ARIS BPA vs BIC Platform comparison

Software AG and GBTEC Software AG are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Software AG is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4, while GBTEC Software AG is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0. Software AG holds a 8.1% mindshare in BPD, compared to GBTEC Software AG’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of GBTEC Software AG users who would recommend it.

ARIS BPA

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88% willing to recommend

BIC Platform

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100% willing to recommend

ARIS BPA

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

ARIS BPA and BIC Platform are contenders in the business process analysis domain. ARIS BPA holds a slight advantage with its comprehensive feature set and extensive modeling capabilities.

Features: ARIS BPA offers comprehensive modeling capabilities, robust process architecture support, and integration flexibility. BIC Platform features strong compliance management, an intuitive design, and automated workflow functionalities.

Room for Improvement: ARIS BPA could improve its user interface, enhance collaboration features, and streamline deployment processes. BIC Platform could benefit from expanding its feature set, increasing reporting capabilities, and providing greater customization options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA supports a robust on-premise deployment model with dedicated customer support. BIC Platform offers a cloud-based model with seamless deployment and responsive customer service, noted for faster deployment and easier maintenance.

Pricing and ROI: ARIS BPA typically involves higher setup costs, justified by its extensive features and on-premise model, promising substantial ROI through comprehensive process management. BIC Platform offers a cost-effective setup with a cloud-focused approach, delivering quicker ROI through streamlined process improvements and low maintenance costs.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Design

4th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

BIC Platform

Ranking in Business Process Design

19th

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

27th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 8.1%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BIC Platform is 1.6%, down from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design

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Libor Černý

Process manager at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I can usually find an answer to my issue on ARIS Community

From the start, there were some difficulties on how to create outputs since there wasn't a repository tool in version 6. However, in version 7, there has been a tool for creating standards for a company, and that tool has been very intuitive. While I have been using this tool for several years, other people just starting to use it find the learning curve steep. This tool is very robust and accommodates many roles, where people can participate from compliance, IT designers, etc. This can create problems for users who have no experience with similar tools. It took me a year before I felt comfortable with this tool, because when I came from university it was the first or second tool that I worked on. It took me a year to run every feature or use it for every possibility since this tool is very robust. We sometimes have to create the link to the server and the repository twice because it is deleted once for some unknown reason. Though, this is not a big problem. There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports.

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FilySacko

Quality & Process Management Consultant at Konrr Bremse

Software client for modelling and web portal are both directly accessible through one interface

There are just some things in the new product that are not really functional issues but improvements that BIC will have to make. For example, there are some small features that I feel are missing as of now. From an administrative perspective, you might not have the ability to trigger specific actions on a set of workflows. For example, let's say the interface is showing you a list of currently active workflows. Sometime you may find yourself in a situation where you need to select many workflows at a time. An easy example would be that — for whatever reason — you have 1000 or 2000 active workflows and you need somehow to delete them or just to stop them. It is preferable to be able to do this in one click to apply the change to all of them. So I think this is something that is missing which could probably be easily implemented. Right now it just seems omitted. I don't know if the omission was possibly due to a performance issue or if it was chosen by design. But from an end-user perspective — especially as an administrator — this capability to make bulk changes might be a handy solution when dealing with a large volume of workflows that you have to apply a simple command to in a similar way. From my point of view at the moment, all the most important features I am in need of are available. All the tools necessary for daily business for process modeling are there. There certainly is room for improvement. Many other features might be important depending on the specific use case. For instance, there are many notification features that already exist within the tools. These could notify people with different roles based on the specific workflow that is being triggered, which is pretty nice and efficient. I think the tool is quite stable right now, which is positive, and I don't believe it does require further additional things — especially if these are small things and to get them in would be rushing the development. If that may somehow affect the stability and usability, I would rather wait. Something that would also be improved in the workflow is just a cosmetic change. But it could also be a functional change. As an end-user, I do expect to be able to make selections of a set of workflows and apply some specific action to the group. If you have a list, then you should be able to select all the list items or part of the list and apply changes to that selection. This might be just something very easy I believe, to fix from their side.

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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

"you want to do modeling with the old notation form, ours was EPC, you can use the same object in the BPMN because the database is built in a way that you can use both things. So you only have to define it once, and if the notation form is BPMN and those kind of activities, you can use the same EPCs, so there is a connection between them."

"Objects can be reused across different BPMNs and processes, so we can design new processes quicker and easier."

"It provides the discovery functionality, and you can have a simulation on top of it to get your design corrected to ensure that it is within the right state of parameters. It is a complete package that you can use from strategy to execution because you have the design layer, and within the design, you can also do analytics."

"Object oriented modeling allows us to trace what's going on with the specified object."

"If you ever tried to draw a picture in a browser app or with a cloud service, it is normally a painful death. ARIS works perfectly on diagrams in the browser, so I was excited. I like it because there have been so many bad experiences in the past with drawing or doing something in a browser. Normally, it's always painful because it's coded badly. With ARIS, it is really well-implemented. It's simple."

"The initial setup and installation are very straightforward."

"BPA, the modeling tool, is the main module used because of our need for documentation."

"It helps to maintain a single source of truth regarding the processes followed within an organization."

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"This is low-cost and very user friendly. A variety of models are available depending on the needs of the customer."

"The central dictionary is a valuable feature."

"The product is easy to use."

"While this is a new product it has a mature feel from being built by a company with many years in the business."

Cons

"One of the issues is, when you are defining databases, the way they use entities and relationship diagrams, the way we can define data, like data models, there is still a part they could improve."

"The tool's installation and configuration part needs to improve."

"One of the biggest challenges is to realistically enable the defined structures of the processes that you have in ARIS documented, and then actually implement them in the business."

"Displaying role allocation matrix models in ARIS Connect needs improvement."

"Create simple data uploader."

"There is a lot of room for improvement. They need to increase the performance of the system flow. They need to support it more. ARIS Process Governance is still quite basic, and they are using an old BPM and process automation module."

"An area where it lacks and can be considered for improvement in the future is if we can somehow automate or learn how we can automate different processes."

"There should be a more intuitive tool when creating reports."

More ARIS BPA cons

"The solution could improve its connectivity to other systems."

"As the product is very new, some minor features are still missing, but everything is there to handle day-to-day process modeling."

"The product needs improvement regarding the confidentiality of the domain information for the key administrator."

"There's an issue with the current manual that they're working on."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for ARIS BPA is average, not cheap or expensive. It's cost-effective and worth the money we pay."

"Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."

"The product is expensive."

"If you can afford it, it's the best so far."

"It depends on different parameters."

"The product is inexpensive."

"The price could be better."

"Negotiate. Price is high so make sure you’re getting the best deal."

More ARIS BPA pricing and cost advice

"Pricing will differ between enterprises based on needs such as customization, but the company uses a standardized algorithm for determining this."

"Scalability-wise, it is an expensive product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Retailer

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ARIS BPA?

The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ARIS BPA?

Pricing for ARIS BPA is average, not cheap or expensive. It's cost-effective and worth the money we pay.

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What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?

Improvement should be made as per customer requirements.

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What do you like most about BIC Platform ?

The central dictionary is a valuable feature.

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What needs improvement with BIC Platform ?

The solution could improve its connectivity to other systems. For instance, I need new connections to KPIs. KPIs are linked to processes, I can't access the dictionary of processes to make KPIs.

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What is your primary use case for BIC Platform ?

We use the solution for drawing the processes.

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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM

BIC Cloud BPM, BIC Platform

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Software AG

GBTEC Software AG

Overview

ARIS is the market-leading solution for professional business process management and modeling. Whether you want to document the "as-is" state of your operations for quality or certification reasons or design the "to-be" in terms of continuous improvement in your transformation program, ARIS is the best choice for establishing a single source of truth regarding all process excellence topics in your organization. It is for any organization looking to digitally transform their business, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution. ARIS helps you to make the most out of your processes with Process Mining, Risk & Compliance Management, RPA and much more.

What makes the difference?

The most comprehensive platform for process excellence in the market
Easy to use
Covers business & IT architecture from all angles
Full flexibility and >100 diagram types
Customer-driven development based on best practices
Strong partner ecosystem

ARIS is the market-leading solution for any organization and ideally suited to digitally transform the organization, increase operational excellence and customer experience and ensure compliance in execution.

BIC Platform delivers all-encompassing business process management. The software covers the complete lifecycle of BPM and supports strategy, design, implementation, execution and controlling of business processes.

BIC Platform has a modular setup which allows individual adjustments. Typical deployment scenarios of BIC Platform are SAP introduction, governance, risk or compliance management, quality management or the structure of process management systems.

Thanks to its intuitive design, users quickly start with process modeling and manage the full process cycle up to the optimization. Comprehensive features of the software are document management, governance, review and release workflows.

Available BIC Platform modules are Design, Governance, Portal, Monitor, Workflow and GRC. The software can be operated either as a Public Cloud, Private Cloud or On Premises. Offline modelling is possible with the web-based option.

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Sample Customers

Tesco, Weifu, Airbus, Siemens, Proximus, Alicorp, Sekerbank, Bancor, Philips,Sky, Emirates NBD, Dubai Municipality, Suva, U.S. Army, Australia Post, Westfalen Weser Energie - ARIS serves customers across all industries and of every size worldwide. Companies trust ARIS as the market leader for process excellence with more than 30 years of experience in the market, 10 million users worldwide, from 1 user companies to the Fortune 500.

Daimler AG Siemens AG RWE Bundesministerium des Innern Uniklinikum Köln Vattenfall Ziemann Dermapharm AG Postbank LBBW EDEKA

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