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.
"The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly."
"Visualizes processes which helps the business see pain points."
"ARIS BPA is customizable as per specific business requirements."
"The initial setup and installation are very straightforward."
"MFT is quite attractive. A large amount of data is passed in almost no time and it is quite easy to use."
"BPA, the modeling tool, is the main module used because of our need for documentation."
"Object oriented modeling allows us to trace what's going on with the specified object."
"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 most valuable feature is the integrated data model, so if I change the name of an item, all models using that object are automatically updated."
"The system provides powerful tools for obtaining reports and documentation."
"Features good reporting facilities coupled with a concrete database."
"Sparx offers good flexibility."
"It's easy to search within the solution."
"The features I find most valuable is the ability to create a document and then put it into a OneCare artifact."
"Scalable solution for modeling, project sharing, and collaboration. Support for it is good."
"Artifact templates are most valuable."
"ARIS BPA’s usability could be improved."
"Areas for improvement include sales, prospecting, shopping, customer service, after-sales (claims and advice for the client), and all processes pertaining to customer loyalty."
"The user experience's usability (in general) should be improved as the tool is updated."
"The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has."
"In terms of improvement, the app could use some small details and functionalities."
"Create simple data uploader."
"I had this decentralization mission where I had some friendly fights with the consultants of Software AG. My opinion was the business department should be able to publish their processes and do all their evaluation stuff in ARCM themselves. It has to be a one stop shop. I want a one stop shop to go from ARIS BPM to ARIS ARCM, because having everything go through that would be an improvement due to the inputs that we made with Software AG. They will make it possible that the trigger sent from BPM to ARCM will start their object generation."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"The automatic creation of reports based on the model elements could be improved."
"Not visually appealing."
"I have found the solution is lacking options. The general usability needs improvement and more compliance to CML definitions."
"This solution should have better ease of use for the uninitiated."
"The fact that you can do a lot yourself is a plus point, but it also becomes a challenge because you need an understanding of the programming languages to get things to work. It becomes challenging for those who are not very good at programming. You have standard reports, but if you want to make your own reports, you have to program it. Similarly, if you want validations rules, you have to take care of them yourself."
"The dashboard and connectivity could be improved."
"Greater OMG UML and XMI compliance"
"This solution has some limitations from a business perspective."
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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, LeanIX and IBM Rational System Architect. See our ARIS BPA vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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