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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ARIS

    Score8.7 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

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    Avolution ABACUS

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AABACUS, from Australian software company Avolution, is an enterprise architecture modeling tool.N/A
    Pricing
    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    Editions & Modules
    ARIS Elements
    $100
    designer
    ARIS Advanced
    $200
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    ARIS Enterprise
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    ARIS Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    Considered Both Products
    Software AG
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    Avolution
    Chose Avolution ABACUS
    - Microsoft tools are manual and data is not centralized
    - ARIS is not as flexible as Avolution
    - LeanIX is close, but lacks business content/accelerators that Avolution provides
    - LeanIX is in the cloud and multi-user
    Incentivized
    Chose Avolution ABACUS
    More flexible and user friendly interface.
    Better customization enables organisations to grow based on their maturity and requirements
    Avolution is highly rated on Gartner and Forrester reviews
    Incentivized
    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
    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ARIS and Avolution ABACUS
    Feature
    ARIS
    9.1
    6 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Avolution ABACUS
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    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 Avolution ABACUS
    Feature
    ARIS
    7.4
    6 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Avolution ABACUS
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    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 Avolution ABACUS
    Feature
    ARIS
    8.4
    6 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Avolution ABACUS
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    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of ARIS and Avolution ABACUS
    Feature
    ARIS
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Avolution ABACUS
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    Ratings
    Content management9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
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    ARISAvolution ABACUS
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    Process Street
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score8 out of 10
    Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
    Score5.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score5.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    ARISAvolution ABACUS
    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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    Avolution
    Well suited scenarios include IT portfolio management, project portfolio management, enterprise architecture planning, modeling of business capabilities, using standard frameworks that ship out of the box such as TOGAF, and integration with SharePoint. Less appropriate scenarios would be detailed data modeling and using the tool expecting to get model drive code execution.
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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.
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    Avolution
    • Modelling the Enterprise through the creation of catalogues and matrices of Enterprise information
    • Creation of views to supports strategy execution and decision making
    • Central storage of Enterprise information
    • Management of a agreed meta model
    Incentivized
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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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    Avolution
    • More standard connectors for integration with other modeling tools could be beneficial for companies having legacy tools/fragmented toolsets.
    • Better automated diagramming features would be useful.
    Incentivized
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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.
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    Avolution
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Avolution
    Highly knowledgable team and fast response times
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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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    Avolution
    - Microsoft tools are manual and data is not centralized
    - ARIS is not as flexible as Avolution
    - LeanIX is close, but lacks business content/accelerators that Avolution provides
    - LeanIX is in the cloud and multi-user
    Incentivized
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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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    Avolution
    • Positive - time to value for EA activities
    • Positive - robust decision making
    Incentivized
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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.