ARIS BPA vs iGrafx Process360 Live Platform comparison

Software AG and iGrafx are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.9, while iGrafx is ranked #18 with an average rating of 8.0. Software AG holds a 6.7% mindshare in BPD, compared to iGrafx’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of iGrafx users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

ARIS BPA and iGrafx Process360 Live Platform are notable competitors in the business process management sector. ARIS BPA stands out in cost and support, appealing to those prioritizing budget, while iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is preferred for its stronger feature set, justifying its higher price.

Features: ARIS BPA offers comprehensive modeling, integration, and reporting capabilities, making it suitable for process analysis. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is known for its cloud-based architecture, scalability, and collaboration features, catering to dynamic environments and providing advanced analytics and integration.

Room for Improvement: ARIS BPA could benefit from enhancements in user interface, scalability for larger teams, and modern cloud options. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform might improve in simplifying user training, expanding integration with non-digital assets, and reducing its initial cost barrier.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA provides straightforward on-premise deployment and robust support, fitting for companies with existing infrastructure needs. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform delivers seamless cloud deployment, prioritizing ease of access, management, and offering flexible customer service.

Pricing and ROI: ARIS BPA is preferred by cost-conscious organizations due to its lower initial setup costs and effective resource allocation, ensuring strong ROI. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform requires a higher upfront investment, but its advanced features are designed to produce significant long-term benefits through improved efficiencies and adaptability.

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ARIS BPA vs. iGrafx Process360 Live Platform

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Design

6th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

iGrafx Process360 Live Plat...

Ranking in Business Process Design

18th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

24th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Mining (9th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 6.7%, down from 8.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is 1.6%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
ARIS BPA	6.7%
iGrafx Process360 Live Platform	1.6%
Other	91.7%

Business Process Design

Q&A Highlights

Kaustubh Dani

AGM at Tata Consultancy

Nov 05, 2022

How can I migrate process maps from iGrafx to ARIS BPA?

Yes, There is multiple ways to import process maps into ARIS, using standard XML import, BPMN import, or for special cases, custome reports can be designed to import data from external data sources (json, csv, visio, jdbc)

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Tamer Eldamanhouri

Software Engineering & Manager at Arab Infromation Management Services

Empowers teams with robust business process modeling capabilities

They should examine competitor solutions to identify differentiators. One issue related to ARIS BPA is its integration with AI; it has AI features for cloud solutions, yet many in the government sector in Kuwait do not view the cloud as viable. Software AG should focus on developing AI models for ARIS BPA on-premises, particularly in user interfaces, as well as creating predefined business processes for common areas such as HR and finance. This aspect is crucial for adapting to the market's needs and streamlining custom solutions. While they have been helpful regarding pricing, I cannot compare ARIS BPA to other business process modeling tools because I understand some competitors have significantly lower costs than ARIS BPA. To maintain market share, good discounts should be provided to customers.

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Ganesh-Iyer

Managing Director at SSA Techknowlogies (P) Ltd

Helps simplify processes of a business

One of the more important updates that have happened lately in the tool is related to the tool's ability to process data mining. What I mean by data mining is that now you have the ability to take the timestamp of the data from the ERP or transactional data, create your process maps, and then try to see how much compliance is actually happening within your processes. The aforementioned area is one capability that has been added to the tool over the last few years. You can now tell with the tool how much of your process is actually following the required path where everything is approved and where it goes for exception handling, how many transactions are going, what type of transactions really get into exceptions, and then take care of the management and make improvements. One of the areas in the product with certain shortcomings where improvements are required includes the tool's reporting capabilities. The ability to get into customer template requirements and then create different reports from the data they have is one area which can be improved.

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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."

"In addition to our applications, we have also stored, in ARIS, the footprint of where those applications have been implemented. That means we know in which country a given application has been implemented. With embedded geolocation, we have a very visual world map, where we can see the footprint of each application."

"The capability to integrate all information of the business and to generate simulations of processes. It can analyze the model of operations quickly."

"ARIS is probably the most mature product in terms of modeling an enterprise architecture so that it has context."

"you want to do modeling with the old notation form, ours was EPC, you can use the same object in the BPMN because the database is built in a way that you can use both things. So you only have to define it once, and if the notation form is BPMN and those kind of activities, you can use the same EPCs, so there is a connection between them."

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

"ARIS BPA covers many or all blueprints and functions that I need."

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

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"Another good feature is that the numbering of the shapes in iGrafx is much easier and more convenient, in comparison to what is found in Visio. So far I haven't found anything similar to what I have with iGrafx, in that regard."

"We found the technical support to be helpful."

"One of the biggest plus points of the product stems from the fact that I have never seen any glitches in it."

"This product fulfills ninety percent of our needs, and we're happy as users of it."

"The solution is very stable."

"iGrafx gives you the capability of documenting your process and then the ability to use it as a tool for analysis to identify the loopholes and shortcomings of your process."

"Finding the right symbol and creating links, horizontal and vertical are the features I use."

"Provides a valuable BPMN feature."

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Cons

"ARIS has an internal fully customizable workflow system called APG, which is very good, but it’s targeted mostly at creating workflows related to ARIS content, and not general workflows to support other processes inside a company."

"The standard out-of-the-box solutions for modeling are not so good. You have to do some configuration to make it easier and more user-friendly."

"Migration to the next release is very tricky. You can't do it without support from ARIS or from a software kit. And it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to migrate. My impression is that a lot of companies do not migrate regularly because of that issue."

"The solution's processes are huge and it is not easy to get an overview of how things work. It needs to improve the interface. I would like to see the product include a better overview of processes and improve search."

"It would be helpful if ARIS BPA could have a simple database to get the extract of various attributes."

"User interface (UI)."

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

"One issue related to ARIS BPA is its integration with AI; it has AI features for cloud solutions, yet many in the government sector in Kuwait do not view the cloud as viable."

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"It would be nice to have a Spanish user interface available to us."

"It would be helpful to be able to do more analytics and generate reports on historical documents that have already been uploaded to the server."

"With iGrafx, the implementation and the licensing were pretty complex."

"If customers want to change the color or the logo, they have to go through every page to verify everything is right."

"The look and feel, along with the ease of use of the solution's web modeling version, is an area with certain shortcomings."

"One of the areas in the product with certain shortcomings where improvements are required includes the tool's reporting capabilities."

"Dragging and dropping shapes is not as user-friendly as in Visio. In Visio, it's very easy to work with shapes and in very few minutes you can plot a whole, multi swim-lane, cross-functional process."

"The solution could benefit from improvements to its interface. More specifically, when compared to other tools, the process modeling features lack symbols or object types that are used to represent the information or data within the process."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"This is absolutely not the cheapest solution in the market, but for large companies, the price is fine."

"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."

"The tool is expensive."

"You will never get a fixed price for this product because they will go in and ask you what kind of environment would you like to set up? How many people will you work with? How big is your organization? Today, they have a fixed price to say, "Okay, just to start the business area, buy two licenses for modeling and eight people that can look into the product." They have this kind of fixed price. It's 50,000 Danish Krone. If you divided that by about six, then you get the pricing in dollars. Still, when you are going out, negotiate and find the right price. You will never get a fixed price: "It costs this and, if you take ten of these, seven of these and eight of these, and then it costs this." No, you negotiate every time."

"If you can afford it, it's the best so far."

"The price could be better."

"It is on the higher side."

"The product is inexpensive."

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"Earlier, the licensing part was complex because there were so many modules and elements in the tool. Over the last one and a half years, a lot of work has gone into how the product has priced and positioned its tools in the market."

"I have heard that the solution's pricing is very competitive."

"Our license is a subscription-based model that is per user. The solution is not expensive, I believe a subscription-based model is $10 per user."

"My company is trying to replace iGrafx because the license is a little bit expensive."

"The licensing part is one of the problems. Its licensing depends on the number of users, so it sometimes gets expensive."

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Answers from the Community

Kaustubh Dani

AGM at Tata Consultancy

Nov 5, 2022

How can I migrate process maps from iGrafx to ARIS BPA?

2 out of 3 answers

Evgeny Belenky

Director of Community at PeerSpot (formerly IT Central Station)

Jul 25, 2022

Hi @Mohammed Sulty, @Andrew-Lim, @AnkushJain, @Niels Doeleman, @David March, @Harald Sommer, @Majd Abbassi, @Victor Lever and @SumitKumar9, Would you possibly have any inputs to help @Kaustubh Dani with their question? Thanks in advance.

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Andrew-Lim

Managing Director at Optus

Jul 27, 2022

@Evgeny Belenky @Kaustubh Dani, Nowadays, most BPMs allow you to import and export BPMN models without much difficulty. especially if you are using the out-of-the-box solution. The model will remain intact on most occasions. However, the main challenge will be the attributes/ metadata which may not find their way to the new BPM, i.e. the export and import attributes may not be described in the same manner. Things can get a bit more complex if there is customization from the source of import (e.g. iGrafx). If you are dealing with a small number of process models, you can test the export and import functionality and see what attributes/ metadata are missing. For a bigger volume of the process model, it's more economical for the new BPM consultant to prepare a script to import the model and attributes. The export model and task attributes will need to fit into the import ARIS Function Allocation Diagram (FAD).

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	47

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	7

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?

ARIS BPA needs to be more accurate when generating documents. While it covers many blueprints and functions that I need, the document generation feature could be enhanced for better accuracy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for iGrafx?

I have heard that the solution's pricing is very competitive.

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What needs improvement with iGrafx?

If customers want to change the color or the logo, they have to go through every page to verify everything is right. We have a strategic approach for the customer. I was involved in almost 100 sess...

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What is your primary use case for iGrafx?

The solution is used for the documentation and visualization of the main processes. The customers have hundreds or thousands of processes, but they start with the top 20 processes. The next step is...

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Also Known As

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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.

Software AG

The iGrafx Process360 Live Platform is a comprehensive software platform tailored for organizations undergoing digital transformation. Its core functionalities include process mining, process design, simulation, predictive analytics, and AI-based automation. By leveraging these tools, businesses can gain valuable insights into their processes, streamline design and optimization efforts, and harness automation for enhanced efficiency. Whether analyzing existing processes, visually modeling workflows, simulating potential changes, or employing predictive analytics, Process360 Live facilitates a seamless journey towards process intelligence and management, pivotal for modern businesses aiming for operational excellence.

iGrafx

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.

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