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3.9 out of 5
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As of February 2025, the mindshare of SAP PowerDesigner in the Enterprise Architecture Management category stands at 8.9%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
24%
Government
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Energy/Utilities Company
4%
Retailer
4%
Healthcare Company
4%
Educational Organization
3%
University
3%
Transportation Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Real Estate/Law Firm
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Logistics Company
1%
Construction Company
1%
Agriculture
1%
Media Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Non Profit
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
1%
Mining And Metals Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%

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JorgeSanz - PeerSpot user
Data Governance Senior Advisor at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
May 6, 2024
Effective in terms of validating everything, but sometimes they don't allow us some flexibility and GUI could improve

Pros

"It allows us to have proper documentation in terms of the databases."

Cons

"This product lacks artificial intelligence that should be very good in terms of automatically identifying the classification of elements."
PeerSpot user
Senior IT Architect I at a government with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
May 15, 2024
Good for data modeling but needs to improve in the area of customer service

Pros

"In terms of operational efficiency and cause savings or return on investment, I can say that with SAP PowerDesigner, our company saves a lot of time."

Cons

"The tool lags in the area of customer service."
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AndersonMoura - PeerSpot user
Data Management Product Owner at ExxonMobil
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Feb 22, 2023
It has a good repository and is stable, fast, and flexible

Pros

"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."

Cons

"The portal of SAP PowerDesigner could be better. The tool also needs more features and integration with other products, such as Collibra. It would be interesting for SAP PowerDesigner to have more integration."
Ajay Malik - PeerSpot user
Data Architect at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Jul 17, 2024
Product version discussed: 16.7
Flexible licensing, negotiable pricing, and useful for data modeling

Pros

"It's a stable system. It never crashes."

Cons

"Technical support needs improvement. "
Gil Sabado - PeerSpot user
Senior Data Architect at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Jun 6, 2021
Product version discussed: Latest version
Difficult to operate, long process to publish, but scalable

Pros

"The initial setup was very easy."

Cons

"I have found the solution not easy to use. When publishing you have to download the HTML, make adjustments against the updated HTML, convert it to HTML, then finally paste the HTML. There is not an on-the-fly function available to bypass the step-by-step converting process that other solutions have."
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Senior Principal IT Architect -- MDM Architecture at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Jul 2, 2020
Product version discussed: 16.x
Good property sheet capabilities, and the central repository works well on the company network

Pros

"I like the property sheet capability and the user-defined attributes that you can set up."

Cons

"Checking-in models to the repository, especially when working remotely, is a slow process than can sometimes have problems with models being corrupted."
MiomirRakic - PeerSpot user
Head of Technologies Councel Services at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Feb 7, 2024
Supports standard methodologies and notations and provides automated code reverse engineering

Pros

"In PowerDesigner, I primarily use BPM and modeling standards. I find it beneficial for process analysis, although I use data modeling to a lesser extent. "

Cons

"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."
Bhargav Thota - PeerSpot user
Database Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of SAP PowerDesigner
Dec 6, 2022
Product version discussed: 16.5.7
It has a good extraction feature, is highly scalable, and has clear documentation

Pros

"The feature I found valuable in SAP PowerDesigner is extraction. I also like that my company hasn't faced any issues because of the clear documentation about SAP PowerDesigner."

Cons

"One disadvantage of SAP PowerDesigner is that you cannot reverse engineer the ALTER statements, so that's an enhancement or area for improvement I'm looking forward to seeing from the SAP team in the future. That should directly reflect on the physical data models my company builds."