We performed a comparison between SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer 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."Traceability is a fantastic feature."
"It's a very practical solution. You don't need to do an advanced course to start using this tool."
"There are a lot of features in Enterprise Architect. It allows us to take on a lot of tasks."
"Large variety of profiles and frameworks available out-of-the-box without the need for customization."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The TOGAF ADM model is most valuable. It is also very cheap as compared to other options in the market."
"It is a very rich tool in terms of the functionality, and the types of diagrams, that you can create in this tool."
"Ability to keep inventory of reusable blocks, and use in different diagrams with views of various templates."
"The best thing about the tool is that its database is open."
"The algorithm is outdated and should be upgraded."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
"There used to be that feature in ArchiMate Modeling of Enterprise Architect called inherited relationships. Now it's gone."
"The window froze for five or ten seconds. You can click and click again and it takes a second to come up. It might have been specific to a version."
"The stability and performance of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect could still be improved. Setup for it is also slightly complicated and could be improved."
"I would like it to be less of a general tool. Currently, it is not a Swiss army knife that can do everything. It is not specialized for our purposes. We are a civil engineering company. We build things. We work mostly in what is known as Infra world in the Netherlands, which comprises objects such as bridges, locks, and water management. We would like to see more focus on such types of projects. It would be nice if it has more specializations. At the moment, it is very generic, and you have to create everything yourself. Our focus is more on user requirement management, which is currently very basic. I would like to see a lot more functionality in this area. Its basic functions for adding user requirements are perfect, but we need more features. Currently, it has limited possibilities for our requirements. I would also like to see better contract management and have it managed in a certain way."
"The elements of the modeling sets can have better customization and visual representation. It would be great to have a mobile version."
"Even if there are web-based tools in the Enterprise Architecture tool ecosystem (like Prolaborate), the main modeling application is still a fat client application."
"The presentation graphics need to be improved in future builds."
More Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Pricing and Cost Advice →
SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is ranked 18th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 1 review while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is rated 8.0, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer writes "Great training available with traceability a key feature". 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". SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is most compared with SAP PowerDesigner and MEGA HOPEX, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX.
See our list of best Enterprise Architecture Management vendors.
We monitor all Enterprise Architecture Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.