We performed a comparison between IBM Rational System Architect and IDERA ER/Studio 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."There are a lot of features I find valuable, but I think that the metamodel customization is one of the best features that the solution offers."
"We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"Using this product has improved the way we maintain our models because they have a place where we can keep all of them, and they can be viewed using the web interface."
"The data modeling module is important to me because I am a database developer and designer... It's very fast, reliable, up-to-date, so easy to use, smooth."
"We use the solution to create data models which describe our company's data architecture"
"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."
"Straightforward setup."
"The tool is simple to use."
"The interface is really simple to use and it allows me to pick and choose which tables I want to reverse engineer."
"We can track changes to our data models and tie those changes back to specific tasks or efforts that we identify."
"The reverse engineering of the database is already there, but in the next release I would like to see some pilot supplied with the solution in order to address any database."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"There needs to be more information at the outset about how to use the solution and how to deploy it. The deployment process needs improvement."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"When building the relationships there should be a little more flexibility."
"What I would like to see improved is the reliability of the releases, releases that are a little less buggy."
"The number of options can be overwhelming at times. That is not necessarily a bad thing but for a newbie, it can be daunting."
"The solution's reporting could be improved because the report writer is terrible."
"I would like to upload, a database with about 3,000 tables. It takes so much time and, finally, it freezes the whole solution so that I actually cannot work with that environment. For the data warehouse, it's fine because I have 20 or 30 tables. It works fine. But, when I reverse-engineer the database with 3,000 tables, it freezes and it's hard to upload and reverse-engineer such environments in ER/Studio."
"The model diagram because very clumsy when you save it on the team server and the models are very big."
"It isn't easy to compare the thousands of tables in the model against the database. The tool should improve the synchronization within the large organization"
"Sometimes our version is a little unstable. But I think this problem occurs because our version is old."
Earn 20 points
IBM Rational System Architect is ranked 20th in Enterprise Architecture Management while IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 10th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 34 reviews. IBM Rational System Architect is rated 7.4, while IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Rational System Architect writes "Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA ER/Studio writes "The solution has important reverse engineering features, but it needs a single sign-on feature". IBM Rational System Architect is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and erwin Data Modeler by Quest, whereas IDERA ER/Studio is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, SAP PowerDesigner, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Toad Data Modeler and erwin Evolve by Quest. See our IBM Rational System Architect vs. IDERA ER/Studio report.
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