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We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and AWS Step Functions based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Business Process Management (BPM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed AWS Step Functions vs. ARIS BPA Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"ARIS provides the basic foundation for any digital transformation an organization decides to take.""There is a really powerful reporting API that allows you to create almost any kind of report you want out of your process and document repository.""Platform that it supports covers legacy and new. Caters to moving older objects into an integrated DB, relatively popular ones: SQL, Oracle, etc.""You can relate different aspects of an organization to each other, and you can clearly define the rates seen in the application.""Aris BPA has a lot of tools that are more professional than Bizagi.""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.""The most valuable feature in the latest versions is the connect portal, where you can do very simple modeling using the web-based portal.""ARIS Reporting – Helps download valuable content from the tool in multiple formats."

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"The number of historical events is great.""It's a general solution that you can adapt to your own needs and is simple to use. We like that it can be integrated with everything in the AWS suite, and that the creation of the pipeline can be done using the graphical user interface.""It's Amazon, it's scalable.""One can rate all the calls and that is a good feature.""It is a scalable solution.""The solution is stable...The solution is easy to scale.""AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices.""What I like the most about Amazon Step Functions is how easy it is to use."

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Cons
"There is a lot of room for improvement. They need to increase the performance of the system flow. They need to support it more. ARIS Process Governance is still quite basic, and they are using an old BPM and process automation module.""​The usability. Others tools are easier to manage without same complexity that ARIS has.​""Since ARIS 9.X was released, the product has not been as robust and responsive as the previous versions​.""The tool must provide more documents.""Integration with third-party tools should be improved (e.g. based on APIs).""The Risk and Compliance Management tool is rather complex and moreover, it needs to be customized if you want to use it.""The pricing of the solution can be improved and the initial setup should be made easy.""Since this is a design tool, seamless interface to make the process flows executable."

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"The interface can sometimes feel limited, as we're unable to see what AWS is running behind the scenes.""It wasn't easy to understand the licensing model. It's like if you use just a little, it's cheap, but it becomes more expensive as you use more. It's like a hook that ties you inside the Amazon ecosystem. So, it creates a dependency.""I would like to see more data transformation features in Amazon Step Functions like additional operators and logic.""It is hard to coordinate the declaratory language.""The pricing of the solution can be improved.""The solution's data size limit can be improved.""Setup took about one day. We had some errors to understand in the beginning, but now everything is working good.""The price and support are areas with shortcomings where the solution needs to improve."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."
  • "The tool is expensive."
  • "Pricing is a bit on the higher side."
  • "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."
  • "It is well worth the investment in the enterprise."
  • "Negotiate. Price is high so make sure you’re getting the best deal."
  • "​It is on the higher side."
  • "ARIS Express​ is free."
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  • "The solution's price is reasonable."
  • "The solution is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting.
    Top Answer: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 want… more »
    Top Answer: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… more »
    Top Answer:AWS Step Functions acts as a high-level layer, allowing us to seamlessly integrate with microservices.
    Top Answer:I was the second member to join a team tasked with creating a proof of concept. My responsibility was to demonstrate how to orchestrate microservices effectively using AWS Step Functions. Essentially… more »
    Top Answer:Orchestrating microservices with Step Functions provides a high-level abstraction for organizing entire workflows. This approach addresses the challenges that arise when working with multiple… more »
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    Also Known As
    ARIS, ARIS BPM
    Amazon Step Functions, Step Functions
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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.

    AWS Step Functions lets you coordinate multiple AWS services into serverless workflows so you can build and update apps quickly. Using Step Functions, you can design and run workflows that stitch together services such as AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS into feature-rich applications. Workflows are made up of a series of steps, with the output of one step acting as input into the next. Application development is simpler and more intuitive using Step Functions, because it translates your workflow into a state machine diagram that is easy to understand, easy to explain to others, and easy to change. You can monitor each step of execution as it happens, which means you can identify and fix problems quickly. Step Functions automatically triggers and tracks each step, and retries when there are errors, so your application executes in order and as expected.

    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.
    Alpha Apps, The Guardian, SGK, Bigfinite
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm28%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Retailer5%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government11%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm29%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company5%
    Company Size
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    Small Business39%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business75%
    Large Enterprise25%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise76%
    Buyer's Guide
    AWS Step Functions vs. ARIS BPA
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about AWS Step Functions vs. ARIS BPA and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    ARIS BPA is ranked 5th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 64 reviews while AWS Step Functions is ranked 12th in Business Process Management (BPM) with 8 reviews. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while AWS Step Functions is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ARIS BPA writes "I can usually find an answer to my issue on ARIS Community". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Step Functions writes "Simplifies complex task automation and enhances development workflows while offering user-friendly interface, seamless scalability and efficient workflow orchestration". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi, whereas AWS Step Functions is most compared with Camunda, IBM BPM, Apache Airflow, Pega BPM and Oracle BPM. See our AWS Step Functions vs. ARIS BPA report.

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