We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and SAP PowerDesigner based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Sparx Systems and others in Business Process Design."The solution is user-friendly and easy to expose."
"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."
"Collaboration and governance over enterprise artifacts."
"The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the solution to fully customize the methodology according to the company's needs, and to enforce that methodology with features like filters, semantic checks, and reports."
"It is a well-featured, functional product."
"ARIS provides the basic foundation for any digital transformation an organization decides to take."
"The ease of use is the most valuable. I have tried a number of BPMN packages, and I find the user interface of ARIS BPM easier and more intuitive than others. If your team is knowledgeable on BPMN, it is really pretty easy to figure out on your own because it adheres to the standards extremely well. I have tried Bizagi, BizFlow, and a variety of such solutions, and I just liked ARIS BPM better."
"In PowerDesigner, I primarily use BPM and modeling standards. I find it beneficial for process analysis, although I use data modeling to a lesser extent."
"Very good repository features."
"It's a great tool for documentation."
"SAP PowerDesigner is fairly stable."
"SAP PowerDesigner is an excellent tool that does what I need it to do. What I like most about it is that it's stable, fast, and easy to understand."
"I do a data-centric design, so for me, the data analysis and design tools are the most valuable features."
"I mostly work on the conceptual and logical side of things, and I enjoy how easy it is to use."
"The physical database model is definitely the most valuable feature because it describes normalization exactly the way you understand the data, and it deploys it perfectly with open source systems."
"Integration with third-party tools should be improved (e.g. based on APIs)."
"Needs flexibility in automation of the modeling processes and real-time analysis of data, not just a static view."
"ARIS BPA is not really a platform that offers you the opportunity to execute processes that you model."
"An area where it lacks and can be considered for improvement in the future is if we can somehow automate or learn how we can automate different processes."
"End-to-end visibility and real-time are areas that will need greater attention."
"Simulation is one area that is a bit complex."
"ARIS BPA’s usability could be improved."
"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"I've tried to use Power Designer to bring in images, which didn't work very well at all."
"The data governance should be improved, like ER/Studio."
"The solution is very, very expensive. It would be ideal if it was a more affordable product."
"There are many areas of this solution that needs to be changed."
"The portal of SAP PowerDesigner could be better. The tool also needs more features and integration with other products, such as Collibra. It would be interesting for SAP PowerDesigner to have more integration."
"You have the possibility to complete a connection for abbreviations if you are creating columns or names of the tables. In the Citrix environment, this has been lagging to the point where the PowerDesigner was not usable."
"UI could be improved by enabling simpler navigation."
ARIS BPA is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 4th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 32 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while SAP PowerDesigner 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 SAP PowerDesigner writes "Difficult to operate, long process to publish, but scalable". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi, whereas SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, IDERA ER/Studio and Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog.
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