We performed a comparison between SAP PowerDesigner and Sparx Pro Cloud Server 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."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."
"The most valuable feature is the way you can extend it and customize it. With most modeling tools, you fit your modeling process to fit the tool. In PowerDesigner, you can make the tool fit the way you want to work."
"It can automate many routine tasks and save human resources to focus on real problems."
"In PowerDesigner, I primarily use BPM and modeling standards. I find it beneficial for process analysis, although I use data modeling to a lesser extent."
"It's a stable system. It never crashes."
"SAP PowerDesigner is an excellent tool that does what I need it to do. What I like most about it is that it's stable, fast, and easy to understand."
"The most useful feature has been the detailed possibility to model almost anything regarding physical databases."
"It has helped me to develop the as-is state, design its to-be state, and track the capital investment according to gap analysis."
"We have found the technical support to be helpful."
"The solution's most valuable feature is ArchiMate which I use daily."
"Regarding improvements, I suggest enhancing the connection between objects in process and data models. It's crucial to define the structure of objects, especially when dealing with standard frameworks like VMM. There should be better visualization of arrows between BPM and data modeling objects, specifying their structure and impact. For future versions, a feature similar to Bizagi, allowing users to see forms or SQL representations of objects, would be valuable for demonstrating and presenting project details to stakeholders."
"There are some minor things that could be easier. We're writing up procedures to bring all the modeling back into one group as this reduces delays in production."
"Not very intuitive or user-friendly."
"In terms of improvement, the pricing is a bit high."
"Technical support could be better and more human."
"One disadvantage of SAP PowerDesigner is that you cannot reverse engineer the ALTER statements, so that's an enhancement or area for improvement I'm looking forward to seeing from the SAP team in the future. That should directly reflect on the physical data models my company builds."
"The solution is very, very expensive. It would be ideal if it was a more affordable product."
"There are many areas of this solution that needs to be changed."
"The solution should allow easier access with enhanced customization options for web page DHTML."
"The user-friendliness could be even better."
SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 5th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews while Sparx Pro Cloud Server is ranked 15th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 3 reviews. SAP PowerDesigner is rated 7.8, while Sparx Pro Cloud Server is rated 8.4. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Pro Cloud Server writes "Scalable and reasonably priced with good technical support". SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio and IDERA ER/Studio, whereas Sparx Pro Cloud Server is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. See our SAP PowerDesigner vs. Sparx Pro Cloud Server report.
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