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."Fully-reportable database over Visio."
"you want to do modeling with the old notation form, ours was EPC, you can use the same object in the BPMN because the database is built in a way that you can use both things. So you only have to define it once, and if the notation form is BPMN and those kind of activities, you can use the same EPCs, so there is a connection between them."
"Process Modeling or Process Mapping/Documentation. This is the most comprehensive tool for capturing the process details. Any organization who wants to embark on a BPM journey, process mapping/documentation, lays the foundation for the BPM led implementation."
"The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly."
"BPA, the modeling tool, is the main module used because of our need for documentation."
"Also, the UML parts have been improved very much in the last two years. And it's very powerful now to combine the BPMN and UML parts in the product, because you can make a connection between them, so that you have the right interoperability between them. So if you're doing data modeling, you can use your class diagram and bind that to the BPMN part."
"ARIS BPA is customizable as per specific business requirements."
"One of the many advantages of ARIS is that it is supported by a very strong BPM community, which is critical for us. Although it has been in business for many years, it is still at an early stage of evolution. There are so many instances where your specific use case or requirement for using ARIS hasn't necessarily been matured across the sector. So, you need access to a very active community to help you explore possible solutions and ways in which ARIS can be used to achieve those use cases."
"A feature I like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is its ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is the value streams."
"There are a couple of things. Price is one thing, but we also like the scriptability of it. We got into scripting it and automating tasks with it, and it is super duper easy to do and helpful. The API has improved over the years. We automate everything, and I love the automation aspects of it."
"The features I find most valuable is the ability to create a document and then put it into a OneCare artifact."
"I like that there is support for software patterns."
"The solution is easy to use, supports SysML and UML, and is able to connect to MATLAB. This is very important for us."
"Its traversability is most valuable. I can use ArchiMate, and I can create a UML model. ArchiMate is for logical enterprise architecture, UML is for software engineering, and BPMN is for business processes. I can build it to have multiple models, and they are also traversable, which is not something that every tool allows. If there is a huge organization, you can segment it and have separate models for business technology or internal resource management system. You don't need to keep them in one model, and you can decide to segregate them."
"Its most valuable feature is the Zachman Framework."
"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."
"I would like the possibility to use real data. In other words, it can use this system to integrate with others that are operating directing with users like clients, employs, and others."
"Needs flexibility in automation of the modeling processes and real-time analysis of data, not just a static view."
"We should have the ability to download ARIS EPCs to Visio."
"The integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement."
"There is not enough documentation provided for the tool's support or administration."
"They should make improvements as per customer requirements."
"The tool needs to improve its support since they take long to respond."
"Sparx can be a bit slow. If you are trying to design software architecture, sometimes we run into issues and need to refresh."
"When many users are accessing the system at the same time, Sparx slows down. It can't easily support a large team."
"The stability and performance of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect could still be improved. Setup for it is also slightly complicated and could be improved."
"For data modeling, it is not very mature when comparing with other data modeling tools."
"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."
"Its best features are not intuitive or easy to learn. Most companies I have worked with, when I see what they are doing with it , are not using more than 5% of what they could and should be doing with it."
"It really did not work for logical modeling. The look is very old-fashioned. You can't make the diagrams easy on the eye, so we ended up drawing them again in Visio anyhow."
"They should make the Save button easier to find. A simplified user interface for a lighter user would probably be useful. I am not sure if such an interface is already there."
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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, Lucidchart and MEGA HOPEX. See our ARIS BPA vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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