Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Other Solutions Considered

Anthony Houghton - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at UK Research and Innovatio

I didn't evaluate other options because Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect was imposed on me. It was what my company was using when I joined.

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AH
Software Architect at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

We work with both Sparx and HOPEX, and therefore we can easily compare them. Sparx, for example, is less expensive. However, it can run slow sometimes and needs to be refreshed. HOPEX sometimes has the same issue in terms of needing an occasional refresh.

We find Sparx to be more useable as well. It's less technical.

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TW
Software Developer at RowdenSoftwareSolutions Ltd.

At the time I first used it it was a no brainer, there was only Sparx out there as affordable and serious software - there was Visio. Now there are real alternatives.

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RK
Entrepreneur-Consultant-Developer-Freelance at Dipl.-Ök. Roland Kossow

I did not evaluate other solutions. I heard of Sparx EA to be one of the best - even though it is a challenging tool - and that is why I took it.

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IM
Senior Solutions Architect Lead at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Currently, I am using a different tool, which is open-source, because the company didn't want to pay. It looks like they have changed their mind, and I have now started looking into the tool. I will also be looking at other cloud-based tools, including Sparx. We haven't yet made a decision. We will compare all the options, and Sparx has very good chances. We are quite positive about it, but there is also competition.

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RM
Product Manager at a construction company with 51-200 employees

I had a long list. I had about 15 different enterprise-grade architecture tools. I got a bunch of them off the PeerSpot site.

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ML
Conseiller principal en architecture d’entreprise et de solution at Cronomagic Canada

In my career, I was involved in many modeling tool selection exercises in many organizations and had the chance to compare most of the available tools on the market (Rational Rose, RSM, RSA, IBM RDA, CaseWise, Mega, Aris, ...). To date, I haven't the opportunity to try and evaluate BiZZdesign.

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JL
Director Enterprise Architecture at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Considered Visio Professional (has a repository), ArchiMate (too high-level), Rational (too costly)

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DM
Architecte fonctionnel at AAnnex

I haven't had a chance to compare this solution to other products. For us, it works pretty well and we haven't had to look elsewhere for similar solutions. 

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CK
Enterprise Architect - Integrations at BCA

I evaluated Visio. I use it in parallel with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

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SR
Sr. Solutions Architect at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

We evaluated other solutions before choosing Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. Most of the other solutions had very big footprints and were very heavy tools. Our use cases were mostly related to EA modeling. For that, this tool was good.

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DJ
Process Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I wasn't involved in the selection and acquisition process. Since I began in this role, I have been working with SaaS products, such as Signavo's suite of products. In my view, these products are far more usable than client-server products, in terms of getting projects underway and using them in workshops. However, I think that they are not as versatile and functional as products such as EA, although they are rapidly catching up with desktop products.

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it_user186219 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Architect at a transportation company with 501-1,000 employees

Archimate from the Open Group as well as other more robust EA products, both open source and proprietary.

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IK
Business Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We are doing some slow research in the direction of switching to another program. For this year, it's not in the roadmap, but I will approve that for next year because we really want to consider some alternatives.

For example, solutions like LeanIX have more capabilities for integration between different levels of data representation. We can integrate the system with Confluence, and it can integrate with Jira.

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MS
Sr. Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We evaluated other options such as Rational Software Architect, Visual Paradigm, and Altova UModel.

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it_user242034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Designer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I really tried hard to find the best solution that suits all needs. JIRA/Confluence, and many UML tools like Magic Draw. The only tool that comes close is Visual Paradigm. After some time evaluating, I chose EA, because it gives me the freedom of writing SQL queries, and I can create backups of the whole model very easily. Also, the concept of floating licenses is very nice if you work with different external teams.

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PP
Enterprise Architect at Mobiliser

The current market landscape is changing. The recent work I've done with Orbus IServer to be a serious contender.

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it_user526653 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant with self employed

Power Designer, Corso, Rational,BIZZDesign

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it_user227979 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integration Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I have evaluated various tools - IBM Rational Software Architect, briefly played with SyBase Power Designer and Archi. I found them difficult to use, a steeper learning curve, or they did only a portion of the modelling.

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it_user222246 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architecture and Innovation Officer, Corporate Strategy, Plans and Systems, Ferrovie dello Stato with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have evaluated other products both before and after the adoption of Enterprise Architect. We selected EI as the best quality/price to ease of learning and use. 

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MR
Senior Enterprise Architect at a individual & family service with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • Rational Rose
  • Eclipse Modeling
  • CA Erwin
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RH
IT Project Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Since all the staff is already trained in Bizagi and find it easy to use, I do not wish to change this, but only to load all the processes from it to Sparx. This is my approach. 

The Bizagi model is only for process. It is not an enterprise architect tool. Only Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, but not Bizagi, allows one to make diagrams and metrics, to examine the relationship between all the elements.

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it_user100644 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We evaluated MagicDraw.

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JF
Business Owner at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees

Visual Paradigm is the first one I had about five years ago, I added Enterprise Architect. Enterprise Architect gives a good overview of the tool, but I find that it's difficult for me to take that example and apply it to what I'm trying to accomplish in documenting a design.

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it_user603426 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect

I’m always keeping my eye on the tool landscape and there are a lot of good tools out there. But for the money, breadth of scope, depth of features, add-ons, customizability, and capabilities, it still ranks number one.

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AK
Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Yes, but for the combination of price and value, no one beats them. Now if you want to pay a million dollars there's a lot to choose from.

While I've often heard the large million dollar tools tout how much more powerful they are I have yet to see anything they offer that Sparx EA doesn't.

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it_user599052 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I have run tooling RFPs comparing BPM tools such as iGrafx, Aris, ADONIS, and Sparx. (Sparx was already being used by solution architects.)

We chose Sparx as it was the incumbent tool within the organisation. It was significantly less expensive than the other tools.

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it_user331878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We have evaluated other products from competing vendors. Sparx EA has cost advantage over competing tools in the market.  

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it_user356841 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect (Project) at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Other solutions were exclude based on pricing.

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it_user466647 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Before choosing this product, we did some research. We had been using Rational and PowerDesigner from Sybase (now SAP), and we tried Embarcadero.

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it_user121062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We were comparing to BizzDesign Architect, Orbus-software and others, but as we still are a rather immature architecture community, we will start small and when we can deliver business benefits we will make a new tool comparison, after a year or so, in 2017. So the main reason for Sparx & BEASI is the low-price and thanks to Beasi a full Archimate support, the inbuilt Archimate support in Sparx is not reaching.

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it_user321609 - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Analyst at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was a matter of price and quality! Other solutions were offering “better integrated tools”, but our goal was the UML for analysis purpose and Sparx EA proposed all the required features for a good price, and continuity and quality of support.

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MJ
System Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

I have evaluated IBM doors.

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it_user178515 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP, Senior Business Analyst at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Rational Doors from IBM. Their product much more expensive and less agile.

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it_user398625 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We are still in the evaluation phase.

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it_user957645 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

In this project, Aris was the main competition.

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it_user378201 - PeerSpot reviewer
medewerker e-diensten at a government with 51-200 employees

My colleague did this before I started using EA. Dunno exactly, but I thought about Bizzdesign, ARIS, and one or two other products.

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Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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