We performed a comparison between PTC Windchill 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."I like how the product integrates with other technical solutions."
"Scalability is not a problem. You can always increase the footprint of what the thing can do because it's so powerful."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and adaptability of Sparx Enterprise Architect."
"We could capture the process models around 24 countries with all their local variations."
"The installation was very easy."
"I like Sparx's BPM features and the way it lets you create the diagram."
"Using Sparx Enterprise Architect allowed my customer to detail and make the company's IT strategy visible and accessible to all. The system provided clear roadmaps for IT development and helped to keep up-to-date documentation of systems and processes."
"Large variety of profiles and frameworks available out-of-the-box without the need for customization."
"The product offers very good support for all mainstream modeling notations and architectural frameworks."
"Some parts of the system are exclusive, so we can't work with them."
"When the model is large, it is a bit slow to render."
"Their technical support is not good in India. I wrote to them because I had a question, but I never got an answer. So, I just left it behind."
"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 solution needs to offer better support for the mobile-based system. Right now, it's not working."
"This solution has some limitations from a business perspective."
"This solution is quite complex to use. It would be nice if the learning curve wasn't so steep."
"It would be nice to have it supported on the Linux operating system."
"One room for improvement in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is that it's not very friendly. Another room for improvement in the tool is that it doesn't enable you to import the metadata from a database very easily, so reverse engineering of a database was very difficult. Its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement."
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PTC Windchill is ranked 22nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 1 review while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. PTC Windchill is rated 5.0, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of PTC Windchill writes "Pricy and tough to integrate with some solutions, though it provided essential support for workflows". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Powerful tool when it comes to modeling features and traceability". PTC Windchill is most compared with Intralink, Siemens PLM TeamCenter, Omnify Empower PLM, Aras Innovator and Arena PLM, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, LeanIX and Lucidchart.
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