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We performed a comparison between IBM Rational System Architect and SmartDraw based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Overview
IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture solution for visualizing, analyzing, and communicating enterprise architecture and business process analysis. This solution provides decision support, process optimization, and integration into solution delivery. Rational System Architect addresses all aspects of your organization's enterprise architecture, including modeling, publishing, analysis, and execution.
Create presentation-quality business graphics with SmartDraw. SmartDraw makes fast results possible by taking a fundamentally different approach to drawing software. SmartDraw focuses on the end result (your illustration) not the drawing process. Instead of staring at a blank screen, with SmartDraw you start by selecting the exact template you need from over a hundred different types. Then use simple commands to add your information and SmartDraw does the rest.
Sample Customers
Wuxi Lake Cloud, Nationwide, ETI, IDS Scheer
GM, Mayo Clinic, FedEx, Kraft, General Dynamics, JPL, SAP, Nestle, NIH, Tesla, Texas Children's Hospital, Wisconsin, Emerson, Pepsi, University of Michigan
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Manufacturing Company14%
Financial Services Firm14%
Computer Software Company13%
Government11%
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Small Business16%
Midsize Enterprise9%
Large Enterprise75%
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Enterprise Architecture Management
April 2024
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IBM Rational System Architect is ranked 20th in Enterprise Architecture Management while SmartDraw is ranked 6th in Mind Mapping Software. IBM Rational System Architect is rated 7.4, while SmartDraw is rated 0.0. 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, IBM Rational System Architect is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, SAP PowerDesigner and UNICOM System Architect, whereas SmartDraw is most compared with Lucidchart, Visio, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and draw.io.

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