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Atoll Technologies System Architecture Management Utility vs BiZZdesign HoriZZon comparison

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Atoll Technologies System A...
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
28th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
BiZZdesign HoriZZon
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of Atoll Technologies System Architecture Management Utility is 1.5%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is 4.1%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Architecture Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
BiZZdesign HoriZZon4.1%
Atoll Technologies System Architecture Management Utility1.5%
Other94.4%
Enterprise Architecture Management
 

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Consulta2ab8 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A stable scalable solution with mid-range price points
The user interface needs improvement. The solution needs to add a few features to improve the overall user experience. Security needs to be strengthened as well I've been using the solution for three of four years. The solution is stable. We haven't had any serious technical issues. The…
reviewer2022765 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Consultant BI Z Zdesign Center Of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Targeted stakeholder views have improved decision making and reduced architecture costs
BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers various valuable features. The best ones, besides those I have mentioned, include the AI space with the Diagram Describer and the Explorer functionality. I understand that BiZZdesign HoriZZon is also working on the Diagram Importer, which complements the Diagram Describer feature, providing full import and export functionality. Together with the contributor role and targeted stakeholder management, these features are essential. BiZZdesign HoriZZon introduced the Dynamic Solution Intent, enhancing the solution architecture by engaging diverse stakeholders with architectural artifacts. It supports the development of holistic solutions using reusable repository components. The deployment is hybrid cloud-based, specifically using Amazon Web Services as the cloud provider. I have also seen the implementation of return on investment features that contribute significantly to the organization’s overall effectiveness.

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

Pros

"The solution is stable, and we haven't had any serious technical issues."
"One of the main advantages of this solution is that they have representation in the Open Group Forum, which means that any changes in ArchiMate are immediately implemented in BiZZdesign."
"The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward."
"The feature I find most valuable is that the start times and loading times are short. It takes only a few seconds to load the repository and whenever I want to open diagrams, they are there almost immediately."
"The most valuable features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon include the diagrammatic representation of BPMN models, which I find good for modeling, and things such as capability maps."
"BiZZdesign Architect separates model from views and has a quite extensive set of analytical stuff built in to be very useful in complex environments."
"The enterprise studio where the modelling happens is valuable."
"After that implementation, the way the architecture and inventory got streamlined, we did not need a really big architecture team, which helped the company overall save costs by repurposing the architects in different other departments where they were needed and helped streamline resourcing and save costs in enterprise architecture itself."
"BiZZdesign HoriZZon has positively impacted our organization by providing a combination of dependency visibility, impact analysis, and stakeholder-friendly visualization, which differentiates it from maintaining architecture information in spreadsheets or static diagrams."
 

Cons

"The user interface needs improvement. The solution needs to add a few features to improve the overall user experience. Security needs to be strengthened as well."
"It is only available for Windows right now and it really is an outdated interface and framework that is being used."
"Integration definitely needs improvement. There are some restrictions. We've seen that it doesn't integrate with everything we might expect."
"It lacks capabilities with regard to infrastructure modeling."
"BiZZdesign HoriZZon can be really quicker than today as we are experiencing some performance issues, so that is the most important thing."
"There could be simpler modelling."
"I rate it a nine because it is a great tool, but the user-friendliness regarding moving things across is a bit of a letdown."
"I do not recommend using BiZZdesign."
"It should be more open to integrating with other existing tools. Although there has been progress in the past."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing model is slightly on the high side and could be more competitive for long-term partnerships."
"The price is reasonable."
"First and foremost within the scope of improvement for the solution would be the cost. It's very costly..."
"In terms of this particular product usage, my clients currently only use per-user licenses."
"We were customers and bought licenses from them. We used their remote instance initially but upgraded to the on-device version due to lag. For pricing, we paid about 2200 pounds a year per seat for the client installation at an educational rate. I'm not sure about commercial rates. I managed to get a free copy at BBC since it was for evaluation purposes."
"I haven't found any issues with the scalability and licensing parts that are access-related."
"If one is very cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a seven out of ten."
"[The] Orbus... pricing model was based on every single functionality having a price. The pricing was comparable but if we wanted to scale, it would have ended up being a lot more expensive. BiZZdesign gave us one price with all of the functionality, and we could scale as much as we needed."
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Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Government
8%
 

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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise20
 

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What needs improvement with BiZZdesign HoriZZon?
I noticed that there were times when the cloud version would get stuck or was not able to load. There were issues with the login capability, and that was some time ago, a few months ago. I am not s...
What is your primary use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon?
There was a merger that the client entered into, and following that merger, we inherited a large technology inventory from the acquired organization. The acquired inventory from the organization ha...
What advice do you have for others considering BiZZdesign HoriZZon?
The real experience I have had and seeing the result of using it in a large team where a large scale enterprise architecture and merger is happening is a very unique experience I have had with BiZZ...
 

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System Architecture Management Utility
HoriZZon
 

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