We performed a comparison between IDERA ER/Studio and iServer 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."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 are able to document the data lineage and data flows of our data from one system to another."
"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is generating DDL (data definition language)."
"This application does a lot of things, as do competitor products, but the main reason to go with this product was the ability to create many automations, where we can improve our work and our process."
"Straightforward setup."
"The most valuable features are... those that enable me to represent the database to the development community and the business users."
"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."
"The solution has wide use within Microsoft products. The integration with Microsoft products, and, in particular, Microsoft Office, is great."
"I have to think less with this solution. It's simple."
"The solution is easily modified to suit your needs."
"The product has a valuable customized model."
"Integrating the Microsoft documents to the product and visualization matrix where we can see the end-to-end relationship of the network is of great importance to our company."
"The most valuable features of iServer are the integration with Microsoft Office and the interface is similar to Microsoft applications making them easy to use."
"iServer has valuable features for workflow and document management."
"We like the governance."
"Sometimes our version is a little unstable. But I think this problem occurs because our version is old."
"The visual presentation is a little too colorful and seems that it is dumbed down."
"What I would like to see improved is the reliability of the releases, releases that are a little less buggy."
"It isn't easy to compare the thousands of tables in the model against the database. The tool should improve the synchronization within the large organization"
"The screens are a bit outdated. They could use a new look and feel."
"We did have a big issue when we upgraded to the 2016 version. The Team Server portion never did quite install correctly, and/or the database was corrupted, and we never figured it out."
"They allow functionalities to be released before the full tests for catching and correcting errors are completed."
"When building the relationships there should be a little more flexibility."
"More visualization techniques and ways to report the data might be helpful."
"There could be features for process mining, process simulation, and analytics."
"It definitely needs help to improve the visual aspect of the solution."
"It runs relatively slowly."
"There can be some performance issues using the solution that should be improved. When you make modifications modify to files there are embedded data within that can take a while to process."
"We could allocate permissions to use only specific components to the users rather than the entire instance."
"The one issue is that if you want to import predefined work, you need to put the licensing model in. So if you wanted to import work that was done before, you then need to buy a separate product for that."
"I haven't used this solution long enough to know what areas could be improved."
IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 10th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews while iServer is ranked 6th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 15 reviews. IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4, while iServer is rated 7.2. 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 iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management feature ". 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 iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, ARIS BPA, Visio and MEGA HOPEX. See our IDERA ER/Studio vs. iServer report.
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