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BiZZdesign HoriZZon pros and cons

Vendor: BiZZdesign
3.7 out of 5
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PROS

BiZZdesign HoriZZon features powerful editing functions and project-based teamwork, which facilitates knowledge sharing and common modeling.
It integrates multiple modeling notations like ArchiMate, BPMN, and DMN, providing flexibility and comprehensive analysis capabilities across various domains.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon supports rapid start times and loading times, enhancing productivity by providing immediate access to diagrams and repositories.
The platform offers extensive documentation capabilities through graphical representations like table charts and pie charts, which help in cost analysis and standard compliance across systems.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon ensures immediate implementation of the latest ArchiMate updates due to its representation in the Open Group Forum, keeping the tool up-to-date with industry standards.

CONS

BiZZdesign HoriZZon needs to be more open to integrating with existing tools, and there are some restrictions regarding its integration capabilities.
The repository of duplicate objects is an issue, and infrastructure modeling capabilities are lacking.
Seamless integration between Enterprise Studio and HoriZZon needs improvement to efficiently gather all necessary information.
BiZZdesign HoriZZon requires significant time investment to master, making it challenging for casual users and architects.
Scalability poses a problem, with the possibility of failover being a concern.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Pros review quotes

OL
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.
SubhraBanerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2232669 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 24, 2024
The tool's most valuable feature is that its collaboration part is very good.
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BT
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.
WP
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.
Venkat Raju Mallipudi - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2022765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 10, 2023
The enterprise studio where the modelling happens is valuable.
BijoyTalukder - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2023
The most valuable features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon, from my experience, include its out-of-the-box connectors, such as integration with ServiceNow, Excel, and SQL databases, making data repository management more efficient.
reviewer951726 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Aug 8, 2019
The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward.
 

BiZZdesign HoriZZon Cons review quotes

OL
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.
SubhraBanerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
reviewer2232669 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 24, 2024
The ability to generate charts and deal with a use case involving Kibana was quite difficult.
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BT
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.
WP
Aug 19, 2019
The repository of duplicate objects is bad.
Venkat Raju Mallipudi - PeerSpot reviewer
Mar 26, 2024
Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect.
reviewer2022765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 10, 2023
There could be simpler modelling.
BijoyTalukder - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 18, 2023
One area where BiZZdesign HoriZZon could use some improvement is in its REST APIs.
reviewer951726 - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Aug 8, 2019
We tested it, and we had support from BiZZdesign, including patches, but it just didn't do what we wanted.