We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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.
"ARIS has a good collaboration function. You create a portal where any authorized users can work on the models. There are simple flows for making and approving changes."
"The initial setup and installation are very straightforward."
"Objects can be reused across different BPMNs and processes, so we can design new processes quicker and easier."
"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting."
"Collaboration and governance over enterprise artifacts."
"The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are the centralized repository and the automatic rendering of diagrams."
"The solution has come up with a web portal that makes it easy to model and show to clients."
"The solution saved a lot of time, about 30%."
"It is a very rich tool in terms of the functionality, and the types of diagrams, that you can create in this tool."
"There are a lot of features in Enterprise Architect. It allows us to take on a lot of tasks."
"Sparx has got a range of modeling features, and I am comfortable with all its offering. I've used a lot of tools over the phone. I found EA Spark, probably the most feature rich product all in all compared to other products. The solution is very cost-effective and that is its best feature. It's a very good delivery architecture tool, which also has enterprise architecture capabilities, and it's got full life cycle processes and software development. So for me, it's a pretty comprehensive tool"
"Some of the business processes are very easy to compare when you have the diagrams."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect supports multiple modeling languages like ArchiMate for database design, software lifecycle visualization, and team management."
"It's like a repository. So far, we use it only for Information Modelling."
"The most valuable feature is the integrated data model, so if I change the name of an item, all models using that object are automatically updated."
"Since ARIS 9.X was released, the product has not been as robust and responsive as the previous versions."
"The tool's installation and configuration part needs to improve."
"The governance mechanism could be better, as could automation."
"The user experience's usability (in general) should be improved as the tool is updated."
"I would like to see the reporting aspects improved."
"There is a lot of room for improvement. They need to increase the performance of the system flow. They need to support it more. ARIS Process Governance is still quite basic, and they are using an old BPM and process automation module."
"Some improvements have been done, after Software AG acquired ARIS, but I don't believe it's still integrated with the other tool WebMethods in a perfect way."
"One of the biggest challenges is to realistically enable the defined structures of the processes that you have in ARIS documented, and then actually implement them in the business."
"Inconsistent UI elements must be tidied up with the toolbox gaps removed."
"When the model is large, it is a bit slow to render."
"Insufficient control of metadata and standards."
"Weak in regards to data modelling. No logical or physical modelling or migration from conceptual to physical."
"This solution should have better ease of use for the uninitiated."
"It could be more user-friendly. The tools could be more simple to use. It's a very complex solution. Because I am a business analyst, I use these tools to manage requirements, and I make models in UML, BPMN, and ArchiMate, and it's complex. In the next release, I would like to see more integrations."
"When collaborating with other people, it needs to be more user-friendly."
"For data modeling, it is not very mature when comparing with other data modeling tools."
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ARIS BPA is ranked 3rd in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. 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 Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Camunda, Bizagi and Visio, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, LeanIX and IBM Rational System Architect. See our ARIS BPA vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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