Planful vs Software AG ARIS Process Mining comparison

Planful and Software AG are both solutions in the Business Performance Management category. Planful is ranked #15, while Software AG is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0. Planful holds a 3.5% mindshare in BPM, compared to Software AG’s 2.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Planful users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Software AG users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Planful and Software AG ARIS Process Mining compete in the financial planning and process mining category. Planful appears to have an advantage in financial planning, while Software AG ARIS Process Mining leads in process mining capabilities.

Features: Planful offers financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting tools. It provides comprehensive performance management and is beneficial for enhancing financial operations. Software AG ARIS Process Mining specializes in process discovery, analysis, and automation, offering insights into business processes and optimizing process efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Planful features a straightforward deployment with efficient integration and proactive customer service. Its deployment model is easier, especially for financial operations. Software AG ARIS Process Mining allows flexible deployment suitable for complex environments, though support may be less responsive compared to Planful.

Pricing and ROI: Planful typically has lower initial setup costs and offers a solid ROI through efficient financial processes. Software AG ARIS Process Mining may involve higher upfront costs but justifies this with long-term benefits in process efficiency and automation, making it a strategic choice for comprehensive process optimization and high ROI potential.

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Categories and Ranking

Planful

Ranking in Business Performance Management

15th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Financial Close Software (19th)

Software AG ARIS Process Mi...

Ranking in Business Performance Management

14th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Process Mining (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Business Performance Management category, the mindshare of Planful is 3.5%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Software AG ARIS Process Mining is 2.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Performance Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Software AG ARIS Process Mining	2.2%
Planful	3.5%
Other	94.3%

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reviewer1110591

Financial Planning & Analysis - Finance Manager at a engineering company with 501-1,000 employees

It has helped us speed up the turnaround time on our consolidation, and we haven't had anything come up that the program has not been able to solve

The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results. So, if we wanted to look at our financial trends and put it into some type of graphical interface for people to look at, we still have to leverage Excel for that. The dashboards aren't as usable as maybe some of the other solutions, such as Tableau or other BI tools. The application that we use today for our BI tools is Tableau. That's how people absorb information. We don't really use the functionality or dashboards within Planful because of the robustness of Tableau. That's our single source of data. If Planful was better or more comparable in terms of features and functionality, we could probably leverage that in Planful.

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Nupur Wadhwa

Consultant 2 at Protiviti

Features build trust despite occasional server challenges

I tried using the cloud version of Software AG ARIS Process Mining multiple times, and when I connect to the client server and log in to their Software AG ARIS Process Mining, it becomes too slow. I'm not sure if it's a server issue or a Software AG ARIS Process Mining issue. The cloud version becomes quite slow when connecting through tools such as Citrix, which is not the case with IBM. Sometimes I feel there are one or two features that IBM lacks or Signavio lacks, or other tools lack, but clients say that Software AG ARIS Process Mining has everything.

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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

"Planful has probably cut our time in half, given that we can now leverage the cloud-based services to interact with our subs for getting their forecast inputs."

"It has helped us speed up the turnaround time on our consolidation. We don't have to do reporting in Excel anymore, which has cut down on the errors and the efficiency of our close time."

"I believe the ROI is very high."

"This software is an indispensable tool for approaching BPM and supporting lean initiatives."

"The interface is simplified and easy to use."

"It is very easy to work on the way the ETL happens in ARIS Process Mining."

"It is a stable solution...I rate the technical support a ten out of ten...On a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy, I rate the setup a nine."

"One feature I found really cool was the Conformance Engine."

"For Software AG ARIS Process Mining, I would rate it number one among whatsoever tools I've used; the reason is the ease of use, and I have not come across a single feature that exists in other tools but is not found in Software AG ARIS Process Mining."

"We are using Software AG ARIS Process Mining for business architecture processes, analysis, and engineering, and my clients use it to model the business process and present it in a central portal to all the organization so that, for example, branches can see our processes and design through the portal."

"I have found Software AG ARIS Process Mining scalable."

Cons

"The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results."

"Some of the behind the scenes processing for the simulation engines has a learning curve to use in that there are certain changes that need to happen for the reporting to be "Live"."

"The part that we liked about Excel is that it had a better interface in terms of just graphical illustration of our results. So, if we wanted to look at our financial trends and put it into some type of graphical interface for people to look at, we still have to leverage Excel for that. The dashboards aren't as usable as maybe some of the other solutions, such as Tableau or other BI tools."

"There should be a single site for modeling and mining."

"I guess we have many unnecessary steps within our processes. There is room for automation and room for enhancement within our application portfolio management...In short, I would like to eliminate unnecessary steps in some processes in this solution."

"The installation is straightforward, we didn't have any technical issues with installing. However, we needed support to complete the implementation."

"Installation takes too long, and if it goes under maintenance, it remains under maintenance for days."

"Customizing KPIs and building dashboards were not as intuitive as other similar tools."

"Training is necessary to use the tool."

"When the process models are transferred back to the design environment for further optimization and simulations, we need to see some improvements in the way the models get created in the design."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Right now, everything is on a three-year term contract, and that is our main cost."

"Looking at the value it gives, ARIS Process Mining's pricing is fair."

"We pay for a license to use this solution."

"It's highly-priced, so it's not exactly a cheap product...We are getting what we are paying for, so on a scale of one to ten, or one is low, and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."

"The pricing is based on licenses."

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Computer Software Company

15%

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Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Outsourcing Company

12%

Energy/Utilities Company

11%

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Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	4

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Also Known As

Host Analytics

ARIS Process Performance Manager

Overview

You need a financial planning solution that meets the structured demands of standardized financial planning and reporting requirements and regulations. Structured Planning with Planful automates labor-intensive planning activities in a complete cloud-based platform – giving your finance team control, consistency, and confidence in corporate financial plans.

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Increasing digital products and services, new business models, challenger brands and competitors emerging virtually overnight—all are forever changing your market. To survive, your company—no matter its size or industry—must rethink your business models and processes. Problem is, with so many players and parts to your enterprise, where should you begin? How can you see where to optimize processes to improve the customer experience or operational efficiency? Should you rethink distribution of resources, or start first with improving processes for a specific region or product?

Find your answers with ARIS Process Mining at Software AG. With a 360-degree view of your processes, you’ll gain intelligent insights into your processes and their dependencies to find patterns, anomalies and opportunities for improvement. Compare processes in theory to processes as they are in the real world. See if processes execute as designed. This gives you a solid basis for making process improvement decisions. You can evaluate changes before making them to avoid added costs later on—and you can simulate and analyze process scenarios so you know the best way to improve them.

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Sample Customers

Tandem Diabetes Care, Reed Exhibitions, SkyGolf, Zep Inc., Thule, Stylesight, Schumacher Group, Parsons Electric, Nextag, Groupon

AliCorp, Dubai Municipality, Encevo, PSA Groupe - ARIS serves customers across all industries and of every size worldwide. Companies trust ARIS as being named a market leader for Process Mining with more than 30 years of experience in the business process management market, serving users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.

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