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."In addition to our applications, we have also stored, in ARIS, the footprint of where those applications have been implemented. That means we know in which country a given application has been implemented. With embedded geolocation, we have a very visual world map, where we can see the footprint of each application."
"The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are the centralized repository and the automatic rendering of diagrams."
"I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization."
"The tool defines the processes. It's the documentation of everything."
"The tool has good navigation."
"This solution has helped us in terms of discovering business processes."
"ARIS Reporting – Helps download valuable content from the tool in multiple formats."
"The stability of the ARIS BPM platform is quite good. The nice thing about it is the central database, where we can use all of our data. We can even manage users."
"I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions."
"End-to-end visibility and real-time are areas that will need greater attention."
"The solution's processes are huge and it is not easy to get an overview of how things work. It needs to improve the interface. I would like to see the product include a better overview of processes and improve search."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"Its governance tool and integration with ESB and execution engine can be improved. Their partner support can also be improved."
"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."
"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."
"In terms of improvement, the app could use some small details and functionalities."
"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."
"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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