We performed a comparison between IDERA ER/Studio 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."The most valuable feature of the solution is generating DDL (data definition language)."
"Developing new dimensional models; for the data we're hosting, dimensional modeling is more useful."
"Modeling with Data Architect: We can quickly reverse-engineer a database from an existing database or create a model from scratch."
"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."
"One of the valuable features is inheritance when joining tables. When setting up RI and domains and rules, ER/Studio does a lot of the grunt, boilerplate code that would otherwise have to be hand-coded."
"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."
"Data lineage tracking: It allows us to identify upstream and downstream systems using data."
"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."
"We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago."
"It has led some teams to do better code reviews - to be less focussed on coding conventions (syntax) and more focussed on the semantics because of the abstraction level clear design affords."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Ability to keep inventory of reusable blocks, and use in different diagrams with views of various templates."
"The best thing about the tool is that its database is open."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is very flexible and it is simple to define the metamodel. Additionally, it is lightweight on resources."
"The system provides powerful tools for obtaining reports and documentation."
"It's easy to search within the solution."
"When building the relationships there should be a little more flexibility."
"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."
"The solution's reporting could be improved because the report writer is terrible."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"I would like it to be less of a general tool. Currently, it is not a Swiss army knife that can do everything. It is not specialized for our purposes. We are a civil engineering company. We build things. We work mostly in what is known as Infra world in the Netherlands, which comprises objects such as bridges, locks, and water management. We would like to see more focus on such types of projects. It would be nice if it has more specializations. At the moment, it is very generic, and you have to create everything yourself. Our focus is more on user requirement management, which is currently very basic. I would like to see a lot more functionality in this area. Its basic functions for adding user requirements are perfect, but we need more features. Currently, it has limited possibilities for our requirements. I would also like to see better contract management and have it managed in a certain way."
"I struggled with most of the features for this tool, as did the rest of our architecture team."
"Using EA involves a steep learning curve if you want to understand its capabilities and functionality."
"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"The stability and performance of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect could still be improved. Setup for it is also slightly complicated and could be improved."
"The reporting needs improvement."
"Its usability needs to be improved. For non-technical users, it is a little difficult to understand how Enterprise Architect works. Users who are not engineers find it difficult to understand how this tool works. This is something they need to work on. They can develop a BPM model to simulate processes."
"Its best features are not intuitive or easy to learn. Most companies I have worked with, when I see what they are doing with it , are not using more than 5% of what they could and should be doing with it."
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IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 10th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. 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 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". IDERA ER/Studio is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, SAP PowerDesigner, Toad Data Modeler, erwin Evolve by Quest and LeanIX, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX. See our IDERA ER/Studio vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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