ARIS BPA vs No Magic MagicDraw comparison

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ARIS BPA

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

ARIS BPA and MagicDraw both compete in the process modeling and analysis category, each with distinct strengths. ARIS BPA appears stronger for large enterprises with its integrated end-to-end business process modeling features, whereas MagicDraw excels in the SysML environment due to its robust UML and BPMN integration capabilities.

Features: ARIS BPA offers flexible use of notations such as EPC and BPMN, robust enterprise architecture analysis, and powerful integration capabilities. MagicDraw supports integrated modeling with BPMN and UML, provides strong data modeling capabilities through its versatile interface, and continuously evolves to support advanced design needs.

Room for Improvement: ARIS BPA users express a need for improved automation in process execution, better third-party integration, and a more accessible system for technical execution. MagicDraw could benefit from a better user interface, simpler collaboration for large-scale models, and more affordable licensing options for smaller organizations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: ARIS BPA offers flexible deployment across hybrid, cloud, and on-premises environments, though user feedback on customer service is mixed. MagicDraw is mainly deployed on-premises but receives positive reviews for its strong technical support, despite needing improved administration documentation.

Pricing and ROI: Both ARIS BPA and MagicDraw have premium pricing structures. ARIS BPA's diverse licensing models present cost management challenges but are seen as valuable investments due to comprehensive features. MagicDraw's pricing is high for smaller companies but offers trial licenses and both tools deliver substantial ROI tailored to organizational needs.

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Categories and Ranking

ARIS BPA

Ranking in Business Process Design

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (14th)

No Magic MagicDraw

Ranking in Business Process Design

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of ARIS BPA is 7.3%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of No Magic MagicDraw is 2.4%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
ARIS BPA	7.3%
No Magic MagicDraw	2.4%
Other	90.3%

Business Process Design

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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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reviewer2080611

System Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Ease of use and real-time collaboration empower effective teamwork and streamlined development

For CAMEO, it's not only the ease of use, it's versatility, its communicability, but Rhapsody is the worst tool I've ever used. It is very difficult, not user-friendly, and very expensive. It works only with its IBM counterparts. SPARX Enterprise Architecture is very easy to use, but it's limited. It gives you an idea of how your model is developing, so this feature helps maintain integrity or correctness of system models. It's really a good feature to have. You've got to have the simulation toolkit installed to be able to do that, and that works really well. The MagicDraw or CAMEO system is good on its own, but it should be integrated and should come out of the box with the simulation toolkit because there are some things you can't do without it, making it very difficult to have to look for another license to be able to do that. I would prefer that it come with the simulation toolkit.

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the solution to fully customize the methodology according to the company's needs, and to enforce that methodology with features like filters, semantic checks, and reports."

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

"The ability to sort via multiple criteria to identify the relationships you need for a specific object."

"It has the ability to scale up, as well as integrate with other systems within the organization to get real-time information from dashboards and reports."

"It helps the business make an informed decision."

"The most valuable feature is the process documentation. For us, ARIS is a lifestyle more than a tool. It helps us learn how to think and how to plan for our system."

"With a tool like ARIS, it helps to maintain a single source of truth regarding the processes followed within an organization."

"Fully-reportable database over Visio."

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"My advice to anybody who is designing complex projects, like defense projects or space projects, is that they have to use this program or one like it."

"The technical support is very good."

"The most valuable feature of No Magic MagicDraw is the simulation capabilities and interface."

"Offers good standards compliance and is user-friendly."

"We use it to build the physical and logical domains to hold requirements, specifications, use cases, and all the way down to class definitions."

"There is a lot of documentation available on the Internet to understand its functionality."

"The most valuable features with No Magic MagicDraw are its ease of use; you can put this in front of a 12-year-old and they would know what to do right away."

"The beauty of MagicDraw is that it has a simulation part, so you can simulate your model to validate it. The simulation allows you to bring in code off of an external code that you can write to set up the simulation and execute the code."

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Cons

"ARIS needs to make a better user interface. The user interface sucks. The problem with ARIS is that they have two interfaces for the same product."

"The integration between ARIS, webMethods, and project versions needs improvement."

"Price User interface (UI)"

"I believe the solutions BPM tools are not very good and need improvements."

"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."

"Scripting has room for improvement and the documentation is a "must"."

"I find it difficult to access the database as I want with direct querying."

"There are some things in the collaboration module that could be improved a little, such as the functionality which dynamically pushes notifications to interested people when a process changes during the Release Cycle Management workflow."

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"One potential area for improvement is the recommendation feature. At times, we face challenges in locating specific features, and we have to reach out for assistance in finding the information we need."

"For the next releases, I would like to have them import requirements from other sources. They could make it very easy to do that because there are a lot requirements management tools like DOORS, D-O-O-R-S, Dynamic Object Oriented Management. A lot of folks use DOORS to create a requirement. For those requirements you allocate them to a component in the architecture and a verification method for that requirement. It would be good if we could import those into MagicDraw as components so you don't have to manually do these things."

"The UI UX of the tool is not really user-friendly and needs to be completely reformed."

"They don't really support code engineering, and that's why we have to move to Enterprise Architect. MagicDraw is stuck at C++03 standards, whereas most C++ programs today want to use the latest definition of the C++ standards. We were at C++11, and we wanted to do code engineering with C++11 or 17, but they didn't support it. That pushed us into a different tool, which is Sparx Enterprise Architect."

"Some of No Magic MagicDraw's most valuable features were its integration with other simulation tools, such as MATLAB, the seasonal plugin, and the Rangel simulation toolkit."

"The MagicDraw or CAMEO system is good on its own, but it should be integrated and should come out of the box with the simulation toolkit because there are some things you can't do without it, making it very difficult to have to look for another license to be able to do that."

"However, there are some technical features that you have to study and do research on to be able to understand."

"The software is a little more challenging if you haven't been trained on how to use it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is inexpensive."

"Pricing is a bit on the higher side."

"Usually, our company buys technical support from the Software AG site. We bought the technical support for the first year of usage for ARIS version 6 and 7. So, when we migrated to ARIS version 7, we bought support only for the first year. Then, we didn't use it the next year. Our experience was that we use it only one to three times during the first year. Therefore, there wasn't much value for us to buy this service because we have no problem with using ARIS after the first year."

"If you can afford it, it's the best so far."

"The price could be better."

"Negotiate. Price is high so make sure you’re getting the best deal."

"We have a concurrent license system."

"The solution has a fair price for the value it delivers."

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"The licensing is on a yearly basis, and it's expensive."

"The price of No Magic MagicDraw could improve. The price of the solution is too expensive for smaller-sized companies. There should be a better pricing model."

"I would say licensing would be anywhere from $3,500 to $6,500 per person or per seat (it's a per seat style license)."

"I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. It is an expensive product compared to software for model-based system engineering."

"In addition to the initial cost, you have to pay annually for support in order to get the upgrades."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Manufacturing Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	32
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	47

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

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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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for No Magic MagicDraw?

Maybe the price is a little bit high for a small company to acquire this tool. However, they offer trial versions and trial licenses for members of INCOSE.

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What needs improvement with No Magic MagicDraw?

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What is your primary use case for No Magic MagicDraw?

I deal with DOD lifecycle acquisition sorts of things as some of the main use cases currently, and I expect to continue using it for more than 25 years.

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Also Known As

ARIS, ARIS BPM

MagicDraw

Overview

ARIS BPA is a sophisticated tool for business process analysis and modeling, featuring robust capabilities in integration, reporting, and collaboration. It bridges strategy and execution, leveraging a centralized repository for enhanced governance and efficiency.

ARIS BPA provides a comprehensive platform for modeling and analyzing business processes. It includes features like SAP integration, semantic checks, and a unified repository that supports cross-functional collaboration. Despite having a high cost compared to competitors, ARIS BPA supports frameworks like CMMI and EFQM and is used for process improvement, enterprise architecture modeling, and digital management. Its flexibility and powerful API allow for diverse reporting and data integration, making it a key tool for bridging strategies with execution in complex environments. It requires improvements in interface design, scripting, and simplification of reporting capabilities, with training resources needed to address complexity.

What are the most important features of ARIS BPA?

Comprehensive Process Modeling: Enables detailed design and analysis of business processes.
Robust Integration: Provides integration capabilities with platforms like SAP.
Centralized Repository: Facilitates cross-functional collaboration and documentation.
Simulation and Reporting: Offers simulation features and diverse reporting capabilities.
Customization and API: Features customizable options and a powerful API for enhanced functionality.

What benefits should users consider in reviews?

Enhanced Efficiency: Bridges strategic objectives with operational execution.
Improved Visibility: Offers better governance and process transparency.
Collaboration Support: Centralized repository aids cross-team collaboration.
Integration Capability: Strong integration with existing systems to streamline workflows.
Flexibility: Adaptable to meet different operational requirements and needs.

In industries such as manufacturing, finance, and healthcare, companies utilize ARIS BPA for optimizing business processes, managing application landscapes, and ensuring compliance. It is a preferred tool for enterprise architecture modeling and process mining, supporting organizations in driving process efficiencies and maintaining high standards through frameworks like CMMI and EFQM. These capabilities allow for effective digital management and automation, positioning ARIS BPA as a valuable asset in transforming operational processes.

Software AG

No Magic MagicDraw is a powerful modeling tool recognized for its flexibility and integration capabilities, especially suited for enterprise modeling and systems engineering. Featuring a user-friendly interface, it supports diverse modeling architectures with tools for testing and simulation.

Renowned for its compliance with OMG standards, No Magic MagicDraw excels in offering comprehensive modeling options that support model-based systems engineering. Its rich feature set enables digital model creation aimed at testing and simulation, backed by a strong suite of integration tools. The tool facilitates program management integration with systems engineering, making it suitable for complex enterprise projects. However, suggestions for improvement include a redesign for a more intuitive interface and enhanced documentation. Licensing costs are higher compared to competitors, and integration requests include compatibility with SAP and modern C++ standards.

What are the most important features of No Magic MagicDraw?

Flexibility: Adapts to different modeling needs and architectures with ease.
User-friendly Interface: Simplifies access and usage for modeling tasks.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with tools like Doors.
Standard Compliance: Aligns with OMG standards.
Traceability: Maintains visibility across project changes.

What benefits and ROI should users expect from No Magic MagicDraw?

Comprehensive Support: Access to excellent technical support.
Enhanced Collaboration: Facilitates model-driven documentation and teamwork.
Strategic Efficiency: Streamlines processes, reducing time in business transformation projects.

No Magic MagicDraw is widely deployed for tasks including business transformation, system architecture modeling, and supporting defense programs, proving invaluable in enterprise and system modeling. It aids in strategy integration, process design, and offers extensive features like simulations and lifecycle engineering.

Dassault Systèmes

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.

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