We performed a comparison between LeanIX and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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."The solution provides a single window view of business, application, data, and technology views of the IT ecosystem."
"We've been able to develop some nice looking reports, and the dashboard's capability to map is very easy compared to Enterprise Architect."
"One of the product's most valuable features is its ability to configure hardware devices."
"LeanIX has a great application information architecture."
"Among the most valuable features are the easy-to-use interface and the ability to get quick results... Many tools that I have seen are great for technical people and for giving technical and business information as well, but they're not as friendly and easy as LeanIX... It works well for both technical and business users. It provides a good combination, enabling you to quickly put valuable information in for both technical and non-technical people and derive results."
"I like LeanIX's ease of use in general."
"I like the tool’s integration and maps."
"LeanIX has good usability and stability. This SaaS is intuitive, easy to use, and comes with a nice reporting feature."
"Features good reporting facilities coupled with a concrete database."
"The profiles allow me to customize the tool to the corporate environment instead of the other way around saving huge amounts of time and energy on trying to turn dozens of individuals into TOGAF, ArchiMate or Zachman experts, or even Sparx EA experts."
"Scalable solution for modeling, project sharing, and collaboration. Support for it is good."
"It's a stable and scalable solution. I like that it's similar to Rational Rose."
"It is a useful tool for modeling and testing automated processes."
"Ability to maintain cross-references for all models in all levels - great tractability."
"Ability to keep inventory of reusable blocks, and use in different diagrams with views of various templates."
"Artifact templates are most valuable."
"Not a ten because you always have that gap between complexity and easy to use. And the more complex the tool becomes, the more difficult it is to get the usability."
"They're probably positioned pretty well. I hope that they would not focus that much on the business architecture, and they would focus more on the overall cloud strategy and how we can leverage multi-cloud and transition back and forth from other cloud providers. With a lot of current vendors, you get locked in with one cloud, and then you try to migrate to someone else, and it becomes very problematic. What they need to do is to look at the overall data strategy, and they probably need to amplify their data strategy, especially around multi-cloud."
"The solution’s API integration needs to improve. I would like to see a digital screen watch feature also in the solution."
"Report generation could be more detailed. There are some shortcomings when creating reports. We can't create tag-based reports or go beyond basic technical reports."
"It's hard to predict the pricing of the system."
"The modeling could be improved."
"The solution needs to incorporate a data patch tool that moves within and irons data."
"What would make LeanIX better is more variety in terms of reporting, and more flexibility with its data importing feature."
"It took me a while to figure out how to use the report generation features effectively. So, it would be really nice if they had a way to make that a little bit more interactive and a little bit more straightforward."
"Insufficient control of metadata and standards."
"The areas of improvement should be focused on utility service such as producing better graphics, perhaps having a wider image library set and producing better models for working directly with customers."
"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's interface could be more straightforward."
"The presentation graphics need to be improved in future builds."
"It would be nice to have it supported on the Linux operating system."
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LeanIX is ranked 1st in Enterprise Architecture Management with 16 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. LeanIX is rated 8.6, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of LeanIX writes "Streamlines the process of identifying apps nearing end-of-life or requiring retirement and facilitates informed decisions about app retention". 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". LeanIX is most compared with ServiceNow, MEGA HOPEX, ADOIT, iServer and Avolution ABACUS, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and ARIS BPA. See our LeanIX vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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