $229

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    ProcessMakerSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Editions & Modules
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    Professional
    $229
    per license
    Corporate
    $299
    per license
    Unified
    $499
    per license
    Ultimate
    $699
    per license
    Offerings
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    ProcessMakerSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Would buy again
    60%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    ProcessMakerSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of ProcessMaker and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Feature
    ProcessMaker
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    Ratings
    API for custom integration7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ProcessMaker and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Feature
    ProcessMaker
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    Dashboards8.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.811 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of ProcessMaker and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Feature
    ProcessMaker
    8.8
    10 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    Process designer9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder7.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business Process Automation
    Comparison of Business Process Automation features of ProcessMaker and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Feature
    ProcessMaker
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
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    Business Process Modeling8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Decision Modeling8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Code-Based Automation8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    No-Code Automation7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
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    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
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    IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
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    User Ratings
    ProcessMakerSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    -
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    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ProcessMakerSparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    The task mining component is well suited for processes where there are a lot of steps performed in a variety of systems, particularly by a single individual on a team. It also requires a robust activity ID to be able to track an activity. It is not well suited when trying to track a process where the content is in an email.
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    Sparx Systems
    Enterprise Architect can be used to capture business requirements, design and management of all successive models, algorithms, process flows/workflows, design of business data objects and other artifacts. The strong point is the ability to link the items in all models with each other, the more time the analysts and designers "invest" into making nice and clearly defined models, the higher the future pay-off by any successive changes to the systems. Enterprise Architect is not a good tool for capturing rather unstructured business requirements, use e.g. Confluence or other solutions instead. EA should comprise the extracted models with very little unstructured information. Management of the changes process should not be done in Enterprise Architect, rather use JIRA/Confluence or similar.
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    Pros
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    • User interface. It is clean and easy to understand. You won't get overwhelmed the second you log in.
    • The workflow maker. With a drag and drop interface, you can easily visualize and implement what you want on the screen. Out of all the programs we tested, this one had the easiest process maker and designer.
    • Ease of understanding. My biggest recommendation would be that this program is easy to access for anyone. There are complications (see negatives) but this program can be implemented quickly and efficiently, and nearly anyone can learn to use it. You will not feel like you are in the dark with it.
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    Sparx Systems
    • Open Architecture - A wide and extensive set of options, plug-ins and customization options make Sparx EA more of a tool kit than just a tool. Most tools allow customization but Sparx EA is built from the ground up with this in mind.
    • Wide variety of formats, lexicons, standards and data import export capabilities allow different roles to interact with the information in different ways.
    • Automated report generation allows architects and designers to spend less taking on word processing and more time on performing architecture and design.
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    Cons
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    • Complications when you get to the more advanced pieces. When trialing, I found that the more advanced a process got, the more complicated it got for me in coding. When you begin using the more advanced features, you will find that you need to have a basic knowledge of coding - otherwise you won't go any further. This was my sole issue. Unfortunately, it was one that would have brought the school to a grinding halt if they were to ever get more complicated than they were.
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    Sparx Systems
    • Needs someone that is very conversant with business modelling terminology
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    We are happy with this product
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    Sparx Systems
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    I gave this overall rating for ProcessMaker due to its overall flexibility, design and ease of use for most. Examples of this from us include it being an excellent and trustworthy tool for automating processes, the abilities and capabilities for real-time process tracking and the web-based accessibility and implementation which allows for easy access and management of the tool.
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    Sparx Systems
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    Support Rating
    ProcessMaker Inc.
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    Sparx Systems
    The support team of Sparx EA, based in Australia, is always willing to help and give direction.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    Before making the decision to get ProcessMaker, we assessed different and best options in the market, which are also quite competitive. KiSSFLOW, Blueworks Live, and Bizagi, being the most relevant and ADONIS, to mention the ones we consider the most relevant and capable of meeting our needs. In the end, we went for ProcessMaker because of mainly three things as described before: 1. Real-time process status tracking. 2. Metrics and dashboards. 3. Ease of use for constructing diagrams.
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    Sparx Systems
    BiZZdesign represents a different new concept to enterprise architecture, its gravity center is not technical modelling, but rather a view on capturing the whole end-user experience or customer journey. It also allows to grasp areas as internal company capabilities, required for adoption/changes and operation of the solution, uses the same Archimate modelling language. This solution is in my opinion a new generation enabling to not only design the solutions, but also manage the whole application portfolio with respect to capabilities and requirement parameters.
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    Scalability
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    The capability is robust and quite industry agnostic. It would benefit significantly with some out of the box models - e.g. procure to pay on SAP and similar. They could also develop industry specific examples which could kickstart the implementation for organizations.
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    Sparx Systems
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    Return on Investment
    ProcessMaker Inc.
    • I'm using Communication edition to introduce BPMN in my organization. I can build the first process in a short time, make my boss more confident with my job.
    • But, with ProcessMaker, we need more time to design code to handle the process, and without PHP/Javascript Programmer, it seems hard to work with more and more processes online.
    • However, IE Browser is not well supported, somewhat let the user confuse.
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    Sparx Systems
    • This program speed up the development process. It generates the actual code with my model classes after modeling
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