ARIS vs. ibi iProcess (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ARIS
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Software AG's Business Process Analysis Platform, ARIS, uses robust architecture and process management / analysis capability to drive integrations with the existing business processes along with information technology and SAP systems.
$100
designer
ibi iProcess (discontinued)
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
ibi iProcess (or TIBCO iProcess) was a BPM product used to handle human-centric and integration-centric processes. The product is no longer available for sale.N/A
Pricing
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
ARIS Elements
$100
designer
ARIS Advanced
$200
designer
ARIS Enterprise
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ARIS Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Considered Both Products
ARIS
Chose ARIS
Bizagi Digital Business Platform and Signavio Process Manager
Chose ARIS
Yes, ARIS is one of the leading process modeling and analysis tools with advanced reporting and modeling capabilities. It also provides a license for simulation and process mining.
Chose ARIS
The Service area, they have been very useful. ARIS suite is covering number of applications. ARIS engine is very powerful and robust. The tool can be configured in many ways which can be beneficial but can be a curse at the same time. As a user, you need to apply this …
Chose ARIS
ARIS has its own EPC notation which is very easy, hence a preferred notation amongst many. It has some enhanced features like the ability to create custom reports, queries, adhoc analysis, and simulation, which not all tools offer. However, it is very high priced compared to …
Chose ARIS
ARIS is a much more complex ecosystem than Visio in terms of functionality, being able to create complex relations between people, departments, IT systems, input and output documents, and roles. ARIS handles all these via its library that is defined and created for the whole …
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Features like SAP Solman Sync, Alfabet EA integration (another Software AG product) and a well defined framework for BPM or any consulting practice across any verticals or domains is useful in a consulting practice, whether it's TOGAF methodology, running a BPM Lifecycle or Six …

ibi iProcess (discontinued)
Chose ibi iProcess (discontinued)
TIBCO iProcess was developed before all the rest of the BPM tools, but Tibco did not release newer versions and decided to sunset the product rather than continuing it. For this reason, the rest of the BPM tools have taken over the market and are more easily implementable. Many …
Chose ibi iProcess (discontinued)
iProcess is a previous generation product, it lacks OSGi and cloud so it is seen as "old". Due to this, it is difficult to choose new installations. All other options seem shiny in comparison. But regarding performance and stability, it is still unsurpassed.
Features
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
9.1
Ratings
11% above category average
ibi iProcess (discontinued)
7.7
Ratings
6% below category average
Dashboards7.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Standard reports9.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Custom reports9.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
7.4
Ratings
12% below category average
ibi iProcess (discontinued)
8.4
Ratings
0% above category average
Process designer8.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Process simulation8.60 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Business rules engine6.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
SOA support7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Process player6.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages9.10 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Form builder7.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Model execution6.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
8.4
Ratings
0% below category average
ibi iProcess (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Social collaboration tools8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
ARIS
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
ibi iProcess (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Content management9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.0
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Usability
7.0
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8.0
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Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
7.0
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Ease of integration
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ARISibi iProcess (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
ARIS is well suited when we want to understand the interrelationship between different processes and their decencies on systems etc. It allows to create an integrated view with easy navigation from one process to another and allows to add information like metrics, risks, cycle time, FTE, etc. Overall, it is a great tool for modeling and analysis. Though it offers BPMN notation, it has limited compatibility with some other tools, hence if the objective is to implement these processes using tools like PEGA then is it not suitable. Further, it is very high priced, so for basic modeling, it might give the right ROI.
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TIBCO iProcess is a very nice option if your process is large, complex, has a lot of cases (instances) or huge number of users. It is really performant. Also thanks to "Technology plug-ins" add-in it has wonderful integration with TIBCO Buinessworks, what opens you BPM to any kind of external system integration. But if you are managing only small, local, departmental processes it feels too big and too complex, there are other more suitable products.
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Pros
  • BPMN, EPC based modelling of business processes
  • Enterprise Architecture modelling and consulting using support of TOGAF and ArchiMate with extended packages to ARIS BPA
  • Continuously evolving product based on upcoming and current industry trends
  • Supports IOT modelling and also cloud based infrastructure management
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  • Performance. TIBCO iProcess is the most performant BPM I've even seen.
  • Manage large workloads. It can handle tens of thousands users and groups, hundreds of thousand or million live cases.
  • It can also manage very large and complex process definitions.
  • Very stable, once you get your business process up and running it is very stable.
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Cons
  • Has been used in multiple coe set up programs where ARIS has been super handy to use especially its modeling and documentation capability.
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  • It is complex to use.
  • The official support for the tool is not available anymore through TIBCO.
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Usability
I am a BPM and Enterprise Architect Consultant and hence have been using different BPM and EA tools for consulting practice. Until now I have used Opentext Provision EA,Sparx EA, MS Visio and IBM Blueworks. All of the tools used are good and have their own unique features and capabilities. ARIS BPA is widely used by my current organization for different projects.
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It integrates all the BPM principles along with the great user interface and independent modules and engines. All the modules are separate and stand alone and thus provides easier understanding and ease of support.
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Support Rating
It has good, even complex functionality that is provided by its library and ability to create relations between items, yet it is not hard to use. Anyone can use it in a short time. It provides reporting abilities and good documentation with the availability of exporting options. The only drawback I have seen was user management/login issues.
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Alternatives Considered
Yes, ARIS is one of the leading process modeling and analysis tools with advanced reporting and modeling capabilities. It also provides a license for simulation and process mining.
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iProcess is a previous generation product, it lacks OSGi and cloud so it is seen as "old". Due to this, it is difficult to choose new installations. All other options seem shiny in comparison. But regarding performance and stability, it is still unsurpassed.
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Return on Investment
  • Documentation of processes made it possible for anyone to see who does what, how and using what systems.
  • Dependency on specific people is eliminated.
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  • Tibco iProcess has helped automate numerous processes and reduced manual intervention to a minimal.
  • High ROI.
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ScreenShots

ARIS Screenshots

Screenshot of Start page of ARIS Elements.Screenshot of Modeling a BPMN diagram using the web-based ARIS designer.Screenshot of A process landscape in the ARIS portal.Screenshot of A customer journey landscape in the ARIS portal.Screenshot of The steps view of a process model, automatically generated, enriched with multi-media content. An easier way to get process knowledge to employees.Screenshot of A management dashboard in the ARIS portal.