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PROS

BiZZdesign HoriZZon is valuable for its diagrammatic representation of BPMN models and capability maps, offering flexibility for standards like ArchiMate and BPMN.
The short start and loading times enhance efficiency, allowing quick access to diagrams and the repository.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon is praised for its scalability and suitability for enterprise-level companies, as well as small and mid-sized companies.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon features powerful editing for teamwork in project-based modeling, supported by a strong repository and knowledge-sharing capabilities.
Integration with service connectors like ServiceNow, Excel, and SQL databases makes data repository management efficient and effective.

CONS

BiZZdesign HoriZZon has a steep learning curve, requiring significant time and effort to master.
Technical support for BiZZdesign HoriZZon is challenging, with extra fees and a non-straightforward process.
Integration capabilities need improvement, with restrictions and compatibility issues with other tools.
Scalability is problematic, with concerns about potential failover.
There are limitations in infrastructure modeling capabilities within BiZZdesign HoriZZon.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Pros review quotes

Maamoun Hasuneh - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Enterprise Architect at EVC
Dec 9, 2025
BiZZdesign HoriZZon stands out from other solutions on the market due to its uniqueness in conformance with the standard.
reviewer2704950 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior SAP Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 13, 2025
The most valuable features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon include the diagrammatic representation of BPMN models, which I find good for modeling, and things such as capability maps.
BijoyTalukder - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 14, 2026
BiZZdesign HoriZZon's visualization techniques help my clients make data-driven decisions.
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reviewer2232669 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Solutions Architecture and Modelling at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2024
The tool's most valuable feature is that its collaboration part is very good.
DavidLee11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Architect at The Cabinet Office
Aug 20, 2024
I used BiZZdesign HoriZZon at two organizations. At Manchester Metropolitan University, I used it with a small team for architectural modeling of the student record system. We modeled teams, process objects, and their interactions with applications. We also used it to model a gradual rollout with plateaus showing migration over time. At the BBC, I used it to model software services for publishing content online. I showed key model views to senior stakeholders using Horizon, allowing them to modify and score applications and services.
Venkat Raju Mallipudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Enterprise & Solution Architect at Coreium Technology Solutions LLC
Mar 26, 2024
This is one of the best tools, especially because of its collaborative nature. Anyone using it can access previous projects and related data. It's definitely a strong collaborative tool.
BP
Enterprise Architect EA Tooling (APM) at Acrostine
Aug 31, 2023
The most valuable feature is that it allows you to work with different methods, using the same tool.
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.
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.
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.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Cons review quotes

Maamoun Hasuneh - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Enterprise Architect at EVC
Dec 9, 2025
BiZZdesign HoriZZon's technical support has presented challenges, as extra fees are required and the process is not straightforward.
reviewer2704950 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior SAP Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 13, 2025
It takes a long time to learn and understand, which is a learning curve you have to go through, but once you know how it works, it's very nice to work with.
BijoyTalukder - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
May 14, 2026
I would rate the technical support as a five out of ten.
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reviewer2232669 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Solutions Architecture and Modelling at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 24, 2024
The ability to generate charts and deal with a use case involving Kibana was quite difficult.
DavidLee11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Architect at The Cabinet Office
Aug 20, 2024
There's room for improvement. When I finished using it over a year ago, I discussed implementing C4 notation with BiZZdesign HoriZZon.They've likely done this now, but I haven't seen it. Setting up interactive views for stakeholders to score services was a bit difficult.
Venkat Raju Mallipudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Enterprise & Solution Architect at Coreium Technology Solutions LLC
Mar 26, 2024
Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect.
BP
Enterprise Architect EA Tooling (APM) at Acrostine
Aug 31, 2023
Scalability is a bit of a problem for BiZZdesign. There is always a possibility it will failover.
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.
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.
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.