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    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AThe SAP Signavio portfolio offers an integrated platform that helps usersto realign the organization and bring changes, with a suite of products that support business processes. The SAP Signavio portfolio offers a range of business transformation solutions to serve the emerging practice of customer excellence (CEX). SAP Signavio solutions bring together a full 360-degree view of outside-in and inside-out thinking, translating experiences into operational reality by putting the customer at the…N/A

    Microsoft Visio

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft offers Visio, a diagramming tool for building flowcharts, diagrams (e.g. network diagrams), org charts and floor plans, available online as a subscription and also in enterprise level packages (e.g. Visio Professional).

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Visio Plan 1
    $5.00
    per month per user
    Visio Plan 2
    $15.00
    per month per user
    Visio Standard 2024
    $309.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Visio Professional 2024
    $579.99
    one-time fee On-premises diagramming solution, licensed for one PC
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    SAP Signavio Process Collaboration Hub is a standout feature, providing a centralized platform for stakeholders to access, share, and collaborate on process models in real-time. This level of collaboration was superior to what we experienced with other tools such as Lucidchart …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    We considered alternatives like Microsoft Visio and Bizagi before deciding on SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite. Although these technologies have their advantages, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite stood out thanks to its user-friendly design, powerful …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite stacks up mainly in collaboration features and definition of standards.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Yes, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is much more advanced and robust tool. While Visio helps visualize process in a good way, it lacks an analysis or reporting feature making it a basic tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    User friendly interface with wide variety of process design and modelling features, which is easy to learn and understand. Plus, it is from a reputed brand SAP, hence clients readily accept this choice of tool for modelling.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    Signavio loses in process mining capability against Celonis in many areas like usability and look and feel. Signavio is superior in its BPM related capabilities against e.g. QPR and MS Visio due to its feature set. Against all of them Signavio has better overall solution suite …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    The features we knew from Signavio regarding approval workflows were the reason why we considered Signavio as our single source of truth for processes. But the possibilities are much wider. That is what we learned during the last couple of weeks and months during our project. …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    will help our transformation of legacy cis to s/4 hana in best practice alignment.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    77 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    54 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    59 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    53 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    75 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    51 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.1
    60 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.259 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.4
    75 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
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    Ratings
    Process designer8.171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation7.366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine7.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.442 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player7.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages7.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder7.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution7.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.5
    57 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools7.557 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and Microsoft Visio
    Feature
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Visio
    -
    Ratings
    Content management7.849 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (79 ratings)
    8.1
    (79 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (33 ratings)
    7.3
    (14 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteMicrosoft Visio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    Pros: 1. It reduces technical debt and accelerates a smooth transition, while harmonizing across data migration regions which replaces the legacy customization that are not for S4/HANA. 2. It cuts operational cost by 30% - 40% and improves SLA adherence, while process intelligence identifies duplicate or redundant approval steps when we know SAP ecosystems ties all modules together for better data insights. Cons: 1. Complicated and costly for small businesses. 2. Mature process required for better data feeding and data insights. 3. If non-SAP system data feed might cause misleading and incomplete data insights
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    Microsoft
    Visio is by far and away the best tool that I have used to do Value Stream Mapping sessions with the warehouse I support. It has all of the shapes needed built in to be able to represent all areas of the processes. I also like how you are able to make the drawing as big as needed and when printing it out of Visio you have the ability to use the necessary paper size. The biggest complaint that I have with the software if how it can be cumbersome for non-Visio users (that is, people without a license in the orgnaization) to interact with the Visio Map. We normally have to dedicate one Visio SME to be able to make the changes that Process SME's find since they do not have access to the software.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Location agnostic (or home office agnostic) collaboration in virtual workshops
    • Internally within the team or with clients, I can prepare, gather materials, and lead during a workshop or meeting with SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite and feel incredibly positioned as the facilitator. Whether in real time or in an asynchronous manner.
    • The combination of highly adaptable and visual work with collaborative tools like forms, comments, timers, and point voting transforms it into a tool I use frequently.
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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Visio is excellent for organizing thought processes related to our more complex research.
    • The diagrams created with Microsoft Visio are ideal for graphically displaying the internal organization of work and research groups through flow diagrams.
    • Microsoft Visio is a great tool for managing our students' activities by creating flowcharts that help us graphically visualize the steps of their group work.
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    Cons
    SAP
    • For businesses looking to improve their current business processes, I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is incredibly well-suited.
    • In my opinion, SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite excels in sectors with strict regulatory requirements.
    • I think SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite is the best option when teams from several departments must work together on process design or improvement initiatives because of its real-time collaboration capabilities.
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    Microsoft
    • When navigating through swim lanes, the user must be careful between switching from the point to the connection features as it can be difficult to remember which mode you’re in.
    • When drawing “decision points,” it can be difficult to type words like “yes” or “no” between the connection lines.
    • The exporting options aren’t ideal. They are hard to create in PDF format.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    Signavio is part of our process ownership and is key for visible of end-to-end process
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    Microsoft
    We use Microsoft Visio to keep our diagrams updated and to that end we will need the subscription to keep using the software. Otherwise we will be left with PDF versions of the diagrams.
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    Usability
    SAP
    Really great and well designed
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    Microsoft
    I have always struggled with some basics, such as connection points, object alignment, font consistency, arranging layers and their order (bring forward, send backward), and managing overlap. I usually need to create an initial rough draft and then do a separate cleanup pass to bring the diagram up to my quality standards. If I skip that step, the result generally does not look very good. And once a diagram becomes busy or the file gets large, Visio has been unstable for me in the past, including occasional crashes that caused non-recoverable edits.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    Yes its always available
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    SAP
    Everything is very fast
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SAP
    i contacted support via sap for me via the person who implemented and also via our customer support executive. all 3 channels i was satisfied. of course it was the slowest via the ticket, but even that one i got proper solution in relatively OK time frame
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    Microsoft
    Overall, I feel that Microsoft's support is weak. They are now such a behemoth that their model of putting documentation online for their users to sift through is totally outgrown. Given the amount of money you pay for these licenses, Microsoft should provide easy one-on-one support for their products via email or chat. The idea of paying their rates for support incidents is ridiculous. If you have an enormous amount of time on your hands, use their support websites and you will eventually find a solution most of the time.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    Real useful trainings and hand ons
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    SAP
    Very complete and useful for day to day operations
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    Training is taking way longer than expected. We have had more than 50 hours of training and still do not feel proficient enough to do anything meaningful with Process Intelligence. The Process Insights are pretty intuitive but does take a willingness to dig in and explore, but in general good right out of the box.
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    We were able to end the use of archive versions thanks to SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, and everyone has access to the most recent archive. Mac and Windows users can collaborate on a single document. A design tool that spans the concept phase, design phase, and delivery to engineering
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    Microsoft
    Even though it’s a more expensive solution, Vizio is built for the enterprise. Therefore, it integrates perfectly with our existing Microsoft stack, and quite frankly, because it’s such a more mature product, it provides exactly the functionality we need and expect.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    SAP
    Not really, its easy to comprehend
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    SAP
    Definitely a 10!
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • With the help of Signavio, we are now much more operationally efficient, which saves money and makes better use of our resources.
    • The software's emphasis on collaboration has encouraged innovation within our teams, resulting in original solutions and better project outputs.
    • Compliance is crucial for our sector. We have lowered the danger of regulatory problems by maintaining stringent compliance standards with the aid of Signavio.
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    Microsoft
    • Reduces the amount of time I need to create process flow diagrams. In the past I would use Powerpoint or Word which required a lot more effort and time and never looked as good. Visio just takes that headache away.
    • Only negative is that I personally believe it should always have been part and parcel of the Office suite, thus giving more users the opportunity to use it rather than specifically having to justify its separate purchase within our organisation. Different now with Office 365 of course!
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of SAP Signavio Process InsightsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - InvestigationScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Intelligence - DashboardsScreenshot of SAP Signavio Journey Modeler - Journey Complexity ScoreScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Explorer - Best practice and process knowledgeScreenshot of SAP Signavio Process Manager - Live Insights