Archi Reviews & Product Details

Archi is a great tool for modeling architectural diagrams following the Archimate specification. The tool is well structured and has the capability for using add-ons for collaboration and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In order to output documents in the format you want/like, or with customized company look and feel, you really only have one option: you need to prepare a jasper reports template. Output to markdown would be great... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease with which it allows you to create the flows and connect them with each other Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Copy-paste or duplicating the flows arent as smooth as you would want it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Easy to use.

- You can export the projects to XML.

- It has a plugin to export to Excel.

- It is completely free.

- It is compatible with different operating systems, for example, Windows, Linux or macOS.

- Archi includes examples or suggestions, to know the concept of some components.

- It has an extension for the collaboration, which has the name "coArchi". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it had a more intuitive directory as sometimes I get lost when I have diagrams in different folders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Archi is TOGAF compliant, therefore any user (Solution Architects, Developers, Etc) with a good background, understanding and experience in using it can definitely understand and grasp the information or details on a certain project. The tool is also user friendly where every domain of the business has its own dedicated set of symbols/objects and relationships for which the user can reuse and just drag and drop on the current view they are working on. One more thing I like about Archi is its ability to retain and automatically suggest/recognize the relationship the user set between objects. This saves a lot of time and makes the data consistent across all the views in your model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing that I dislike is the unability to filter the unused objects. To be able to clean up your work, you need to check the model hierarchy window first and check for all italized objects and remove them one by one. If you don't have a good eyesight, this will take your time and can also be prone to mistakes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The minimalistic user interface, yet powerful features to model layers of architecture as well as creating various canvases - such as business model canvas - to help with early stage planning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the minimalistic interface could be daunting for someone starting out with the product, as one would have a pretty blank screen / canvas to start with. So, unless one knows what exactly one wants to do Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Archi is a necessary tool to know if you are working as a company architect. Good looking and easy to use interface. It has excellent import functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it's very slow when you have a folder with many diagrams, maybe because you have to load everything when you start. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.