Can someone please tell me how the latest versions of ARIS and Visio compare with each other

Dear Subhodeep,

You already found the answers to the same question from 3 years ago:

http://www.ariscommunity.com/users/jasseins/2009-09-25-aris-vs-microsoft-visio

And I think there's nothing much to be added since then.

Have a look on an external reference of both tools:

Gartner's Magic Quadrant Business Process Analysis

http://www.ariscommunity.com/users/nina-uhl/2012-01-13-aris-did-it-again-software-ag-positioned-leaders-quadrant-business-process-analysis-tools

In Gartner's BPA report read the section "Cautions" about Microsoft/Visio to understand the weaknesses of Visio for advanced BPA roles such as buiness process architects/analysts. Then you will see that the commercial ARIS product line, ARIS Platform, plays just in a different class.

From my personal point of view, I see ARIS Express and Visio playing at the same level: file-based process modeling in a fast, easy but also simple way, without advanced functions for analysis, reporting or simulation.

Cheers

Rune

I don't have the latests versions of ARIS/Visio, but in general:

• ARIS Bus Designer/Architect has a central database. This enables re-use of objects, reporting, linking models, analysing process models, possibility to administration/standardization by a central team, ... Tool aims at process management.
• Visio has no such central database, allowing you to model ('draw') almost any design. Tool aims at creating designs.