We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and BiZZdesign HoriZZon based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Design solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is easy."
"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues."
"ARIS provides the basic foundation for any digital transformation an organization decides to take."
"The tool has good navigation."
"The ease of use is the most valuable. I have tried a number of BPMN packages, and I find the user interface of ARIS BPM easier and more intuitive than others. If your team is knowledgeable on BPMN, it is really pretty easy to figure out on your own because it adheres to the standards extremely well. I have tried Bizagi, BizFlow, and a variety of such solutions, and I just liked ARIS BPM better."
"Objects can be reused across different BPMNs and processes, so we can design new processes quicker and easier."
"The simulation engine and SAP integration are technically very robust."
"BPA, the modeling tool, is the main module used because of our need for documentation."
"t's a good tool. My colleagues that are making use of it for application, business processes, or data modeling, are very satisfied with it. They find it easy to use. The graphical representation is simple but therefore efficient, so I know that they are planning a very good commencement on the use of these tools."
"The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward."
"The most valuable features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon, from my experience, include its out-of-the-box connectors, such as integration with ServiceNow, Excel, and SQL databases, making data repository management more efficient."
"The feature I find most valuable is that the start times and loading times are short. It takes only a few seconds to load the repository and whenever I want to open diagrams, they are there almost immediately."
"The most valuable features are the application, portfolio, data, architectures, and modeling things."
"One of the main advantages of this solution is that they have representation in the Open Group Forum, which means that any changes in ArchiMate are immediately implemented in BiZZdesign."
"I like the flexibility of the modeling part for standards like ArchiMate and, at the same time, BPMN. It allows us to connect elements from different areas and to have a single repository and a single source of truth. It gives us one place to do analysis throughout the organization."
"The most valuable feature is that it allows you to work with different methods, using the same tool."
"The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has."
"The product is difficult to use for someone without prior knowledge of working with it. It requires a certain level of administration training."
"The interface is a little archaic."
"ARIS BPA is not really a platform that offers you the opportunity to execute processes that you model."
"It would be helpful if ARIS BPA could have a simple database to get the extract of various attributes."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"The reporting capabilities and the ability to create custom reports need to be simplified and made easy so that people even with a good functional understanding of the tool can leverage it to create their own custom report."
"I use it strictly for developing the business process model. I don't use it for the actual automation. I do that with Vtenext. I have standardized on Vtenext, and I don't use ARIS BPM anymore. The Vtenext UI is just as good, and it is much more tightly coupled to the underlying object model. I can get more done in one session with Vtenext rather than first going to ARIS BPM, then importing, and having to edit it for tight coupling."
"This tool is something of a beast - it takes a long time to learn, and it isn't possible for casual users and most architects. Unless a person spends 500 or 1,000 hours on the tool or does very concentrated sessions using all its functionalities, it's very difficult to master."
"One area where BiZZdesign HoriZZon could use some improvement is in its REST APIs."
"It should be more open to integrating with other existing tools. Although there has been progress in the past."
"The repository of duplicate objects is bad."
"I have seen table charts where, if the chart is a little too big, it does not fit in HoriZZon and it is not at all visible... There have been several times where we could not publish a chart properly and we had to break the chart into small tables and create multiple artifacts, creating a complete mess. This should be seriously taken up by BiZZdesign because there is a lot of scope for improvement in terms of usability. It's not at all good, unfortunately."
"In HoriZZon, there are different matrices. In some of the cases, there is an option to aggregate them, but in other cases, we have not done this, e.g., to see the proper costs. For example, if I have 10 different matrices, then I need to create an aggregate view out of those 10 matrices somewhere. That is where we have been struggling a bit. We have a counterpart from the HoriZZon product team with whom we have bi-weekly discussions. We have suggested to him that this can be improved."
"There is room for improvement in making it more seamless between the modeling and the analysis pieces. Sometimes you have to do some work in the backend to ensure that the HoriZZon portal really gets all of the information the way you want it. They are working on the seamlessness between what they call Enterprise Studio and HoriZZon."
"Scalability is a bit of a problem for BiZZdesign. There is always a possibility it will failover."
ARIS BPA is ranked 3rd in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while BiZZdesign HoriZZon is ranked 14th in Business Process Design with 15 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while BiZZdesign HoriZZon is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of ARIS BPA writes "I can usually find an answer to my issue on ARIS Community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of BiZZdesign HoriZZon writes "Easy to read, use, and get started with". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Camunda, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and BIC Platform , whereas BiZZdesign HoriZZon is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, LeanIX, Visio, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Avolution ABACUS. See our ARIS BPA vs. BiZZdesign HoriZZon report.
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