We performed a comparison between IDERA ER/Studio and MEGA HOPEX based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Architecture Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Straightforward setup."
"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."
"Using this product has improved the way we maintain our models because they have a place where we can keep all of them, and they can be viewed using the web interface."
"Data lineage tracking: It allows us to identify upstream and downstream systems using data."
"The data modeling module is important to me because I am a database developer and designer... It's very fast, reliable, up-to-date, so easy to use, smooth."
"We found a lot of duplication, a lot of non-conformity in the way our databases were designed. By identifying these situations, we're able to go back in and try to create a more standardized solution."
"We use the solution to create data models which describe our company's data architecture"
"The interface is really simple to use and it allows me to pick and choose which tables I want to reverse engineer."
"Its availability is very good."
"Customer support is fantastic. They are very helpful whenever we get on the line with the support team."
"MEGA offers a more integrated GRC platform to facilitate enhanced coordination between the functions of Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit on a single platform solution - HOPEX."
"The platform is stable."
"HOPEX has a panel that offers various views. I think that is very good. MEGA has an app for integrating with a lot of apps. We help our clients integrate HOPEX with a different product like Apple Gateway, for example. I've been with the company for 15 years, and we connect with everything. Our clientele includes almost all of the banks in Mexico."
"An advantage is its accessibility."
"The most valuable feature for this solution is the automatic updating and propagation of changes across the system."
"We have many use cases for this solution but the feature I have found most valuable is the IT Portfolio Management module."
"This solution needs more precise documentation."
"It would be helpful if they could create a generic JSON database type, as a target database, rather than a specific one like Mongo."
"The model diagram because very clumsy when you save it on the team server and the models are very big."
"Sometimes our version is a little unstable. But I think this problem occurs because our version is old."
"When building the relationships there should be a little more flexibility."
"The solution's reporting could be improved because the report writer is terrible."
"They allow functionalities to be released before the full tests for catching and correcting errors are completed."
"One limitation I have found in ER/Studio is that when you want to make some changes to the table definitions, you have to go item by item. You cannot do it globally. Another issue concerns defining the foreign keys between the different tables. It is a little more tedious in the ER/Studio than in ERrwin. With ERwin it is direct."
"They do tend to push people to their professional services, instead of helping the customers with their problems. I understand this is their business. At the same time, however, they need to work on fact sheets or offer some program to help the customers who want to implement it themselves and to make it run properly in their environment."
"It takes a long time to learn how to use HOPEX. It's hard to work with it because the user interface is bad. For example, if you want to build a complex system diagram, you need a lot of knowledge to do this correctly and make it readable. In MEGA, you need to create a report and it takes a long time to publish it. The publishing is offline. With RDoC, everything is online."
"The solution lacks additional models compared to other tools."
"The interface must be improved."
"MEGA HOPEX's problem is that it is expensive, but it's a fantastic tool."
"I cannot recall coming across any missing features."
"We have a very close relationship with MEGA representatives in Mexico, and we ask them why they don't offer impact analysis. For example, we have a server in the center and provide the client a view of what's in the peripheral area, like one cluster, application, process area, and services. We want to offer our clients that level of visibility with HOPEX."
"The product must improve integration with other tools."
IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 10th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews while MEGA HOPEX is ranked 4th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 37 reviews. IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4, while MEGA HOPEX is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IDERA ER/Studio writes "The solution has important reverse engineering features, but it needs a single sign-on feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MEGA HOPEX writes "Interactive with good functionality and helps with productivity". IDERA ER/Studio is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, SAP PowerDesigner, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Toad Data Modeler and erwin Evolve by Quest, whereas MEGA HOPEX is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, LeanIX, ARIS BPA, Visio and Avolution ABACUS. See our IDERA ER/Studio vs. MEGA HOPEX report.
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