ARIS BPA vs Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management comparison

Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management and ARIS BPA are both solutions in the Project Portfolio Management category. Additionally, 66% of Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of ARIS BPA users who would recommend it.

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89% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Alfabet IT Planning & Portf...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Project Portfolio Management (13th)

ARIS BPA

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (6th), Business Process Management (BPM) (11th)

Featured Reviews

Mohammad Shalan

Head of Business Agility and Development at Aqarat Real Estate Development Company

Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects

The initial setup is straightforward. The solution's deployment takes around two months time. We have to set up the solution. We have to put in the data to ensure that the solution is working. We need to fill out our process, our tools, and our data. Two developers were involved in the deployment process. It is a self-maintained solution that requires updates from time to time. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.

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BeenishMustafa

Consultant at KAFD DMC

Has improved process modeling and analysis while supporting integration with organizational data

The process design in ARIS BPA does help with our operational efficiency. What we are doing is object library management for various kinds of objects that we are using in ARIS BPA during our process modeling. We are using that to do a lot of analysis on how many times a system is being used in how many processes, who are the major stakeholders, and if we enhance one system, how is it going to impact other processes and integrated processes. This is helping us a lot. Everything related to ARIS BPA is helping us with regards to enhanced processes, strengthened controls, identifying risks, assessing process capabilities, and identifying where the gaps are and what kinds of activities within the processes are automated and manual. We are doing a lot of things with regards to the processes as it is at our heart. Processes are one thing and then we have different kinds of things which are related to it, such as SLAs, guidelines, and policy. We are identifying areas of improvement in other documents as well.

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Pros

"The dashboard is the most valuable feature."

"In general, the users really like it and they can get started using it very easily."

"Object oriented modeling allows us to trace what's going on with the specified object."

"Everything related to ARIS BPA is helping us with regards to enhanced processes, strengthened controls, identifying risks, assessing process capabilities, and identifying where the gaps are and what kinds of activities within the processes are automated and manual."

"I am an advanced user. ARIS BPM is intuitive for me because I know the UML, BPMN, and EPC methodologies implemented in this tool. It is very easy to create processes for restructuring a company with some descriptions."

"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues."

"The matrix model makes building relations easier."

"Features like SAP SolMan sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product)."

"You can relate different aspects of an organization to each other, and you can clearly define the rates seen in the application."

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Cons

"The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved."

"ARIS BPA is not really a platform that offers you the opportunity to execute processes that you model."

"I had a hard time with ARIS's access and licensing policy. It requires you to pay for each step you want to take forward with the solution."

"We should have the ability to download ARIS EPCs to Visio."

"The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has."

"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."

"Making it more customizable and easy to learn would be a benefit."

"Some improvements have been done, after Software AG acquired ARIS, but I don't believe it's still integrated with the other tool WebMethods in a perfect way."

"The workflow approval process could be represented better in the overviews."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license."

"Negotiate. Price is high so make sure you’re getting the best deal."

"It depends on different parameters."

"Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."

"ARIS BPA is too costly from a licensing perspective."

"The tool is expensive."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"This is absolutely not the cheapest solution in the market, but for large companies, the price is fine."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	47

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What do you like most about ARIS BPA?

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

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It is a bit expensive regarding ARIS BPA. However, ARIS BPA does save a lot of effort because this is one tool which can be used for multiple purposes and the viewers have the capability to perform...

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What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?

We are not using any what-if scenario features in ARIS BPA. Currently, we are not using the performance monitoring and compliance checks features in ARIS BPA. We have plans to use them, but current...

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Also Known As

planningIT, alfabet planningIT, Alfabet IT Planning and Portfolio Management

ARIS, ARIS BPM

Overview

Software AG's Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Platform provides decision-makers with insight into the IT portfolio to make the right IT investment decisions and to plan how IT will support the business in the future.

Software AG

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.

Software AG

Sample Customers

FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern

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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