Head of Enterprise Architecture and Process Management at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Dec 14, 2021
Many customers find the licensing configuration confusing. There are many different sub-details in the licensing, making it very difficult for us to understand what we are buying and what we are using with what.
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Assistant Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 19, 2021
The licenses are very costly. I've seen many people who are hesitant or not able to use ARIS Suite just because of the license cost. Even though they like all the functionalities and understand the value of everything ARIS provides, they aren't able to implement it.
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We rate the price as eight point five when asked to rate it from zero to ten, where ten is very expensive.
The pricing of ARIS Architect and Designer is moderate.
MEGA and ARIS Architect and Designer are comparable in terms of pricing.
The tool is a little bit expensive. The license renewal costs us 22% yearly.
The product is expensive. Typically, it has a yearly subscription. We need to pay for the servers for the on-premise solution.
Many customers find the licensing configuration confusing. There are many different sub-details in the licensing, making it very difficult for us to understand what we are buying and what we are using with what.
The licenses are very costly. I've seen many people who are hesitant or not able to use ARIS Suite just because of the license cost. Even though they like all the functionalities and understand the value of everything ARIS provides, they aren't able to implement it.