ArchiLU or MEGA HOPEX: Criteria for Comparing
HOPEX, developed by MEGA International, has been part of Bizzdesign since 2024 and is now called Bizzdesign Hopex. ArchiLU is published in Luxembourg. The comparison starts from the uses you hold in Hopex, GRC included.
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Bizzdesign Hopex in brief
HOPEX was developed by MEGA International, a Paris-based vendor founded in 1991. Bizzdesign announced its acquisition of MEGA in September 2024 and now presents the product as Bizzdesign Hopex, alongside Bizzdesign Horizzon, Bizzdesign Alfabet and Bizzdesign Unify.
Bizzdesign describes Hopex as a platform connecting business, IT, risk and data, with solutions for enterprise architecture management, application and technology portfolio management, business processes, data and GRC. In September 2025, the vendor announced that it would maintain each product’s roadmap for five to seven years.
ArchiLU in brief
ArchiLU is enterprise architecture software published in Luxembourg by MIP-IT SARL. Its repository links capabilities, value streams, processes, applications, technologies, providers and contracts; each object can have an owner, and objects without one remain visible.
For DORA, each critical or important function is linked to its processes, applications, ICT third-party providers and their contracts; this chain documents the dependencies useful for the register of information. The board keeps its decisions with their reasons, and the auditor reads the chain read-only, limited to the engagement.
Compare use by use
List the Hopex solutions your teams use, with their users and reports. Each solution becomes a line in the comparison.
ArchiLU holds the repository, the application portfolio with its contracts and end-of-support dates, the DORA chain, architecture documents and the board, and the cost of processes. For each GRC use held in Hopex, check point by point what the ArchiLU trial covers.
Hosting and deployment
Bizzdesign presents its suite as a SaaS platform. ArchiLU hosts each instance in the European Union and offers deployment on your premises as an option, on quotation. For both, ask for the hosting region, the list of subprocessors and what the export contains.
Ownership, decisions and AI
In ArchiLU, the designated person accepts or declines the designation when your rules require it, and only an accepted responsibility counts. AI reads the context available to its user; the author of a change that requires approval cannot approve it.
Run the same steps in each tool, with your data: assign an owner, have a board decide, let an AI act with a person’s permissions.
Frequently asked questions
- Does HOPEX still exist?
- Yes. MEGA International is part of Bizzdesign, which presents the product as Bizzdesign Hopex. In September 2025, the vendor announced that it would maintain each product’s roadmap for five to seven years.
- Does ArchiLU cover the GRC uses of HOPEX?
- ArchiLU links critical or important functions to their applications, ICT third-party providers and contracts, follows provider risks up to the treatment decision and opens read-only audit engagements. For each GRC use held in Hopex, check during the trial what ArchiLU covers.
- How do we compare the two tools on our case?
- With the same data and the same tests: a designated owner who accepts or declines, a board decision with its reason, an AI acting with a person’s permissions, then a full export.