The best alternative to ARIS

ARIS combines process modeling, process mining and simulation in one platform. Tallyfy is where your team runs each process, and every step is tracked.

  • Design - We invented Workflow Made Easy ®
  • Pricing - Minimum purchase is 1 full member
  • Support - Get expert 1:1 help free, for life
  • AI - Work done by AI shows in the activity log, like anyone else's
Gartner Peer Insights: 4.6 out of 5

Your ARIS models can become processes your team runs.

Two hands hold up a crowded process flowchart with a big red X across it

Models in ARIS describe how a process should run. In Tallyfy, each step is checked off as it's done, so you can see where the work stands.

People ❤️ Tallyfy

Simple for everyone. Powerful enough for pros.

"

We can finally delegate work with confidence and focus on growing the business.

Andrew Hurrell
Andrew Hurrell
Director · Get Customers Fast
"

Tallyfy has been transformative for us. It's reduced manual errors, sped up processes like onboarding, and helped us document workflows that are critical as we grow. The ability to track tasks and aggregate them in one place saves us so much time and ensures that nothing falls through the cracks.

Gwen Tormey
Gwen Tormey
CEO · Corestream
"

Tallyfy is intuitive, fun and visually appealing. We can quickly gather every detail we need from our client in order to finish it on time. All the documents, specific details and comments are in one place.

Hanka Hanga
Hanka Hanga
Co-founder · The Mindset Institute
"

A paper-based approval for critical purchases could take a couple of days before if someone was waiting for a director to be available for a signature. Now approvals are often completed in minutes.

ED
Evan Davis
Director of Finance · Alexandria Transit System
"

It has become a regular thing that people say 'put that in Tallyfy'. They know it by name. It has become the executive approval tool for our company. We have bi-weekly Tallyfy calls where we review what needs approval and what is pending - it keeps everyone aligned.

Joe Meadors
Joe Meadors
VP of IT · Gaylor Electric
"

It used to take us two days to run monthly client campaigns, now, with the help of Tallyfy, we complete them in just a few hours!

Julie Trelstad
Julie Trelstad
Book Publisher · Julie Ink
"

Tallyfy is a very reliable way to delegate and track tasks with confidence. It has taken the guesswork out of the equation and has helped our team focus on delivering a service within deadlines. Thank you for making my life much easier!

Karen Finnin
Karen Finnin
Physiotherapist & Director · Online Physio
"

Tallyfy transformed how we manage client onboarding and policy renewals. It eliminated inefficiencies, reduced meeting times from hours to minutes, and helped us avoid costly penalties by automating key processes. We now have full visibility over tasks, and I no longer need to chase down updates - it's all right there.

Lewis Marty
Lewis Marty
Business Development Director · Simploy
"

With Tallyfy, we have seen clarity in our processes as well as any bottlenecks. Tallyfy would be a good fit for any company that has a design, approval and implementation process that needs to have a quick turn around and that is growing fast.

Macklin Andrick
Macklin Andrick
Operations Manager · Greetabl
"

Tallyfy has revolutionized how we manage our marketing projects at West Community Credit Union. It allows us to quickly launch tailored campaigns and track every moving part, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. The ease of creating flexible, repeatable processes has saved us significant time and improved team collaboration.

Kim Berzack
Kim Berzack
Marketing · West Community Credit Union
"

Our clients and team sail through the Tallyfy process - there is no need for clients to log in, there is one link for everything they need to do, everything saves in real-time - it all works incredibly well! I can't imagine scaling our agency without Tallyfy.

Kasim Aslam
Kasim Aslam
CEO · Sol8 - A Google Ads Agency
"

When asked for an update on a pending request, I would have had to look through several email threads, make phone calls, and often have to wait for a reply to give an accurate update. I can now go into Tallyfy and view all of the information in one place. In two seconds, I am able to update the requestor on the status of their order.

Marie Jelinski
Marie Jelinski
Professional Services Specialist II · Stockton University
"

Tallyfy has helped our team streamline the efficiency of our processes. We now have smooth processes from beginning to end - without any steps being forgotten or skipped.

MZ
Monica Zuluaga
PhD. QA Director · A Bridge to Achievement
"

If you want to be efficient and scale your business then Tallyfy is the way go. There is no question about it.

Rommel C. Caibal
Rommel C. Caibal
Owner · RC Graphic Designs
"

Routing multiple documents is far quicker and there's immediate accountability and oversight. After switching to Tallyfy, routing documents and layouts went from taking over a week to taking just 2-3 days.

TO
Timothy O'Leary
General Director · Opera Theatre of Saint Louis / Opera America
"

We can finally delegate work with confidence and focus on growing the business.

Andrew Hurrell
Andrew Hurrell
Director · Get Customers Fast
"

Tallyfy has been transformative for us. It's reduced manual errors, sped up processes like onboarding, and helped us document workflows that are critical as we grow. The ability to track tasks and aggregate them in one place saves us so much time and ensures that nothing falls through the cracks.

Gwen Tormey
Gwen Tormey
CEO · Corestream
"

Tallyfy is intuitive, fun and visually appealing. We can quickly gather every detail we need from our client in order to finish it on time. All the documents, specific details and comments are in one place.

Hanka Hanga
Hanka Hanga
Co-founder · The Mindset Institute
"

A paper-based approval for critical purchases could take a couple of days before if someone was waiting for a director to be available for a signature. Now approvals are often completed in minutes.

ED
Evan Davis
Director of Finance · Alexandria Transit System
"

It has become a regular thing that people say 'put that in Tallyfy'. They know it by name. It has become the executive approval tool for our company. We have bi-weekly Tallyfy calls where we review what needs approval and what is pending - it keeps everyone aligned.

Joe Meadors
Joe Meadors
VP of IT · Gaylor Electric
"

It used to take us two days to run monthly client campaigns, now, with the help of Tallyfy, we complete them in just a few hours!

Julie Trelstad
Julie Trelstad
Book Publisher · Julie Ink
"

Tallyfy is a very reliable way to delegate and track tasks with confidence. It has taken the guesswork out of the equation and has helped our team focus on delivering a service within deadlines. Thank you for making my life much easier!

Karen Finnin
Karen Finnin
Physiotherapist & Director · Online Physio
"

Tallyfy transformed how we manage client onboarding and policy renewals. It eliminated inefficiencies, reduced meeting times from hours to minutes, and helped us avoid costly penalties by automating key processes. We now have full visibility over tasks, and I no longer need to chase down updates - it's all right there.

Lewis Marty
Lewis Marty
Business Development Director · Simploy
"

With Tallyfy, we have seen clarity in our processes as well as any bottlenecks. Tallyfy would be a good fit for any company that has a design, approval and implementation process that needs to have a quick turn around and that is growing fast.

Macklin Andrick
Macklin Andrick
Operations Manager · Greetabl
"

Tallyfy has revolutionized how we manage our marketing projects at West Community Credit Union. It allows us to quickly launch tailored campaigns and track every moving part, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. The ease of creating flexible, repeatable processes has saved us significant time and improved team collaboration.

Kim Berzack
Kim Berzack
Marketing · West Community Credit Union
"

Our clients and team sail through the Tallyfy process - there is no need for clients to log in, there is one link for everything they need to do, everything saves in real-time - it all works incredibly well! I can't imagine scaling our agency without Tallyfy.

Kasim Aslam
Kasim Aslam
CEO · Sol8 - A Google Ads Agency
"

When asked for an update on a pending request, I would have had to look through several email threads, make phone calls, and often have to wait for a reply to give an accurate update. I can now go into Tallyfy and view all of the information in one place. In two seconds, I am able to update the requestor on the status of their order.

Marie Jelinski
Marie Jelinski
Professional Services Specialist II · Stockton University
"

Tallyfy has helped our team streamline the efficiency of our processes. We now have smooth processes from beginning to end - without any steps being forgotten or skipped.

MZ
Monica Zuluaga
PhD. QA Director · A Bridge to Achievement
"

If you want to be efficient and scale your business then Tallyfy is the way go. There is no question about it.

Rommel C. Caibal
Rommel C. Caibal
Owner · RC Graphic Designs
"

Routing multiple documents is far quicker and there's immediate accountability and oversight. After switching to Tallyfy, routing documents and layouts went from taking over a week to taking just 2-3 days.

TO
Timothy O'Leary
General Director · Opera Theatre of Saint Louis / Opera America

What switching from ARIS saves

What busywork costs your company

$8,000

per week

$416,000

per year

$2,080,000

over 5 years

A process map can turn into a tangle of lines

In Tallyfy, each step carries the instructions and form fields the person doing it needs.

A tangled process map becomes four plain steps A tangle of gateways and crossing lines grows until a person walking toward it stops at its edge. The tangle collapses into four numbered steps, 1 to 4, on one line. The person walks through them, and each step gets a green check as the person passes it. Then the picture starts again. 1 2 3 4

Tallyfy vs. ARIS

ARIS
1 Free 1:1 support for life
2 Free single sign-on (SSO) on every paid plan
Tallyfy

Describe a process, and Tallyfy's AI suggests the steps for you to review.

vs

In Tallyfy, business users write a process as plain steps, then launch and track it without diagrams or code.

AI readiness comparison

How ARIS and Tallyfy compare on AI-native capabilities

Criterion
ARIS
Business users build workflows without BPMN Write a process as plain steps, with no modeling notation to learn
Connect AI without consultants Bring your own AI assistant, with no services project to connect it
Set it up yourself Sign up, build your first template and launch it
MCP server for AI assistants A Model Context Protocol server lets AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude work with your processes
Published pricing Prices are on the website for anyone to see

Before anyone runs a template, an AI assistant you connect can check every path through it and list what's wrong. Tallyfy has a live MCP server with 100+ tools that connects to ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Which tool is right for you?

Tallyfy is best for

  • Repeatable processes your team runs every week
  • Operations teams with work that passes between several people
  • People outside IT who complete tasks every day
  • Work that involves clients or vendors, who join free as guests
  • Approvals where several people must each sign off

Consider ARIS for

  • Large enterprises that need a formal process architecture
  • Organizations with strict documentation rules from regulators
  • Teams whose main job is modeling and analyzing processes
  • Work that must be documented in EPC or BPMN notation

What people say about ARIS and tools like it

This is third party content sourced from the public web. You can verify this content if you wish. See our disclaimer and citations section below.

" The main problem is the relatively high cost of acquisition and servicing.[1] "
- ARIS review on G2
" One thing I dislike is their web version is sometimes slow and due to latency it becomes difficult to use.[2] "
- ARIS review on G2
" Customizing is too difficult. Reporting is not flexible enough for end users. ARIS Basic has too many restrictions.[3] "
- ARIS review on Capterra
" The basic version has very low features in terms of roles and authorization.[4] "
- ARIS review on Capterra
" The price is very high.[5] "
- ARIS review on Capterra
" It can be very hard to learn for newcomers. New users highly depend on support.[6] "
- ARIS review on TrustRadius
" The pricing method does not allow you to use them unless you pay for it.[7] "
- ARIS review on Gartner
" The software only works on Internet Explorer which should make you realize that it is a bad idea.[8] "
- ARIS review on TrustRadius
" The interface feels outdated and the performance is poor.[9] "
- ARIS review on TrustRadius
" I have found BPMN really hard to test.[10] "
Developer, on BPMN tools in general
- Reddit r/ExperiencedDevs discussion of BPMN tools
" For most businesses it's just dead weight, and it'll either be resented or ignored...[11] "
Developer, on BPMN tools in general
- Reddit r/ExperiencedDevs discussion of BPMN tools
" The user interface sucks. They have two interfaces for the same product - the web interface does not give you access to the same features as the Java application. Really frustrating having two UIs for the same product.[12] "
Director, T-Systems International GmbH
- ARIS review on PeerSpot
" It took me a year before I felt comfortable with this tool. Other people just starting to use it find the learning curve steep.[13] "
Process Manager, Czech Republic
- ARIS review on PeerSpot
" ARIS BPA is too costly from a licensing perspective. More organizations could use ARIS if they slashed the licensing costs even a little bit.[14] "
- ARIS review on PeerSpot
ARIS is not transparent about their pricing

Expect sales calls and unpredictable costs. Hard to budget or compare.

See Tallyfy's transparent pricing instead
* ARIS now has its own site, aris.com, which shows no prices. Its old pricing pages redirect to the platform overview
Pricing last verified: October 2026. Prices may have changed.

Tallyfy might not be right for you if...

  • Not built for formal process architecture or modeling
  • Doesn't replace an enterprise architecture tool
  • Doesn't use EPC, BPMN or other modeling notations
  • Doesn't do process mining on data from your other systems

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What running a process looks like in Tallyfy

Write the steps once, then launch them as often as the work comes up

Switching from ARIS Run #2,481 Running now Completed
1 done, 1 running, 1 to go
Status Step Assignee Deadline
Status: Completed Status: Active Status: Waiting Status: Conditional Status: Up next

1. Document

Write each step in plain English, so anyone can follow it.

TM
Team member
Status: Completed Status: Active Status: Waiting Status: Conditional Status: Up next

2. Track

See which step each run is on and what's overdue.

why this works
AI
AI agent
Status: Completed Status: Active Status: Waiting Status: Conditional Status: Up next

3. Improve

Add rules and automations, and change the template when the work changes.

TM
Team member

Why Tallyfy is the AI control layer

Phase 1

Set up

Define the recipe

Lay out your steps, deadlines, and who does each: a person, AI, or a rule.

Phase 2

Run

People + AI together

Launch in one click. AI does the routine steps; people approve. No glue code.

Phase 3

Track and improve

Audit and learn

Watch every step live, then refine - a gradual shift, never a total redo.

Tallyfy does not charge for basic services

Need help? Onboarding and 1:1 support are free for life, and you can book as many 25-minute screen-sharing calls with our experts as you need.

Book a call
Tallyfy Team

Switching from ARIS to Tallyfy

Most teams switch in under 2 weeks

1

Export your procedures from ARIS

2

Save each one as a Word or PDF file and upload it; Tallyfy's AI turns it into a template

3

Choose who does each step, and add rules that route the work

4

Show your team where their tasks are and how to complete them

5

Launch your first processes and track them

We help turn complex diagrams into templates, free of charge.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ARIS used for?

ARIS has been around since the 1990s. It's mostly used by large organizations to model, document and analyze their business processes.

What is Tallyfy?

Tallyfy is workflow software for running processes. Each process is a template of plain steps. When you launch it, the steps become tasks with deadlines, and you choose who does each one. Every task is tracked until it's done.

Who builds processes in Tallyfy?

Your administrators build and change templates, and so can standard members they give permission to. Light members complete the tasks given to them but can't edit templates, and guests from outside your company only see their own task.

How does pricing compare between ARIS and Tallyfy?

Tallyfy's prices are on our pricing page, and organizations in eligible countries can apply for a discount on an annual plan. ARIS doesn't publish its prices, so you ask its sales team for a quote.

How does AI integration differ between ARIS and Tallyfy?

ARIS calls itself a process context platform for enterprise AI: its process models give AI agents the context and rules they need to work across a large business. In Tallyfy, AI works inside a process. Connect ChatGPT (Plus or higher) or Claude (any paid plan), and AI can complete steps while your team handles the rest.

How do the two platforms handle process improvement?

In Tallyfy, improvement starts on the task. The person doing it reports a problem, everyone assigned is notified, and the task can't be completed until it's resolved. A person then updates the template for future runs. ARIS looks for improvements by analyzing your process models and data.

What security standards are supported?

Tallyfy has a SOC 2 Type 2 attestation. Single sign-on works with providers such as Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace and OneLogin.

Who makes ARIS?

ARIS is made by SAG ARIS GmbH, a German company headquartered in Saarbrucken.

Does Tallyfy offer a free trial?

Yes. You get 14 days free, and you don't need a credit card to start.

How do I learn more about switching from ARIS to Tallyfy?

Book a demo, and we'll walk through how one of your ARIS processes would run in Tallyfy.

What happens to all the process diagrams we created in ARIS?

They're your starting point. Each activity in a model becomes a step in a Tallyfy template, and each decision becomes a rule that shows or hides steps. Steps can run at the same time, so parallel paths carry over too.

Does anyone need to learn EPC or BPMN to use Tallyfy?

No. A Tallyfy template is a list of steps in plain English, with form fields where you need answers. There's no notation to learn.

References and Citations


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DISCLAIMER OF AFFILIATION, ACCURACY & LIABILITY

This page is an independent, good-faith comparative review prepared by Tallyfy, Inc. ("Tallyfy") and is based on publicly available information, third-party reviews, and vendor materials current as of November 2026. The content is offered "AS IS" for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional, technical, or legal advice.