ARIS BPA vs PTC Windchill comparison

ARIS BPA

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89% willing to recommend

PTC Windchill

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0% willing to recommend

ARIS BPA

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (3rd), Business Process Management (BPM) (6th)

PTC Windchill

Average Rating

5.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (22nd), Engineering Process (2nd), PLM Tools (1st)

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 PTC Windchill is 0.3%, down from 0.4% 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

0.5%

Featured Reviews

Bora Perzic

Enterprise Architect EA Tooling (APM) at Acrostine

Aug 31, 2023

A fantastic tool for creating content

The initial setup of ARIS BPA is simple. When we first started using it, it was deployed on-premises. The latest version was deployed on cloud and it only takes a few days. It promises to teach you how to do that, but that is not very helpful since your company's team and organization need to be suitable for this kind of complexity. It's web-based, but there are technical limits to what you can do with it. In a way, it encourages you to purchase more and more if you want to maximize its usability. It does not teach you how to use it and it's very formal. Although ARIS is a fantastic tool, it would be better if it was focused on the customer's success. It requires a lot of maintenance.

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Joonggeun Yoon

Senior Manager at SWSTech

Aug 28, 2023

Pricy and tough to integrate with some solutions, though it provided essential support for workflows

I use the solution for product data management The solution provided essential support for workflow and decision-making. I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions. Source control and application management can be integrated into Windchill. Also, since the product is based…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is user-friendly and easy to expose."

"The solution provides integrations to ServiceNow and other systems, flexibility of connectivity, and reporting."

"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."

"I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization."

"It has allowed us to model our enterprise process architecture."

"The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are the centralized repository and the automatic rendering of diagrams."

"The simulation engine and SAP integration are technically very robust."

"Fully-reportable database over Visio."

More ARIS BPA pros

"I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions."

Cons

"The integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement."

"There is not enough documentation provided for the tool's support or administration."

"ARIS BPA’s usability could be improved."

"I would like to see the reporting aspects improved."

"It would be helpful if ARIS BPA could have a simple database to get the extract of various attributes."

"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."

"Areas for improvement include sales, prospecting, shopping, customer service, after-sales (claims and advice for the client), and all processes pertaining to customer loyalty."

More ARIS BPA cons

"Some parts of the system are exclusive, so we can't work with them."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is a bit on the higher side."

"ARIS enables you to start small and grow the use of the solution over time, although it's quite expensive. So if you want to start small, it's quite an investment for a small company."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"Their license model is really difficult to understand, and licenses are quite expensive."

"It is on the higher side."

"It is an expensive solution."

"Usually, our company buys technical support from the Software AG site. We bought the technical support for the first year of usage for ARIS version 6 and 7. So, when we migrated to ARIS version 7, we bought support only for the first year. Then, we didn't use it the next year. Our experience was that we use it only one to three times during the first year. Therefore, there wasn't much value for us to buy this service because we have no problem with using ARIS after the first year."

"The pricing and licensing costs are available on their website. They will assign a relationship manager to assist if you show further interest in their products."

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"I rate PTC Windchill's pricing a seven out of ten since it is pricey."

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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

26%

Computer Software Company

16%

Healthcare Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ARIS BPA?

The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting.

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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...

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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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What do you like most about PTC Windchill?

I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PTC Windchill?

I rate PTC Windchill's pricing a seven out of ten since it is pricey. The costs are fixed, and there are no additional costs.

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What needs improvement with PTC Windchill?

Some parts of the system are exclusive, so we can't work with them. There are many programs, but ones from other companies' systems are hard to maintain. Though they are from the same neutral forma...

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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM

Windchill, Atego Artisan Studio, Integrity Modeler

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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.

Manufacturers have never needed real-time information sharing, dynamic data visualization, and the ability to collaborate more than they do today. With easy, secure data access for multi-disciplinary and geographically-distributed teams, quality-focused processes, and a data driven approach to manufacturing, Windchill is elevating how product development gets done.

Windchill’s open architecture enables easy integration with other enterprise systems, including IoT, providing a solid foundation for a product-driven digital thread. PTC's PLM application provides comprehensive out-of-the-box functionality and highly configurable role and task-based apps. Expand self-service access of traceable product data to non-experts who don’t typically use PLM, while avoiding over-customization and complexity.

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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