We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and webMethods Integration Server 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."Visualizes processes which helps the business see pain points."
"From an architectural point of view, when you're looking at the business area, you can find all the information you have to use as an architect."
"I like everything about ARIS BPA. I've used it for a long time and it's a fantastic tool. There is a list of things ARIS has that other solutions do not have."
"The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly."
"In general, the users really like it and they can get started using it very easily."
"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."
"It brings transparency and 360-degree views of end-to-end processes."
"The most valuable features are business process modeling and reporting."
"It frankly fills the gap between IT and business by having approval and policy enforcement on each state and cycle of the asset from the moment it gets created until it is retired."
"Currently, we're using this solution for the integration server which helps us to integrate with the mainframe."
"webMethods Integration Server is an easy-to-use solution and does not require a lot of coding."
"webMethods platform is used to build an EAI platform, enabling communication between many internal systems and third-party operators."
"It has a good integration server, designer, and a very good API portal."
"Broker and UM are the best features."
"High throughput and excellent scalability."
"The comprehensiveness and depth of Integration Servers' connectors to packaged apps and custom apps is unlimited. They have a connector for everything. If they don't, you can build it yourself. Or oftentimes, if there is value for other customers as well, you can talk with webMethods about creating a new adapter for you."
"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."
"Areas for improvement include sales, prospecting, shopping, customer service, after-sales (claims and advice for the client), and all processes pertaining to customer loyalty."
"User interface (UI)."
"Making it more customizable and easy to learn would be a benefit."
"The model graphics can be exported in PDF, but the model is too small to read."
"Create simple data uploader."
"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."
"One thing that could be improved is regarding the handling of the content itself. Maybe ARIS could provide a set of best practices, or best processes, so that people do not have to start from scratch."
"Forced migration from MessageBroker to Universal Messaging requires large scale reimplementation for JMS."
"The price should be reduced to make it more affordable."
"As webMethods Integration Server is expensive, that's its area for improvement."
"Large file handling is pretty hard comparatively to other middleware tools."
"Support is expensive."
"The installation process should be simplified for first time users and be made more user-friendly."
"The market webMethods Integration Server falls under is a very crowded market, so for the product to stand out, Software AG would need to get traction in the open source community by releasing a new version or a base version and open source it, so people can create new custom components and add it to the portfolio."
"The learning curve is a little steep at first."
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ARIS BPA is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while webMethods Integration Server is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) with 60 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while webMethods Integration Server 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 webMethods Integration Server writes "Event-driven with lots of helpful formats, but minimal learning resources available". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi, whereas webMethods Integration Server is most compared with IBM Integration Bus, webMethods.io Integration, Mule ESB, TIBCO BusinessWorks and Boomi AtomSphere Integration. See our ARIS BPA vs. webMethods Integration Server report.
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