Peaqview vs LeanIX: Enterprise Architecture Platform Comparison 2026

LeanIX (now part of SAP) has been a leading enterprise architecture management platform since 2012. Peaqview is a newer entrant that takes a fundamentally different approach: building architecture management, process mining, and AI capabilities into a single unified platform from day one. This article compares both tools across the dimensions that matter most for enterprise architects in 2026.

Quick Summary

Feature Comparison Table

Architecture Modeling

LeanIX uses a custom object model optimized for application portfolio management. It focuses on applications, IT components, business capabilities, and their relationships. The model is practical but doesn't follow a formal architecture standard.

Peaqview implements the full ArchiMate 3.2 standard with 71 object types spanning Business, Application, Technology, and cross-cutting layers. This includes capabilities, processes, services, actors, components, interfaces, data objects, nodes, platforms, contracts, data flows, and customer journeys — all connected through typed relationships in a single workspace.

Verdict: LeanIX is simpler to get started with. Peaqview offers more comprehensive modeling for organizations that need full ArchiMate compliance or want to model beyond applications.

Process Mining

This is the most significant difference between the two platforms. LeanIX has no native process mining capability. Since SAP's acquisition, process capabilities come from SAP Signavio — a separate product with a different data model that requires integration.

Peaqview includes native process mining built into the same data model as architecture: import event logs (CSV, XES), discover process flows with Directly-Follows Graphs, run conformance checking against expected models, analyze process variants, and predict cycle times with ML. Most importantly, process mining results are connected to the architecture layer — you can overlay process flows onto your application landscape and trace bottlenecks to the specific technology components causing them.

Verdict: Peaqview has a clear advantage for organizations that need both architecture management and process intelligence in one place. LeanIX requires a separate tool (SAP Signavio) with integration overhead.

AI and Automation

LeanIX has introduced AI features including a chatbot that can answer questions about your architecture and suggest improvements. The AI is provided by LeanIX and you cannot choose your own model.

Peaqview takes a fundamentally different approach with AI Partners: 146+ specialized tools exposed through the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that let Claude Desktop (or other MCP-compatible clients) directly interact with your architecture repository. AI Partners can autonomously create objects, generate reports, build diagrams, run rationalization analysis, manage data quality, and perform multi-step analyses — all with full audit trails.

Additionally, Peaqview's in-app AI copilot supports BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) for OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Azure OpenAI, and AWS Bedrock — giving you control over which AI model you use, your data privacy, and costs.

Verdict: Peaqview's AI is significantly more capable and flexible. The MCP approach enables genuine autonomous workflows, not just Q&A. BYOK gives organizations control over AI vendor choice and data sovereignty.

Application Rationalization

LeanIX uses the TIME model (Tolerate, Invest, Migrate, Eliminate) as its primary rationalization framework. It provides dashboards and visualizations for portfolio optimization.

Peaqview offers a more granular approach with the 6R framework (Retire, Replace, Replatform, Refactor, Rehost, Repurchase) powered by a transparent 46-factor scoring engine. Factors span eligibility, readiness, strategic fit, cost efficiency, and urgency. Mission-critical applications receive automatic protection that blocks retirement recommendations. Every score is fully auditable with Sankey visualization showing rationalization flow.

Verdict: Peaqview offers more granular and transparent rationalization. LeanIX's TIME model is simpler but less prescriptive about the specific action to take.

Deployment

Both LeanIX and Peaqview are SaaS platforms. LeanIX is hosted on AWS EU. Peaqview is hosted on Azure and Scaleway with multi-tenant workspace isolation, where every workspace is completely isolated at the database level.

Verdict: Comparable SaaS deployment models. Both offer enterprise-grade cloud hosting with automatic updates and zero infrastructure management.

When to Choose LeanIX

• You need a mature, enterprise-proven APM tool with a large customer base
• Your organization is already in the SAP ecosystem and wants vendor alignment
• You primarily need application portfolio management without process mining
• You value a broad marketplace of pre-built integrations
• SaaS-only deployment is acceptable

When to Choose Peaqview

• You need architecture management and process mining in a single platform
• AI-powered autonomous analysis is important to your team
• You want full ArchiMate 3.2 compliance
• You want BYOK AI with control over which model you use
• You want control over AI model choice (BYOK)
• You need transparent, auditable rationalization scoring
• Your budget is more constrained than LeanIX enterprise pricing allows

Conclusion

LeanIX and Peaqview serve the same core need — enterprise architecture management — but approach it very differently. LeanIX is an established leader focused on application portfolio management with enterprise-grade maturity. Peaqview is a newer platform that unifies architecture and process intelligence with AI-native capabilities, offering more features per dollar with greater deployment flexibility.

For organizations that need to bridge the gap between how systems are documented and how they're actually used, Peaqview's unified architecture + process mining approach offers something no other platform provides natively. For organizations primarily focused on APM within the SAP ecosystem, LeanIX remains a proven choice.

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