ARIS vs IBM Process Mining

ARIS8.6Visit IBM Process Mining8.4Visit

Higher score ARIS #6 in Process Mining Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit ARIS

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IBM Process Mining #8 in Process Mining Software 8.4/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit IBM

• ARIS fits best

  Mature enterprises with SAP and on-premises needs

• IBM Process Mining fits best

  Large enterprises needing prescriptive mining

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Side by side

Feature	ARIS 8.6/10 Visit ↗	IBM Process Mining 8.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	8.4
Ranking	#6 in Process Mining Software	#8 in Process Mining Software
Best for	Mature enterprises with SAP and on-premises needs	Large enterprises needing prescriptive mining
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$2,885/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Integrations	9 integrations	2 integrations
Features ARIS 4/4 · IBM Process Mining 3/4
Conformance checking	✓	✓
Root-cause analysis	✓	✓
Process monitoring	✓	✓
ERP connectors	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Data refresh	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment model	Hybrid	Hybrid
Included events	Not checked yet	2e+07 events/mo
Our review
Pros	End-to-end discovery, conformance checking, monitoring, and root-cause analysis Connects SAP, databases, APIs, Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and HTTP sources Supports SaaS and on-premises deployment for hybrid enterprise environments	Prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis support action planning Conformance, root-cause analysis and monitoring cover process oversight SaaS and on-premises deployments support different operating models
Cons	Pricing requires a contact-sales process Broad enterprise scope can require more implementation planning May be more platform than organizations seeking narrow process analysis	No free plan; the free trial lasts 30 days SaaS costs $4,250 per month with annual billing On-premises capacity is limited to 3 projects and 20 million events
Our verdict	ARIS is an enterprise process intelligence platform from SAG ARIS GmbH that analyzes event data to show how business processes actually run. It is designed for organizations managing complex operational processes, particularly mature… Read the review →	IBM Process Mining is a process intelligence platform for organizations analyzing how workflows run across ERP, CRM and other enterprise systems. It combines process modeling and analysis with conformance checking, root-cause analysis,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ARIS — where it wins

  • End-to-end discovery, conformance checking, monitoring, and root-cause analysis
  • Connects SAP, databases, APIs, Databricks, Azure Data Lake, and HTTP sources
  • Supports SaaS and on-premises deployment for hybrid enterprise environments

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a contact-sales process
  • Broad enterprise scope can require more implementation planning
  • May be more platform than organizations seeking narrow process analysis

• IBM Process Mining — where it wins

  • Prescriptive mining, simulation and what-if analysis support action planning
  • Conformance, root-cause analysis and monitoring cover process oversight
  • SaaS and on-premises deployments support different operating models

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; the free trial lasts 30 days
  • SaaS costs $4,250 per month with annual billing
  • On-premises capacity is limited to 3 projects and 20 million events

• ARIS8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  A mature process intelligence platform for complex SAP and hybrid enterprise environments.

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• IBM Process Mining8.4/10 · 30-day trial

  A broad process mining platform for enterprises that need prescriptive analysis and simulation.

  Visit IBMFull verdict →