ARIS BPA vs IBM Rational System Architect comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
64
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (3rd), Business Process Management (BPM) (6th)
IBM Rational System Architect
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Architecture Management (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 9.7%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Rational System Architect is 0.5%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design
Unique Categories:
Business Process Management (BPM)
6.2%
Enterprise Architecture Management
1.5%
 

Featured Reviews

NR
Aug 24, 2023
Seamless collaboration, excellent technical support, and provides a single source of truth
Although ARIS is already a leading tool in the BPA space for years, in my opinion, there are a few areas that can be made even better, For example: 1. The reporting capabilities and the ability to create custom reports need to be simplified and made easy so that people even with a good functional understanding of the tool can leverage it to create their own custom report. Since, at the end of such BPA/BPM implementations, higher management typically wants to see the value coming out of ARIS and all the modeling effort and this would make it more adaptable for our customers as they would see the value coming out of the tool. 2. As the world is going the way of low code/no code, they should also think of modernizing the report creation in a similar fashion. 3. The integration capabilities with other COTS products should be better. Since every organization uses many applications/systems for day-to-day operations, the easy integration with such systems like SNOW, SFDC, et cetera, will make the adoption easy for the client rather than seeing ARIS as a standalone system with separate license and maintenance costs.
RK
Jul 31, 2019
Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking
I am using this solution for building enterprise architecture models. It is an on-premises deployment model The most valuable feature of this solution is modeling. I find that almost every feature related to the models requires improvement. For example, I would like to see more trendy models,…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The tool has good navigation."
"The EPC modeling is very detailed, the semantic check is helpful, and auto-layout simplifies the formatting."
"​The BPMN notation and the share flow through users. It is nice to see all flows in a common, shared space for all the stakeholders to view the same thing and the same language.​"
"The whole ARIS BPM solution is a bit special, because from the very beginning it was targeted more to Business users and the Management."
"The technical support is good."
"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."
"We also have relationships specified with our IT systems and our organizational chart. That makes it possible to analyze things from the systems point of view and regarding the organizational part of the company. It all comes together in one tool and that is what gives us the most value at the moment."
"The simulation engine and SAP integration are technically very robust."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
"There are a lot of features I find valuable, but I think that the metamodel customization is one of the best features that the solution offers."
 

Cons

"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."
"We should have the ability to download ARIS EPCs to Visio."
"The interface is a little archaic."
"If you want to create new reports then you have to use JavaScript, or ARIS script as they call it, which is beyond the competencies of most people."
"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."
"With ARIS BPM, the script creation is quite cumbersome. With version ten, we needed our developers to do scripting."
"Since ARIS 9.X was released, the product has not been as robust and responsive as the previous versions​."
"The governance mechanism could be better, as could automation."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"There needs to be more information at the outset about how to use the solution and how to deploy it. The deployment process needs improvement."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"The reverse engineering of the database is already there, but in the next release I would like to see some pilot supplied with the solution in order to address any database."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is a bit pricey."
"It is well worth the investment in the enterprise."
"If you can afford it, it's the best so far."
"The setup cost and pricing depend on the license (Modeler, Viewer, Administrator)."
"The product is inexpensive."
"In terms of pricing, it would be nice if it were more affordable."
"Their license model is really difficult to understand, and licenses are quite expensive."
"Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ARIS BPA?
The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ARIS BPA?
ARIS has different licensing mechanisms for different modules, but they are perpetual licenses. So you pay once. It is a mid-range product in terms of licensing costs. So, it depends on what you wa...
What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?
I always miss an execution module that is better than the current one. The current one is called ARIS Process Governance, and it's mostly focused on setting up internal workloads for ARIS and the p...
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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM
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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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