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ARIS BPA vs OpenText 360 for SharePoint comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
ARIS BPA varies in ROI timelines, enhancing process understanding and control but with hard-to-quantify financial impacts.
Sentiment score
7.7
OpenText 360 for SharePoint provides excellent ROI, enhances document management, and supports sustained, large-scale operations for long-term use.
It eliminates the challenges associated with handling files on local servers and allows efficient document management.
Solution Arcitect at Makita Gulf FZE
The return on investment provided by OpenText 360 for SharePoint is excellent, and that is why we are continuing this team for the past 3 years.
Senior BI Lead at Cognizant
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.7
ARIS BPA's support is praised for technical assistance and flexibility but could improve in responsiveness and communication.
Sentiment score
6.5
OpenText 360 for SharePoint's customer service is responsive, but some find support inconsistent and suggest improvements for phone and chat.
I would give ten points to the technical support from Software AG for ARIS BPA product, from zero to ten, with ten being the best.
Consultant at KAFD DMC
The consultants are fine, however, reliance on single experts for modules can be risky.
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
They are very rigid on their policies and terms.
Business Lead at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
I have not directly contacted vendor support but use forums for any queries or issues while utilizing OpenText 360 for SharePoint.
Solution Arcitect at Makita Gulf FZE
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
ARIS BPA is scalable for small to large enterprises, offering flexibility, modular features, and easy licensing for process management expansion.
Sentiment score
7.0
OpenText 360 for SharePoint offers flexible scalability, though opinions vary on its effectiveness for larger enterprise needs.
For user scalability, it is a matter of licenses, while functional scalability is supported and easy to implement.
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
ARIS BPA has high scalability and wide scalability for any enterprise or organization.
Enterprise Architect at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
ARIS BPA is generally stable, with minor issues primarily in large environments, but responsive support enhances stability perception.
Sentiment score
7.2
User opinions on OpenText 360 for SharePoint stability vary, with integration issues noted alongside appreciated reliability and consistency.
The stability of ARIS BPM is quite strong, rated eight out of ten.
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
We do experience a lot of glitches with ARIS BPA.
Consultant at KAFD DMC
 

Room For Improvement

ARIS BPA needs better integration, user interface, scripting, documentation, training, pricing, and simplicity for wider accessibility.
Enhancing user-friendliness, integration, performance, support, and simplifying licensing are crucial alongside addressing outages and improving project tracking features.
Software AG should focus on developing AI models for ARIS BPA on-premises, particularly in user interfaces, as well as creating predefined business processes for common areas such as HR and finance.
Software Engineering & Manager at Arab Infromation Management Services
Software AG could improve this by making the database more open.
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
ARIS BPA needs to be more accurate when generating documents.
Enterprise Architect at Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
If it were possible to merge everything and bring all information from multiple teams (Cognos, ClickView, AWS) into SharePoint as a centralized place, it would be really helpful.
Senior BI Lead at Cognizant
Integration with a feature like Planner could assist in assigning tasks to specific individuals for follow-up.
Project Manager at Inventec
The GUI should be improved for better user experience.
Solution Arcitect at Makita Gulf FZE
 

Setup Cost

ARIS BPA pricing is high but valued by large enterprises; smaller firms may find costs prohibitive due to complex licensing.
OpenText 360 for SharePoint has a complex pricing model with varying satisfaction and potential discounts for enterprise agreements.
ARIS BPA does save a lot of effort because this is one tool which can be used for multiple purposes and the viewers have the capability to perform different kinds of analysis, extract reports, and see processes.
Consultant at KAFD DMC
Pricing is very affordable as it is part of the Office 365 suite, costing around five dollars per user.
Solution Arcitect at Makita Gulf FZE
In terms of pricing, OpenText 360 for SharePoint is more expensive than Microsoft.
Project Manager at Inventec
As an enterprise organization, we have enterprise service level agreements with customers and Microsoft partners, where organizations receive yearly discounts.
Senior BI Lead at Cognizant
 

Valuable Features

ARIS BPA offers powerful modeling, customization, and collaboration tools, integrating SAP and databases, ensuring strategic alignment and governance.
OpenText 360 for SharePoint enhances collaboration, customization, and document management with integration, real-time access, and platform independence for efficiency.
ARIS BPA is a tool to build models and frameworks for organizations or reengineer business processes from both functional and business perspectives.
Software Engineering & Manager at Arab Infromation Management Services
Everything related to ARIS BPA is helping us with regards to enhanced processes, strengthened controls, identifying risks, assessing process capabilities, and identifying where the gaps are and what kinds of activities within the processes are automated and manual.
Consultant at KAFD DMC
The maintenance capabilities of ARIS BPM and the strong underlying database are particularly valuable.
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
OpenText 360 for SharePoint significantly saves time for users by streamlining the tasks of handling, searching, and maintaining documents compared to traditional file servers.
Solution Arcitect at Makita Gulf FZE
OpenText 360 for SharePoint integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Teams, allowing me to monitor and manage projects and task issues using mobile devices.
Project Manager at Inventec
The metadata can be retrieved from the SharePoint list, and those libraries and metadata serve as a very effective way that I am utilizing SharePoint, apart from just storing documents.
Senior BI Lead at Cognizant
 

Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (6th)
OpenText 360 for SharePoint
Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
17
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 2.9%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText 360 for SharePoint is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Management (BPM) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
ARIS BPA2.9%
OpenText 360 for SharePoint1.0%
Other96.1%
Business Process Management (BPM)
 

Featured Reviews

BM
Consultant at KAFD DMC
Has improved process modeling and analysis while supporting integration with organizational data
The process design in ARIS BPA does help with our operational efficiency. What we are doing is object library management for various kinds of objects that we are using in ARIS BPA during our process modeling. We are using that to do a lot of analysis on how many times a system is being used in how many processes, who are the major stakeholders, and if we enhance one system, how is it going to impact other processes and integrated processes. This is helping us a lot. Everything related to ARIS BPA is helping us with regards to enhanced processes, strengthened controls, identifying risks, assessing process capabilities, and identifying where the gaps are and what kinds of activities within the processes are automated and manual. We are doing a lot of things with regards to the processes as it is at our heart. Processes are one thing and then we have different kinds of things which are related to it, such as SLAs, guidelines, and policy. We are identifying areas of improvement in other documents as well.
SB
Senior BI Lead at Cognizant
Enhancing user experience and data management with effective central repository capabilities
The area of improvement with OpenText 360 for SharePoint is that sometimes there are unexpected service outages. Though these situations are rare, I want to highlight that in case of any outage in the services, because everything is located in SharePoint, there is a chance that reports start failing or dashboards fail, or the system behaves differently. In future updates, I would want to see widgets available in OpenText 360 for SharePoint to interact with third-party tools. For example, when creating a dashboard, having the ability to embed these directly into SharePoint would be beneficial. Currently, I have to use hyperlinks to access other tools such as Tableau or ClickView. If it were possible to merge everything and bring all information from multiple teams (Cognos, ClickView, AWS) into SharePoint as a centralized place, it would be really helpful. That is what I envision for the integrator part.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
7%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business32
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise47
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about ARIS BPA?
The most valuable features of ARIS BPA are its flexibility and reporting.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ARIS BPA?
It is a bit expensive regarding ARIS BPA. However, ARIS BPA does save a lot of effort because this is one tool which can be used for multiple purposes and the viewers have the capability to perform...
What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?
We are not using any what-if scenario features in ARIS BPA. Currently, we are not using the performance monitoring and compliance checks features in ARIS BPA. We have plans to use them, but current...
What do you like most about OpenText 360 for SharePoint?
We concentrate on the legal industry, such as legal libraries. It's the most structured solution we have used and implemented for five years.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for OpenText 360 for SharePoint?
Regarding the licensing setup cost and price overall, the licensing costs are reasonable. As an enterprise organization, we have enterprise service level agreements with customers and Microsoft par...
What needs improvement with OpenText 360 for SharePoint?
For SharePoint, the user-friendliness needs to be improved. It is not as simple to use as GitHub, which has a very straightforward interface. I would prefer it to become more minimalistic like GitH...
 

Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM
Process 360, Global 360, OpenText Process 360
 

Overview

 

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.
iTAC Software, AG Alcatel-Lucent, Pacific Life, Deutsche Verbindungsstelle Krankenversicherung Ausland (DVKA)
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