Feb 11, 2020
Hello, so far most of the points you have reported are addressed here: https://documentation.signavio.com/suite/en-us/Content/process-manager/userguide/reporting-intro.htm
ARIS BPA and SAP Signavio Process Manager compete in the business process management category. SAP Signavio has a slight upper hand due to its user-friendly interface and strong collaboration features.
Features: ARIS BPA stands out for comprehensive process modeling, end-to-end business analysis, and robust reporting and analytics. It integrates deeply into various systems, offering a wide range of models for strategy alignment and process governance. SAP Signavio focuses on ease of use, effective process management tools, and collaboration, making it accessible for business users. Its intuitive design helps cater to users focusing on clarity.
Room for Improvement: ARIS BPA needs a stronger workflow execution engine and better tool integration to cater to less experienced users. Its complexity can be daunting without such improvements. SAP Signavio could enhance its process mining capabilities, offer better pricing models, and improve interface and document management for wider accessibility.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA supports on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments, offering flexibility but with a complex setup. Its technical support is responsive but could improve in communication. SAP Signavio's cloud deployment is simple but has room to improve customer service, documentation, and support responsiveness.
Pricing and ROI: ARIS BPA is considered expensive but provides a good ROI due to its detailed analytical capabilities, suitable for large enterprises. SAP Signavio, while also carrying a high price point, offers good value when fully utilized, particularly when part of an enterprise license, although its cost can be a barrier for smaller entities.
We can draw and document our processes, then analyze data within SAP Signavio Process Manager.
I would give ten points to the technical support from Software AG for ARIS BPA product, from zero to ten, with ten being the best.
The consultants are fine, however, reliance on single experts for modules can be risky.
I would rate their technical support a ten.
We had countless connects with the product team to resolve issues related to LeanIX integration.
I have not encountered issues myself, but one of my colleagues found that support was provided quite late, resolving the problem in one or two days rather than instantly.
For user scalability, it is a matter of licenses, while functional scalability is supported and easy to implement.
ARIS BPA has high scalability and wide scalability for any enterprise or organization.
Almost all customers would buy into this because it is offering a benchmark, enabling them to see what they are investing in and its value.
The stability of ARIS BPM is quite strong, rated eight out of ten.
We do experience a lot of glitches with ARIS BPA.
The multiple channels it offers in terms of transparency allow many people to share and communicate without needing external channels, which makes it very reliable.
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.
Software AG could improve this by making the database more open.
ARIS BPA needs to be more accurate when generating documents.
It should also integrate with non-SAP systems for better functionality.
I think the price of SAP Signavio Process Manager is a little bit high.
Despite trying several times, I still do not get it. SAP could consider having AI capabilities to suggest how it can be done immediately on the screen itself, perhaps in the form of a virtual assistant or something.
ARIS BPA does save a lot of effort because this is one tool which can be used for multiple purposes and the viewers have the capability to perform different kinds of analysis, extract reports, and see processes.
After SAP acquired Signavio, the prices increased significantly, making it too expensive for our small company to afford.
From an India INR standpoint, it felt pricey initially. But at the same time, I think the value it brought to the organization was much greater than what we paid for.
ARIS BPA is a tool to build models and frameworks for organizations or reengineer business processes from both functional and business perspectives.
Everything related to ARIS BPA is helping us with regards to enhanced processes, strengthened controls, identifying risks, assessing process capabilities, and identifying where the gaps are and what kinds of activities within the processes are automated and manual.
The maintenance capabilities of ARIS BPM and the strong underlying database are particularly valuable.
The ability to perform queries is a feature unique to SAP Signavio Process Manager, and it proves to be very useful for our needs.
It has a tool that analyzes your data and shows you where the areas of change for improvement are.
The third most important feature from a process excellence standpoint is the repository that is provided. There is a dictionary feature that avoids duplication and allows processes to be standardized across regardless of which teams build the process maps.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| SAP Signavio Process Manager | 7.2% |
| ARIS BPA | 6.7% |
| Other | 86.1% |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 32 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 9 |
| Large Enterprise | 47 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 17 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 6 |
| Large Enterprise | 45 |
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?
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.
The Signavio portfolio of web-based business transformation solutions helps companies to understand and optimize all of their business processes quickly and at scale, providing instant insights for informed decision-making. Signavio’s intuitive analysis, change management and execution solutions around process excellence include use cases like digital transformation, operational excellence and customer-centricity, placing them at the heart of global organizations.
Over 1 million users in more than 1,500 organizations worldwide rely on Signavio products to make processes part of their company’s DNA. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Signavio was founded in 2009 to address the need for a collaborative approach to process management.
Signavio was acquired by SAP in the first quarter of 2021. For more information, visit www.signavio.com
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