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Avolution

Avolution Abacus

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

28 Reviews Write a Review

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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Awards & Recognition

Avolution Abacus won the following awards in the Enterprise Architecture category

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Service Experience
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Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

Avolution Abacus Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+93 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.

How much do users love Avolution Abacus?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Efficient Service
Trustworthy
Includes Product Enhancements
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Process Architecture

Data Visualization GIS

Repository Management

Software Distribution

PCI and EMV Compatible

Analytics and Reporting

Performance Management

Collaboration

Project Management

Risk and Fraud Assessment

Document Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Avolution Abacus Reviews

Mark B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Excellent product for the price

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

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

Role: Consultant
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2025

Great product with managed rollout.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Irene M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Government
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Meets our requirements for EA exactly

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Avolution Abacus from other similar products?

The support for many frameworks and the flexibility at the same time. The collaboration function and integration options are also convincing. The support team is very good. The success programmes guarantee that the investments are worthwhile.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The catalogues for data maintenance and reporting options, in particular the transition of the tree structure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing in particular.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It should be clear at the outset what information should be made available to stakeholders and in what form.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

Avolution Abacus Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Avolution Abacus?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Process Architecture Includes business process, policy, procedure, and project reviews.

Data Visualization GIS Thematic visualization with the ability to change views, including color, pattern/icon, dot-density, chart, scaled-symbol, and 3D prism themes

Repository Management Includes storage, access control, and locking of files.

Software Distribution Includes electronic data interchange, document management, and financial reporting and analysis.

PCI and EMV Compatible Includes system monitoring, remote access control, security alarms, and sensors.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Performance Management Includes all aspects of performance appraisals and review design: rollout, conducting, tracking, measurement, and goal attainment.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Project Management Includes support for elements of individual project management such as phase, task, resource, duration and budget, with Gantt and WBS views.

Risk and Fraud Assessment Includes the ability to document, mitigate, and respond to project risk conditions across the portfolio and detect instances of potential fraudulent claims.

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Avolution Abacus Reviews

Mark B.

Excellent product for the price

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Great product with managed rollout.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Irene M.

Meets our requirements for EA exactly

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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