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PROS

BiZZdesign HoriZZon supports powerful editing in teamwork and shared modeling through a robust repository and portal for knowledge sharing.
The tool integrates various modeling notations such as ArchiMate, BPMN, and DMN, facilitating comprehensive connectivity within different areas.
Setup is straightforward, and users appreciate the quick loading times and immediate availability of diagrams.
It offers flexibility in documenting standards and provides efficient data repository management through out-of-the-box connectors like ServiceNow, Excel, and SQL databases.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon excels in its collaborative nature, allowing access to previous projects and fostering insightful analysis and planning across organizations.

CONS

It needs better integration with existing tools.
Scalability and stability present challenges with potential failovers.
The repository management of duplicate objects is poor.
Infrastructure modeling capabilities are lacking.
REST APIs require significant improvement.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Pros review quotes

reviewer951726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Aug 6, 2019
The powerful editing function in teamwork project-based, common or shared modeling, based on a powerful repository and knowledge sharing in a portal are the most valuable features. These are the most important features for me. I can add the integration of individual modeling notations like Archimate plus BPMN and DMN, and so on. We travel from one location to another and the tool allows us to keep track.
Ownman4566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Aug 8, 2019
The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward.
WP
Sr Manager Enterprise Architect at CSL Behring
Aug 19, 2019
The feature I find most valuable is that the start times and loading times are short. It takes only a few seconds to load the repository and whenever I want to open diagrams, they are there almost immediately.
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AH
Enterprise Information Technology Architect at Akka Technologies
Mar 25, 2020
t's a good tool. My colleagues that are making use of it for application, business processes, or data modeling, are very satisfied with it. They find it easy to use. The graphical representation is simple but therefore efficient, so I know that they are planning a very good commencement on the use of these tools.
OK
Founder at MOS
Jul 28, 2020
The most valuable features are the application, portfolio, data, architectures, and modeling things.
OL
Senior Enterprise Architect at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Apr 21, 2021
I like the flexibility of the modeling part for standards like ArchiMate and, at the same time, BPMN. It allows us to connect elements from different areas and to have a single repository and a single source of truth. It gives us one place to do analysis throughout the organization.
BT
Enterprise Architect at American Century Investments
Aug 30, 2021
It is very easy to use. I can just click on an application component and find out if we are using this particular component. This provides us flexibility.
SubhraBanerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at American Century Investments
Sep 12, 2021
Among the valuable features is the ability to document standards. For example, we have mandatory operating standards that need to be followed by every application and every architecture. We use things like table charts and pie charts for documenting the costs incurred across the systems. All of these are good features.
reviewer1772670 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 31, 2022
One of the main advantages of this solution is that they have representation in the Open Group Forum, which means that any changes in ArchiMate are immediately implemented in BiZZdesign.
reviewer2022765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant - BiZZdesign Center of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 10, 2023
The enterprise studio where the modelling happens is valuable.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Cons review quotes

reviewer951726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Aug 6, 2019
It should be more open to integrating with other existing tools. Although there has been progress in the past.
Ownman4566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Aug 8, 2019
We tested it, and we had support from BiZZdesign, including patches, but it just didn't do what we wanted.
WP
Sr Manager Enterprise Architect at CSL Behring
Aug 19, 2019
The repository of duplicate objects is bad.
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AH
Enterprise Information Technology Architect at Akka Technologies
Mar 25, 2020
It lacks capabilities with regard to infrastructure modeling.
OK
Founder at MOS
Jul 28, 2020
The automatic data collection and interface need improvement.
OL
Senior Enterprise Architect at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Apr 21, 2021
There is room for improvement in making it more seamless between the modeling and the analysis pieces. Sometimes you have to do some work in the backend to ensure that the HoriZZon portal really gets all of the information the way you want it. They are working on the seamlessness between what they call Enterprise Studio and HoriZZon.
BT
Enterprise Architect at American Century Investments
Aug 30, 2021
In HoriZZon, there are different matrices. In some of the cases, there is an option to aggregate them, but in other cases, we have not done this, e.g., to see the proper costs. For example, if I have 10 different matrices, then I need to create an aggregate view out of those 10 matrices somewhere. That is where we have been struggling a bit. We have a counterpart from the HoriZZon product team with whom we have bi-weekly discussions. We have suggested to him that this can be improved.
SubhraBanerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at American Century Investments
Sep 12, 2021
I have seen table charts where, if the chart is a little too big, it does not fit in HoriZZon and it is not at all visible... There have been several times where we could not publish a chart properly and we had to break the chart into small tables and create multiple artifacts, creating a complete mess. This should be seriously taken up by BiZZdesign because there is a lot of scope for improvement in terms of usability. It's not at all good, unfortunately.
reviewer1772670 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 31, 2022
This tool is something of a beast - it takes a long time to learn, and it isn't possible for casual users and most architects. Unless a person spends 500 or 1,000 hours on the tool or does very concentrated sessions using all its functionalities, it's very difficult to master.
reviewer2022765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant - BiZZdesign Center of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Jan 10, 2023
There could be simpler modelling.