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LeanIX vs Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect 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

Sentiment score
10.0
LeanIX provides efficient customer service with rapid responses, though time zones and agent experience may occasionally present challenges.
Sentiment score
7.0
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect's customer service is praised for stability, quick email support, and useful community resources, despite some local concerns.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.7
LeanIX needs enhancements in integrations, diagramming, documentation, reporting, pricing transparency, UI intuitiveness, and multi-cloud and metadata strategies.
Sentiment score
4.2
Enterprise Architect needs improved usability, expanded resources, better performance, enhanced features, and simplified learning for non-technical users.
It's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not easy for even experienced users to find their way without guidance.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.6
LeanIX offers scalable, cloud-based adaptability with consistent user satisfaction across company sizes, despite potential performance issues and tiered pricing.
Sentiment score
6.2
Enterprise Architect offers strong scalability for various team sizes, integrating well with tools, despite some performance issues.
We typically work with models that involve up to 50 modelers and as many as 10,000 elements and 20,000 relationships without significant difficulties.
 

Setup Cost

No sentiment score available
LeanIX pricing varies with usage, offering competitive value but challenging cost predictability and limited flexibility for sporadic use.
No sentiment score available
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect offers affordable, feature-rich modeling tools with flexible licensing, making it appealing for enterprises.
One of the reasons many public sector institutions in the Czech Republic use it is that it provides a very good price-performance ratio.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
LeanIX is praised for its reliability and user-friendliness, scoring 8-10, with rare minor response time issues.
Sentiment score
7.7
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is stable, reliable, and performs well, with minor issues mostly resolved in recent updates.
I’ve been quite satisfied with the stability.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.5
LeanIX is valued for its intuitive, flexible reporting, integration with ServiceNow, and efficient application portfolio management capabilities.
Sentiment score
8.2
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect supports UML 2, enhances collaboration, and offers flexible, affordable, customizable modeling and documentation tools.
We then define the structure of the repository and organize it in a reasonable way.
 

Categories and Ranking

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
Sparx Systems Enterprise Ar...
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of LeanIX is 15.9%, up from 11.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is 15.2%, down from 19.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Architecture Management
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Milan Sterba - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient documentation generation through organized model structure with a good price-performance ratio
Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not easy for even experienced users to find their way without guidance. This is not the most user-friendly solution.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
6%
Educational Organization
16%
Government
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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...
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...
What do you like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
The stability has been good and satisfactory. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
The pricing is reasonable, with the ultimate version costing around 290 Euros for renewal and the initial purchase around 600 Euros. There are no additional costs for maintenance or support, as the...
What needs improvement with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
The product could be improved in terms of its ease of use and documentation. While it offers a lot of functionality, it can be difficult to grasp how to utilize these features effectively.
 

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Sample Customers

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