ARIS Express

ARIS Express is a feature-rich software application developed for the creation and design of models. It is primarily oriented toward business models, but the tool can also be used in the educational system or for personal matters.

In order to run this program, you must create an account that needs to be validated via email. The interface looks professional and is quite intuitive; however, first-time users might require some time to get accustomed to ARIS Express' features.

It is possible to create an organizational chart (with relationships between units, roles and persons), process landscape (it can also represent hierarchies), business process (event-driven process chains, with support for organizational elements), standard data model, IT infrastructure (including hardware and IT systems) and system landscape (to show application domains).

In addition to these model types, you may create a BPMN diagram, whiteboard and general diagram. ARIS Express provides a wide range of options when it comes to symbols (e.g. connection, cloud, document) and fragments (e.g. hierarchy, mind map). You may work on multiple projects at the same time, toggle the grid and connection mode, insert graphic objects, free-form text or model attributes, as well as use "Smart design" to insert company information according to a spreadsheet view.

Projects can be saved to file for further modifications or exported to graphics, graphics as PDF, or to a model information file (as PDF or RTF). From the Options screen, you can enable background printing or exporting, alter the default background color, set connection properties (bridge height and rounding intensity), as well as change the page orientation and layout.

ARIS Express offers multi-language support, has a good response time, contains user documentation and video tutorials. However, it could slow down your computer's performance, since the app demands a very high amount of CPU and system memory. We have not come across any problems throughout our testing. ARIS Express should meet the requirements of all users who are looking for a features-packed model building application.