Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs LeanIX comparison

Software AG and SAP LeanIX are both solutions in the Project Portfolio Management category. Additionally, 66% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of SAP LeanIX users who would recommend it.

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66% willing to recommend

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95% willing to recommend

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Alfabet IT Planning & Portf...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

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Project Portfolio Management (14th)

LeanIX

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

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Enterprise Architecture Management (1st)

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reviewer1020717

Head of Technology at a real estate/law firm with 11-50 employees

Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects

The initial setup is straightforward. The solution's deployment takes around two months time. We have to set up the solution. We have to put in the data to ensure that the solution is working. We need to fill out our process, our tools, and our data. Two developers were involved in the deployment process. It is a self-maintained solution that requires updates from time to time. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.

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Umit Sengul

Enterprise Architect at E.ON

A platform that facilitates efficient IT architecture management and integration, improving organizational coordination and decision-making

LeanIX is primarily used to create and manage architectural models, link capabilities, activities, and products and generate comprehensive reports. It serves as a central platform for overseeing the IT landscape within EON, a large organization, streamlining operations and enhancing governance…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The dashboard is the most valuable feature."

"Ease of use is the most valuable feature. From an enterprise architecture perspective, it's not too cumbersome with too many functionalities, yet it has a lot of attributes for the content it covers."

"I like the tool’s integration and maps."

"I like LeanIX's ease of use in general."

"The ability to import data and generate reports from it. That's where its power lies."

"We've been able to develop some nice looking reports, and the dashboard's capability to map is very easy compared to Enterprise Architect."

"The solution provides a single window view of business, application, data, and technology views of the IT ecosystem."

"The solution has a very useful assessment tool that automatically populates from input data to produce a detailed analysis of customer's environments."

"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly and the user experience. It's easy to map the fact sheets."

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Cons

"The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved."

"The initial setup has room for improvement."

"Does a poor job of being able to allocate detailed costings to components within the network."

"The solution needs to incorporate a data patch tool that moves within and irons data."

"The modeling could be improved."

"It would be beneficial to have additional features and capabilities to enhance mapping between applications, especially across domains where the relationships may not be direct."

"The solution uses Gartner's time-based framework for application rationalization. One more thing that you can consider is having some add-on frameworks for the same, not just Gartner."

"What would make LeanIX better is more variety in terms of reporting, and more flexibility with its data importing feature."

"LeanIX should improve its support services."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license."

"The tool needs to include more flexible licensing options. We do not use the tool all the time. So pricing should be considered only when we use the tool."

"There is a sweet spot of where they need to be on pricing right now. They could go up a little bit in pricing, but it has to do with the cost savings, and it has to do with the practitioners using it. I use it where I get cost savings and I can justify it, but they probably have the ability to flex a 10% up channel on their sales on that. So, they could increase their settle price, not their offering price, when they sell. They can probably hold that up a little bit higher than it is because there are cost savings that we can drive from it."

"It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications. For any enterprise, 300 applications are minimal, as many have well over 1,000 applications."

"As the tool is cloud-based, its cost is more affordable."

"The pricing is very good. We definitely get good value for the money."

"I would rate the pricing a one out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model that is competitive and in line with other products."

"LeanIX uses application-based account licensing, where the cost is multiplied by the number of applications in the software implementation."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Insurance Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management?

The dashboard is the most valuable feature.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management?

The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license.

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What needs improvement with Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management?

The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved.

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Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi @Cheryl Joseph Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be a good choice. If looking at Portfolio Management from an EA perspective then Le...

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What do you like most about LeanIX?

The ability to import data and generate reports from it. That's where its power lies.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?

LeanIX is associated with high costs. It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications. For any enterprise, 300 applications are minimal, as many have well over 1,000 applications. The first pricing ...

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Overview

Software AG's Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Platform provides decision-makers with insight into the IT portfolio to make the right IT investment decisions and to plan how IT will support the business in the future.

LeanIX delivers collaborative Enterprise Architecture designed for modern IT. Our open, data-driven architecture management model helps organizations adapt to the evolving demands of digital. From agile to multi-cloud and beyond, architecture teams using LeanIX have the power to strategically support the business and report 45% reduction in time to value delivery. More than 90,000 users across enterprises worldwide rely on LeanIX to manage their IT landscape, including adidas, Bosch, 7Eleven, and Zalando.

Sample Customers

FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern

adidas, Bosch, Chico's, Haworth, Helvetia, KuKa, Osram, Telekom, TUI, Santander, Swarovski, Vaillant, 7Eleven, and Zalando.

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