ARIS BPA vs WebRatio comparison

Software AG and WebRatio are both solutions in the Business Process Management (BPM) category. Software AG is ranked #12 with an average rating of 7.7, while WebRatio is ranked #40. Software AG holds a 2.7% mindshare in BPM, compared to WebRatio’s 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of WebRatio users who would recommend it.

ARIS BPA

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50% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

ARIS BPA and WebRatio compete in business process management. ARIS BPA seems to have the advantage in usability and analytics, while WebRatio offers innovation in low-code development.

Features: ARIS BPA stands out with robust process modeling, comprehensive analytics tools, and detailed insights. WebRatio attracts users with its low-code development environment, facilitating quick application prototyping and deployment. ARIS BPA provides detailed process management, whereas WebRatio's appeal lies in speed and flexibility for organizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA involves a complex deployment but offers extensive customer support, ensuring thorough onboarding. WebRatio focuses on straightforward deployment, empowering clients to adapt and implement solutions quickly. ARIS BPA might require intensive support, whereas WebRatio leans towards ease and speed.

Pricing and ROI: ARIS BPA typically has higher setup costs, focusing on long-term ROI from its deep analytics. WebRatio offers a lower initial cost with quicker ROI potential due to rapid development capabilities. ARIS BPA justifies its price with comprehensive features, while WebRatio suits buyers with budget constraints seeking swift returns.

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

12th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (7th)

WebRatio

Ranking in Business Process Management (BPM)

40th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Business Process Management (BPM) category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 2.7%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of WebRatio is 1.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Management (BPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ARIS BPA	2.7%
WebRatio	1.0%
Other	96.3%

Business Process Management (BPM)

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BeenishMustafa

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.

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reviewer1485573

IT Services Consultant at a consultancy with self employed

Little coding needed and speeds development time but lacks documentation

The maintenance aspect is too heavy. Moving from one version to the other made the solution change, and not in a way that we liked. Typically there are documents about the release of new versions and a set of activities required to migrate from one to the other. This time, it was very messy. There were issues surrounding the management of the release. This could potentially be due to the fact that WebRation, in the past, had started to make some choices regarding the framework and architecture that were changed later. In the past, we'd use a strategy as the environment, as an architectural pattern for the application. Now, it's moving more on the spring framework and this initiated some change that obviously had an impact on our application. It's caused a problem with maintenance. The solution seems to have changed its approach. Now, it's more related to a federative application environment in a monolithic aspect. While the solution was interesting at one point, everything is moving towards the cloud. WebRatio should be moving also in the web approach. Currently, you have to install an environment inside the desktop. The future is the cloud. Normally with a low code environment, there is a VPN notation - maybe a WebML or FML notation. If they can move in to have an environment that has a running machine at the end, it would be great. Obviously, some components on the server-side should be deliberate. Normally it's the model you control that's step-by-step and has a very simple flow. In the digital environment, in the organization, the process is more complex. The quality of the documentation and the community surrounding the product are poor. They need to give users more documentation and build up the surrounding community. As it isn't a well-known product, it's hard to find professionals to work with it.

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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

"Business Process Analysis: We can simulate, optimize, and analyse business processes based on various business requirements. It assures our rolling out the best processes."

"It brings transparency and 360-degree views of end-to-end processes."

"MFT is quite attractive. A large amount of data is passed in almost no time and it is quite easy to use."

"One of the many advantages of ARIS is that it is supported by a very strong BPM community, which is critical for us. Although it has been in business for many years, it is still at an early stage of evolution. There are so many instances where your specific use case or requirement for using ARIS hasn't necessarily been matured across the sector. So, you need access to a very active community to help you explore possible solutions and ways in which ARIS can be used to achieve those use cases."

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

"The EPC modeling is very detailed, the semantic check is helpful, and auto-layout simplifies the formatting."

"Platform that it supports covers legacy and new. Caters to moving older objects into an integrated DB, relatively popular ones: SQL, Oracle, etc."

"ARIS BPA is customizable as per specific business requirements."

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"The initial setup isn't too complex."

Cons

"Migration to the next release is very tricky. You can't do it without support from ARIS or from a software kit. And it takes a lot of time and a lot of money to migrate. My impression is that a lot of companies do not migrate regularly because of that issue."

"The governance mechanism could be better, as could automation."

"Training is one of the important aspects for process awareness. As soon as a process is rolled out, process training is required. If ARIS could generate output in PowerPoint, it would be great for business users."

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

"The reporting and the information query features could do with some improvement."

"The workflow approval process could be represented better in the overviews."

"Newer versions (9.x) are technically more difficult to maintain."

"We do experience a lot of glitches with ARIS BPA. In the past one year we have seen issues and the ARIS administrator has raised tickets with Software AG regarding these issues."

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"The maintenance aspect is too heavy."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"ARIS has different licensing mechanisms for different modules, but they are perpetual licenses. So you pay once."

"Their license model is really difficult to understand, and licenses are quite expensive."

"It depends on different parameters."

"The product is a bit pricey."

"I would recommend the product to only enterprise companies because of the pricing."

"You will never get a fixed price for this product because they will go in and ask you what kind of environment would you like to set up? How many people will you work with? How big is your organization? Today, they have a fixed price to say, "Okay, just to start the business area, buy two licenses for modeling and eight people that can look into the product." They have this kind of fixed price. It's 50,000 Danish Krone. If you divided that by about six, then you get the pricing in dollars. Still, when you are going out, negotiate and find the right price. You will never get a fixed price: "It costs this and, if you take ten of these, seven of these and eight of these, and then it costs this." No, you negotiate every time."

"The pricing and licensing costs are available on their website. They will assign a relationship manager to assist if you show further interest in their products."

"From my point of view, no, it is not cheap, but it is not too expensive because you get this big organization behind it, technical support, and all those things. It's not so expensive to use. It's a Rolls Royce in this field, I know that. Even for small organizations, they can get so much effect from using this tool, in a very fast way, so the money will be back in the customer's pocket very fast."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

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Small Business

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Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	47

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Questions from the Community

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...

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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...

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What is your primary use case for ARIS BPA?

ARIS BPA is being used for process modeling, and we are planning to upgrade and enhance it for process mining and other purposes. We are using it for everything. Currently, we are doing HRMS integr...

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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.

Software AG

In WebRatio we have been nurturing a true passion for developing enterprise-class software that exponentially increases the productivity and agility of our customers.

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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.

Unicredit Leasing, Acer, Gruppo Torinese Transporti, A2A, SET Distribuzone, Dolomiti Energia, AIM Gruppo, IFC CNA_ Amsa

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