ARIS BPA vs BiZZdesign HoriZZon comparison

Software AG and BiZZdesign are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.3, while BiZZdesign is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4. Software AG holds a 7.7% mindshare in BPD, compared to BiZZdesign’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 77% of BiZZdesign users who would recommend it.

ARIS BPA

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88% willing to recommend

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

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77% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

ARIS BPA and BiZZdesign HoriZZon are competing products in the business process modeling and enterprise architecture sectors. BiZZdesign HoriZZon appears to have the upper hand due to its ease of use and industry-standard adherence, which are highlighted in user feedback.

Features: ARIS BPA is known for its advanced process modeling tools, flexibility with multiple notations, and the ability to create a comprehensive repository for business information. Users value its capabilities for process modeling, simulation, and intricate analysis. BiZZdesign HoriZZon stands out for its seamless integration capabilities and adherence to ArchiMate standards, which facilitates strategic portfolio planning and dashboard features that offer high-level management insights.

Room for Improvement: ARIS BPA is often criticized for limited real-time execution, complex setup, and outdated interface. Reports indicate difficulties with both integration and training. BiZZdesign HoriZZon faces concerns with a steep learning curve and costly licenses, alongside a need for better data visualization integration and user experience improvements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA provides flexible deployment options but receives mixed reviews about customer service due to variable support quality. BiZZdesign HoriZZon, with its primary cloud-based support, is praised for better technical support, though user training documentation could be enhanced for a better experience.

Pricing and ROI: ARIS BPA is noted for its high expenses and suitability for large enterprises, with complexity in its licensing structure impacting feedback. Nonetheless, it is seen as providing value through process management and integration for long-term ROI. BiZZdesign HoriZZon is also perceived as expensive, with user-based licenses contributing to cost concerns. Users appreciate its strategic integration capabilities, expecting longer timelines to achieve ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Design

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (9th)

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

Ranking in Business Process Design

11th

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 7.7%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is 2.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

Featured Reviews

Libor Černý

Process manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I can usually find an answer to my issue on ARIS Community

From the start, there were some difficulties on how to create outputs since there wasn't a repository tool in version 6. However, in version 7, there has been a tool for creating standards for a company, and that tool has been very intuitive. While I have been using this tool for several years, other people just starting to use it find the learning curve steep. This tool is very robust and accommodates many roles, where people can participate from compliance, IT designers, etc. This can create problems for users who have no experience with similar tools. It took me a year before I felt comfortable with this tool, because when I came from university it was the first or second tool that I worked on. It took me a year to run every feature or use it for every possibility since this tool is very robust. We sometimes have to create the link to the server and the repository twice because it is deleted once for some unknown reason. Though, this is not a big problem. There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports.

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BijoyTalukder

Enterprise Architect at Tata Consultancy

Helps to get a clear overview of our enterprise architecture, especially when dealing with multiple departments

One area where BiZZdesign HoriZZon could use some improvement is in its REST APIs. While the platform offers REST APIs, they have limitations when it comes to retrieving and exporting data. Obtaining detailed information at the individual application or component level, including IDs, costs, and deployment-related data, can be challenging through these APIs. This limitation makes it difficult to smoothly export such granular data. I have raised this issue with the BiZZdesign team, and they expressed interest in addressing it, but I'm not aware of the current status of this improvement effort. Nonetheless, improving the usability and flexibility of the REST APIs for data extraction is an area that could enhance the platform's capabilities.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It brings transparency and 360-degree views of end-to-end processes."

"The most valuable feature in the latest versions is the connect portal, where you can do very simple modeling using the web-based portal."

"From an architectural point of view, when you're looking at the business area, you can find all the information you have to use as an architect."

"Platform that it supports covers legacy and new. Caters to moving older objects into an integrated DB, relatively popular ones: SQL, Oracle, etc."

"The maintenance capabilities of ARIS BPM and the strong underlying database are particularly valuable."

"I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization."

"Objects can be reused across different BPMNs and processes, so we can design new processes quicker and easier."

"It helps the business make an informed decision."

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"The enterprise studio where the modelling happens is valuable."

"The tool's most valuable feature is that its collaboration part is very good."

"The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward."

"I used BiZZdesign HoriZZon at two organizations. At Manchester Metropolitan University, I used it with a small team for architectural modeling of the student record system. We modeled teams, process objects, and their interactions with applications. We also used it to model a gradual rollout with plateaus showing migration over time. At the BBC, I used it to model software services for publishing content online. I showed key model views to senior stakeholders using Horizon, allowing them to modify and score applications and services."

"BiZZdesign HoriZZon is scalable, and I'd give it an eight out of ten for scalability. Our customers are enterprise level companies, but the solution is suitable for small and mid-sized companies as well."

"The most valuable feature is that it allows you to work with different methods, using the same tool."

"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."

"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."

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Cons

"I believe the solutions BPM tools are not very good and need improvements."

"An area where it lacks and can be considered for improvement in the future is if we can somehow automate or learn how we can automate different processes."

"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 interface is a little archaic."

"Simulation is one area that is a bit complex."

"The reporting capabilities and the ability to create custom reports need to be simplified and made easy so that people even with a good functional understanding of the tool can leverage it to create their own custom report."

"It needs external API and the ability to navigate back, similar to "Back" in web browser."

"The integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement."

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"We tested it, and we had support from BiZZdesign, including patches, but it just didn't do what we wanted."

"There could be simpler modelling."

"It should be more open to integrating with other existing tools. Although there has been progress in the past."

"It lacks capabilities with regard to infrastructure modeling."

"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."

"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."

"The automatic data collection and interface need improvement."

"Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution has a fair price for the value it delivers."

"Pricing for ARIS BPA is average, not cheap or expensive. It's cost-effective and worth the money we pay."

"ARIS Express is free."

"From my point of view, no, it is not cheap, but it is not too expensive because you get this big organization behind it, technical support, and all those things. It's not so expensive to use. It's a Rolls Royce in this field, I know that. Even for small organizations, they can get so much effect from using this tool, in a very fast way, so the money will be back in the customer's pocket very fast."

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

"The setup cost and pricing depend on the license (Modeler, Viewer, Administrator)."

"ARIS has different licensing mechanisms for different modules, but they are perpetual licenses. So you pay once."

"It is an expensive solution."

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"The pricing model is slightly on the high side and could be more competitive for long-term partnerships."

"[The] Orbus... pricing model was based on every single functionality having a price. The pricing was comparable but if we wanted to scale, it would have ended up being a lot more expensive. BiZZdesign gave us one price with all of the functionality, and we could scale as much as we needed."

"The price is reasonable."

"In terms of this particular product usage, my clients currently only use per-user licenses."

"If one is very cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a seven out of ten."

"I haven't found any issues with the scalability and licensing parts that are access-related."

"We were customers and bought licenses from them. We used their remote instance initially but upgraded to the on-device version due to lag. For pricing, we paid about 2200 pounds a year per seat for the client installation at an educational rate. I'm not sure about commercial rates. I managed to get a free copy at BBC since it was for evaluation purposes."

"First and foremost within the scope of improvement for the solution would be the cost. It's very costly..."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Educational Organization

25%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ARIS BPA?

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

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ARIS BPA?

Pricing for ARIS BPA is average, not cheap or expensive. It's cost-effective and worth the money we pay.

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What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?

I find it difficult to access the database as I want with direct querying. I must write scripts, which requires specific knowledge. Software AG could improve this by making the database more open. ...

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What do you like most about BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

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.

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What needs improvement with BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

The ability to generate charts and deal with a use case involving Kibana was quite difficult. We don't use the chart functionality much, and I think that is quite problematic at the moment. We have...

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What is your primary use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

I use the solution in my company for all sorts of things, like enterprise and solution architecture. As part of our design process, BiZZdesign HoriZZon is used for road mapping. We also use it for ...

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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM

HoriZZon

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.

Software AG

Make smarter decisions and optimize outcomes by unifying all your strategy, capabilities, operating models and change portfolios in a single platform.

With all the data about your business in one place you can see the big picture and make properly informed strategic decisions to drive growth. Bizzdesign Horizzon brings together strategy, IT architecture, operating models, data, capabilities, change portfolios and ideas into a single, intuitive collaborative business design platform. Real-time visibility of key metrics and trends allows you to take action more quickly. Accelerating the speed and accuracy of your operations now – and into the future.

Core Platform Capabilities:

Multi-discipline collaboration
Data Integration
Advanced analytics
Models and Roadmaps
Governance & Security
Business Insight Graph

BiZZdesign

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.

T-Mobile, Shell, HSBC, Erasmus University, VIVAT Insurance

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