We compared Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Visual Paradigm based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect offers advanced visualizations, industry-standard modeling languages, and powerful customization capabilities, with praised customer service. In contrast, Visual Paradigm is highlighted for its intuitive user interface, comprehensive diagramming capabilities, and robust project management functionalities. Users find both software solutions valuable but suggest different areas for improvement, such as collaboration features for Sparx Systems and certain software functions for Visual Paradigm.
Features: Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect offers a comprehensive repository, seamless integration with development tools, industry-standard modeling support, advanced visualizations, powerful customization, and extensive documentation and user community support. Visual Paradigm excels in its intuitive interface, diagramming capabilities, collaboration options, documentation generation tools, project management functionalities, and wide range of platforms and integrations.
Pricing and ROI: Both Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Visual Paradigm have received positive feedback regarding their pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Users find the setup cost of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect straightforward and relatively easy, while Visual Paradigm offers a hassle-free setup experience. Both products provide flexible licensing options to accommodate users' needs., Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect offers a substantial ROI, providing significant value. Visual Paradigm's positive ROI is attributed to its features, ease of use, and effectiveness in managing complex projects. Users appreciate the time-saving and cost-effective benefits.
Room for Improvement: Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect could improve its user interface, collaboration features, and performance. Additionally, users requested better integration with other tools and more intuitive functionalities. Visual Paradigm has received feedback on desired improvements for certain features or functions.
Deployment and customer support: In the reviews, users reported that the duration for establishing a new tech solution varies between Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Visual Paradigm. Some users mentioned separate timeframes for deployment, setup, and implementation with Sparx Systems, while others mentioned similar timeframes for deployment and setup with Visual Paradigm., Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect's customer service is highly praised by users for its responsive, knowledgeable, and efficient assistance. Visual Paradigm's customer service is praised for its prompt, helpful, and reliable support, with an efficient and friendly support team.
The summary above is based on 22 interviews we conducted recently with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and Visual Paradigm users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago."
"The most valuable feature is the integrated data model, so if I change the name of an item, all models using that object are automatically updated."
"The stability has been good and satisfactory. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten."
"Modeling is a part of my work, and it has a lot of standard modeling languages. It is quite wide, and a lot is possible in it. We are not programming it ourselves, but if you are into programming and developing software yourself, you can go further and do a lot with Sparx. You can work from the framework and go into the details. With this solution, you get a lot of value at a low cost. It is also quite intuitive in terms of use. I like the use of it."
"It's a stable and scalable solution. I like that it's similar to Rational Rose."
"There are a lot of features in Enterprise Architect. It allows us to take on a lot of tasks."
"We can easily use it with our new customers."
"I have found the Meta Model tuning feature useful as it provides me with an overview of all my work needs."
"The Visual Paradigm business process forms for designing we good. There was not a lot of configuration for the process diagram."
"I like the structure. I can see the diagrams and everything I created."
"Some of the most valuable features of this process modeling tool are process simulation and process animation."
"It is easy and intuitive to use, not excessively rigid, and quite flexible."
"It is easy-to-use and it helps understand its data modeling structure through the intuitive user interface."
"What I like best about Visual Paradigm is its simple GUI, especially since I'm a new user. In my two years of experience with this tool, I didn't find it complex because I was able to learn how to use it via YouTube videos. Visual Paradigm is enough for me. I also find the bridging feature in the tool valuable."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"I love Visual Paradigm because it has many different types of diagrams. For any field of engineering, we can find a diagram."
"I would like to see integration with Confluence or any other TRM, and the capability to integrate with the data storage, such as a repository similar to GitHub."
"Sparx can be a bit slow. If you are trying to design software architecture, sometimes we run into issues and need to refresh."
"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."
"The solution's interface could be more straightforward."
"This solution is quite complex to use. It would be nice if the learning curve wasn't so steep."
"It took me a while to figure out how to use the report generation features effectively. So, it would be really nice if they had a way to make that a little bit more interactive and a little bit more straightforward."
"The window froze for five or ten seconds. You can click and click again and it takes a second to come up. It might have been specific to a version."
"Using EA involves a steep learning curve if you want to understand its capabilities and functionality."
"The solution could be more compatible with other products in the future."
"The solution can improve by updating the user interface, and graphics."
"From time to time, we experience some troubles when we work as teams."
"In terms of room for improvement in Visual Paradigm, I tried looking for one. I'm pleased with the tool, but it would be great if you could integrate Visual Paradigm with more tools. For example, when moving from Visual Paradigm to another tool, such as Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, the process could be improved a bit. Still, I wonder if it's not limited by the standards Visual Paradigm follows, such as XMI files. It could be connected to limitations related to the standards rather than a tool limitation. When you move projects from Visual Paradigm into Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect via XMI files, you lose all your notes from the elements, so this is an area for improvement in Visual Paradigm. TOGAF support is an additional feature I'd like to see in the next release of Visual Paradigm. I'd also like the tool to have ArchiMate support. If both TOGAF and ArchiMate could be supported in Visual Paradigm and made part of a lower level of licensing or cheaper licensing models, that would be best for me."
"The product's versioning capability needs improvement."
"Visual Paradigm is heavier and has more complexity than one of its competitors, e.g. Lucidchart. It could have been better if it was more simplified."
"The solution's technical support can be improved and accessible for our company location since Visual Paradigm follows a remote support model with some challenges."
"It's still early for me to comment since I've only been using it for two months, but the responsiveness when diagramming needs to be improved."
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Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 4th in Business Process Design with 97 reviews while Visual Paradigm is ranked 7th in Business Process Design with 25 reviews. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0, while Visual Paradigm is rated 8.0. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Paradigm writes "Very flexible and easy to use with a good pricing model". Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart, LeanIX and ARIS BPA, whereas Visual Paradigm is most compared with Visio, Lucidchart, Bizagi, No Magic MagicDraw and ARIS BPA. See our Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect vs. Visual Paradigm report.
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