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."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect was easy to set up and it took just twenty minutes."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and adaptability of Sparx Enterprise Architect."
"It provides good utilization and it's a convenient tool for building exact architectural work."
"It is a very rich tool in terms of the functionality, and the types of diagrams, that you can create in this tool."
"Modeling is a part of my work, and it has a lot of standard modeling languages. It is quite wide, and a lot is possible in it. We are not programming it ourselves, but if you are into programming and developing software yourself, you can go further and do a lot with Sparx. You can work from the framework and go into the details. With this solution, you get a lot of value at a low cost. It is also quite intuitive in terms of use. I like the use of it."
"Sparx technical support is good."
"This is a useful tool for IT people who need to design their solution architecture."
"It's a very practical solution. You don't need to do an advanced course to start using this tool."
"Some parts of the system are exclusive, so we can't work with them."
"It would be great if we could decrease the use of different parts of the Toolbox."
"The solution's interface could be more straightforward."
"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."
"I have found the solution is lacking options. The general usability needs improvement and more compliance to CML definitions."
"Because its easy to create diagrams one needs to be vigilant on the housekeeping of orphaned fragments - I have written my own scripts to do this, maybe they are available now."
"In general, we now have a problem with Sparx Enterprise Architect because many analysts think it's too complicated to use in a giant environment."
"The elements of the modeling sets can have better customization and visual representation. It would be great to have a mobile version."
"This solution has some limitations from a business perspective."
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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 "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". PTC Windchill is most compared with Intralink, Omnify Empower PLM, Siemens PLM TeamCenter, Aras Innovator and Arena PLM, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and LeanIX.
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