We performed a comparison between ARIS Architect and Designer and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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."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."
"The support team is very responsive."
"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."
"It's really fast. It's much faster compared to Enterprise Architect."
"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."
"It is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group. It is in the tool register of Open Group."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect was easy to set up and it took just twenty minutes."
"Scalability is not a problem. You can always increase the footprint of what the thing can do because it's so powerful."
"The profiles and ready-made templates are an extremely helpful feature. This is one of the biggest features that I find very useful in Sparx."
"We can easily use it with our new customers."
"Sparx technical support is good."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect supports multiple modeling languages like ArchiMate for database design, software lifecycle visualization, and team management."
"It's like a repository. So far, we use it only for Information Modelling."
"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."
"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."
"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 product is not flexible."
"We face problems when the product's capacity is increased."
"This solution should have better ease of use for the uninitiated."
"This solution has some limitations from a business perspective."
"In a future release, they should improve portfolio planning."
"The reporting needs improvement."
"The modeling tool is targeted toward a sophisticated user."
"The areas of improvement should be focused on utility service such as producing better graphics, perhaps having a wider image library set and producing better models for working directly with customers."
"If you just want to create some diagrams with shapes and arrows, then use Visio."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
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ARIS Architect and Designer is ranked 19th in Business Process Design with 6 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 3rd in Business Process Design with 97 reviews. ARIS Architect and Designer is rated 7.6, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. 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 Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". ARIS Architect and Designer is most compared with ARIS Cloud, erwin Data Modeler by Quest and MEGA HOPEX, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX. See our ARIS Architect and Designer vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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