ARIS Cloud vs SAP Signavio Process Manager comparison

Software AG and SAP are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #17 with an average rating of 7.0, while SAP is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.8. Software AG holds a 2.4% mindshare in BPD, compared to SAP’s 8.4% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of SAP users who would recommend it.

ARIS Cloud

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

SAP Signavio Process Manager and ARIS Cloud compete in the process management category. SAP Signavio Process Manager appears to have the upper hand due to its emphasis on collaboration and ease of use, while ARIS Cloud is recognized for its flexible deployment and cost-effective pricing model.

Features: SAP Signavio Process Manager offers extensive customization capabilities, intuitive modeling features, and real-time collaboration through the Collaboration Hub. These elements support end-to-end process transformation and efficiency. ARIS Cloud provides a flexible modeling environment, public and private cloud deployments, and a comprehensive solution with a robust data repository that supports process standardization.

Room for Improvement: SAP Signavio Process Manager could benefit from enhanced integration with non-SAP systems, improved user navigation, and custom reporting capabilities. ARIS Cloud should focus on streamlining its interface, better user permissions management, and integration with other business systems to address usability issues.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products offer multiple deployment options, including public and private cloud environments. SAP Signavio Process Manager stands out with excellent technical support, quick issue resolution, and proactive customer service. ARIS Cloud also provides robust hybrid cloud deployment and has a competent support team, though responsiveness can be improved.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Signavio Process Manager is considered expensive, but its rich features provide significant value, with flexible pricing achievable through negotiation. ARIS Cloud offers competitive pricing, particularly in the cloud version, with users finding the return on investment improving over time due to process efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS Cloud

Ranking in Business Process Design

17th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

33rd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Signavio Process Manager

Ranking in Business Process Design

4th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS Cloud is 2.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 8.4%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SAP Signavio Process Manager	8.4%
ARIS Cloud	2.4%
Other	89.2%

Business Process Design

Featured Reviews

Aimad BATAL

Administrator at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Collaboration integrates seamlessly with intuitive user interface for effective process management

ARIS Cloud offers easy query writing for retrieving information and includes a user-friendly Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) part that aids risk managers effectively. The simplicity in drawing dashboards is also appreciated. Their collaboration features function similarly to social media platforms, allowing tagging and subject-specific discussions, all while being intuitive and user-friendly. ARIS Cloud is scalable, evidenced by its use in various organizations as a single source of truth, supported by the UMG database and an open e-learning platform.

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Eury Reyes P

Analista sr. de procesos de transformación digital at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Reveals real bottlenecks, but pricing and usability need work still require improvement.

SAP Signavio Process Manager could be improved in several areas to make it more competitive and accessible. From my experience, the strongest opportunity lies in enhancing its process mining capabilities. While Signavio offers solid functionality, other tools like Celonis provide deeper insights and more seamless integrations, especially when working with large datasets or complex execution paths. Strengthening the integration layer and expanding native process mining features would significantly elevate the platform. Another area for improvement is pricing. The solution tends to be positioned at a premium level, which can limit adoption compared to other tools that offer similar or stronger capabilities at a more accessible cost. A more flexible or tiered pricing model would make the product more appealing to a broader range of organizations. Regarding usability, while the platform is powerful, it can feel advanced for users who do not have a process engineering background. Improving the user interface and offering more intuitive guidance for non-technical stakeholders would help increase engagement and ease of use across teams. In terms of support, the setup experience is manageable, especially with technical assistance, but there is room for SAP to provide more consistent and accessible support to ensure a smoother learning curve for new users. Overall, enhancements in process mining depth, integration capabilities, pricing flexibility, and user-friendliness would make SAP Signavio Process Manager a more compelling and widely adoptable solution.

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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

"In terms of using the cloud version, if you're somebody who, like myself, has got a lot of experience and understands measures and notations and things, basically it's unrestricted. You can do so many things. You can do your Archimaze, you can do BPMN. There's lots of stuff you can do in there and if you're a good field person and you cause yourself re-using things or whatever, then it's very nice, it's very easy to use."

"It has proved that it also works in complex circumstances."

"This solution has improved the way our organization does training."

"In terms of UX design, somebody who has not had experience with ARIS will be able to use it very easily."

"The most valuable feature is GUI; it is very intuitive and easy to use."

"From a total cost of ownership perspective, running this on the cloud is more efficient than having someone in the company take care of the infrastructure."

"ARIS Cloud offers easy query writing for retrieving information and includes a user-friendly Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) part that aids risk managers effectively."

"Signavio is more intuitive, allowing users with no prior knowledge to navigate and understand its functionality more readily."

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"SAP Signavio Process Manager is very responsive."

"When comparing my experience with Celonis and Signavio, I can discern the distinctions between these two platforms. However, I'm unable to differentiate between ARAs and add-ons, as that falls outside my scope of familiarity. Regarding Celonis, it comes with its set of advantages and disadvantages. Notably, it boasts robust features like action flows, task mining, and seamless integration with AML programming. Conversely, Signavio lacks action flows and instead relies on action segments and tasks for interaction. This discrepancy is a significant factor setting Selenium and SecureView apart. In the context of Signavio, it offers a combination of BPMN and process discovery, a feature absent in Celonis. This tandem of BPMN and process insight contributes to Signavio’S potency. Meanwhile, Celonis primarily features the process miner tool, setting it apart from Signavio. These variations collectively outline the numerous differences existing between Celonis and Signavio."

"It is a scalable solution."

"It is a very scalable solution."

"Process management/Process governance is what we think Signavio is very good at."

"This product has helped us to work within standards for process planning."

"The modeling tool of Signavio was particularly nice because it has suggestions of where the best areas of improvement are and analyzes your data to show you where the areas of change for improvement are."

"The features I find most valuable are ease of use and the Collaboration Hub."

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Cons

"I would like to see more support for architectural diagrams."

"Initial setup is rather complex. You have to find a way to isolate the complexity, and find common ground."

"It would be very helpful if this solution were more open and could integrate with other solutions like ServiceNow."

"The price of ARIS Cloud is relatively high and not every firm can afford it, especially if the company is not mature enough to require such extensive process modeling and optimization."

"ARIS' flexibility and power add a certain complexity. And if ARIS could be more streamlined, I think customers would have a better handle on what to do with it in the end. So if you're not a tech geek, you might struggle to understand what you should do with it as a customer because it's that powerful."

"The trial version of this solution does not give you enough time to learn how to use it, so it should be extended to one year."

"If you have multiple tiers of approvals into that update of the policy, or the process design itself, it takes ages to prepare those internal flows within the system."

"There is room for improvement in the support."

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"I would like to have the option to select the color of items and subgroups in the glossary because right now it is fixed."

"Its reporting feature could have customization options."

"The free trial needs to have more options for end users, such as including Process Intelligence as a trial version."

"I think the intuitive handling is an issue which they should be more focused on, especially as we have issues with the glossary. If you want to implement Signavio within procedures in contact with other software, it's quite difficult to integrate and you will have several points where you have to double and triple the work, because you cannot maintain the data centrally. With other solutions, we can integrate it and have only one data transfer, to import and export with other solutions. A glossary is still limiting us."

"Typically, a business process management suite would cover the whole lifecycle, from discovery to optimization and operations. This is running on the process server and providing some kind of low-code environment for developing business solutions. I think the latter part is missing, where SAP Connector comes in. Specifically, the execution of processes is missing, where you would design forms to take orders. This is typically part of some development environment for the process server to run processes from out of the models."

"The user interface can feel outdated and complex for non-technical users, so it should be improved."

"I would like to see the inclusion of some document management functionality so that we don't need to integrate with a second solution to accommodate this."

"It could be more flexible from a customization point of view, where the user is able to display only whatever he needs."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a student version of this solution that can be used for free."

"The cloud deployment is not more expensive. In the cloud, you pay for what you use, and there's no need for maintaining infrastructure or additional personnel, making it cost-effective. On-premises deployment, on the other hand, involves infrastructure costs and maintenance expenses."

"The licensing model of ARIS Cloud is leaner and more beneficial to the customer. The new license model is great. With the on-premise, you needed to subscribe to many more types of licenses. Now there are licensed bundles available on the cloud."

"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."

"Although Signavio is a feature-rich solution, it is expensive for companies who haven’t reached a certain maturity level in their process management initiatives."

"The product is expensive."

"Comparatively, it is a bit costly when you look at similar tools with similar features."

"The solution is expensive."

"My client purchased one editor license and the collaboration hub, which covers up to a hundred people."

"The solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."

"We are using the free trial version."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	44

Questions from the Community

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

The price of ARIS Cloud is relatively high and not every firm can afford it, especially if the company is not mature enough to require such extensive process modeling and optimization.

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What needs improvement with ARIS Cloud?

It would be beneficial for ARIS Cloud to add more customization options, such as having a landing page. Improving the importation script from Microsoft Visio ( /products/visio-reviews ) would also ...

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What is your primary use case for ARIS Cloud?

I am currently working with both ARIS Cloud ( /products/aris-cloud-reviews ) and MEGA HOPEX ( /products/mega-hopex-reviews ), having switched from ARIS BPM ( /products/aris-bpa-reviews ) to MEGA HO...

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Which is better - Signavio Process Manager or Celonis?

SAP Signavio Process Manager is a very robust industrial-grade business process modeling tool. It is easy to use and does not require too much technological involvement. This solution has a collabo...

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What do you like most about Signavio Process Manager?

The visual representation is extremely powerful and easy to use in process modeling and analysis. I can show it to someone who doesn't know business process mapping, and they still understand bec...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Signavio Process Manager?

The price of SAP Signavio Process Manager was quite high but could be afforded by an organization with a sensitive data scale.

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Also Known As

Process Live, ARIS Simulation, ARIS Aware, ARIS Connect

Signavio Process Editor

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 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

SAP

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 and 10 million users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.

DHL, Coca Cola EP, Prudential, Zalando, T-Systems, Jabil, Endress+Hauser, Rakuten

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