Arreteq vs LeanIX
A detailed comparison of Arreteq and SAP LeanIX for enterprise architecture management. Where LeanIX is a data-centric inventory system that generates architecture views as reports, Arreteq is a living collaboration workspace that combines process modeling, real-time teamwork, and an emerging EA repository in one modern platform.
Arreteq
Modern AI-native platform built around real-time collaborative modeling. Full BPMN 2.0, process analysis, production AI, and a governed architecture repository — without SAP lock-in or enterprise pricing complexity.
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Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) platform, now part of SAP. Strong at cataloguing applications, technologies, and their relationships. A top-down, analyst-operated inventory system with diagrams generated as reports.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | Arreteq | LeanIX |
|---|---|---|
| Diagram Types | ✅ BPMN 2.0, Flowchart, Value Chain, Whiteboard, Business Footprint, Mind Map, Freeboard | 🔶 Application Landscape, Data Flow, Business Capability Map (generated from repository) |
| Real-Time Collaboration | ✅ True CRDT-based real-time co-editing with live cursors and presence | ❌ No live co-editing |
| BPMN 2.0 Process Modeling | ✅ Full BPMN 2.0: all task types, events, gateways, sub-processes, boundary events | ❌ Not a BPMN editor |
| Process Analysis | ✅ Critical path, transfer-of-work, rework detection, task-type distribution, simulation | ❌ Not applicable |
| BPMN Compliance Checking | ✅ 9 rule sets, 5 strictness levels, auto-fix suggestions | ❌ |
| IT / Application Repository | 🔶 Emerging — dictionary types for Applications, Infrastructure, Services | ✅ Mature — application inventory, lifecycle, OPEX, SaaS discovery |
| Application Lifecycle (TIME) | 🔜 Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ Tolerate/Invest/Migrate/Eliminate with roadmaps |
| Technology Portfolio Management | 🔜 Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ Tech radar, EOL tracking, vendor management |
| Business Capability Mapping | 🔜 Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ Capability maps with heatmaps |
| Enterprise Surveys / Feedback | 🔜 Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ Microsurveys to gather data from stakeholders |
| Integrations | ✅ Webhooks; deep integrations Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ 60+ native integrations including ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, GitHub |
| SaaS Discovery | 🔜 Coming Q2 2026 | ✅ Automated SaaS discovery via API connectors |
| AI Assistant | ✅ Production — AI chat, image-to-BPMN, text-to-diagram, document-to-diagram, semantic search | 🔶 Limited — LeanIX Iris for basic queries |
| Diagram From Document / Image | ✅ Upload PDF/DOCX/image → generate BPMN automatically | ❌ |
| GRC / Control Schema | ✅ 45+ field control schema for compliance and risk governance | 🔶 Basic risk tracking |
| Version History & Diff | ✅ Full diagram diff, visual overlays, side-by-side, named versions, revert | ✅ Object-level history |
| BPMN XML Import/Export | ✅ Standards-compliant BPMN 2.0 XML with MIWG validation | ❌ Not standards-based |
| Dark Mode | ✅ Full dark mode | ❌ |
| Authentication | ✅ SSO/SAML 2.0, AWS Cognito, MFA | ✅ SSO/SAML |
| Access Control | ✅ RBAC + ABAC + ReBAC (AWS Verified Permissions) | 🔶 RBAC only |
| Deployment | Cloud SaaS (AWS / Vercel), GDPR-compliant | Cloud SaaS |
| Pricing Model | Transparent credit-based + seat model | Per-user, enterprise contracts, high cost |
Why Choose Arreteq over LeanIX?
👥 Built for the Teams That Do the Work
LeanIX is designed to be operated by a small team of enterprise architects producing reports for leadership. Arreteq is built for everyone — operations teams, IT architects, business analysts, compliance officers — all working in the same diagram simultaneously.
📐 Process Modeling Is a First-Class Citizen
LeanIX has no meaningful process modeling capability. If your organization needs to model how work gets done alongside what applications support it, you need a second tool with LeanIX. Arreteq eliminates this gap — BPMN 2.0 process diagrams, compliance checking, and process analysis sit natively alongside your repository.
⚡ Real-Time Collaboration, Not Report Generation
LeanIX generates architectural views from its database. Arreteq is a live shared workspace — multiple people editing the same diagram in real time with live cursors, comments, @mentions, and full threading. Architecture becomes a collaborative conversation, not a quarterly report.
🤖 AI That Actually Works for Architecture
Arreteq ships production AI today: generate BPMN from text, convert a document or hand-drawn image into a process diagram, have a contextual AI assistant answer questions about your diagrams, and run semantic search across your repository. LeanIX's AI capabilities are limited in comparison.
☁️ Modern SaaS — No SAP Lock-In
SAP's acquisition of LeanIX has introduced roadmap uncertainty and deep integration pressure toward the SAP ecosystem. Arreteq is cloud-native, independently built, and integrates with your tools via webhooks and an open API — not a proprietary platform lock-in.
🔒 Stronger Compliance and Security Model
Arreteq's ReBAC via AWS Verified Permissions, 45+ field GRC control schema, GDPR-ready data handling, and SOC 2-ready audit logging provide enterprise-grade compliance tooling that goes beyond LeanIX's RBAC-only model.
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