Microsoft Visio - Journeyman Solution to Many Problems.
December 20, 2022

Microsoft Visio - Journeyman Solution to Many Problems.

Paul White | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visio

Visio works for us in a variety of ways, from handling organizational charts to developing process flow charts, office layouts, IT network diagramming, and complex relational database query visualization. Different departments use the product for different purposes, and it really does very nicely in handling a variety of user needs.

Pros

  • Presenting visualizations of complex relational database queries.
  • Deploying consistent and scalable organization charts that work well together.
  • Visualizing IT networking hardware layouts and designs.
  • Developing process flow charts with a clear decision, action, and variable outcome points and paths.

Cons

  • The product is large and can be complex if one tries to "learn it all."
  • Due to its size it sometimes bogs down with marginally powered computers.
  • Consistent operation from template to template makes support easier.
  • Flexibility in functionality is helpful.
  • Visio recognizes that for 95% of users, the product provides at least 95% of the needed/desired functionality.
  • The ROI on Visio is outstanding. We can train one person in the basics of the product, and because it works consistently from template to template, we can support users with a variety of needs.
  • Most users are fine when using a combination of Visio and Excel for project management tasks. We don't need to spend the coin on as many licenses for the much more cumbersome (albeit much more capable) Microsoft Project. Deploying something that it quite literally clicks and drags, to begin with, and can become more complex as users grow in familiarity with the product, is cost and time efficient.

Do you think Microsoft Visio delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft Visio's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft Visio live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft Visio go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft Visio again?

Yes

Visio is well suited to a small office setting where individual stand-alone products might bring more power to the table but a high additional cost. Once a user knows how to work with Visio's drag-and-drop interface with one set of templates, the skills are transferrable to any of the other templates. This one product allows the user to address more than 95% of their foreseeable needs in multiple areas, from organizational charts to flow charts, to office layout, to network design. Users with more needs in any one particular area than Visio can provide are probably better served by exploring a stand-alone dedicated program, but they will pay far more for that one program than the price tag of the multi-role player Visio.

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