We performed a comparison between iServer and SAP PowerDesigner 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 product has a valuable customized model."
"Tech support is very responsive. They solved issues within a prompt response time."
"The initial setup is easy."
"iServer has valuable features for workflow and document management."
"We like the governance."
"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 is a solution that helps catalog enterprise architect solutions and catalog information."
"It has helped having data lineage in the business cluster, which is used as control artifacts."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"Very good repository features."
"The most valuable features of the solution are it's built very well, easy to use, and simple to describe freely what is needed in logical and physical data models."
"It offers a lot of features in one solution. You would have to get multiple other products to bundle together all of the capabilities that you get in just this product."
"It allows us to have proper documentation in terms of the databases."
"The physical database model is definitely the most valuable feature because it describes normalization exactly the way you understand the data, and it deploys it perfectly with open source systems."
"The solution is a very pragmatic tool. It's quite easy to use."
"It's a great tool for documentation."
"The performance is slow, which is something that should be improved."
"There are other solutions out there that have a better user interface."
"Requirements management needs to be improved."
"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."
"We could allocate permissions to use only specific components to the users rather than the entire instance."
"The migration tool needs to be included in the main package, and not as a separate license."
"The modelling needs improvement, specifically forecasting capabilities and scenarios."
"It runs relatively slowly."
"The focus is more on mainstream development environments, and I see a lack of focus on the open source world. I think SAP PowerDesigner probably interfaces better with SQL Server and Db2 but not with open source databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL."
"In terms of improvement, the pricing is a bit high."
"The solution itself does not need to be improved. However, they could add support for different languages."
"There are many areas of this solution that needs to be changed."
"The solution is very, very expensive. It would be ideal if it was a more affordable product."
"SAP PowerDesigner can improve the ease of use. It is not the best tool on the market because it is tough to navigate and use. A beginner would not be able to use it well, it requires some experience. If the solution was more user-friendly it would be able to be used by more audiences. I do not think many people are aware of this solution and they should use it."
"Connectivity can be improved because it's not very good."
"I've tried to use Power Designer to bring in images, which didn't work very well at all."
iServer is ranked 6th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 15 reviews while SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 5th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews. iServer is rated 7.2, while SAP PowerDesigner is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management feature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP PowerDesigner writes "Effective in terms of validating everything, but sometimes they don't allow us some flexibility and GUI could improve". iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, ARIS BPA, Visio and MEGA HOPEX, whereas SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, IDERA ER/Studio and LeanIX. See our SAP PowerDesigner vs. iServer report.
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