An architecture designed for every stakeholder
With Boldo, teams can consult the same assets and reuse their data across multiple visualizations. Readers explore shared content, while editors contribute according to their roles and access domains.
Looking for an alternative to ARIS?
ARIS is a process management and analysis platform. Boldo is an enterprise architecture platform. Compare their scopes before you choose.
ARIS and Boldo: BPM and enterprise architecture
ARIS
Description
ARIS, published by a standalone company since its split from Software AG in 2025, covers process modeling and governance, process mining, risk and compliance management, simulation, and enterprise architecture use cases. The platform supports BPMN and EPC, as well as ArchiMate depending on the edition, and offers publishing, collaboration and commenting features.
Boldo organizes assets, their properties and their relationships in a shared knowledge base. It offers views, diagrams, charts, nested maps, dashboards and process flows.
Key Features
Business Process Management (BPM)
Process mining
Risk and compliance management
ARIS for SAP extension (Enterprise edition)
Pros
Integrated BPM and process mining
Risk, compliance and process simulation
Methodological rigor (EPC, BPMN)
Cons
Enterprise pricing detailed on request
Advanced features (SAP, GRC, simulation) are extensions of the Enterprise edition
Roles and adoption across teams
Boldo · Aperçu produit
ARIS offers consultation and design roles, a publishing portal, comments and discussions. It also offers a Basic trial presented as suited to getting started with process design.
Boldo distinguishes readers, editors, administrators and owners. Roles and access domains determine who can view or edit assets and content. In both tools, onboarding depends on the chosen scope and conventions.
Gain agility with an evolvable metamodel
ARIS Advanced documents custom methods and filters, while ARIS Enterprise offers extended options for configuring the interface and the method.
Boldo lets administrators define asset types, their properties and relationship types. These changes remain governance decisions to prepare in order to keep existing data consistent.
Boldo · Aperçu produit
Turn documentation into a dialogue tool
Boldo · Aperçu produit
ARIS offers a portal, dashboards, model publishing, comments and collaboration during design or after publication.
Boldo lets you reuse the same knowledge across multiple visualizations: views, diagrams, charts, nested maps and dashboards. Built-in comments, mentions and notifications let teams discuss assets directly, without going through a separate publishing portal.
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 don't have to fit into a fixed framework: the model evolves with your organization, not the other way around.
Multiple 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 presenting indicators.
Clear, fair and transparent pricing
Boldo displays its prices: from €39 excl. VAT per editor/month, with a 14-day free trial, no commitment. Public prices are detailed on the pricing page, and the Enterprise plan is on request.
Support centered on value and adoption
Boldo's support covers metamodel scoping, data import, governance and upskilling contributors, with a scope defined according to your plan and your project.
ARIS vs Boldo
| ARIS | Boldo | |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Basic, Advanced and Enterprise editions (Enterprise on request) | From €39 excl. VAT per editor/month (Enterprise on request) |
| Free trial | 30-day trial: Basic, Advanced and Process Mining Basic | 14-day free trial, no commitment |
Collaboration | ||
| Access rights management | Roles, groups and rights depending on the edition | User types, roles and access domains |
| Comments | Comments and discussions on published models | Built-in comments, mentions and notifications |
| History and versioning | Versioned repository | History on 360 pages |
Modeling and analysis | ||
| BPMN / EPC | Supported | No (process flows specific to Boldo) |
| Process mining | Yes (dedicated product) | No |
| Process simulation | Yes | No |
| ArchiMate library | Supported depending on the edition | No: free metamodel defined by the administrator |
Deployment | ||
| On-premise hosting | ||
Other alternatives
SAP LeanIX
Description
SAP LeanIX (formerly LeanIX, acquired by SAP in 2023) is an enterprise architecture and application portfolio management platform designed to help large organizations document, analyze and govern their application landscape. The solution is particularly positioned around Application Portfolio Management (APM), technology risk management and support for transformation programs, notably around SAP.
SAP LeanIX primarily targets 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, and positions itself for large 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
Pricing based on the number of applications
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 into a shared repository, Ardoq positions itself as an alternative to static diagrams, with views linked to the repository's data.
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-state scenario management
Cons
Prices not published, on request
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 primarily aimed at large organizations looking to structure, steer and govern complex transformations.
Key Features
ArchiMate/TOGAF support
Lifecycle management
Strategic roadmapping
Governance and validation workflow
Diagram formatting options
Pros
ArchiMate and TOGAF support
Architecture analyses and roadmaps
Views for multiple stakeholders
Cons
Prices not published, on request
Scope depends on modules and configuration
Mastering ArchiMate remains useful for standardized modeling
HOPEX
Description
Bizzdesign Hopex is the platform originally from MEGA International and now offered within the Bizzdesign portfolio.
It connects enterprise architecture, data, risk, compliance and processes in a shared repository.
The solution is primarily aimed at organizations looking 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
Multi-dimensional impact analysis
Cons
Prices not published, on request
Scope spread across several solutions
Configuration to scope depending on the disciplines activated
BlueDolphin
Description
BlueDolphin is an enterprise architecture platform developed by ValueBlue. It helps organizations align strategy, business processes, information systems and data within a shared repository, with strong capabilities for modeling (current / target state), impact analysis and stakeholder collaboration.
Key Features
Architecture repository
Application Portfolio Management
Impact analysis
Process diagrams
SmartViews synchronized with the data
Pros
Collaboration across architecture, IT and business
Public API and integrations
Visualizations linked to the repository
Cons
Prices not published, on request
