We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and PTC Windchill based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Software AG and others in Business Process Design."ARIS BPA provides very good visibility and control of processes because we have a concurrent license system. As a result, every person in our company and group is able to look at the published processes."
"I like everything about ARIS BPA. I've used it for a long time and it's a fantastic tool. There is a list of things ARIS has that other solutions do not have."
"you want to do modeling with the old notation form, ours was EPC, you can use the same object in the BPMN because the database is built in a way that you can use both things. So you only have to define it once, and if the notation form is BPMN and those kind of activities, you can use the same EPCs, so there is a connection between them."
"The shared repository allows for cross-functional cooperation instead of doing things in a silo. You can operate cross-functionally and really work end-to-end, instead of dividing everything up on a functional basis."
"The most valuable feature is the process documentation. For us, ARIS is a lifestyle more than a tool. It helps us learn how to think and how to plan for our system."
"There is a really powerful reporting API that allows you to create almost any kind of report you want out of your process and document repository."
"There is a module designer, that one is very powerful and it creates very good reports."
"ARIS Reporting – Helps download valuable content from the tool in multiple formats."
"I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions."
"Simulation is one area that is a bit complex."
"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."
"The integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement."
"One of the issues is, when you are defining databases, the way they use entities and relationship diagrams, the way we can define data, like data models, there is still a part they could improve."
"Needs flexibility in automation of the modeling processes and real-time analysis of data, not just a static view."
"Training is one of the important aspects for process awareness. As soon as a process is rolled out, process training is required. If ARIS could generate output in PowerPoint, it would be great for business users."
"I had this decentralization mission where I had some friendly fights with the consultants of Software AG. My opinion was the business department should be able to publish their processes and do all their evaluation stuff in ARCM themselves. It has to be a one stop shop. I want a one stop shop to go from ARIS BPM to ARIS ARCM, because having everything go through that would be an improvement due to the inputs that we made with Software AG. They will make it possible that the trigger sent from BPM to ARCM will start their object generation."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"Some parts of the system are exclusive, so we can't work with them."
ARIS BPA is ranked 3rd in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while PTC Windchill is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 1 review. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while PTC Windchill is rated 5.0. 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 PTC Windchill writes "Pricy and tough to integrate with some solutions, though it provided essential support for workflows". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Camunda, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Bizagi, whereas PTC Windchill is most compared with Intralink, Siemens PLM TeamCenter, Omnify Empower PLM, Aras Innovator and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.
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