LeanIX vs Sparx Prolaborate comparison

SAP LeanIX and Sparx Systems are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. SAP LeanIX is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.0, while Sparx Systems is ranked #20. SAP LeanIX holds a 10.1% mindshare in AM, compared to Sparx Systems’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of SAP LeanIX users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Sparx Systems users who would recommend it.

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83% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

LeanIX and Sparx Prolaborate are competitors in enterprise architecture management. While LeanIX provides strong support and competitive pricing, Sparx Prolaborate excels with its comprehensive feature set, offering enhanced value at its price point through detailed modeling and collaborative benefits.

Features: LeanIX offers intuitive data visualization, straightforward integration capabilities, and effective IT landscape management. Sparx Prolaborate provides detailed diagramming tools, collaborative functionalities, and the ability to link business processes to organizational objectives, facilitating team engagement and deeper analysis.

Room for Improvement: LeanIX could enhance flexibility in customization and extend its collaborative functionalities. Sparx Prolaborate might improve ease of use for non-technical users, offer more streamlined integration options, and enhance their cloud deployment model to match LeanIX's quick setup.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LeanIX offers a quick cloud-based deployment with efficient customer support. Sparx Prolaborate provides both on-premise and cloud options, which adds flexibility but may involve more complex installation. Despite its complexity, Sparx's flexibility caters to various enterprise needs.

Pricing and ROI: LeanIX provides a competitive cost structure with strong ROI, making it accessible for organizations with limited budgets. Sparx Prolaborate, requiring a higher initial investment, promises significant long-term ROI due to its detailed analytical capabilities and enhanced team productivity that justify the investment for enterprises seeking deeper analysis.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

LeanIX

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Sparx Prolaborate

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

20th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of LeanIX is 10.1%, down from 15.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sparx Prolaborate is 1.6%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
LeanIX	10.1%
Sparx Prolaborate	1.6%
Other	88.3%

Enterprise Architecture Management

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NormanGarnett

Managing Director at Global Information Technology Corporation

Building Strategic Enterprise Architecture Journeys with Comprehensive Process Mapping and Risk Management

They will continue to improve LeanIX. I'm actually supposed to be at the SAP Sapphire this year. There are a couple of recommendations I know some of my colleagues have made. For me, I have not looked into additional recommendations for LeanIX because I've been held in really just utilizing it for the purposes it has. One of the things that I know I've had is being able to build it into decent process flows for changes. While LeanIX does have the capability, one of the challenges that I've found, even with working with Subway, was that being able to build that out into a detailed solution for a developer or for new process design was one of the challenges, just making that leap. But there's enough information that comes out of LeanIX to be utilized, and that would be one of the areas I would suggest.

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Pawel Gawronski

Group IT Manager at a wholesaler/distributor with 10,001+ employees

Diagram are available in real time but edits sometimes require a manual refresh

Diagram edits take a few minutes to update or require a manual refresh. If we make a change in an enterprise architect diagram, then we want to assume everything is up to date on the documentation side. That isn't always the case after many minutes, so a manual step is required to refresh the link. The solution could offer different sources for design. We currently use Lucidchart but would like additional options. Some vendors provide support on the back end for things like verification of the reference architecture so you don't have to design it yourself.

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

"LeanIX has a great application information architecture."

"I can develop a report and then do a presentation, or develop a report and some other diagrams and then put them all in one presentation, and from there, I can present things directly, so there is no need to move images."

"LeanIX is quite mature, enabling me to load applications, IT components, and map them to business capabilities to identify gaps and manage risk."

"It offers neat visualization and referencing functionality while enabling the creation of landscape maps and showing the relationship between different applications."

"The most valuable features include the reporting capabilities and the LeanIX Academy's educational resources."

"My favorite feature of LeanIX is its ability to induct attribute-driven surveys."

"For the reporting capabilities, LeanIX provides dashboards for different levels, including CXO dashboards. There are plenty of dashboards for reporting."

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"What is really powerful in Sparx is the way in which you can model business processes. You can link business processes to organizational objectives. You can also take those business processes and link them to specific product features that you want to deliver."

"It allows us to give a better description of our project than using the written word."

"Its extensibility is most valuable."

"It is valuable to have diagrams available in real time."

"Sparx Prolaborate is user-friendly, easy to use, and has good documentation."

Cons

"I think the tool's main issue might be direct integrations."

"I find LeanIX's pricing expensive for the functionality it offers. However, with the acquisition by SAP, the pricing might become more affordable due to scale and tiered application pricing. Currently, it offers different tiers for the first 400 applications: 400 to 600 and 600 to 1,000, making it expensive from a pricing standpoint."

"One of the challenges that I've found, even with working with Subway, was that being able to build that out into a detailed solution for a developer or for new process design was one of the challenges, just making that leap."

"The initial setup has room for improvement."

"Report generation could be more detailed. There are some shortcomings when creating reports. We can't create tag-based reports or go beyond basic technical reports."

"The modeling could be improved."

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

"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."

More LeanIX cons

"The solution could offer different sources for design."

"A lot of product teams use a lot of visualizations for mapping out the product roadmap, brainstorming, or understanding the vision of the product, but Sparx is not a great visualization tool. Sparx has to improve the way for visualizing processes, journeys, software designs, etc. It would really benefit the product management teams or even enterprise architects."

"There should be more cloud capabilities."

"In the next release, there should be more editable objects. We find Sparx Prolaborate very user-friendly, and having more features that are in the Enterprise Architect would be great, such as managing different versions of diagrams."

"The product is not very user-friendly."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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 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."

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

"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."

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

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

"The product is expensive."

"The price of Sparx Prolaborate is good."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

Financial Services Firm

14%

Real Estate/Law Firm

11%

Educational Organization

Energy/Utilities Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	13

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Questions from the Community

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?

My experience with pricing is not directly known, as it was handled by others, but it is subscription-based. The tool was part of the RISE license in a previous project.

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Overview

SAP LeanIX provides enterprise architecture solutions that modernize IT and transform businesses, integrating AI-enriched, SaaS tools to enhance architecture visualization and evolution.

Embracing a comprehensive approach, SAP LeanIX supports organizations globally with tools that foster IT landscape optimization and forward-looking architecture creation. It offers solutions for real-time IT overviews, risk management, and architectural planning. These capabilities ensure that enterprises have the flexibility and insights needed to maximize their business impact and align their IT strategies with their organizational goals. SAP LeanIX is recognized for its ease of use, flexible reporting, and the ability to seamlessly integrate various data sources.

What features define SAP LeanIX?

Flexible Reporting: Enables personalized data views.
Ease of Use: A user-friendly interface similar to social networks.
Integration Capabilities: Extensive out-of-the-box options.
Real-Time Feedback: Facilitates instant data integration.
Application Portfolio Management: Comprehensive IT analysis.
Seamless ServiceNow Integration: Smooth data flow integration.

What benefits and ROI can users expect from SAP LeanIX?

Data Management: Efficient data capture and tagging.
Cost Optimization: Streamlines operations cost-effectively.
Dashboard Presentation: Enhances strategic decision-making.
Business Alignment: Aligns technology with business strategies.
Educational Resources: Provides valuable learning materials.

SAP LeanIX is implemented across industries to enhance enterprise architecture, application portfolio management, and business capability mapping. Its use extends into cloud governance, data flow analysis, and integration architecture, allowing multiple organizations to improve operational visibility and strategic planning. It also enables cataloging systems and app rationalization while linking capabilities for improved lifecycle management.

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Prolaborate adds a vital information layer to Sparx Systems modeling tool suite, addressing the need of end users and non-modelers alike to be informed by the enterprise model.

In this webinar we'll show how Prolaborate empowers relevant stakeholders, including C-level executives, analysts and other business users, with curated views of the model.

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