ARIS Process Governance vs SAP Signavio Process Manager comparison

ARIS Process Governance vs. SAP Signavio Process Manager

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS Process Governance

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

30th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Signavio Process Manager

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of ARIS Process Governance is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Signavio Process Manager is 7.7%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Management (BPM)

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BPMexp67

BPM Expert at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Helps us evaluate the maturity of business capabilities and identify gaps in processes

I would recommend ARIS Process Governance to any company looking to implement enterprise architecture, BPM, or Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), as I thoroughly understand its functionalities. Its capabilities allow it to evaluate the maturity of business capabilities, identify gaps in processes, and facilitate projects aimed at enhancing business processes. I advise new users to invest time in understanding the core concepts and methodologies. Familiarizing oneself with the different functionalities and utilizing the training resources is crucial. Starting with small projects can help build confidence before tackling more complex use cases. Overall, I rate it a nine out of ten.

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Cirvesh-Daga

Director at T-Systems International GmbH

Good visual representation for modelling and business process mapping but room for improvement in reporting functionalities

There is room for improvement in analytics. People don't realize it, but the world has changed in the last six to eight months. Customers want to see AI like ChatGPT and ML capabilities in all aspects of business processes and reporting. That would be my recommendation for any OEM in this value chain. Reporting could definitely be improved. I would like to see new features in analytics. I like that they analyze the process and give it to me visually, but I'd like the option to use DPMM instead of just DPC. I'd also like the option to have the process map laid out top to bottom instead of horizontally. Especially a choice between DPMN and EPC as a format. Because there are some people who are very comfortable with the EPC notation. The process is very clearly event-driven. There's an event, there's an action. It's very simple to understand. BPMN, which is the most popular business process notation, generally tends to have multiple frames. Actually, in multiple swimlanes rather. And those frames could each represent a particular kind of entity. Maybe it's an action, maybe it's an actor, maybe it's an event. So there are two different ways of notation. I just like Signavio to give us the ability to choose that notation. Because some companies use BPMN and some use the EPC. And then, if the minute you make that change, I'd like them to give us the flexibility of having an already plotted or vertically plotted option. Moreover, I would like to see improvement in the visual part. It's the piece that needs improvement. Currently, you can plot the diagram horizontally or vertically. However, I'd like the option to change the way the diagram is created, like switching between different notations.

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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's a very easy-to-use product."

"Using this solution we can design our own processor governance, assign some specific technical services, and also run tests of the process to make sure it operates as we need it to."

"They offer a variety of documentation, user manuals, and community forums for users to seek assistance and share experiences."

"Ability to use all the features that your catalog has inside the modeling and export it to a BPM augmentation engine."

"Process Manager supports end-to-end transformation. Students can better understand end-to-end activity and processes as well as how they are run. For teaching, it's process discovery, then modeling, and finally optimization and simulation, partly. Typically, we showcase some simulation of the processes, and this is where we finish. That is why we validate that it's properly designed, but also what are the outcomes of modeled processes. There are also options for discussion on process optimization."

"This functionality ("invite anyone for feedback") has substantially increased visibility over work-in-progress when it comes to process modelling and overall process management and it decreased the time spent on giving and receiving feedback through emails and through sharing screenshots/.ppt files/Visio files etc."

"The most valuable feature is the glossary. It is really nice because all of the information is centralized, and that is a big help to the company."

"The Signavio tool is very easy to use and it is one of the reasons why I like it."

"In my opinion, the most valuable feature is the editor and its ease of use, and when people are looking at it, they can make comments about changes that need to be made."

"The fact that the repository is available on the web is the most valuable feature. It's a very simple tool. If you can use something simple and visual, you should be able to use the model as well in Signavio. It has the ability, for example, to track versioning control, so if you make updates to the processes, you have the ability to track the versions as well."

"The interface is very intuitive and includes a drag-and-drop function."

"The collaboration hub, which helps us in terms of being able to communicate with our customers, brings everybody into the tool and close to the process, allowing them to comment and to implement their own processes."

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Cons

"It's a bit annoying that you have to use two environments in the older version."

"There is a lot of complexity around licensing."

"The solution uses a coding language for process design that is specific only to this product. We would like to see this changed to something more universal."

"I recognize the product has areas for potential improvement similar to every tool."

"Signavio already offers a wonderful range of functions. If variant management and customer journeys are optimized, Signavio can definitely bask in the glory of BPM tools. We also see optimization potential in the management of licenses, e.g. no named users but rather floating licenses and integration into the company's active directory."

"From what I have experienced when I worked with a process team, we would like to work with dummy process diagrams. Right now, I don't know if I would set up a process as a dummy, since it very often gets mixed up with diagrams in production. There are many process diagrams linked to the production environment. I would like to have some kind of sandbox to work with. That would be very good. I don't even know if they already have it, but I would certainly like that."

"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 collaboration and commenting are great. However, I think it would be more useful for people to get notifications of comments straight-away so we can react even quicker to them than we already can."

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

"There are a few bugs when you use the Microsoft Surface Hub with the big screen."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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 solution is quite expensive compared to other vendors."

"The customer Journey Modeler is more than twice the price of Process Manager, which is a lot."

"SAP is always more expensive. The per-user cost is hard to calculate and forecast for a big company."

"SAP Signavio charges a lot of money."

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

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

"It is expensive. The license is monthly."

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14%

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12%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ARIS Process Governance?

I recognize the product has areas for potential improvement similar to every tool.

What advice do you have for others considering ARIS Process Governance?

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...

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...

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

Due to its SaaS nature, it is slightly challenging as a BPM tool. The pricing could be reduced further. I don't have the exact figures, but I believe it can be lowered because it's cloud-based.

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Overview

Take control of your business processes

Business process management (BPM) processes involve many different stakeholders—managing them is key to your success. With ARIS, you’ll have end-to-end control of BPM processes. Establish enterprise-wide policies for BPM and automate governance processes using a model-driven approach.

With ARIS, you can:

Automate the administration of your tasks to ensure quality, consistency and control
Keep track of your internal BPM processes, including change management, document control flow, change requests as well as new requirements
Gain extra flexibility with replacement cover and escalation mechanisms

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

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

ARIS Process Governance vs. SAP Signavio Process Manager