Arreteq

Modern AI-native platform with true CRDT real-time collaboration, full BPMN 2.0 process modeling, and production AI capabilities shipped today. The collaborative-first approach that the market is moving toward.

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Bizzdesign Horizzon

Dominant Gartner MQ EA platform following acquisition of MEGA (HOPEX) and Software AG Alfabet. Repository-first, ArchiMate-centric, with commit-based collaboration and minimal AI capability delivered to date.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature	Arreteq	Bizzdesign Horizzon
Real-Time Collaboration	✅ True CRDT — live cursors, instant sync, zero conflicts	🔶 Commit-based (check-in/check-out)
Live Cursor / Presence Tracking	✅	❌ Not available
Comments & Threads	✅ Full threads, @mentions, reactions, file attachments	❌ No diagram commenting
BPMN 2.0 — Full Spec Coverage	✅ All task types, events, gateways, sub-processes, boundary events, transactions	✅ Full BPMN support
BPMN Process Analysis	✅ Critical path, transfer-of-work, rework, simulation, lane-crossing handoffs	✅ Critical path, transfer-of-work, rework detection
BPMN Compliance Engine	✅ 9 rule sets, 5 strictness levels, auto-fix, compliance scoring, custom rules	✅ Process compliance checking
Flowchart Diagrams	✅ Full flowchart editor	❌ Not supported
Whiteboard / Freeform Diagrams	✅ Full whiteboard with freeform drawing	❌ Not supported
Value Chain Diagrams	✅ Full value chain editor	❌ Not supported
ArchiMate Modeling	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Primary EA language
DMN (Decision Modeling)	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅
Application Portfolio Management	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Mature — lifecycle, TIME matrix, OPEX, indicators
Business Capability Mapping	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Mature — hierarchy, relevance scores, cross-refs
Technology Portfolio Management	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Components, servers, vendors, platform tiers
Roadmapping / Lifecycle Gantt	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Application and technology roadmaps with Gantt
EA Analytics & Dashboards	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ OpenSearch dashboards, 30+ business questions
AI Chat Assistant	✅ Production — contextual assistant embedded in diagrams	❌ No AI assistant
Text-to-Diagram (AI)	✅ Generate BPMN from natural language prompts	❌
Image-to-BPMN (AI)	✅ Upload hand-drawn diagram or screenshot → BPMN	❌
Document-to-BPMN (AI)	✅ Upload PDF / Word / RTF → extract and generate BPMN	❌
Semantic Search (RAG)	✅ Tenant-isolated semantic search across repository	❌
Dark Mode	✅ Full dark mode	❌
Presentation Mode / Laser Pointer	✅	❌
Auto-Connect to Next Element	✅ Quick chaining without toolbar	❌
BPMN XML Import/Export	✅ Standards-compliant BPMN 2.0 XML, MIWG validated	✅
Visio / Draw.io Import	✅ VSDX and draw.io with shape mapping	✅ Visio import
ReBAC (Relationship-Based Access Control)	✅ Fine-grained relationship-based access control	❌
GRC / Control Schema	✅ 45+ field control schema, governance-ready	🔶 Basic
Webhooks	✅ Production event-driven webhooks	❌
Version Diff / Comparison	✅ Visual diff overlays, side-by-side, revert, named versions	✅
Desktop Client	➖ Intentionally web-only	✅ Enterprise Studio desktop app
Template Library	✅ 8+ templates: Mind Map, SWOT, Kanban, User Journey, Org Chart	✅ Model templates
Process Simulation	🔶 Multi-case, scenarios, analytics, CSV export, AI context	🔶 Basic

Why Choose Arreteq over Bizzdesign?

⚡ Real Collaboration, Not Commit-Based Workarounds

Bizzdesign requires users to check out, edit, and commit — the architecture equivalent of file locking. Two architects can't work on the same model simultaneously. Arreteq uses CRDT-based synchronization (the same technology behind Google Docs) — every team member sees every change the instant it's made.

📐 The Modern Process Modeler's Choice

Both platforms support BPMN — but Arreteq's process analysis capabilities are built for teams that live in process models. Built-in compliance engine, transfer-of-work analysis, critical path detection, rework identification, and process simulation give teams tools that Bizzdesign cannot match on the process modeling side.

🤖 AI That Ships Today

Bizzdesign has announced AI intentions but deployed minimal AI capability. Arreteq is shipping AI in production now: generate diagrams from text descriptions, convert uploaded documents to process models, interact with a context-aware AI assistant, and run semantic searches across your entire repository.

🎨 Diagram Types Bizzdesign Doesn't Have

Bizzdesign Horizzon does not support Flowchart, Whiteboard, or Value Chain diagram types. Arreteq provides a unified platform for workshops, brainstorming, value stream mapping, and freeform diagramming — where Bizzdesign requires multiple tools.

✅ The Market Has Validated Arreteq's Approach

Bizzdesign's launch of "Bizzdesign Unify" explicitly targeting the collaborative, diagram-first approach is the strongest possible validation that Arreteq's model is the future of EA tooling. Bizzdesign is trying to catch up in the collaboration space where Arreteq has already built a two-year lead.

🔒 Modern Security Without Desktop Complexity

Bizzdesign's Enterprise Studio desktop app adds installation and update overhead for every user. Arreteq is intentionally web-only, delivered via browser with full enterprise security, ReBAC access control, and SOC 2-ready audit logging — no desktop client to manage or maintain.

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