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."From an architectural point of view, when you're looking at the business area, you can find all the information you have to use as an architect."
"The solution provides integrations to ServiceNow and other systems, flexibility of connectivity, and reporting."
"If you ever tried to draw a picture in a browser app or with a cloud service, it is normally a painful death. ARIS works perfectly on diagrams in the browser, so I was excited. I like it because there have been so many bad experiences in the past with drawing or doing something in a browser. Normally, it's always painful because it's coded badly. With ARIS, it is really well-implemented. It's simple."
"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."
"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues."
"In general, the users really like it and they can get started using it very easily."
"ARIS BPA has a good directory option, which helps to keep track of all of your metadata, and that's very useful."
"Features like SAP SolMan sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product)."
"I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions."
"Regarding stability, when there are any customized settings being done at customer end - post upgrade to newer versions - it makes the customer environment unstable for a short duration."
"Integration with third-party tools should be improved (e.g. based on APIs)."
"ARIS needs to make a better user interface. The user interface sucks. The problem with ARIS is that they have two interfaces for the same product."
"Since ARIS 9.X was released, the product has not been as robust and responsive as the previous versions."
"ARIS has an internal fully customizable workflow system called APG, which is very good, but it’s targeted mostly at creating workflows related to ARIS content, and not general workflows to support other processes inside a company."
"The governance mechanism could be better, as could automation."
"Sometimes, ARIS BPA breaks down, and its stability can be improved."
"Needs flexibility in automation of the modeling processes and real-time analysis of data, not just a static view."
"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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