We performed a comparison between IBM Rational System Architect and iServer 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."We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"There are a lot of features I find valuable, but I think that the metamodel customization is one of the best features that the solution offers."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"iServer has valuable features for workflow and document management."
"Tech support is very responsive. They solved issues within a prompt response time."
"I have to think less with this solution. It's simple."
"Integrating the Microsoft documents to the product and visualization matrix where we can see the end-to-end relationship of the network is of great importance to our company."
"The product has a valuable customized model."
"Good and effective reporting features, which help in decision making."
"It has helped having data lineage in the business cluster, which is used as control artifacts."
"The initial setup is easy."
"There needs to be more information at the outset about how to use the solution and how to deploy it. The deployment process needs improvement."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"The reverse engineering of the database is already there, but in the next release I would like to see some pilot supplied with the solution in order to address any database."
"I haven't used this solution long enough to know what areas could be improved."
"There are other solutions out there that have a better user interface."
"Enhancing integration options with ERP or ITSM-related solutions for triggering automated requests for process definitions, changes, and tracking them in the iServer."
"More visualization techniques and ways to report the data might be helpful."
"The migration tool needs to be included in the main package, and not as a separate license."
"There could be features for process mining, process simulation, and analytics."
"We could allocate permissions to use only specific components to the users rather than the entire instance."
"It runs relatively slowly."
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IBM Rational System Architect is ranked 20th in Enterprise Architecture Management while iServer is ranked 6th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 15 reviews. IBM Rational System Architect is rated 7.4, while iServer is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of IBM Rational System Architect writes "Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management feature ". IBM Rational System Architect is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, SAP PowerDesigner and UNICOM System Architect, whereas iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, ARIS BPA and MEGA HOPEX.
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