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
Mendix
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.
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ARIS
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ARIS Elements
$100
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ARIS Advanced
$200
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ARIS Enterprise
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Pro Edition
1,250
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Enterprise Edition
1,675
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Reporting & Analytics
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ARIS
9.1
6 Ratings
16% above category average
Mendix
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Dashboards
7.96 Ratings
00 Ratings
Standard reports
9.76 Ratings
00 Ratings
Custom reports
9.86 Ratings
00 Ratings
Process Engine
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ARIS
7.4
6 Ratings
12% below category average
Mendix
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Process designer
8.26 Ratings
00 Ratings
Process simulation
8.66 Ratings
00 Ratings
Business rules engine
6.46 Ratings
00 Ratings
SOA support
7.55 Ratings
00 Ratings
Process player
6.02 Ratings
00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages
9.16 Ratings
00 Ratings
Form builder
7.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Model execution
6.82 Ratings
00 Ratings
Collaboration
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ARIS
8.4
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Mendix
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Social collaboration tools
8.46 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
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ARIS
9.3
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Mendix
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Content management
9.36 Ratings
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Low-Code Development
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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.
Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.
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.
A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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.
Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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.
Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.