An architecture designed for all stakeholders
With Boldo, teams can consult the same assets and reuse their data across several visualizations. Readers explore shared content, while editors contribute according to their roles and access domains.
Looking for an alternative to Archi (ArchiMate Modelling Tool)?
Archi is an open source desktop tool dedicated to ArchiMate. Boldo is a SaaS platform built on a customizable metamodel. Compare their scopes.
Archi and Boldo: two different approaches to modeling
Archi (ArchiMate Modelling Tool)
Description
Archi is a free, open source and cross-platform tool for creating ArchiMate models. Version 5.9 supports the ArchiMate 3.2 specification. Models are saved locally, and the coArchi2 extension offers sharing and versioning via Git, but its official repository still presents it as experimental and not recommended for production.
Boldo is a SaaS enterprise architecture platform. It organizes assets, their properties and their relationships in a shared knowledge base, with access rights and several types of visualizations.
Key Features
ArchiMate 3.2 support
Cross-platform desktop application
Free and open source under MIT license
coArchi2 extension for Git, still experimental
Pros
Free and open source
ArchiMate 3.2 support
Available on Windows, macOS and Linux
Cons
No native SaaS mode
Community support (forum), no vendor support
coArchi2 is not recommended for production at this stage
Metamodel centered on ArchiMate
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Reason #1
Democratize access to architecture
The Archi project states that the tool is aimed at all levels of architects and modelers, including people who are new to ArchiMate.
Boldo does not require ArchiMate: administrators define the asset types, properties and relationships suited to their organization. Getting started, however, depends on the complexity of that metamodel and on the governance rules.
Reason #2
Move from the local file to real-time collaboration
coArchi2 shares and versions Archi models in a Git repository. This is not real-time SaaS co-editing, and the project currently notes that the extension still has incomplete or unstable features.
Boldo centralizes the inventory in a web application. Real-time collaboration applies to diagrams and process flows; assets have comments and a history. Simultaneous co-editing of the entire inventory is not claimed.
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Reason #3
Adapt the model to your business reality
Archi implements the ArchiMate metamodel and lets you add custom properties to elements. It does not, however, offer to freely create new types of concepts or relationships outside the standard.
Boldo lets administrators create asset types, properties and relationship types. This freedom requires governing the evolutions of the metamodel in order to keep data consistent.
Boldo versus other EA solutions
Compare Boldo with more than 10 other enterprise architecture modeling and mapping solutions.
Hosting in France
Boldo hosts data in France.
A flexible metamodel that adapts to your reality
Every organization is different. Boldo offers a flexible and evolvable metamodel that adapts to your context, your constraints and your maturity level. You do not have to fit into a fixed framework: the model evolves with your organization, not the other way around.
Several visualizations from the same data
Boldo lets you present the same knowledge in several forms: views, diagrams, charts, nested maps and dashboards. Each format meets a different need, from detailed exploration to the presentation of indicators.
Clear, fair and transparent pricing
Starting at 39 € excl. tax per editor/month, public prices detailed on the pricing page, Enterprise on quote. You create your account in self-service on app.boldo.io, with a free 14-day trial, no commitment.
Archi (ArchiMate Modelling Tool) vs Boldo
| Archi | Boldo | |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Free and open source (MIT-type license) | Starting at 39 € excl. tax per editor/month (Enterprise on quote) |
| Free trial | Not applicable (free tool) | Free 14-day trial, no commitment |
| Enterprise offering | No dedicated commercial edition | |
User experience | ||
| Interface type | Desktop application (Windows, macOS, Linux) | Web application |
Collaboration | ||
| Access rights management | No native management (files, Git repository) | User types, roles and access domains |
| Real-time collaboration | No: sharing via Git with coArchi2, experimental extension | Diagrams and process flows |
| Comments, mentions and notifications | No dedicated native feature | Built-in comments, mentions and notifications |
| History and versioning | Git versioning via coArchi2 (experimental) | History on 360 pages |
Modelling | ||
| Modeling framework | ArchiMate 3.2 | Free metamodel, defined by the organization |
| Custom object types | Limited to ArchiMate concepts | |
| Custom relationships | Relationships defined by ArchiMate | |
| Process modeling | ArchiMate behavioral concepts, no native BPMN | Process flows |
Visualisation | ||
| Visualization types | ArchiMate views, Visualiser tool | Views, diagrams, charts, nested maps, dashboards |
Data and hosting | ||
| Public API | No (open source code, extensions) | REST API |
| SaaS hosting | ||
| Local / on-premise installation | (local application) | |
| Data location | On your workstation or your Git repository | SaaS hosted in France |
The other alternatives
LeanIX
Description
LeanIX is an enterprise architecture and application portfolio management platform designed to help large organizations document, analyze and govern their application landscape. Positioned for large organizations, the solution particularly covers Application Portfolio Management (APM), technology risk management and the support of transformation programs, notably around SAP.
LeanIX is aimed primarily at architecture and transformation teams that want to structure and steer complex IT environments at scale. The platform emphasizes data consistency, standardized reporting and integration with the ecosystem, suited to very mature and heavily governed organizations.
Key Features
Application Inventory (Fact Sheets)
Dependency Matrices
Survey Management
Compliance Reporting
SAP LeanIX Connector
Pros
Configurable best-practice metamodel
Documented SAP and third-party integrations
Cons
Separate modules for APM, technology risk and roadmaps
Detailed amounts communicated on request
Ardoq
Description
Ardoq is a data-driven enterprise architecture platform designed to help organizations visualize, analyze and steer complex IT environments. By connecting applications, systems and processes in a living repository, Ardoq lets you replace static diagrams with dynamic views.
Key Features
Dynamic knowledge graph
Future-state (to-be) scenarios
API-driven automation
Intelligent data importer
Ardoq Discover (collaborative portal)
Pros
Data-driven repository
API and automations
Future scenario management
Cons
Prices not published, communicated on quote
Horizzon
Description
A European business design and enterprise architecture platform, Bizzdesign Horizzon connects strategy, business capabilities, operating models and IT architecture within a unified environment.
The solution is aimed primarily at large organizations wanting to structure, steer and govern complex transformations.
Key Features
Full ArchiMate/TOGAF support
Complex lifecycle analysis
Advanced strategic roadmap
Governance and validation workflow
ArchiMate views editor
Pros
ArchiMate and TOGAF support
Architecture analyses and roadmaps
Views intended for several stakeholders
Cons
Prices not published, communicated on quote
Mastering ArchiMate remains useful for standardized modeling
HOPEX
Description
Bizzdesign Hopex is the platform originating from MEGA International and now offered in the Bizzdesign portfolio.
It connects enterprise architecture, data, risk, compliance and processes in a common repository.
The solution is aimed primarily at organizations wanting to formalize their architecture exhaustively, relying on solid repositories and methodological frameworks.
Key Features
Unified EA/GRC/Process repository
Deep data modeling
Application Portfolio Management (APM)
Regulatory compliance analysis
Automated workflows
Pros
Unified repository for EA, data, risk and processes
APM, TPM, BPM and GRC on the same platform
Multidimensional impact analysis
Cons
Prices not published, communicated on quote
Modular platform: several separate solutions depending on the disciplines
BlueDolphin
Description
BlueDolphin is an enterprise architecture platform developed by ValueBlue. It helps organizations align strategy, business processes, information systems and data in a common repository, with strong capabilities for modeling (current / target state), impact analysis and collaboration between stakeholders.
Key Features
Architecture repository
Application portfolio management
Impact analysis
Process diagrams
SmartViews synchronized with data
Pros
Collaboration between architecture, IT and business
Public API and integrations
Visualizations linked to the repository
Cons
Prices not published, communicated on quote
