BiZZdesign HoriZZon vs LeanIX comparison

BiZZdesign and SAP LeanIX are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. BiZZdesign is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2, while SAP LeanIX is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.8. BiZZdesign holds a 4.3% mindshare in AM, compared to SAP LeanIX’s 7.1% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of BiZZdesign users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of SAP LeanIX users who would recommend it.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

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96% willing to recommend

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

LeanIX and BiZZdesign HoriZZon compete in the enterprise architecture management sector. LeanIX is often seen as having an edge due to its ease of use and flexibility, while BiZZdesign HoriZZon is preferred for its modeling standards and comprehensive dashboards.

Features: LeanIX is known for its customizable reporting capabilities, ease of use, and effective integrations catering to both technical and non-technical users. Its intuitive platform emphasizes flexibility and efficient management of enterprise architecture. BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers extensive modeling features through standards like ArchiMate and BPMN and provides a seamless repository with dashboarding tools, which is particularly useful for enterprise architects.

Room for Improvement: LeanIX struggles with its built-in diagramming tools, requiring external integrations, and has challenges with API integration and documentation, coupled with high costs for certain integrations. BiZZdesign HoriZZon faces criticism for a complex user experience and its high licensing costs, which can deter broader adoption. Both platforms could enhance their interfaces for non-technical users and improve integration capabilities.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LeanIX offers both cloud-based and on-premises deployment, and is lauded for proactive customer service, although support is sometimes hindered by time zone differences. BiZZdesign HoriZZon also provides effective support with varied service agreements but can encounter slower integration support due to specific technical requirements.

Pricing and ROI: LeanIX is competitively priced with application-based licensing, though pricing strategy adjustments need consideration for future planning. BiZZdesign HoriZZon tends to be higher priced with less flexibility, with feedback indicating a need for better long-term partnership terms. Both report positive ROI, with LeanIX noted for quicker turnaround through its automated intelligence features.

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BiZZdesign HoriZZon vs. LeanIX

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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

4.4

BiZZdesign HoriZZon boosts architectural practices, decision-making, and stakeholder engagement, achieving over 70% cost reduction and productivity gains.

Sentiment score

8.0

LeanIX enhances ROI through efficient data management, cost reduction, and long-term savings, with benefits realized in 6-24 months.

We reduced costs by over 70% compared to a previous product.

reviewer2022765

Sr Consultant BI Z Zdesign Center Of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We are able to get the required detail faster, specifically two to three times faster compared to the setup without BiZZdesign.

S. Suryaprabhakaran

Software Architect – R&D at Barco

If workflows and integrations are present, they save the organization money by demonstrating what is already available, thus reducing the need to create duplications.

Joanna Elizabeth Moore

Administrative Officer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

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In 24 months, after you've deployed the tool and you've got a lot of good validated data, you're probably looking at consolidating and saving your organization ongoing savings that is equatable to how much the tool would cost you on a yearly basis.

SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

The ROI is seen more on the optimization side and the ability to map applications comprehensively rather than direct cost savings.

Kalyan Konjeti

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

5.6

BiZZdesign HoriZZon's customer support is praised for promptness and professionalism, though technical support rating varies due to costs.

Sentiment score

6.9

LeanIX support is generally fast and effective, despite occasional delays and variability in staff experience and SAP integration issues.

I was able to get support in real time and over one-on-one video meetings as well.

Muditasharma Sharma

Director at Walltech Solutions Inc

Any issues that arise have been addressed quickly, and solutions or timelines for fixes are communicated effectively.

Joanna Elizabeth Moore

Administrative Officer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The technical support from the vendor of BiZZdesign HoriZZon has extensive documentation.

reviewer2704950

Senior SAP Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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The support includes engagement from Technical Advisable Management, who helps us understand and utilize new product features effectively.

Kalyan Konjeti

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Sometimes the challenges with the first level that you actually speak to, they don't understand the problem.

NormanGarnett

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

For support, I'll probably give them a seven.

SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

5.5

BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers scalability, supporting varying organization sizes, but experiences vary regarding performance and data management challenges.

Sentiment score

8.3

LeanIX is praised for scalability and flexibility, with some performance issues; costs rise but remains user-friendly.

The scalability of BiZZdesign HoriZZon rates quite highly at a 9 if not a 10.

reviewer2704950

Senior SAP Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

There are many attributes, so we can adapt the solution to our reality and environment.

reviewer2868378

De Pratique Architecture De Domaine Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

In terms of scalability, we have had no issues adding more employees to BiZZdesign HoriZZon solution.

Claus Raae

Partner and CEO at Raae-Consult ApS

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I've never seen any issues with being able to scale up or scale down the capabilities of the solution at all.

NormanGarnett

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

BiZZdesign HoriZZon is highly stable and reliable, with minor issues outweighed by robust performance and dependable cloud functionality.

Sentiment score

7.7

LeanIX is praised for reliability and stability, with minor performance issues not impacting overall user satisfaction and functionality.

I have not seen major downtime since I started using it in 2021.

reviewer2022765

Sr Consultant BI Z Zdesign Center Of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

I can recall concretely that we were able to pinpoint the number of technology stacks that were being decommissioned or were on older versions much faster and be able to get on their renewal cycle early on, mitigating any risks with obsolete versions that could have happened.

Muditasharma Sharma

Director at Walltech Solutions Inc

The stability of BiZZdesign HoriZZon rates at a 9 since it's very stable.

reviewer2704950

Senior SAP Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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We've had issues where we've had to go back to SAP and ask for help with issues that we've had with core capabilities that were supposed to be there but weren't working.

NormanGarnett

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

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Room For Improvement

BiZZdesign HoriZZon needs UI, integration, and performance enhancements to resolve usability issues and increase user adoption.

LeanIX users suggest improved features, better integrations, comprehensive support, intuitive interfaces, advanced AI tools, and cost-effective pricing.

Any AI solution requires that we keep a human eye on it and challenge the results that we have.

reviewer2868378

De Pratique Architecture De Domaine Leader at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

AI-related improvements, extraction of data more self-service, and human language-based queries are enhancements I wish BiZZdesign HoriZZon would pursue.

reviewer2022765

Sr Consultant BI Z Zdesign Center Of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

There should also be an integration of an AI library that can help in getting the reference models from the internet and can compare it on the runtime.

Muhammad Muneeb Siddiqui

Senior at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

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They should implement their ticketing system natively within the application instead of relying on email.

reviewer2596482

Supervisor, Field Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

A default framework would provide a base that organizations can quickly adopt and customize, reducing the time and effort spent on adoption.

Kalyan Konjeti

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

The challenge with support was probably the response time.

SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

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Setup Cost

BiZZdesign HoriZZon pricing is considered high yet justified by features, with clear licensing and no hidden fees.

LeanIX pricing varies by usage, with concerns over predictability and scalability; flexibility and planning are highly recommended.

DSB had issues with pricing and licenses during the first tender round about four years ago.

Claus Raae

Partner and CEO at Raae-Consult ApS

Regarding pricing, setup costs, and licensing for BiZZdesign HoriZZon, I find them not very expensive.

reviewer2022765

Sr Consultant BI Z Zdesign Center Of Excellence at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is a bit of an expensive tool, but we think we get the value in return.

Lasse Storgaard

IT Architect at Sykehuspartner HF

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It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications.

reviewer2596482

Supervisor, Field Operations at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

Our usage and costs depend on the number of applications, and as the number of applications grows, so does the cost.

Kalyan Konjeti

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

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Valuable Features

BiZZdesign HoriZZon enhances decision-making and collaboration with user-friendly tools, data integration, and comprehensive architectural documentation.

LeanIX provides customizable reporting, user-friendly interfaces, cost optimization, and seamless integration for both technical and business users.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon's visual technologies and visual techniques help organizations make data-driven decisions by providing the required views for key stakeholders, including heat maps, road maps, project implementation, and other visualizations.

Maamoun Hasuneh

Chief Enterprise Architect at EVC

The best function of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is the visualization part, which is unique and the most useful in the product.

BijoyTalukder

Enterprise Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Exposing the repository content to the whole corporation has changed the way people work or collaborate by giving enterprise architects the ability to model and also enabling business owners to have the models approved because they understand the foundations for modeling in either ArchiMate, BPMN, or other modeling features.

Claus Raae

Partner and CEO at Raae-Consult ApS

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It ensures cost optimization by identifying duplicate applications and stopping unnecessary application onboarding.

Kalyan Konjeti

Senior Manager - Devops& Cloud (Design, Delivery & Testing) at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Being able to do the lineage all the way through so that each one of those you can pull them out into their component parts to determine exactly which areas you need to resolve, fix, plan, or build a strategy around.

NormanGarnett

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

When you align it or map it to your business capabilities, this is how you identify duplication of technologies in your business.

SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

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Categories and Ranking

BiZZdesign HoriZZon

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

4th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Design (4th)

LeanIX

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of BiZZdesign HoriZZon is 4.3%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LeanIX is 7.1%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
LeanIX	7.1%
BiZZdesign HoriZZon	4.3%
Other	88.6%

Enterprise Architecture Management

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reviewer2022765

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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SidneyWong

General manager of Enterprise Architecture at Metcash Trading

Has provided a structured way to align business capabilities with IT while showing potential for support improvements

What it does is it creates a register in the documentation of all your applications and technologies. When you align or map it to your business capabilities, this is how you identify duplication of technologies in your business and how you can potentially rationalize and standardize on them. In conjunction with my business policies, LeanIX is quite effective because using it as a tool to determine what is an endorsed technology can prevent other technologies from being used. I would call it effective in preventing technology sprawl in my environment if it is used alongside my business policies. It does assist in aligning IT with business goals.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

20%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Energy/Utilities Company

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	20

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

BiZZdesign HoriZZon could improve with features such as whiteboarding or canvasing, currently being developed on the Unify platform. Adding these features to BiZZdesign HoriZZon would simplify coll...

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What is your primary use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

My main use case for BiZZdesign HoriZZon is as a read-only content platform primarily for everyone. BiZZdesign HoriZZon was introduced to us as a read-only platform, and we have added value by targ...

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What advice do you have for others considering BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

While we covered most topics, I wish I had prepared more metric data. My advice for others considering BiZZdesign HoriZZon is, if you are already a customer, explore all features BiZZdesign HoriZZo...

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Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi @Cheryl Joseph Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be a good choice. If looking at Portfolio Management from an EA perspective then Le...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?

My experience with pricing is not directly known, as it was handled by others, but it is subscription-based. The tool was part of the RISE license in a previous project.

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What needs improvement with LeanIX?

From a pricing perspective, it is not a cheap tool. It is relatively expensive compared to some of its competitors. I can't really think off the top of my head at the moment about any features that...

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Overview

BiZZdesign HoriZZon offers robust enterprise architecture modeling, seamless collaboration, and supports ArchiMate standards, benefiting organizations with efficient integration capabilities, intuitive features, and stakeholder accessibility.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon facilitates enterprise architecture through its strong modeling features in Enterprise Studio, providing collaborative dashboards and integration with systems like ServiceNow and SQL databases. Known for quick loading times and diagrammatic representation, it supports multiple modeling languages while maintaining an intuitive web interface. Despite its strengths, organizations find challenges with interface complexity, high costs, a steep learning curve, and scalability in large datasets.

What are the key features of BiZZdesign HoriZZon?

Modeling in Enterprise Studio: Enables comprehensive architecture and process modeling.
Collaborative Dashboards: Promotes teamwork with shared perspectives.
ArchiMate Standards: Ensures compliance and consistency in modeling frameworks.
Integration Options: Seamlessly connects with ServiceNow and SQL databases.
Repository Management: Centralizes data for efficient governance.

What benefits and ROI should users expect?

Improved Decision Making: Facilitates informed choices through clear architecture representation.
Process Optimization: Streamlines operations leveraging capability mapping.
Accessibility for Stakeholders: Simplifies architectural insights for all involved parties.
Enhanced Governance: Supports enterprise-wide oversight and documentation management.

BiZZdesign HoriZZon serves industries focused on enterprise architecture, aiding in project governance and application portfolio management. Organizations in sectors like finance, manufacturing, and IT leverage it to align architectural elements with business goals, centralize architecture data, and optimize processes for better decision-making and oversight.

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LeanIX offers enterprise architecture solutions to drive IT modernization and continuous business transformation. It empowers organizations to visualize, evaluate, and evolve their architecture for maximum impact.

Known globally, LeanIX provides AI-enhanced SaaS solutions for enterprises, enabling the visualization and evolution of enterprise architecture. From optimizing current IT landscapes to designing future ones, LeanIX equips organizations with necessary insights and flexibility. Its solutions include Application Portfolio Management for an overview of IT and business capabilities, Technology Risk and Compliance for addressing technology obsolescence, and Architecture and Road Map Planning for defining target architectures.

What are the key features of LeanIX?

Application Portfolio Management: Offers a real-time comprehensive overview of business and IT landscapes.
Enterprise Architecture Management: Links between applications and business components for cost optimization and upgrade planning.
Integrations with ServiceNow: Streamlines data management and synchronization.
User-Friendly Interface: Suitable for technical and non-technical users with customizable reports.

What benefits do organizations find in LeanIX reviews?

IT Modernization: Assists in optimizing existing IT landscapes.
Business Transformation: Drives continuous business change and strategic decision-making.
Cost Management: Supports cost optimization through effective technology management.
Risk Assessment: Proactively identifies and addresses technology obsolescence risks.

LeanIX is widely adopted for application portfolio management and rationalization, primarily by organizations seeking to inventory and assess applications. It facilitates the development of business capability models and aligns technology with business needs, aiding in strategic decisions. Teams use it to optimize IT landscapes, manage cloud governance, and link technology with business capabilities effectively across industries.

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