We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and IBM Rational System Architect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Camunda, Sparx Systems and others in Business Process Design."ARIS provides the basic foundation for any digital transformation an organization decides to take."
"The solution provides integrations to ServiceNow and other systems, flexibility of connectivity, and reporting."
"I am impressed with the tool's integration. It also facilitates collaboration in the organization."
"ARIS has a good collaboration function. You create a portal where any authorized users can work on the models. There are simple flows for making and approving changes."
"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues."
"This solution has helped us in terms of discovering business processes."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The technical support is good."
"We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
"There are a lot of features I find valuable, but I think that the metamodel customization is one of the best features that the solution offers."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"Needs flexibility in automation of the modeling processes and real-time analysis of data, not just a static view."
"The areas of ARIS where we see room for improvement are actually related to the background services that support it. Over the last number of years, Software AG has moved from an on-premises solution into deploying a SaaS solution to their enterprise base. That has been really successful from my point of view, as I have been a customer of ARIS, managing the relationship, for a couple years. Certain support functions around the knowledge base, customer service, and the cross and upselling of modules within the core ARIS component are lagging behind the SaaS movement."
"The workflow approval process could be represented better in the overviews."
"In terms of improvement, the app could use some small details and functionalities."
"The reporting and the information query features could do with some improvement."
"I could use more icons and other graphical elements."
"The product is difficult to use for someone without prior knowledge of working with it. It requires a certain level of administration training."
"We should have the ability to download ARIS EPCs to Visio."
"There needs to be more information at the outset about how to use the solution and how to deploy it. The deployment process needs improvement."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"The reverse engineering of the database is already there, but in the next release I would like to see some pilot supplied with the solution in order to address any database."
Earn 20 points
ARIS BPA is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 64 reviews while IBM Rational System Architect is ranked 20th in Enterprise Architecture Management. ARIS BPA is rated 8.4, while IBM Rational System Architect is rated 7.4. 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 IBM Rational System Architect writes "Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking". ARIS BPA is most compared with SAP Signavio Process Manager, ADONIS, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Camunda and Bizagi, whereas IBM Rational System Architect is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, SAP PowerDesigner and UNICOM System Architect.
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