We performed a comparison between Avolution ABACUS and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about LeanIX, Sparx Systems, erwin by Quest and others in Enterprise Architecture Management."There are a lot of different features, but the business/decision-maker feature, visibility, and dashboards are most valuable."
"The technical support is very good. They are responsive and the answers they provide are detailed."
"If you face new challenges or issues then you can dynamically customize according to the business needs."
"It's more than just an enterprise architecture tool as it has a lot of nice features, e.g. messaging, simulation, etc."
"It is a very stable solution...The initial setup of Avolution ABACUS is very easy."
"Scalable and stable tool for roadmapping and modeling, with a good dashboard, end-to-end impact analysis, and portfolio management."
"The most valuable feature is that it has a customizable meta-model, which is key."
"The tool's implementation is straightforward as everything is readily available. For instance, setting up a portal is seamless, allowing easy publishing and access to data. However, integrating with other tools like BI, Power BI, or Grafana requires setting up pipelines between them."
"The TOGAF ADM model is most valuable. It is also very cheap as compared to other options in the market."
"I have found the Meta Model tuning feature useful as it provides me with an overview of all my work needs."
"This is a useful tool for IT people who need to design their solution architecture."
"Scalability is not a problem. You can always increase the footprint of what the thing can do because it's so powerful."
"Provides a single repository for all architecture work."
"It is simple to build the first model for the solution."
"It is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group. It is in the tool register of Open Group."
"The solution is easy to use, supports SysML and UML, and is able to connect to MATLAB. This is very important for us."
"They should take more initiative to implement things that competing products have already come out with."
"In the future, there could be improvements in integration and enhancements."
"While this is one of the most powerful tools on the market it does not integrate well with Microsoft Office or others."
"It is vastly scalable but you can't run it on a Mac or Linux so it has limitations."
"Avolution ABACUS has the drawback of needing data filtering at the development level, unlike some tools that offer filtering at deployment. Two areas where Avolution ABACUS could be improved are regional support and flexibility in model selection. Sometimes, it's challenging to access support or updates in certain regions, which can slow down progress. Additionally, it would be beneficial if the tool allowed more flexibility in selecting multiple models within a single unit."
"Having more control over page size is lacking in this product. Print utilization also needs to be improved."
"The company needs to update the UML version they are using for the product as it is quite old."
"I use reference models, which are taxonomies, in my EA work. It is a reference model/taxonomy of things with capabilities, sub capabilities, and sub-sub capabilities, so you're working it down. I haven't yet found a simple way to implement that in Abacus. It could be that it is there, but I don't know how to do it."
"This solution should have better ease of use for the uninitiated."
"In general, we now have a problem with Sparx Enterprise Architect because many analysts think it's too complicated to use in a giant environment."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
"It really did not work for logical modeling. The look is very old-fashioned. You can't make the diagrams easy on the eye, so we ended up drawing them again in Visio anyhow."
"The solution's interface could be more straightforward."
"Not visually appealing."
"The modeling tool is targeted toward a sophisticated user."
"The elements of the modeling sets can have better customization and visual representation. It would be great to have a mobile version."
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Avolution ABACUS is ranked 8th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 13 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. Avolution ABACUS is rated 8.2, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Avolution ABACUS writes " An out of the box tool that creates reports on the fly that can help your client make better decisions". 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". Avolution ABACUS is most compared with LeanIX, Visio, MEGA HOPEX, ARIS BPA and BiZZdesign HoriZZon, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and SAP PowerDesigner.
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