We performed a comparison between MEGA HOPEX and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Architecture Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use the portfolio management feature heavily."
"Every module sets up the same information in a unique repository."
"It generates friendly websites and presents specific views of the enterprise (business, functional, applicative, technological, and infrastructure)."
"The main feature I find crucial in MEGA HOPEX is the catalog view, which provides a comprehensive visualization of all artifacts in one repository. Another valuable aspect is the availability of out-of-the-box outcomes, such as strategy maps and BPA models, eliminating the need for additional configuration. MEGA HOPEX allows users to focus on specific business areas, like risk management or data governance, providing a high-level overview while enabling deep dives into specific areas of interest. For risk management, MEGA HOPEX allows users to assess impacts, create recovery plans, and track action plans."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the reuse of common enterprise components and entities."
"The solution is scalable. If a company needs to expand it, it's completely possible to do so."
"Customer support is fantastic. They are very helpful whenever we get on the line with the support team."
"The platform is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the integrated data model, so if I change the name of an item, all models using that object are automatically updated."
"I like Sparx's BPM features and the way it lets you create the diagram."
"Sparx has got a range of modeling features, and I am comfortable with all its offering. I've used a lot of tools over the phone. I found EA Spark, probably the most feature rich product all in all compared to other products. The solution is very cost-effective and that is its best feature. It's a very good delivery architecture tool, which also has enterprise architecture capabilities, and it's got full life cycle processes and software development. So for me, it's a pretty comprehensive tool"
"We use it to develop and maintain the Enterprise Conceptual Model, migrated from erwin a couple of years ago."
"Ability to model and create view under same roof."
"Some of the business processes are very easy to compare when you have the diagrams."
"The installation was very easy."
"A feature I like most about Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is its ease of use."
"Needs a friendlier import/export to other modeling tools."
"Standardization is lacking. The Operational Risk Function will be more effective if it at a default level follows established Basel standards for Loss categorization, Risk Assessments, Risk Event categorization, etc."
"The interface must be improved."
"MEGA HOPEX's problem is that it is expensive, but it's a fantastic tool."
"It takes a long time to learn how to use HOPEX. It's hard to work with it because the user interface is bad. For example, if you want to build a complex system diagram, you need a lot of knowledge to do this correctly and make it readable. In MEGA, you need to create a report and it takes a long time to publish it. The publishing is offline. With RDoC, everything is online."
"We would like to see integration with other products, such as being able to use our workflow with SharePoint and Microsoft Office."
"I cannot recall coming across any missing features."
"The solution lacks additional models compared to other tools."
"I think the product is good. When I'm trying to do something specific for some part of project documentation, it's hard to get it figured out if you don't use it all the time. It's such a massive tool, it's hard to figure out how to dig in and get to the documentation where you have to be to get some idea of what to do. There are not a lot of examples that I'm aware of to be able to do that."
"The window froze for five or ten seconds. You can click and click again and it takes a second to come up. It might have been specific to a version."
"I would like the system to more "intellectually" build a scheme, place icons, and connect lines on the schemes."
"I would like to see integration with Confluence or any other TRM, and the capability to integrate with the data storage, such as a repository similar to GitHub."
"Using EA involves a steep learning curve if you want to understand its capabilities and functionality."
"Its usability needs to be improved. For non-technical users, it is a little difficult to understand how Enterprise Architect works. Users who are not engineers find it difficult to understand how this tool works. This is something they need to work on. They can develop a BPM model to simulate processes."
"Insufficient control of metadata and standards."
"More challenging than other tools to maintain documents and document versions for an architecture board review."
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MEGA HOPEX is ranked 4th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 36 reviews while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Architecture Management with 97 reviews. MEGA HOPEX is rated 7.8, while Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of MEGA HOPEX writes "Easy to use and robust with good features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect writes "Easy to set up and had no issues with stability, but it's not a very friendly tool, and its database modeling and entity-relationship modeling functions need improvement". MEGA HOPEX is most compared with LeanIX, ARIS BPA, Visio, Avolution ABACUS and SAP Signavio Process Manager, whereas Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is most compared with Visual Paradigm, Visio, No Magic MagicDraw, Lucidchart and IBM Rational System Architect. See our MEGA HOPEX vs. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect report.
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