Pricing

IRIS Business Architect is a distributed software and sold as a desktop application running under Windows, Mac OS/X or Linux. The workgroup and enterprise version store their content in a shared database. The database can be hosted on a desktop but we recommend hosting the shared database on a server. Pricing and main features of IRIS Business Architect are below on this page.

Versions All prices in USD	Single User $3,495 *	Workgroup $12,495 **	Enterprise $24,995
Licensing
Number of users included (additional users can be added)	1 named user	5 named users	10 named users
Number of viewers included (additional viewers can be added)Licensed by named viewer. Viewers are stakeholders that can view the business architecture projects, but cannot edit nor publish	none	15	60
Number of top level enterprises includedLicensed by top level enterprise. Each enterprise can have an unlimited number of organizational units, like business units or division, but ultimately the architecture is modeled under specific enterprises	1	1	3
Business Architecture
Model based on the BIZBOK™ Guide
Business capability map (7 levels max) (Watch this Video)	5 levels max
Value stream / value stages map (Watch this Video)
Organizational map (5 levels max) (Watch this Video)
Strategy map (aligned with BMM, BMC, CVM, SWOT, Six Sigma)
Initiative and project map
Information map
Journey map
Stakeholders map
Asset map (aligned with TOGAF)
Product and service map
Process map (aligned with BPMN)
Requirements map (BABOK compliant)
Business Model, Strategies & Decision Making
Business motivation model (BMM)
Business motivation canvas (BMC)
Customer value map (CVM)
SWOT Assessments
Six Sigma SIPOC
Impact Analyses
Analysis and Measurement KPIs	Basic	Standard KPIs & some customization
Other Features
Detailed Initiative GANTT charts with percentage of completion
Import/design/manage business processes (aligned to BPMN)
Design/manage agile requirements & user stories (BABOK)
Data Integration (Import/Export)
Synchronizes data with most other software applications
Microsoft Excel (.xls)
XML and XMI (export only)
Microsoft Project (import only)
BPMN models and diagrams
OData (Restful API)		read only (+ write in option only ***)	read & write
Tableau Dashboards		in option only ***
Model Publishing (Watch this Video)
Publish to print (Microsoft Docx & PDF)Collaborate better by publishing your model and all associated diagrams to print medium, in a format suitable for documentation and based on modifiable templates
Reportingdelivered with 6 predefined templates
Modify document layoutAllows you to customize the templates used for the publish to print functionality
Web viewing applicationCollaborate better by publishing an image copy of your meta model and all associated diagrams to web based content, allowing for easy distribution of updates
Multi-enterprise publishing/reportingFeature that allows for the federation of models covering multiple enterprises
Model Version Management
Model Cloning
Ability to compare model versions
Full bi-directional model merging		in option only ***
Track changes by user
Model customization	User defined attributes & measures	+ User defined relationships (+ User defined types in option only ***)	+ User defined types
Composite Modelingsplit single BA model into manageable and multiple projects/architectures
Ability to maintain multiple versions
Configuration / Security
User authentication	n/a
Authentication against LDAP/AD
Group based ACL
Content storage	Local file	Shared local file or server based transactional Db	Server based transactional Db with replication support
User/Group access control based security permissions		Limited
Content auditing support
Extended Annual Support (% of license fee per year)
Silver support with free access to maintenance updates and minor releasesProvides 24 hour response time during business hours. Major Releases end of life happens every other major release (i.e. Version 1 becomes unsupported when Version 3 is released)	15%	15%	15%
Gold support with free access to maintenance updates, minor and major releasesProvides 4-business hour response time during business hours. Major Releases are included in this support plan, you are always up to date	30%	30%	30%
Add On Licenses
Additional 5-user license		$2,995	$2,995
Additional 5-viewer licenseLicensed by named viewer		$295	$295
Additional top level enterprise license		$5,995	$5,995
Additional languagesIRIS Business Architect is delivered in English. Additional languages are also available in Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, German, French, Italian, Danish and other languages	$9,995 per language	$9,995 per language	$9,995 per language
Services
Remote Web training 10-hours5 web sessions of 2 hours each	$995	$995	$995
Amazon web service or virtual machine set-up		$995/server	$995/server
Amazon web service hostingPricing based on the number of users for a base license. Price is higher for additional users. Inquire for additional information		$1,195/server/year	$2,195/server/year
Customized print/web layout or import/export connector		$995/10-hour block	$995/10-hour block
Integration to other software application(s)		$995/10-hour block	$995/10-hour block
Business architecture detailed content for the following industries: (Financial Services), (Manufacturing), (Telecom), (Utilities)	$6,995/each	$3,995/each	$3,995/each