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IDERA ER/Studio vs LeanIX comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
IDERA ER/Studio customer service is responsive but time zone issues sometimes delay communication; premium support is more effective.
Sentiment score
10.0
LeanIX provides efficient customer service with rapid responses, though time zones and agent experience may occasionally present challenges.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
3.5
IDERA ER/Studio struggles with deployment, licensing, performance issues, outdated design, and insufficient documentation, requiring modernization and enhanced usability.
Sentiment score
4.7
LeanIX needs enhancements in integrations, diagramming, documentation, reporting, pricing transparency, UI intuitiveness, and multi-cloud and metadata strategies.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.5
IDERA ER/Studio's scalability is mixed, excelling in some environments but struggling with large models and repository usage.
Sentiment score
8.6
LeanIX offers scalable, cloud-based adaptability with consistent user satisfaction across company sizes, despite potential performance issues and tiered pricing.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
IDERA ER/Studio is costly but valuable, requiring careful licensing and maintenance for efficient use and cost management.
No sentiment score available
LeanIX pricing varies with usage, offering competitive value but challenging cost predictability and limited flexibility for sporadic use.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
IDERA ER/Studio is stable yet faces issues with large models, outdated versions, and collaborative use, requiring server upgrades.
Sentiment score
8.3
LeanIX is praised for its reliability and user-friendliness, scoring 8-10, with rare minor response time issues.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.2
ER/Studio provides strong data modeling, collaboration, and automation features, enhancing database visualization and ensuring consistent documentation.
Sentiment score
8.5
LeanIX is valued for its intuitive, flexible reporting, integration with ServiceNow, and efficient application portfolio management capabilities.
 

Categories and Ranking

IDERA ER/Studio
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Database Development and Management (15th)
LeanIX
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of IDERA ER/Studio is 4.1%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LeanIX is 15.9%, up from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Architecture Management
 

Featured Reviews

Aaron Cutshall - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for data modeling and has a scripting language to write your own scripts
The solution has streamlined our data modeling processes quite a bit. It's a central focus in our data modeling and data cataloging efforts. The tool's reverse engineering capability to bring in existing database structures and create models from them has benefitted our data architecture needs. With the tool's data dictionary capability, we're able to maintain consistency in our models, name use, and actual data domains. The solution's reverse engineering helps with understanding legacy databases. In fact, I've been asked to reverse-engineer several more legacy databases so that we can have them modeled and cataloged. The solution is deployed on the cloud server, but it’s only within our network. The solution has a lot of capabilities. I like the fact that it has a scripting language that allows you to automate and write your own scripts. I think that's been a big bonus for us. I highly recommend the solution because of its capability for logical models, where you can put your business definitions and logic. While less expensive, some other tools can't do that. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
NickGenoese - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines the process of identifying apps nearing end-of-life or requiring retirement and facilitates informed decisions about app retention
When we input our inventory and components, it tells us which ones are nearing end-of-life, deprecated, or obsolete. It also categorizes them. We've added flags, essentially tags, to mark certain things as non-strategic technologies. Using LeanIX, we made conscious decisions about which technologies are strategic and which aren't. This allows us to generate reports highlighting applications written in non-strategic technologies, giving us a better picture of our inventory size and what needs to migrate to the cloud or our target technology. So, it's about understanding what we have, seeing how it aligns with our strategic direction, and then driving the movement towards that direction.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
22%
Computer Software Company
10%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IDERA ER/Studio?
Since the solution was originally developed in the eighties and nineties and hasn't changed much since then, it could use an overhaul. The solution is not so strong at creating modeling views and d...
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...
What do you like most about LeanIX?
The ability to import data and generate reports from it. That's where its power lies.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?
LeanIX uses application-based account licensing, where the cost is multiplied by the number of applications in the software implementation. Essential Docker offers unlimited users and limited appli...
 

Also Known As

IDERA ER Studio, ER/Studio, ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition
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Sample Customers

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo
adidas, Bosch, Chico's, Haworth, Helvetia, KuKa, Osram, Telekom, TUI, Santander, Swarovski, Vaillant, 7Eleven, and Zalando.
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