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ARIS BPA vs QPR ProcessDesigner comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

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
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
66
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (7th)
QPR ProcessDesigner
Ranking in Business Process Design
25th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 7.7%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QPR ProcessDesigner is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Libor Černý - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
it_user211722 - PeerSpot reviewer
FactView was easy to use and integrate.
Process simulation Performance monitoring Business intelligence I was a consultant mainly at Standard Bank, I worked for the supplier of the QPR Suite. It was used mainly for balanced scorecard to track organisation performance, but also for process mapping and monitoring as part of their Six…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has helped me get some ideas across more clearly to my colleagues.​"
"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."
"The ability to sort via multiple criteria to identify the relationships you need for a specific object."
"The whole ARIS BPM solution is a bit special, because from the very beginning it was targeted more to Business users and the Management."
"We also have relationships specified with our IT systems and our organizational chart. That makes it possible to analyze things from the systems point of view and regarding the organizational part of the company. It all comes together in one tool and that is what gives us the most value at the moment."
"Features like SAP SolMan sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product)."
"The solution has come up with a web portal that makes it easy to model and show to clients."
"Collaboration and governance over enterprise artifacts."
"It makes communication easier due to transparency on processes."
"​Processes become clearer, easier to understand, and easier to spot in development areas."
 

Cons

"Simulation is one area that is a bit complex."
"I believe the solutions BPM tools are not very good and need improvements."
"Improvement should be made as per customer requirements."
"ARIS BPA’s usability could be improved."
"The ​integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement.​"
"Making it more customizable and easy to learn would be a benefit."
"With ARIS BPM, the script creation is quite cumbersome. With version ten, we needed our developers to do scripting."
"The user interface could be more intuitive and better designed."
"There is definitely a need to produce models in XML. There is already something available, but it seems that transferring between the different modelling tools is difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We have a concurrent license system."
"​It is on the higher side."
"The setup cost and pricing depend on the license (Modeler, Viewer, Administrator)."
"The product is expensive."
"ARIS BPA is too costly from a licensing perspective."
"It is an expensive solution."
"Their license model is really difficult to understand, and licenses are quite expensive."
"Prices are high. However, they are worth it if the organization utilizes the tool to its full potential."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
9%
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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.
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.
What needs improvement with ARIS BPA?
I find it difficult to access the database as I want with direct querying. I must write scripts, which requires specific knowledge. Software AG could improve this by making the database more open. ...
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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM
ProcessGuide, QPR Software ProcessGuide
 

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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.
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