ARIS BPA vs TIBCO Business Studio comparison

Software AG and TIBCO are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.3, while TIBCO is ranked #20 with an average rating of 7.5. Software AG holds a 7.6% mindshare in BPD, compared to TIBCO’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of TIBCO users who would recommend it.

ARIS BPA

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88% willing to recommend

TIBCO Business Studio

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100 Comparison Views

50% willing to recommend

ARIS BPA

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between ARIS BPA and TIBCO Business Studio 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.

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ARIS BPA vs. TIBCO Business Studio

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Design

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (8th)

TIBCO Business Studio

Ranking in Business Process Design

20th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 7.6%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TIBCO Business Studio is 0.3%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

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Cirvesh-Daga

Director at T-Systems International GmbH

Capable of handling a wide range of business processes but presents users complexity with two interfaces (Java application and web interface)

ARIS needs to make a better user interface. The user interface sucks. The problem with ARIS is that they have two interfaces for the same product. You can use either a Java application or a web interface. The web interface doesn't give you access to the same features as the Java application. You have to switch between the two interfaces to get some things done. The web interface is more intuitive, but it lacks the functionality of the Java interface. So I'd give it a six for that reason. The Java interface has more functionality, but it tends to run out of memory and has its own set of problems. So, I'd also give it a six out of ten because of the technology choice. It was really frustrating having two UIs for the same product, with some functionality in one and not in the other. They've got to do something about that.

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Choon Hwa Khoh

Head of Product Test at ams AG

Offers good flexibility to users

Improvements are required in the tool licensing area as it is a bit expensive. The tool's user interface needs improvement. If you don't know the tool as a beginner, it is very hard for you to design the workflow. The interface is actually quite confusing. There are a lot of places we need to configure here and there since there are multiple locations involved. The features or functions available are good enough for me to implement for my business activities. The tool can include topics like AI. I encountered an issue with the tool during the deployment into production. The server itself experienced a slowness-related issue caused by the configuration, where the resources were not enough for TIBCO, not because of the physical server. I raised a ticket with the support team and got some advice from them. I then went to study the server configuration, and finally, I found out that there will be a need to increase the threats in order for the server to process the multiple parallel incoming requests.

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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

"The most valuable feature is the process documentation. For us, ARIS is a lifestyle more than a tool. It helps us learn how to think and how to plan for our system."

"The whole ARIS BPM solution is a bit special, because from the very beginning it was targeted more to Business users and the Management."

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

"The ability to sort via multiple criteria to identify the relationships you need for a specific object."

"The tool has good navigation."

"ARIS BPA provides very good visibility and control of processes because we have a concurrent license system. As a result, every person in our company and group is able to look at the published processes."

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

"In general, the users really like it and they can get started using it very easily."

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"The setup cost is definitely reasonable."

"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."

"The setup cost is definitely reasonable."

Cons

"The product is difficult to use for someone without prior knowledge of working with it. It requires a certain level of administration training."

"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."

"There are some things in the collaboration module that could be improved a little, such as the functionality which dynamically pushes notifications to interested people when a process changes during the Release Cycle Management workflow."

"In terms of improvement, the app could use some small details and functionalities."

"With ARIS BPM, the script creation is quite cumbersome. With version ten, we needed our developers to do scripting."

"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."

"Improvement should be made as per customer requirements."

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

More ARIS BPA cons

"An artificial intelligence feature that evaluates the quality of the code developed with one click would definitely be good."

"The interface is actually quite confusing."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing and licensing costs are available on their website. They will assign a relationship manager to assist if you show further interest in their products."

"The product is inexpensive."

"In terms of pricing, it would be nice if it were more affordable."

"ARIS BPA is too costly from a licensing perspective."

"ARIS is quite expensive."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"It is on the higher side."

"Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."

More ARIS BPA pricing and cost advice

"For my company, the tool costs about 2,0,000 Euros for three years...If one is bad and ten is good, I rate the price as one out of ten."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TIBCO Business Studio?

The setup cost is definitely reasonable. It is now reasonable since they changed it recently with the new TIBCO platform. Enterprise is completely different.

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What needs improvement with TIBCO Business Studio?

An artificial intelligence feature that evaluates the quality of the code developed with one click would definitely be good.

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What is your primary use case for TIBCO Business Studio?

I am only using the licenses. We are a consulting company, so we use the solution to configure solutions for other customers.

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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM

Business Studio

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

TIBCO Business Studio is a standards-based business process modeling environment that enables business experts and process authors to collaborate to create process models, organization models, data models, forms and pageflow models for deployment to TIBCO ActiveMatrix BPM. It is also the common Eclipse-based environment for building composite applications across the entire ActiveMatrix family, including business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications.

TIBCO

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.

Airbus Helicopters, Bank of Montreal, BroadReach Healthcare, Caesars Entertainment, CargoSmart, Children's Hospital, Citibank Brazil, Citihub, Colonial Life, Con-way, Consorsbank, Deutsche Bahn, EDF Energy, FrieslandCampina, Hellmann Logistics, Ignite, Istrabenz Plini, Sage Human Capital, Siemens Healthcare

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ARIS BPA vs. TIBCO Business Studio

June 2025

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