We performed a comparison between Apache Airflow and ARIS BPA based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Its user-friendly interface makes it straightforward to operate, offering a plethora of features for data preparation, buffering, and format conversion."
"The product is stable."
"Since Apache works very well on Python, we can manage everything and create pipelines there."
"Since it's widely adopted by the community, Apache Airflow is a user-friendly solution."
"We're running it on a virtual server, which we can easily upgrade if needed."
"The initial setup was straightforward and it does not take long to complete."
"Apache Airflow's best feature is its flexibility."
"The solution is quite configurable so it is easy to code within a configuration kind of environment."
"Features like SAP SolMan sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product)."
"The most valuable feature in the latest versions is the connect portal, where you can do very simple modeling using the web-based portal."
"I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the solution to fully customize the methodology according to the company's needs, and to enforce that methodology with features like filters, semantic checks, and reports."
"Business Process Analysis: We can simulate, optimize, and analyse business processes based on various business requirements. It assures our rolling out the best processes."
"It helps the business make an informed decision."
"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues."
"The simulation engine and SAP integration are technically very robust."
"There is a need for more features on experimental evolution steps."
"One specific feature that is missing from Airflow is that the steps of your workflow are not pipelined, meaning the stageless steps of any workflow. Not every workflow can be implemented within Airflow."
"We need to develop our workflow description and notations because out of the box, Apache Airflow does not provide some features that are needed."
"I want to see Apache Airflow have more integrations with more production-based databases since it is an area where the product lacks currently."
"I would like to see it more friendly for other use cases."
"The solution could be improved by simplifying the integration process."
"Adding more automated components in Apache Airflow for basic things like exporting the data would be helpful."
"For admins, there should be improved logging capabilities because Apache Airflow does have logging, but it's limited to some database data."
"The areas of ARIS where we see room for improvement are actually related to the background services that support it. Over the last number of years, Software AG has moved from an on-premises solution into deploying a SaaS solution to their enterprise base. That has been really successful from my point of view, as I have been a customer of ARIS, managing the relationship, for a couple years. Certain support functions around the knowledge base, customer service, and the cross and upselling of modules within the core ARIS component are lagging behind the SaaS movement."
"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."
"It needs external API and the ability to navigate back, similar to "Back" in web browser."
"Migration to the next release is very tricky. You can't do it without support from ARIS or from a software kit. And it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to migrate. My impression is that a lot of companies do not migrate regularly because of that issue."
"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 could use more icons and other graphical elements."
"Since ARIS 9.X was released, the product has not been as robust and responsive as the previous versions."
"Making it more customizable and easy to learn would be a benefit."
Apache Airflow is ranked 2nd in Business Process Management (BPM) with 31 reviews while ARIS BPA is ranked 6th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 64 reviews. Apache Airflow is rated 8.0, while ARIS BPA is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Apache Airflow writes "Enable seamless integration with various connectivity and integrated services, including BigQuery and Python operators ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ARIS BPA writes "I can usually find an answer to my issue on ARIS Community". Apache Airflow is most compared with Camunda, Informatica Cloud API and App Integration, IBM BPM, IBM Business Automation Workflow and AWS Step Functions, whereas ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi. See our ARIS BPA vs. Apache Airflow report.
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