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We performed a comparison between ARIS Architect and Designer and IBM System Architect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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  • "The licenses are very costly. I've seen many people who are hesitant or not able to use ARIS Suite just because of the license cost. Even though they like all the functionalities and understand the value of everything ARIS provides, they aren't able to implement it."
  • "Many customers find the licensing configuration confusing. There are many different sub-details in the licensing, making it very difficult for us to understand what we are buying and what we are using with what."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "The tool is a little bit expensive."
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    ARIS Architect & Designer, ARIS Architect, ARIS Designer
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    Overview

    ARIS is the market-leading solution for professional business process management and modeling. Whether you want to document the "as-is" state of your operations for quality or certification reasons or design the "to-be" in terms of continuous improvement in your transformation program, ARIS is the best choice for establishing a single source of truth regarding all process excellence topics in your organization. It is for any organization looking to digitally transform their business, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution. ARIS helps you to make the most out of your processes with Process Mining, Risk & Compliance Management, RPA and much more.

    What makes the difference?

    • The most comprehensive platform for process excellence in the market
    • Easy to use
    • Covers business & IT architecture from all angles
    • Full flexibility and >100 diagram types
    • Customer-driven development based on best practices
    • Strong partner ecosystem

    ARIS is the market-leading solution for any organization and ideally suited to digitally transform the organization, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution.

    IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture tool, that you can use to visualize, analyze, and communicate all aspects of an enterprise architecture by applying industry-standard frameworks, notations, and methods. After you capture and understand an architecture, you can plan and implement its future improvements intelligently.
    Sample Customers
    Tesco, Weifu, Airbus, Siemens, Proximus, Alicorp, Sekerbank, Bancor, Philips,Sky, Emirates NBD, Dubai Municipality, Suva, U.S. Army, Australia Post, Westfalen Weser Energie - ARIS serves customers across all industries and of every size worldwide. Companies trust ARIS as the market leader for process excellence with more than 30 years of experience in the market, 10 million users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Insurance Company9%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Government19%
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Aerospace/Defense Firm7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise67%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise5%
    Large Enterprise76%
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    March 2024
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    ARIS Architect and Designer is ranked 19th in Business Process Design with 6 reviews while IBM System Architect is ranked 21st in Business Process Design. ARIS Architect and Designer is rated 7.6, while IBM System Architect is rated 6.0. The top reviewer of ARIS Architect and Designer writes "The solution is stable and has a responsive support team, but it is not flexible, and exporting data is difficult". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM System Architect writes "It has helped in supporting the development of an Enterprise Data Model". ARIS Architect and Designer is most compared with ARIS Cloud, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, erwin Data Modeler by Quest and MEGA HOPEX, whereas IBM System Architect is most compared with No Magic MagicDraw, Visual Paradigm and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

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