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Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management vs IBM Rational System Architect comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Alfabet Enterprise Architec...
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
13th
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Rational System Architect
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
20th
Average Rating
7.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management is 2.3%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Rational System Architect is 1.9%, down from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Architecture Management
 

Featured Reviews

AlanJackson - PeerSpot reviewer
May 5, 2023
Great taxonomy support but raw business processing should be upgraded
Alfabet is not just a technology tool, it's also a business tool. And if a decision's made without the business involved, then Alfabet will not be in a position to deliver anything more than support for enterprise architect drawings and solutions drawings. It has to be the business. If you do that, it works well. If you don't and I've had the experience where they haven't evolved a business, then it just becomes a tech tool that the business doesn't care about. The stigma of having an environment that was so delayed in the maintenance caused lots of finger-pointing within the organization of who was right and who was wrong. It took a considerable period of time to move people past that point to actually look at it as a business tool supported by the technology team. I rate the solution seven out of 10.
RK
Jul 31, 2019
Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking
I am using this solution for building enterprise architecture models. It is an on-premises deployment model The most valuable feature of this solution is modeling. I find that almost every feature related to the models requires improvement. For example, I would like to see more trendy models,…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable features of this solution are its customizability, and flexibility in the configuration."
"The taxonomy support across all the phases is the most advantageous feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward. It takes two to three days to set up the environment. One person was able to handle the implementation."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"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."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
 

Cons

"We would like to see the visualization of assets, as well as artificial intelligence techniques to assist us in making our decisions."
"The product is not great at implementing security frameworks across an end-to-end supply chain."
"The user experience, the layout and the different technologies behind the presentations are a bit old. These need to be updated. They should focus on web development. It's simply not supporting the current user experience guidelines."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"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."
"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."
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Answers from the Community

BL
Aug 3, 2021
Aug 3, 2021
Hi @BruceLang ​ If I recall correctly you can export System Architect data via an XML file, and Alfabet will import XML. However, as you know these two products are very different in what they do and how they work. So depending on how you have used System Architect you are likely to be dropping a lot of information, you may be able to bring more information if you are planning to use ARIS as we...
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EB
May 25, 2021
Hello, @KamalHussein ​and @Yves Vander Schelden. Maybe you can assist?
MM
May 25, 2021
Hi @BruceLang ​ If I recall correctly you can export System Architect data via an XML file, and Alfabet will import XML. However, as you know these two products are very different in what they do and how they work. So depending on how you have used System Architect you are likely to be dropping a lot of information, you may be able to bring more information if you are planning to use ARIS as well as Alfabet. In any case you are still likely to have to do quite a bit of manual editing and changes to get the XML working.Kind Regards Mark
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
10%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
13%
Government
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management?
The taxonomy support across all the phases is the most advantageous feature.
What needs improvement with Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management?
The ability for Alfabet to acknowledge use cases that are specifically business-based and not technology-based and better integrate those process designs across the spectrum could be improved. The ...
What is your primary use case for Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management?
I work for a systems integrator and we are end users. Organizations using this product are enterprise-size, our largest customer has 30,000 users. One customer had use cases built on sourcing raw m...
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Sample Customers

Metro Bank, Credit Suisse
Wuxi Lake Cloud, Nationwide, ETI, IDS Scheer
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