Avolution ABACUS vs BiZZdesign HoriZZon vs LeanIX comparison

Avolution and BiZZdesign are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. Avolution is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.0, while BiZZdesign is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.6. Avolution holds a 3.1% mindshare in AM, compared to BiZZdesign’s 4.7% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Avolution users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 80% of BiZZdesign users who would recommend it.

Avolution ABACUS

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BiZZdesign HoriZZon

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80% willing to recommend

LeanIX

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96% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of Avolution ABACUS is 3.1%, down from 3.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is 4.7%, down from 4.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LeanIX is 7.6%, down from 15.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
LeanIX	7.6%
BiZZdesign HoriZZon	4.7%
Avolution ABACUS	3.1%
Other	84.6%

Enterprise Architecture Management

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JoseCamacho

Freelancer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Supports evaluating architecture through corporate objectives

I conducted an evaluation of enterprise architecture at the European Court in Luxembourg, reviewing and analyzing existing implementations to identify potential improvements and providing recommendations I conduct evaluations to identify potential improvements and make recommendations, forming a…

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Maamoun Hasuneh

Chief Enterprise Architect at EVC

Architecture repository has strengthened data‑driven decisions and supported risk‑aware planning

BiZZdesign HoriZZon needs to publish its integration scenarios and integration points with other digital transformation tools such as IT service management, risk management, asset management, customer service, and ERP. The company should first build the scenario and define its integration points in business and technology to make customers more confident about having a complete solution. Currently, there is a challenge with the company to offer transparent and documented integration. They offer five integration points at a fixed price, but other things come at additional costs. However, specific information about what those additional items are, what the scenarios entail, what the schemas are, what the workflows include, and what the application integration involves is not provided. The learning portal does not include integration documentation at a high level or in detail. The portal does have comprehensive resources explaining how to make their website, how to create dashboards, and how to publish EA content, which are clear. The high-end tool on the laptop is also explained in detail, covering elements, relations, and everything as standard.

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SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

Has provided a structured way to align business capabilities with IT while showing potential for support improvements

What it does is it creates a register in the documentation of all your applications and technologies. When you align or map it to your business capabilities, this is how you identify duplication of technologies in your business and how you can potentially rationalize and standardize on them. In conjunction with my business policies, LeanIX is quite effective because using it as a tool to determine what is an endorsed technology can prevent other technologies from being used. I would call it effective in preventing technology sprawl in my environment if it is used alongside my business policies. It does assist in aligning IT with business goals.

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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 ease of modeling and the ease of showing interconnectivity and relationships is the most valuable. It is fairly simple and out of the box. It is customizable in many ways. It is a pretty good tool."

"The most valuable feature is that it has a customizable meta-model, which is key."

"The technical support is very good. They are responsive and the answers they provide are detailed."

"If you face new challenges or issues then you can dynamically customize according to the business needs."

"For what it does it is very good and a reasonable price."

"The portfolio management is really good, and the dashboard and the reports for the end-to-end impact analysis are really good."

"It is a very powerful tool that does what an enterprise architect needs it to do and it supports the business in knowing more about the business so that they can do better."

"Scalable and stable tool for roadmapping and modeling, with a good dashboard, end-to-end impact analysis, and portfolio management."

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"The feature I find most valuable is that the start times and loading times are short. It takes only a few seconds to load the repository and whenever I want to open diagrams, they are there almost immediately."

"BiZZdesign Architect separates model from views and has a quite extensive set of analytical stuff built in to be very useful in complex environments."

"BiZZdesign HoriZZon is scalable, and I'd give it an eight out of ten for scalability. Our customers are enterprise level companies, but the solution is suitable for small and mid-sized companies as well."

"One of the main advantages of this solution is that they have representation in the Open Group Forum, which means that any changes in ArchiMate are immediately implemented in BiZZdesign."

"We can derive some meaningful insights from whatever data that we have, which is the main thing."

"This is one of the best tools, especially because of its collaborative nature. Anyone using it can access previous projects and related data. It's definitely a strong collaborative tool."

"The most valuable feature is that it allows you to work with different methods, using the same tool."

"The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward."

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"I do see some return on investment, some ROI, time saving, money saving; it's more than 30%, so ultimately, the work that I do in using LeanIX will pay for itself."

"Partnering with LeanIX has given an edge to our Enterprise Architecture Consultants."

"LeanIX has good usability and stability. This SaaS is intuitive, easy to use, and comes with a nice reporting feature."

"One of the product's most valuable features is its ability to configure hardware devices."

"I would rate LeanIX at an 8.5, trending towards nine."

"I can develop a report and then do a presentation, or develop a report and some other diagrams and then put them all in one presentation, and from there, I can present things directly, so there is no need to move images."

"The solution provides a single window view of business, application, data, and technology views of the IT ecosystem."

"The most valuable features include the reporting capabilities and the LeanIX Academy's educational resources."

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Cons

"This solution needs to improve resource usage because it has a heavy browser. It is easy to use, but it takes time to load and to run other programs."

"The usability of the tool is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."

"If they want to expand in the European market then they are going to have to improve their technical support."

"The reporting could be easier to configure."

"Avolution ABACUS has the drawback of needing data filtering at the development level, unlike some tools that offer filtering at deployment. Two areas where Avolution ABACUS could be improved are regional support and flexibility in model selection. Sometimes, it's challenging to access support or updates in certain regions, which can slow down progress. Additionally, it would be beneficial if the tool allowed more flexibility in selecting multiple models within a single unit."

"The most valuable features are the catalog and the diagram."

"It doesn't have the simulation capability, which would be helpful in doing some business process analysis and improvements."

"It is vastly scalable but you can't run it on a Mac or Linux so it has limitations."

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"It is only available for Windows right now and it really is an outdated interface and framework that is being used."

"It should be more open to integrating with other existing tools. Although there has been progress in the past."

"Scalability is a bit of a problem for BiZZdesign. There is always a possibility it will failover."

"There's room for improvement. When I finished using it over a year ago, I discussed implementing C4 notation with BiZZdesign HoriZZon.They've likely done this now, but I haven't seen it. Setting up interactive views for stakeholders to score services was a bit difficult."

"I would rate the technical support as a five out of ten."

"I do not recommend using BiZZdesign."

"It lacks capabilities with regard to infrastructure modeling."

"Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect."

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"They should improve the out of the box connectors that they provide. They should see if clients are really ready to adapt them."

"It would be beneficial to have additional features and capabilities to enhance mapping between applications, especially across domains where the relationships may not be direct."

"From its functionality, it is extendable at a high level, but to get your full-blown majority in Enterprise Architecture is not so easy."

"The challenge with support was probably the response time."

"The solution needs to incorporate an AI/ML data intelligence tool that gets smarter with industry-wise enterprise engagements and provides suggestive data input when optimum data sources are not available for a new engagement."

"I think the tool's main issue might be direct integrations."

"The whole integration architecture view of interfaces/data exchange could be improved."

"One of the challenges that I've found, even with working with Subway, was that being able to build that out into a detailed solution for a developer or for new process design was one of the challenges, just making that leap."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's pricing is not an issue."

"To get a fairly extensive license for Enterprise Architects from Spark is approximately US $400.00, maybe less, but with Avolution Abacus it was approximately US $2000.00 per year, and that includes maintenance with the Abacus tool."

"This solution is expensive for some people's budgets and they need to offer a Lite version at a cheaper price"

"It is competitive. It is not chump change. I am just using the studio version. I am not using the full enterprise version, which would probably cost me three times more for single-use, but it gives a lot more capability and analysis. It is server-based as well, and it is reasonably priced compared to a lot of the other tools. There are other tools that have other sorts of capabilities, but in order to use them, you'd really have to have like 50 users for the price to become justifiable."

"It is expensive."

"My company makes annual payments toward the licensing costs of the solution. Considering the product's capabilities, its prices are very reasonable."

"There is a subscription for this solution. We are on an annual subscription because you sometimes receive special offers the longer you subscribe."

"The pricing is quite good compared to the competition and it is part of the reason we chose the product."

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"First and foremost within the scope of improvement for the solution would be the cost. It's very costly..."

"The pricing model is slightly on the high side and could be more competitive for long-term partnerships."

"In terms of this particular product usage, my clients currently only use per-user licenses."

"[The] Orbus... pricing model was based on every single functionality having a price. The pricing was comparable but if we wanted to scale, it would have ended up being a lot more expensive. BiZZdesign gave us one price with all of the functionality, and we could scale as much as we needed."

"The price is reasonable."

"We were customers and bought licenses from them. We used their remote instance initially but upgraded to the on-device version due to lag. For pricing, we paid about 2200 pounds a year per seat for the client installation at an educational rate. I'm not sure about commercial rates. I managed to get a free copy at BBC since it was for evaluation purposes."

"If one is very cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a seven out of ten."

"I haven't found any issues with the scalability and licensing parts that are access-related."

"LeanIX uses application-based account licensing, where the cost is multiplied by the number of applications in the software implementation."

"It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications. For any enterprise, 300 applications are minimal, as many have well over 1,000 applications."

"There is a sweet spot of where they need to be on pricing right now. They could go up a little bit in pricing, but it has to do with the cost savings, and it has to do with the practitioners using it. I use it where I get cost savings and I can justify it, but they probably have the ability to flex a 10% up channel on their sales on that. So, they could increase their settle price, not their offering price, when they sell. They can probably hold that up a little bit higher than it is because there are cost savings that we can drive from it."

"The pricing is very good. We definitely get good value for the money."

"The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model that is competitive and in line with other products."

"I would rate the pricing a one out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The tool needs to include more flexible licensing options. We do not use the tool all the time. So pricing should be considered only when we use the tool."

"As the tool is cloud-based, its cost is more affordable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Government

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

21%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	11

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Avolution ABACUS?

While Avolution ABACUS is flexible, it can be complex to work with as it requires knowledge of specific configuration...

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What is your primary use case for Avolution ABACUS?

I conducted an evaluation of enterprise architecture at the European Court in Luxembourg, reviewing and analyzing exi...

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What advice do you have for others considering Avolution ABACUS?

I rate Avolution ABACUS eight out of ten. The focus should be on implementing and understanding enterprise architectu...

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What needs improvement with BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

BiZZdesign could improve BiZZdesign HoriZZon in several areas. There are potential areas of improvement that should b...

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What is your primary use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

BiZZdesign HoriZZon is primarily used for enterprise architecture processes. My clients mostly use it for architectur...

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What advice do you have for others considering BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

I last worked with BiZZdesign HoriZZon recently. BiZZdesign HoriZZon is deployed on Amazon Web Services. I was not in...

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Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi @Cheryl Joseph Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?

My experience with pricing is not directly known, as it was handled by others, but it is subscription-based. The tool...

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What needs improvement with LeanIX?

From a pricing perspective, it is not a cheap tool. It is relatively expensive compared to some of its competitors. I...

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

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Overview

Avolution ABACUS provides comprehensive enterprise architecture modeling with customizable features, facilitating effective planning and analysis for businesses seeking advanced integration and analytical capabilities.

Avolution ABACUS stands out in enterprise architecture with its rich feature set including customizable meta-models and 3D modeling. It offers role-based permissions, robust integration capabilities, and is well-regarded for its traceability and dynamic customization. Users benefit from impact analysis, support for multiple frameworks, and its capacity to support corporate objectives and IT infrastructure. A user-friendly dashboard, application testing, and extensive modeling capabilities enable professionals to create strategic roadmaps, although improvements are needed in UI complexity and flexible reporting.

What are the main features of Avolution ABACUS?

Customizable Meta-Models: Allows users to tailor features to specific business requirements.
3D Modeling: Enhances visualization of architectures.
Role-Based Permissions: Facilitates secure collaboration.
Integration Capabilities: Supports seamless interaction with various frameworks.
Impact Analysis: Aids in understanding changes and their potential effects.

What benefits should users look for in reviews?

Improved Traceability: Facilitates tracking of architectural components.
Effective Cataloging: Organizes data comprehensively for easy access.
Dynamic Customization: Adapts features to specific needs effortlessly.
Analytical and Simulation Tools: Provides insights for effective decision-making.
Predefined Components: Accelerates the modeling process.

Industries such as banking utilize Avolution ABACUS for application domain architecture, benefiting from its comprehensive diagram and model designing abilities. Consultants demonstrate this to clients, showcasing potentials like identifying capability overlaps and standards. On-premises deployments allow organizations to access, evaluate, and develop within established environments, aiding in effective architectural planning and analysis.

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BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers robust enterprise architecture modeling, seamless collaboration, and supports ArchiMate standards, benefiting organizations with efficient integration capabilities, intuitive features, and stakeholder accessibility.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon facilitates enterprise architecture through its strong modeling features in Enterprise Studio, providing collaborative dashboards and integration with systems like ServiceNow and SQL databases. Known for quick loading times and diagrammatic representation, it supports multiple modeling languages while maintaining an intuitive web interface. Despite its strengths, organizations find challenges with interface complexity, high costs, a steep learning curve, and scalability in large datasets.

What are the key features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

Modeling in Enterprise Studio: Enables comprehensive architecture and process modeling.
Collaborative Dashboards: Promotes teamwork with shared perspectives.
ArchiMate Standards: Ensures compliance and consistency in modeling frameworks.
Integration Options: Seamlessly connects with ServiceNow and SQL databases.
Repository Management: Centralizes data for efficient governance.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Improved Decision Making: Facilitates informed choices through clear architecture representation.
Process Optimization: Streamlines operations leveraging capability mapping.
Accessibility for Stakeholders: Simplifies architectural insights for all involved parties.
Enhanced Governance: Supports enterprise-wide oversight and documentation management.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon serves industries focused on enterprise architecture, aiding in project governance and application portfolio management. Organizations in sectors like finance, manufacturing, and IT leverage it to align architectural elements with business goals, centralize architecture data, and optimize processes for better decision-making and oversight.

BiZZdesign

LeanIX offers enterprise architecture solutions to drive IT modernization and continuous business transformation. It empowers organizations to visualize, evaluate, and evolve their architecture for maximum impact.

Known globally, LeanIX provides AI-enhanced SaaS solutions for enterprises, enabling the visualization and evolution of enterprise architecture. From optimizing current IT landscapes to designing future ones, LeanIX equips organizations with necessary insights and flexibility. Its solutions include Application Portfolio Management for an overview of IT and business capabilities, Technology Risk and Compliance for addressing technology obsolescence, and Architecture and Road Map Planning for defining target architectures.

What are the key features of LeanIX?

Application Portfolio Management: Offers a real-time comprehensive overview of business and IT landscapes.
Enterprise Architecture Management: Links between applications and business components for cost optimization and upgrade planning.
Integrations with ServiceNow: Streamlines data management and synchronization.
User-Friendly Interface: Suitable for technical and non-technical users with customizable reports.

What benefits do organizations find in LeanIX reviews?

IT Modernization: Assists in optimizing existing IT landscapes.
Business Transformation: Drives continuous business change and strategic decision-making.
Cost Management: Supports cost optimization through effective technology management.
Risk Assessment: Proactively identifies and addresses technology obsolescence risks.

LeanIX is widely adopted for application portfolio management and rationalization, primarily by organizations seeking to inventory and assess applications. It facilitates the development of business capability models and aligns technology with business needs, aiding in strategic decisions. Teams use it to optimize IT landscapes, manage cloud governance, and link technology with business capabilities effectively across industries.

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