Avolution ABACUS vs OrbusInfinity comparison

Avolution and Orbus Software are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. Avolution is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0, while Orbus Software is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.0. Avolution holds a 3.7% mindshare in AM, compared to Orbus Software’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 88% of Avolution users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Orbus Software users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Avolution ABACUS and OrbusInfinity are competing in the enterprise architecture space. OrbusInfinity has the upper hand with its rich features, making it a superior choice according to data comparisons.

Features: Avolution ABACUS offers robust scenario modeling and analysis capabilities, customizable templates, and extensive flexibility with integrations. OrbusInfinity provides comprehensive process modeling, a broad range of integrations, and tools enhancing collaboration across teams.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Avolution ABACUS features a straightforward deployment process with strong support, ensuring smooth transitions. OrbusInfinity offers cloud-based deployment beneficial for scalable solutions and responsive customer service, with noted flexibility and ease.

Pricing and ROI: Avolution ABACUS is noted for its lower setup cost appealing to budget-conscious organizations, with ROI boosted by efficient resource management. OrbusInfinity, though having a higher initial setup cost, offers substantial long-term value through enhanced productivity and strategic benefits.

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Categories and Ranking

Avolution ABACUS

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

OrbusInfinity

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Service Management (ITSM) (20th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of Avolution ABACUS is 3.7%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OrbusInfinity is 2.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management

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JoseCamacho

Freelancer at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Supports evaluating architecture through corporate objectives

I conducted an evaluation of enterprise architecture at the European Court in Luxembourg, reviewing and analyzing existing implementations to identify potential improvements and providing recommendations I conduct evaluations to identify potential improvements and make recommendations, forming a…

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Kenneth Igiri

Enterprise Architect at Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Cost-effective, integrates with the Office tools, and allows us to articulate all entities across the enterprise on one platform

The refresh cycles for our dashboards could be better. I keep complaining about that. The refresh is supposed to be once a day, but I would love it if it was real-time so that if I make a change to the data in iServer, I should see those changes immediately reflected in the dashboards. They use Power BI, and it seems they've scheduled their refresh to be once a day, which is not that good for us. We've had some issues with the integration between Visio and iServer because sometimes the add-in that allows you to do that integration takes a lot of memory and then your Visio crashes. However, I've not experienced this issue for some time, so it was probably fixed in the recent version. Also, if I copy a large amount of data and I want to copy from one Visio file to another, I have had a case where it suddenly just closes Visio without saving. So, that integration could be more smooth. There should be ease of integration with other systems in our environment such as SysAid. I understand that there is an integration to ServiceNow, but we use SysAid. We need to be able to say that when there's an incident that impacts or requires a change in a particular component, ServiceNow or SysAid should be able to communicate to Orbus that this component is about to change. Similarly, when it comes to discovery or when a new architecture change has happened in the enterprise, we should be able to detect the change in the baseline Enterprise Architecture. There should be such advanced automation. The visibility of our models is limited to those to whom we have assigned licenses. I would've loved it if everyone in the organization could at least see the diagrams. The licensing should be there for those who need to make updates or changes.

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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

"It is a very stable solution...The initial setup of Avolution ABACUS is very easy."

"The most valuable feature is the traceability, you can trace any object to the other."

"There are a lot of different features, but the business/decision-maker feature, visibility, and dashboards are most valuable."

"Avolution ABACUS allows for flexible enterprise architecture analysis."

"If you face new challenges or issues then you can dynamically customize according to the business needs."

"The most valuable feature is that it has a customizable meta-model, which is key."

"Scalable and stable tool for roadmapping and modeling, with a good dashboard, end-to-end impact analysis, and portfolio management."

"It's more than just an enterprise architecture tool as it has a lot of nice features, e.g. messaging, simulation, etc."

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"I like the integration with the Office tools such as Visio and Excel. The integration with Excel helped us to be able to upload data very easily. Integration with Visio helps us to be able to make changes once and have a centralized diagram. We don't have versions of the diagram. This integration with the Office tools is very useful."

"The most valuable features are mainly the reporting side of things and the dashboard."

Cons

"It is vastly scalable but you can't run it on a Mac or Linux so it has limitations."

"The company needs to update the UML version they are using for the product as it is quite old."

"The most valuable features are the catalog and the diagram."

"While Avolution ABACUS is flexible, it can be complex to work with as it requires knowledge of specific configurations to customize the product."

"Having more control over page size is lacking in this product. Print utilization also needs to be improved."

"If they want to expand in the European market then they are going to have to improve their technical support."

"While this is one of the most powerful tools on the market it does not integrate well with Microsoft Office or others."

"In the future, there could be improvements in integration and enhancements."

More Avolution ABACUS cons

"The refresh cycles for our dashboards could be better. I keep complaining about that. The refresh is supposed to be once a day, but I would love it if it was real-time so that if I make a change to the data in iServer, I should see those changes immediately reflected in the dashboards. They use Power BI, and it seems they've scheduled their refresh to be once a day, which is not that good for us."

"We found a few issues with importing data and all the manipulation of data, especially when it came to the BI side of things because it utilized a particular template to be able to get certain reports. The user administrators could not manipulate it to get the right reports."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm paying on a yearly basis. I don't know whether it's a highly expensive tool or not. I'm getting a single version of it, and I don't have the enterprise part on it because I don't need the server component, and I don't need a web browser component. My estimate would be that it's a very reasonably priced tool given that you don't need to have licenses with everyone in order to get the information and the decision support capabilities out of the tool. You use the enterprise edition on top of the studio, which is the heart of the tool. I am not aware of any additional costs."

"The cost of Avolution ABACUS is reasonable, given the features they offer in comparison to other tools."

"The pricing is quite good compared to the competition and it is part of the reason we chose the product."

"There is a subscription for this solution. We are on an annual subscription because you sometimes receive special offers the longer you subscribe."

"This solution is expensive for some people's budgets and they need to offer a Lite version at a cheaper price"

"To get a fairly extensive license for Enterprise Architects from Spark is approximately US $400.00, maybe less, but with Avolution Abacus it was approximately US $2000.00 per year, and that includes maintenance with the Abacus tool."

"It is competitive. It is not chump change. I am just using the studio version. I am not using the full enterprise version, which would probably cost me three times more for single-use, but it gives a lot more capability and analysis. It is server-based as well, and it is reasonably priced compared to a lot of the other tools. There are other tools that have other sorts of capabilities, but in order to use them, you'd really have to have like 50 users for the price to become justifiable."

"The solution's pricing is not an issue."

More Avolution ABACUS pricing and cost advice

"It was very cost-effective as compared to the other ones we evaluated. We spent about $20,000 per annum for support and license together. There was also an implementation fee at the beginning. I would rate it a nine out of ten in terms of pricing."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis. We currently work with a standard fee."

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Financial Services Firm

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Government

14%

Computer Software Company

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Government

18%

Financial Services Firm

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Avolution ABACUS?

The tool's implementation is straightforward as everything is readily available. For instance, setting up a portal is seamless, allowing easy publishing and access to data. However, integrating wit...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Avolution ABACUS?

It's pricey compared to Essential, Deltek, or Essential Cloud. However, its diagramming capabilities and metamodel design make it worth it. But it's not for large user bases. It has modules for app...

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What needs improvement with Avolution ABACUS?

While Avolution ABACUS is flexible, it can be complex to work with as it requires knowledge of specific configurations to customize the product. It would be beneficial to have seminars or other met...

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What do you like most about OrbusInfinity?

I like the integration with the Office tools such as Visio and Excel. The integration with Excel helped us to be able to upload data very easily. Integration with Visio helps us to be able to make ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OrbusInfinity?

It was very cost-effective as compared to the other ones we evaluated. We spent about $20,000 per annum for support and license together. There was also an implementation fee at the beginning. I wo...

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Overview

ABACUS is the enterprise architecture tool designed to have the quickest time-to-value. You can use it to build and maintain rich visual models from existing company data. ABACUS comes with standard industry frameworks as well as advanced analytic tools and best-in-class roadmapping and reporting functionality.

With Avolution ABACUS You Can:

Strategize and analyze your organizational architecture with ease using data-driven diagrams
Enjoy connected data, models, and metrics across your whole enterprise
Work directly and securely in your browser, which is ideal for global teams and remote working

Avolution ABACUS Features:

Modeling and roadmapping: ABACUS offers a fully provisioned modeling environment for enterprise and IT architecture, strategic planning, and digital business management.
Digital collaboration: Avolution ABACUS includes a feature that allows you to set up dashboards so you can tell data stories using business-friendly visualizations.
Portfolio management: Anyone can update their own data, which, in turn, reduces the workload of the enterprise architecture team.
Data-driven architecture: ABACUS’s data-driven architecture gives you the opportunity to design and automate key calculations using out-of-the-box or simple no-code algorithms.
Collaborative data management: Using this feature, you can save time with single sign-on (SSO) and AD Integrations; You can embed directly in MS Teams, Confluence, or other workplace social software.
Dynamic data visualizations: ABACUS’s graph view allows you to navigate through systems in a dynamic environment, as opposed to static diagram views.

Avolution ABACUS Benefits:

Time efficient: Models and roadmaps automatically stay up-to-date, saving your organization a lot of time so you can focus on other priorities instead.
Centralized location: With Avolution ABACUS, you can connect all data in one place, keeping everything both consistent and accurate.
Full flexibility: ABACUS gives you full flexibility to adapt and configure your own metamodels with ease.
Complete visibility: Your whole enterprise can have visibility of the architecture through the use of digital collaboration and visually clear dashboards.
Machine learning: With Avolution ABACUS, you can employ machine learning to speed data management and analysis.
Spot dependencies: ABACUS helps your organization spot dependencies and impacts that might trip up your projects.
Fully customizable: Avolution ABACUS is fully customizable; Select, configure, or adapt your repository and metamodel. You can also automate metrics and analytics specific to your business.

Reviews from Real Users:

Andre W., Enterprise Architect at Enterprise Architecture Perspectives, says, "The most valuable feature is that it has a customizable meta-model, which is key.”

The Lead Enterprise Domain Architects at a financial services firm feels that "The product is easy to use and well-structured for the integrations we need it to make.”

"There are plenty of features available, such as the ability to test applications for issues and a user-friendly dashboard,” says Suresh T., Enterprise Digital Solution Architect at a tech services company.

Avolution

OrbusInfinity helps transformation teams cut through the complexity of technology-driven change. Our dashboards and collaboration platform help you track, create and capture value for a better future.
With an intuitive interface, you can get the right info at the right time and make better, data-driven decisions.
Reduce redundant technology, identify cost drivers quickly and free up resources for innovation.
Full transparency and control enable stronger regulatory compliance leading to less risk and more certainty in your outcomes.

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