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We performed a comparison between ARIS Architect and Designer and iServer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Business Process Design solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"One of the most valuable features is how user-friendly ARIS is, compared to other BPM tools. This tool has very diverse types of assets available. ARIS also has a lot of customizable options, different model types, object types, a number of attributes, and a lot of customization is possible. In comparison, Signavio is very limited in terms of model types and object types. So these customizations ARIS offers are really valuable to any client who wants to create a BPM repository.""We use the product for modeling, conducting process checks, doing process flow, running, and analyzing the report.""The user interface is easy to work with.""The most important feature is ARIS's ability to turn a process design into data to analyze anything you want. For example, we have some analysis reports in ARIS that can guide us when we want to change a system. It shows us how this change will affect all of the organization's processes.""The support team is very responsive.""It's really fast. It's much faster compared to Enterprise Architect."

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"Integrating the Microsoft documents to the product and visualization matrix where we can see the end-to-end relationship of the network is of great importance to our company.""The most valuable features of iServer are the integration with Microsoft Office and the interface is similar to Microsoft applications making them easy to use.""The solution has wide use within Microsoft products. The integration with Microsoft products, and, in particular, Microsoft Office, is great.""Tech support is very responsive. They solved issues within a prompt response time.""We like the governance.""It has helped having data lineage in the business cluster, which is used as control artifacts.""The product has a valuable customized model.""This is a flexible tool compared to some other solutions."

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Cons
"This product could be improved by lowering the licensing cost. More organizations could use ARIS if they slashed the licensing costs even a little bit.""We face problems when the product's capacity is increased.""The product is not flexible.""You can have a collaboration feature, but it's necessary to have ARIS Connect which is a separate, costly product.""The support team takes a long time to respond to our queries.""The simulation part still has some way to go. It's a good feature, and it's something that other vendors don't have right now, but it can still be improved. Some features are needed in ARIS Architect, so advanced users can do things through drag-and-drop functionality."

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"The performance is slow, which is something that should be improved.""It definitely needs help to improve the visual aspect of the solution.""The migration tool needs to be included in the main package, and not as a separate license.""There are other solutions out there that have a better user interface.""Enhancing integration options with ERP or ITSM-related solutions for triggering automated requests for process definitions, changes, and tracking them in the iServer.""We could allocate permissions to use only specific components to the users rather than the entire instance.""More visualization techniques and ways to report the data might be helpful.""It runs relatively slowly."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The licenses are very costly. I've seen many people who are hesitant or not able to use ARIS Suite just because of the license cost. Even though they like all the functionalities and understand the value of everything ARIS provides, they aren't able to implement it."
  • "Many customers find the licensing configuration confusing. There are many different sub-details in the licensing, making it very difficult for us to understand what we are buying and what we are using with what."
  • "The product is expensive."
  • "The tool is a little bit expensive."
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  • "Aim for the exact number of people who shall define/review approve and view the processes, as it will impact the cost."
  • "It's about 13K to set up and 9K for the license for three months. I think it's about 20K a year, but we haven't firmed up on pricing yet because the price depends on how long we commit to the solution."
  • "The price of iServer is reasonable compared to other solutions."
  • "They offer annual subscriptions for developing countries, which are not affordable for small or medium businesses."
  • "The product has a moderate pricing."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I am not satisfied with the solution. The product is not flexible. There are some issues in exporting the data. It is very hard. Importing from other formats is also very hard. Once we work with ARIS… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is used for business processing for the government's security services, especially social protection.
    Top Answer:iServer has valuable features for workflow and document management.
    Top Answer:They haven't introduced new features for the product's on-premise version since 2021, similar to the SaaS version. There could be features for process mining, process simulation, and analytics.
    Top Answer:We use the product for various critical functions within our environment, particularly in a government entity, where it assists in governance, workflow management, and generating reports and live… more »
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    Also Known As
    ARIS Architect & Designer, ARIS Architect, ARIS Designer
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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.

    iServer is a unified software platform and enterprise modeling environment that extends and enhances the familiar, market leading Microsoft Visio and Office products. Core capabilities provided by iServer include an enhanced Microsoft Visio diagramming interface, a powerful central repository for all enterprise architecture or business process models and documentation, and a range of tools for visualization, analysis and decision making.

    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.
    Barclays, Cathay Pacific, Deloitte, British Gas, MasterCard
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Insurance Company10%
    Government8%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    University10%
    Maritime Company10%
    Energy/Utilities Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization34%
    Government11%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise40%
    Large Enterprise48%
    Buyer's Guide
    ARIS Architect and Designer vs. iServer
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about ARIS Architect and Designer vs. iServer and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    769,630 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    ARIS Architect and Designer is ranked 19th in Business Process Design with 6 reviews while iServer is ranked 13th in Business Process Design with 15 reviews. ARIS Architect and Designer is rated 7.6, while iServer is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of ARIS Architect and Designer writes "The solution is stable and has a responsive support team, but it is not flexible, and exporting data is difficult". On the other hand, the top reviewer of iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management feature ". ARIS Architect and Designer is most compared with ARIS Cloud, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and erwin Data Modeler by Quest, whereas iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, ARIS BPA and MEGA HOPEX. See our ARIS Architect and Designer vs. iServer report.

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