We performed a comparison between SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer and SAP PowerDesigner 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."
"The most valuable feature of SAP PowerDesigner is the testing of the models, it has the best function. Reverse engineering is very helpful too."
"It's a great tool for documentation."
"The most useful feature has been the detailed possibility to model almost anything regarding physical databases."
"The initial setup was very easy."
"It has helped me to develop the as-is state, design its to-be state, and track the capital investment according to gap analysis."
"I like the connectivity or the lineage between the models and usability."
"SAP PowerDesigner is an excellent tool that does what I need it to do. What I like most about it is that it's stable, fast, and easy to understand."
"The most valuable features of SAP PowerDesigner are the creation the flow charts and folders. It is a powerful tool."
"The algorithm is outdated and should be upgraded."
"Connectivity can be improved because it's not very good."
"There should be a better usage of current hardware including multicore CPUs, higher resolutions, and multiple displays."
"The tool lags in the area of customer service."
"SAP PowerDesigner can improve the ease of use. It is not the best tool on the market because it is tough to navigate and use. A beginner would not be able to use it well, it requires some experience. If the solution was more user-friendly it would be able to be used by more audiences. I do not think many people are aware of this solution and they should use it."
"UI could be improved by enabling simpler navigation."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"In the future, I would like to see data manipulation capability where you can actually write SQL queries and manipulate data from directly within the tool."
"This product does not have a good BPMN Modeler."
SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is ranked 18th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 1 review while SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 5th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews. SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is rated 8.0, while SAP PowerDesigner is rated 7.8. 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 SAP PowerDesigner writes "Effective in terms of validating everything, but sometimes they don't allow us some flexibility and GUI could improve". SAP Enterprise Architecture Designer is most compared with MEGA HOPEX, whereas SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, IDERA ER/Studio and ARIS BPA.
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