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 Ekialis Pilot?
Ekialis Pilot is a project portfolio and activity management tool. Boldo is an enterprise mapping and architecture platform. Compare their scopes.
Two products from different categories to compare against your needs
Ekialis Pilot
Description
Ekialis Pilot is a French software for project management, project portfolio, recurring activities and resource management. It helps plan workloads, match skills with capacities, track budgets, risks and deadlines, then arbitrate the portfolio through dashboards. Mapping of the IS, processes, risks and GDPR compliance mainly falls to Ekialis Explore; the two modules make up Ekialis Suite.
Boldo is a mapping and enterprise architecture repository. It is therefore not a direct functional replacement for Pilot when it comes to detailed project and resource planning. The comparison becomes relevant if your main need concerns knowledge of the IS and its visualizations, compared against Ekialis Explore or the full Suite.
Key Features
Project and recurring activity management
Portfolio management and prioritization
Planning of workloads, capacities and skills
Tracking of budgets, risks and deadlines
Pros
Unified portfolio of IT and business projects
Handles recurring activities
Alignment between workloads, capacities and skills
Cons
IS mapping carried by the Explore module
Pricing not published, on quote
Not a documented free-metamodel EA repository
A consultation organized around assets
Boldo · Aperçu produit
Ekialis Pilot offers dashboards and summaries intended for steering and arbitration. Boldo organizes consultation around assets and their visualizations.
Boldo runs in the browser and organizes consultation and contribution according to users, roles and domains. In both cases, adoption should be tested with real profiles; no source lets us promise viral adoption or use without training.
Customize your metamodel
Ekialis Pilot mainly structures projects, activities, resources, workloads, skills, budgets, risks and deadlines. Mapping of assets and macro-processes belongs to Ekialis Explore. The evolution of the model therefore depends on the module and scope chosen.
Boldo lets administrators configure object types, their properties and their relationships. Compare this capability with Ekialis Explore or the Suite, not with the Pilot module alone, if your criterion is the flexibility of the architecture repository.
Boldo · Aperçu produit
Several visualization formats linked to the repository
Boldo · Aperçu produit
Ekialis Pilot offers dashboards and summaries to track, prioritize and arbitrate projects and activities. It is not an architecture diagram editor: that dimension belongs more to Ekialis Explore.
Boldo offers views, diagrams, charts, nested maps and dashboards linked to the repository.
Boldo versus other EA solutions
Compare Boldo with 10+ other enterprise architecture modelling 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 evolving metamodel that adapts to your context, your constraints and your maturity level. You don't have to fit into a rigid 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 answers a different need, from detailed exploration to the presentation of indicators.
Published pricing
Boldo is offered starting at 39 € excl. VAT per editor per month, with public prices detailed on the pricing page and an Enterprise offering on quote. Sign-up is self-service, with a free 14-day trial and no commitment.
Support focused on value and adoption
Support should be defined according to your offer and your project: metamodel scoping, data import, governance and upskilling of contributors. Check the included scope before comparing the services associated with the two platforms.
Ekialis Pilot vs Boldo
| Ekialis Pilot | Boldo | |
|---|---|---|
Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | On request | Starting at 39 € excl. VAT per editor/month (Enterprise on quote) |
| Trial / access | Demo on request | Free 14-day trial, no commitment (self-service sign-up) |
Product scope | ||
| Product category | Project portfolio, activity and resource management | Mapping and enterprise architecture repository |
| IS mapping | Carried by the Ekialis Explore module | Core of the product |
| Project and workload management | Core of the product | Out of scope |
| Implementation time | Autonomy announced in 2 to 4 days by the vendor | Depends on scope and data |
Modelling | ||
| Custom object type creation | Outside Pilot's documented scope | |
| Process modelling | Carried by Ekialis Explore | Process flows |
| ArchiMate metamodel support | Not documented | Free modelling, no ready-to-use library |
Visualisation | ||
| Views linked to the repository | Portfolio dashboards and summaries | Views, diagrams, charts, nested maps, dashboards |
| Nested maps | Outside Pilot's documented scope | |
Data and hosting | ||
| Integrations | ERP, Jira, Microsoft Teams (documented) | Batch imports (CSV) |
| On-premise hosting | ||
| Hosting in France | French products announced as hosted in France | Hosting in France |
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 accounts, the solution is particularly focused on Application Portfolio Management (APM), technology risk management and support for transformation programs, notably around SAP.
LeanIX primarily addresses architecture and transformation teams looking 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
Unlimited number of users depending on the published plan
Documented SAP and third-party integrations
Cons
Pricing based on the number of applications
Separate modules for APM, technology risk and roadmaps
Detailed amounts provided 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 living repository, Ardoq replaces 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
Pricing not published, on quote
Scope varies depending on the plan
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 primarily addresses large organizations looking to structure, steer and govern complex transformations.
Key Features
Full ArchiMate/TOGAF support
Complex lifecycle analysis
Advanced strategic roadmapping
Governance and validation workflow
View formatting tools
Pros
ArchiMate and TOGAF support
Architecture analyses and roadmaps
Views intended for multiple stakeholders
Cons
Pricing not published, on quote
Scope depends on modules and configuration
Mastery of ArchiMate remains useful for standardized modelling
HOPEX
Description
Bizzdesign Hopex is the platform originating from MEGA International and now offered within the Bizzdesign portfolio.
It connects enterprise architecture, data, risk, compliance and processes within a common repository.
The solution primarily addresses organizations looking to formalize their architecture exhaustively, relying on solid repositories and methodological frameworks.
Key Features
Unified EA/GRC/Process repository
Deep data modelling
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
Pricing not published, on quote
Scope spread across several solutions
Configuration to scope according to the disciplines activated
BlueDolphin
Description
BlueDolphin is an enterprise architecture platform developed by ValueBlue. It helps organizations align strategy, business processes, IS and data within a common repository, with capabilities for modelling (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
Pricing not published, on quote
Offering centered on SaaS
