We performed a comparison between Sparx Prolaborate and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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."What is really powerful in Sparx is the way in which you can model business processes. You can link business processes to organizational objectives. You can also take those business processes and link them to specific product features that you want to deliver."
"It is valuable to have diagrams available in real time."
"Sparx Prolaborate is user-friendly, easy to use, and has good documentation."
"Its extensibility is most valuable."
"It allows us to give a better description of our project than using the written word."
"The most valuable feature of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is the value streams."
"It is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group. It is in the tool register of Open Group."
"For the most part, we find that it is remarkable how inexpensive it is."
"The profiles and ready-made templates are an extremely helpful feature. This is one of the biggest features that I find very useful in Sparx."
"The system provides powerful tools for obtaining reports and documentation."
"It provides good utilization and it's a convenient tool for building exact architectural work."
"A feature I like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is its ease of use."
"It is a useful tool for modeling and testing automated processes."
"There should be more cloud capabilities."
"In the next release, there should be more editable objects. We find Sparx Prolaborate very user-friendly, and having more features that are in the Enterprise Architect would be great, such as managing different versions of diagrams."
"A lot of product teams use a lot of visualizations for mapping out the product roadmap, brainstorming, or understanding the vision of the product, but Sparx is not a great visualization tool. Sparx has to improve the way for visualizing processes, journeys, software designs, etc. It would really benefit the product management teams or even enterprise architects."
"The product is not very user-friendly."
"The solution could offer different sources for design."
"The solution needs to offer better support for the mobile-based system. Right now, it's not working."
"They should make the Save button easier to find. A simplified user interface for a lighter user would probably be useful. I am not sure if such an interface is already there."
"Their technical support is not good in India. I wrote to them because I had a question, but I never got an answer. So, I just left it behind."
"The templates for documentation should be enhanced to include complex documents such as template RFP, or Non functional requirements template."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"When collaborating with other people, it needs to be more user-friendly."
"It would be nice to have it supported on the Linux operating system."
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Sparx Prolaborate is ranked 19th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 5 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. Sparx Prolaborate is rated 7.2, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Sparx Prolaborate writes "Diagram are available in real time but edits sometimes require a manual refresh". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". Sparx Prolaborate is most compared with LeanIX and Sparx Pro Cloud Server, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX. See our Sparx Prolaborate vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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