ARIS vs. SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ARIS
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Software 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
SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Blue Prism headquartered in London offers their robotic process automation (RPA) software platform.N/A
Pricing
ARISSS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
Editions & Modules
ARIS Elements
$100
designer
ARIS Advanced
$200
designer
ARIS Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ARISSS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ARISSS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
9.1
6 Ratings
11% above category average
SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
-
Ratings
Dashboards7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
7.5
6 Ratings
11% below category average
SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
-
Ratings
Process designer8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Process simulation8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Business rules engine6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
SOA support7.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Process player6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages9.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Form builder7.16 Ratings00 Ratings
Model execution6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
8.4
6 Ratings
2% above category average
SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
-
Ratings
Social collaboration tools8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
9.3
6 Ratings
13% above category average
SS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
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Ratings
Content management9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ARISSS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(6 ratings)
8.7
(17 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ARISSS&C Blue Prism Intelligent Automation
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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SS&C Blue Prism
Blue Prism Intelligent RPA is well suited for the processes which are rules-based in nature. This software works well with web based application integrations. It's very easy to capture the object details and code the workflow with ease. The record functionally will do the trick most of the time and will save a lot of effort in coding the workflow. Work needs to continue in the surface automation part. It works with surface automation but there are chances of failure sometimes and we feel like the control of automation is very fragile.
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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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SS&C Blue Prism
  • Resource pooling is excellent.
  • The control room, work queue management is an added strength to the Blue Prism tool.
  • The release manager is also very good for deploying the packages in the new environment.
  • It has the feature to identify the references for the used variables and the objects so while deploying the package it is easy to deploy without missing the important data.
  • Scheduling, user management is simple to use and is very clear.
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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
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SS&C Blue Prism
  • It is better to have functionalities for an attended ROBOT, but I am okay with that.
  • Data types are constant only if we are using their special type of code block. I've had no other issues with Blue Prism operations.
  • It would be better to have a free online "Advanced Training Program" for Blue Prism, apart from their certification program.
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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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SS&C Blue Prism
It's easy to handle and automate. Saves time and money in significant manner. Once a process is implemented, it performs the tasks with more than 95% accuracy so that's a big help. Costing is a bit high and object recognition work may need time to be hands on that's [the reason] this rating.
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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.
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SS&C Blue Prism
Support is good and now with time online support in other forums is becoming available as well. Blue Prism support in itself is also good. Documents and blogs can help to find the solution. Since it's relatively new, sometimes if I'm stuck it can take time to find the solution or connect to their team.
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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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SS&C Blue Prism
Better User Interface.Better customer service.Easier to learn and use. But has greater risk compliances. Less preloaded automation. Less editing features and a big no while working on big projects. Fluidmesh is better in pricing and better management of multiple projects but I believe Blue Prism is perfect for beginners and small-scale companies.
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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.
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SS&C Blue Prism
  • Huge cost saving/time-saving and manpower utilization when the bots are implemented by decoding the business use cases perfectly.
  • The negative impact, the whole process or automation can lead to incorrect processing of data if the logic of the use cases is not implemented correctly in the bot.
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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.