We performed a comparison between iServer and SAP PowerDesigner based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Architecture Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I have to think less with this solution. It's simple."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Good and effective reporting features, which help in decision making."
"Integrating the Microsoft documents to the product and visualization matrix where we can see the end-to-end relationship of the network is of great importance to our company."
"The most valuable features of iServer are the integration with Microsoft Office and the interface is similar to Microsoft applications making them easy to use."
"Tech support is very responsive. They solved issues within a prompt response time."
"We like the governance."
"There were lots of different requirements, and collaboration and review is one of the biggest things. There is also Office 360 integration, and there's flexibility to use it as a database as well."
"The most valuable feature of SAP PowerDesigner is the testing of the models, it has the best function. Reverse engineering is very helpful too."
"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 solution is a very pragmatic tool. It's quite easy to use."
"I do a data-centric design, so for me, the data analysis and design tools are the most valuable features."
"I mostly work on the conceptual and logical side of things, and I enjoy how easy it is to use."
"I've used the reverse engineering feature a lot. I can take a look at the structure of the database and what relationships it has."
"This solution has good tools for big data, where you can manage large and complex databases."
"Has a specific template that's very helpful for importing metadata."
"It runs relatively slowly."
"There are other solutions out there that have a better user interface."
"There could be features for process mining, process simulation, and analytics."
"It definitely needs help to improve the visual aspect of the solution."
"Cannot see which activities are control activities."
"The migration tool needs to be included in the main package, and not as a separate license."
"I haven't used this solution long enough to know what areas could be improved."
"Requirements management needs to be improved."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly."
"There should be a better usage of current hardware including multicore CPUs, higher resolutions, and multiple displays."
"The data governance should be improved, like ER/Studio."
"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."
"There are some minor things that could be easier. We're writing up procedures to bring all the modeling back into one group as this reduces delays in production."
"Regarding improvements, I suggest enhancing the connection between objects in process and data models. It's crucial to define the structure of objects, especially when dealing with standard frameworks like VMM. There should be better visualization of arrows between BPM and data modeling objects, specifying their structure and impact. For future versions, a feature similar to Bizagi, allowing users to see forms or SQL representations of objects, would be valuable for demonstrating and presenting project details to stakeholders."
"The solution itself does not need to be improved. However, they could add support for different languages."
"There are many areas of this solution that needs to be changed."
iServer is ranked 6th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 15 reviews while SAP PowerDesigner is ranked 5th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 33 reviews. iServer is rated 7.2, while SAP PowerDesigner is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management 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". iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, ARIS BPA and ARIS Cloud, whereas SAP PowerDesigner is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, IDERA ER/Studio and LeanIX. See our SAP PowerDesigner vs. iServer report.
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