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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ARIS

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASoftware AG's Business Process Analysis Platform, ARIS, uses robust architecture and process management / analysis capability to drive integrations with the existing business processes along with information technology and SAP systems.

    $100

    designer

    ER/Studio Business Architect

    N/AN/AER/Studio Business Architect is a business process and conceptual modeling tool. It simplifies how business stakeholders and data architects document conceptual models and business processes and how those processes impact enterprise data, to align with business goals and regulatory requirements. The tool brings together the simplicity of a drawing tool with the rich semantics of the business process model and notation (BPMN) 2.0 standard. Business users and data professionals can model the…

    $920

    one-time fee per user

    Pricing
    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
    Editions & Modules
    ARIS Elements
    $100
    designer
    ARIS Advanced
    $200
    designer
    ARIS Enterprise
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    ARIS Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing for new customers only, first year maintenance included. Maintenance includes access to technical support and product updates for the defined period of the agreement.
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    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
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    Software AG
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ARIS and ER/Studio Business Architect
    Feature
    ARIS
    9.1
    6 Ratings
    11% above category average
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of ARIS and ER/Studio Business Architect
    Feature
    ARIS
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of ARIS and ER/Studio Business Architect
    Feature
    ARIS
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of ARIS and ER/Studio Business Architect
    Feature
    ARIS
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    13% above category average
    ER/Studio Business Architect
    -
    Ratings
    Content management9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
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    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ARISER/Studio Business Architect
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Software AG
    Well suited for enterprise architecture modeling where the intent to document elements beyond processes as well, such as risks and controls, KPIs, systems, org charts, etc. It also has the excellent capability of creating custom reports, hence if looking for various views right from summary to detailed, this is a great tool. It is less appropriate for implementing the processes as it is not very strong in BPMN.
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Pros
    Software AG
    • Query feature is excellent to extract information in a specific manner.
    • Ability to create custom reports.
    • Collaboration feature is very good.
    • Semantic checks to check validation errors.
    • cloud based central repository.
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Cons
    Software AG
    • Defining databases, use of entities and relationship diagrams, define data, like data models, there is still a part they could improve.
    • Providing more standard reports and improving on access rights and privileges functionality
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Usability
    Software AG
    I am a BPM and Enterprise Architect Consultant and hence have been using different BPM and EA tools for consulting practice. Until now I have used Opentext Provision EA,Sparx EA, MS Visio and IBM Blueworks. All of the tools used are good and have their own unique features and capabilities. ARIS BPA is widely used by my current organization for different projects.
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Support Rating
    Software AG
    It has good, even complex functionality that is provided by its library and ability to create relations between items, yet it is not hard to use. Anyone can use it in a short time. It provides reporting abilities and good documentation with the availability of exporting options. The only drawback I have seen was user management/login issues.
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Software AG
    The Service area, they have been very useful. ARIS suite is covering number of applications. ARIS engine is very powerful and robust. The tool can be configured in many ways which can be beneficial but can be a curse at the same time. As a user, you need to apply this flexibility with care.
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    Return on Investment
    Software AG
    • Documentation of processes made it possible for anyone to see who does what, how and using what systems.
    • Dependency on specific people is eliminated.
    Incentivized
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    IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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    ScreenShots

    ARIS Screenshots

    Screenshot of Start page of ARIS Elements.Screenshot of Modeling a BPMN diagram using the web-based ARIS designer.Screenshot of A process landscape in the ARIS portal.Screenshot of A customer journey landscape in the ARIS portal.Screenshot of The steps view of a process model, automatically generated, enriched with multi-media content. An easier way to get process knowledge to employees.Screenshot of A management dashboard in the ARIS portal.

    ER/Studio Business Architect Screenshots

    Screenshot of A drawing tool with the rich semantics of the BPMN 2.0 standard, where users can model the relationships between people, processes, and data with ER/Studio Business Architect.Screenshot of The Conversation diagram, a high-level representation of the Collaboration diagram. It shows various parts of the business process and who the participants are that engage in a particular process, with a logical relation of message exchanges.Screenshot of Choreography diagrams that show the exchange of information related to the messages between participants working together on tasks shown in the process. This defines the way business participants coordinate their interactions. Choreographies can also be connected in sequence to show a series of related tasks.Screenshot of A conceptual model, that captures the key categories and interactions of data objects that are used by the business, such as subject areas, business entities, interactions and relationships.Screenshot of Reference objects (e.g. steward, business unit, business rule, business element, and application) that can be included. Also can include external data objects (e.g. entity, table, view, data store, data feed, report, and flat file) in both BPMN diagrams and conceptual models.