Arreteq

Standards-compliant process modeling and enterprise architecture platform. Every BPMN element carries formal semantics, can be validated, analyzed for critical paths, and connected to a governed EA repository. AI that understands process, not just shapes.

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Miro

Market-leading general-purpose visual collaboration whiteboard. Used by millions for brainstorming, sprint planning, workshops, UI mockups, and lightweight diagramming. Excellent polish, massive template library, 100+ integrations.

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature	Arreteq	Miro
Core Positioning	Enterprise architecture + process modeling platform	General-purpose visual collaboration whiteboard
BPMN 2.0 Process Modeling	✅ Full BPMN 2.0: all task types, events, gateways, sub-processes, boundary events	❌ No formal BPMN support
BPMN Compliance Checking	✅ 9 rule sets, 5 strictness levels, auto-fix, compliance score tracking	❌ No standards validation
Process Analysis Engine	✅ Critical path, transfer-of-work, rework detection, simulation	❌
Whiteboard / Freeform Diagrams	✅ Full whiteboard editor	✅ Core strength
Flowchart Diagrams	✅ Structured flowchart editor	✅ Basic flowcharts
Value Chain Diagrams	✅ Full value chain editor	❌
Real-Time Collaboration	✅ CRDT-based real-time co-editing, live cursors, user awareness	✅ Strong — live editing
Comments & Threads	✅ Full threads, @mentions, reactions, file attachments, convert to tasks	✅ Comment threading
AI Content Generation	✅ Text-to-BPMN, document-to-BPMN, image-to-BPMN, text-to-diagram	✅ Text-to-flowchart, mindmaps, ERD
AI Personas / Specialized AI	✅ Process Expert (compliance), Process Owner (optimization)	✅ Multiple Sidekicks (Product, UX, Agile, etc.)
Domain-Specific AI Intelligence	✅ BPMN-aware AI: compliance checking, bottleneck detection, optimization	❌ Generic diagrams only — no BPMN understanding
Custom AI Personas	🔜 Coming Q2 2026	✅ Users can create custom Sidekicks
Semantic Search (RAG)	✅ Tenant-isolated RAG across entire repository	✅ Miro Insights — board-level search
Diagram-from-Document (AI)	✅ PDF/DOCX/RTF/TXT → BPMN	✅ Multiple formats
Image-to-Diagram (AI)	✅ Upload image/photo → generate BPMN	✅ AI image generation
Enterprise Architecture Repository	✅ 27-type configurable dictionary: applications, capabilities, processes, services, vendors, data	❌ No structured repository
Dictionary / Governed Taxonomy	✅ Schema, linking, governance, audit trail, version history	❌
Change Governance & Workflows	✅ Change requests, approval workflows, task backlog, audit trail	❌
GRC / Compliance Schema	✅ 45+ field control schema for compliance and risk governance	❌
BPMN XML Import/Export	✅ Standards-compliant BPMN 2.0 XML, MIWG validated	❌
Visio / Draw.io Import	✅ VSDX and draw.io parsers with shape mapping	❌
Version Diff & Comparison	✅ Visual diff overlays, side-by-side, named versions, revert	⚠️ Basic
Template Library	✅ 8+ focused enterprise templates: BPMN, SWOT, Kanban, User Journey, Org Chart, Mind Map	✅ Extensive — 100s of templates
ReBAC (Relationship-Based Access Control)	✅ RBAC + ABAC + Fine-grained relationship-based access control	❌ RBAC only
Multi-Tenant Isolation	✅ Strict multi-tenant isolation with role-based tenant management	✅
Audit Logging	✅ SOC 2-ready audit logging	✅
GDPR Compliance	✅	✅
Webhooks	✅ Production event-driven webhooks	✅ Extensive
Integrations	✅ Webhooks; deep integrations Coming Q2 2026	✅ 100+ integrations (Slack, Jira, GitHub, Figma, etc.)
Presentation Mode / Laser Pointer	✅ Built-in laser pointer for live presentations	❌
Auto-Layout Algorithms	✅ Tree (Sugiyama BFS), force, grid, circular	❌
Dark Mode	✅	✅

Why Choose Arreteq over Miro for Process Modeling?

📐 Formal Process Modeling vs. Informal Boxes and Arrows

Miro's diagrams are decorative — they look like process flows but carry no formal semantics. In Arreteq, every BPMN element has a precise meaning defined by the ISO/IEC 19510 standard. These semantics unlock compliance validation, process analysis, simulation, and XML interchange with other BPM systems.

📊 Process Analysis That Drives Real Decisions

Arreteq automatically detects critical paths, identifies where work transfers between teams, flags rework loops, and calculates task-type distributions. This turns a diagram into an analysis instrument. Miro's diagrams are static pictures teams discuss; Arreteq's diagrams are computational models that produce insight.

🤖 AI That Understands Business Process, Not Just Shapes

Miro's AI generates diagrams generically — boxes and arrows that look like flowcharts. Arreteq's AI understands BPMN semantics: it generates compliant models, validates against business rules, identifies anti-patterns, and checks regulatory compliance. When you ask "does this process meet our approval policy?" Arreteq's AI can answer — Miro's cannot.

🏛️ An Enterprise Repository, Not Just a Canvas

Miro has no concept of a governed architecture repository. Arreteq's 27-type dictionary means every application, capability, process, service, and vendor is a managed, versioned, auditable record — not a sticky note on a board. When a BPMN diagram references an application, that reference is a live link to the application's dictionary record.

🔒 Compliance and Governance Built In

Arreteq includes BPMN compliance validation, 45+ field GRC control schema, change governance workflows, ReBAC access control, and SOC 2-ready audit logging — capabilities a creative canvas like Miro was never designed to provide for regulated industries.

🔄 When to Use Both

Miro excels at discovery, ideation, and workshop facilitation. Arreteq excels at turning those ideas into governed, analyzable, compliant process models and architecture artifacts. Many organizations use both tools for their complementary strengths — Miro to explore, Arreteq to define and govern.

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