What is Avolution Abacus?
A leading tool for modeling and roadmapping. ABACUS supports collaborative enterprise architecture and connects your IT and business strategy. Cloud-based data and dashboards streamline global collaboration and remote working. ABACUS helps architects to lighten their data workload and to motivate stakeholders to set priorities and take action. Data owners can access and update their own data with user-friendly browser-based lists and personalised dashboards and reports (roadmaps, charts, models and KPIs) .
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
- Product Experience:
- 83%
- Negotiation and Contract:
- 85%
- Conflict Resolution:
- 93%
- Strategy & Innovation:
- 88%
- Service Experience:
- 93%
Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.
+88 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
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- Efficient Service
- Acts with Integrity
- Trustworthy
- Includes Product Enhancements
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Avolution Abacus Reviews
Serge B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2024
Fantacstic product, can meet any EA need !
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Avolution Abacus from other similar products?
Ease of use and the ability to choose the methodology used to define your processes
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
How easily it can be configured to meet your organizational needs
What do you dislike most about this product?
The remote desktop connectivity required to connect to the client, not a true web based interface.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Give it a serious thought as it can address any Enterprise Architecture need following any of the established methodologies.
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
Mark B.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2024
Excellent product for the price
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Avolution Abacus from other similar products?
The ability to enter data via sheet form or diagram, graph traceability is excellent, roundtrips via excel.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Traceability views in sheet or matrix form
What do you dislike most about this product?
Abacus is prioritizing transitioning functionality of product to web client (Enterprise) from client-server (Studio). Studio is still very important and doesn't get the backlog priority like enterprise.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Definitely trial the product before purchasing, and have some clear use cases to test.
Pros
- Includes Product Enhancements
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
Vignesh S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted May 2025
Smart, Flexible & Scalable EA Tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Avolution Abacus from other similar products?
Avolution Abacus differentiates itself from other enterprise architecture tools through its strong emphasis on flexibility, modeling, and analytics. It supports a wide range of frameworks such as TOGAF, ArchiMate, and BPMN, while also allowing users to customize or create their own. Unlike many competitors, Abacus enables drag-and-drop modeling with real-time collaboration and integrates seamlessly with tools like MS Excel, Visio, and ServiceNow. Its powerful analytics engine supports advanced simulations, impact analysis, and decision-making through dashboards and visualizations.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Avolution Abacus is its flexibility and integration capabilities. It allows users to easily customize frameworks, import data from familiar tools like Excel and Visio, and integrate with enterprise systems such as ServiceNow and SharePoint. This makes it incredibly user-friendly and adaptable to different organizational needs without requiring a steep learning curve or extensive rework of existing assets.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing to Dislike
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you're considering Avolution Abacus, it's important to start by clearly defining your enterprise architecture goals, such as improving IT efficiency, supporting digital transformation, or ensuring compliance. One of the strengths of Abacus lies in its ability to integrate with tools like Excel, Visio, and ServiceNow, so taking full advantage of these integrations can greatly streamline your data management and modeling processes. Starting with a small pilot project can help you get familiar with its interface and capabilities without being overwhelmed.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
