We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and Visual Paradigm 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 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."
"It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The technical support is good."
"ARIS is probably the most mature product in terms of modeling an enterprise architecture so that it has context."
"The solution is user-friendly and easy to expose."
"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."
"The solution's basic features are easy to use, overall designed well, and it has good process mining analysis."
"I am an advanced user. ARIS BPM is intuitive for me because I know the UML, BPMN, and EPC methodologies implemented in this tool. It is very easy to create processes for restructuring a company with some descriptions."
"The Visual Paradigm business process forms for designing we good. There was not a lot of configuration for the process diagram."
"I like the structure. I can see the diagrams and everything I created."
"It is easy-to-use and it helps understand its data modeling structure through the intuitive user interface."
"The most valuable feature of the Visual Paradigm that I use is process modeling. Additionally, the solution has a complete set of features."
"I like the fact that this solution is complete."
"I find it very user-friendly for my purposes, which is creating business process models that I can publish as HTML pages. It has worked flawlessly for my project, and my clients are able to utilize it as an internal web portal for their process documentation and other needs."
"What I like best about Visual Paradigm is its simple GUI, especially since I'm a new user. In my two years of experience with this tool, I didn't find it complex because I was able to learn how to use it via YouTube videos. Visual Paradigm is enough for me. I also find the bridging feature in the tool valuable."
"The solution is the best application for data modeling. It helps to architect business processes. Its best features are pricing and functionality."
"We should have the ability to download ARIS EPCs to Visio."
"The tool needs to improve its support since they take long to respond."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"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."
"Displaying role allocation matrix models in ARIS Connect needs improvement."
"If you want to create new reports then you have to use JavaScript, or ARIS script as they call it, which is beyond the competencies of most people."
"The interface is a little archaic."
"The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has."
"I would like to see something for visualizing innovation work maps."
"I would like to see the ability to easily export to groupware, such as Atlassian Confluence."
"Visual Paradigm is heavier and has more complexity than one of its competitors, e.g. Lucidchart. It could have been better if it was more simplified."
"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."
"Takes up a lot of resources."
"The solution is not user-friendly. It uses a lot of memory and CPU. You have to have a good computer to use it."
"In terms of room for improvement in Visual Paradigm, I tried looking for one. I'm pleased with the tool, but it would be great if you could integrate Visual Paradigm with more tools. For example, when moving from Visual Paradigm to another tool, such as Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, the process could be improved a bit. Still, I wonder if it's not limited by the standards Visual Paradigm follows, such as XMI files. It could be connected to limitations related to the standards rather than a tool limitation. When you move projects from Visual Paradigm into Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect via XMI files, you lose all your notes from the elements, so this is an area for improvement in Visual Paradigm. TOGAF support is an additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Visual Paradigm. I'd also like the tool to have ArchiMate support. If both TOGAF and ArchiMate could be supported in Visual Paradigm and made part of a lower level of licensing or cheaper licensing models, that would be best for me."
"There is room for improvement in the licensing model. I would suggest implementing country-specific pricing, as many other products in India do. This would make Visual Paradigm more affordable and accessible."
ARIS BPA is ranked 3rd in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while Visual Paradigm 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 Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi and erwin Data Modeler by Quest. See our ARIS BPA vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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