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Your search for a flexible, impactful EA tool is over

No dead-end documentation, no stakeholder confusion - just clarity, collaboration and transformation that lasts.

“Great product: modern UX experience with rich functionality. Lots of reusable templates. I rate the product 10 out of 10.”

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BlueDolphin for Enterprise Architecture

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Ardoq

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ValueBlue

8 /month

Ardoq

ValueBlue

Enterprise Architecture Repository – an overview of your business and IT landscape
Easy to draw and share landscape overviews
Getting your creativity flow with easy-to-draw and share landscape overviews, combining freeform shapes and architecture assets
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Connected repository across all business domains
Combine Archimate objects, business process models, and Data Relationship Diagrams into a single repository and offer an integrated view.
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Application Portfolio Management
Business Capability and IT Portfolio Management – map the business as well as rationalize the IT landscape

Strategic Planning – prioritizing transformation projects on business impact
Custom templates
Speed up planning with custom templates for business modelling, capability maps, goals, and objectives.
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Business gap identification
Identify gaps and improvement areas to ideate solutions and define projects.
Complete current state landscapes
From strategy through to business and IT landscapes

Project execution – helping transformation teams to deliver more projects on time and budget
High-level freeform drawing
Freeform drawing of high-level and detailed solution designs, value proposition maps, and customer journey templates.
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Integrated collaboration for end-to-end project execution
Multiple lenses on the same data for both technical and non-technical transformation stakeholders
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Current and future state analysis
Comparison of current vs future states to identify gaps and tasks

Commercial Aspects
Clear, non-modular pricing
Ardoq now prices 'per application, with add-on modules', whereas we are user-based with no add-on modules, unlimited viewing and 'helpers'.
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Customer Focus
The dual focus on Account Management and Customer Success ensures clients receive proactive, tailored support.
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Why transforming teams are making the switch​

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Best-in-breed EA, powered by AI and accessible to all

✓ Shift from reactive to proactive: Centralize your IT and business landscape, and query it in plain language to get answers and info instantly

✓ Architects as strategic partners: AI translates architecture into clear, role-relevant insights for executives, managers, and teams, speeding decisions and removing bottlenecks for all.

✓ Scale impact with AI: Automate diagrams, plain-language explanations, and impact analyses so EAs focus on guiding change.​

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Solution design that delivers impact (not just models for it)

✓ Bridge strategy to execution: Connect strategy to delivery with dynamic design tools - from custom templates to free-form visualizations – giving you full control over transformation.

✓ Adaptable, not rigid: No static documentation - access includes real-world variables and participants, ensuring smooth, impactful implementation.​

✓ Reduce failure rates: Empower teams with collaborative design that minimizes blind spots and maximizes transformation outcomes.

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Services and support that ensure success

✓ Structured onboarding: Accelerate time-to-value with proven enablement programs and step-by-step guidance​.

✓ Hands-on expertise: Access workshops, training, and advisory support tailored to your organization, led by BlueDolphin’s team. 

✓ Ongoing partnership: Our team stays invested in your success long after go-live, unlike vendors that leave you on your own.

ValueBlue is a challenger in the Gartner® 2024 Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools.

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reduction in operational IT spend

With BlueDolphin:​

✓ Faster results: Get from idea to action in days, not months.​

✓ Shared ownership: Business and IT co-create solutions instead of leaving EA in a silo.​

✓ Reduced risk: Spot dependencies and issues early with design-first planning.​

✓ Proven security: SOC2 Type II and ISO27001 certified, SaaS-native on Microsoft Azure.​

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Break free from rigid frameworks to design, adapt, and deliver transformation on your terms.​

See the ValueBlue difference for yourself. ​

Join us for a demo today.​