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IDERA ER/Studio pros and cons

Vendor: IDERA
4.2 out of 5
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PROS

IDERA ER/Studio enables extensive automation capabilities which enhance workflow and processes.
It supports thorough documentation of data lineage and data flows, facilitating better understanding of data movement.
Users can quickly model enterprise-wide databases, including those from third parties, which improves database design efficiency.
The tool's collaborative features support multi-user access, allowing simultaneous model development and management.
IDERA ER/Studio includes features for visual representation of database structures and relationships, aiding in effective communication of database designs.

CONS

IDERA ER/Studio is reported to be unreliable with buggy releases and stability issues.
Documentation and tutorials for the Data Architect tool are lacking, making certain features unclear.
Users desire improved repository performance during check-in and check-out processes.
There are challenges with support response times, even at the Platinum level service.
It struggles with reverse-engineering large databases, often freezing when handling numerous tables.
 

IDERA ER/Studio Pros review quotes

VpDataInd01c - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2018
We have a database design group of about 15 people. The Repository enables multiple people to work on the same model at the same time. We have fully integrated models, so we have one model for the enterprise data warehouse, one model for MDM, with a lot of sub-models in these things. People work on different parts of the model at different times. So the repository enables us to share the models, and keep track of what everybody is working on.
JV
Aug 7, 2018
We found a lot of duplication, a lot of non-conformity in the way our databases were designed. By identifying these situations, we're able to go back in and try to create a more standardized solution.
DataArchadd7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 2, 2018
It's easy to model and has a user-friendly interface. I like the team portal because, once we upload, the entire team can see the model.
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MS
Nov 1, 2018
It's much easier to develop the database structure and change it on the fly, rather than doing it manually in SQL Server itself. That saves time.
DataArchd5df - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 16, 2018
Developing new dimensional models; for the data we're hosting, dimensional modeling is more useful.
reviewer1429329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2020
Using this product has improved the way we maintain our models because they have a place where we can keep all of them, and they can be viewed using the web interface.
AndersonMoura - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2022
The data modeling and reverse engineering features are most important to us.
Aaron Cutshall - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2024
I like the fact that it has a scripting language that allows you to automate and write your own scripts.
DBA8d65 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2018
The most valuable features are... those that enable me to represent the database to the development community and the business users.
Reviewer951561 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 29, 2018
We use the solution to create data models which describe our company's data architecture
 

IDERA ER/Studio Cons review quotes

VpDataInd01c - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 5, 2018
What I would like to see improved is the reliability of the releases, releases that are a little less buggy.
JV
Aug 7, 2018
We did have a big issue when we upgraded to the 2016 version. The Team Server portion never did quite install correctly, and/or the database was corrupted, and we never figured it out.
DataArchadd7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 2, 2018
Whenever there is a new version, there are a lot of release notes on the technical side of it, but I would like to be told why are we doing the upgrade... What I would like to really see is how this benefits us from the business point of view. What are the real benefits that the user gets? I want some kind of way white paper. The release notes describe the technical enhancements but, from the layman's point of view, if someone asks me what are the business benefits of this upgrade, I don't have any documentation to explain it to the business.
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MS
Nov 1, 2018
when there are some links to the external databases, if this database is not structured it is not uploaded. It gives me errors and I cannot see the view that was created on this structure and I cannot change those views, even manually. It skips the views. I have to ignore those views. I cannot re-upload them because it gives me an error.
DataArchd5df - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 16, 2018
One limitation I have found in ER/Studio is that when you want to make some changes to the table definitions, you have to go item by item. You cannot do it globally. Another issue concerns defining the foreign keys between the different tables. It is a little more tedious in the ER/Studio than in ERrwin. With ERwin it is direct.
reviewer1429329 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 7, 2020
The model diagram because very clumsy when you save it on the team server and the models are very big.
AndersonMoura - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 19, 2022
They allow functionalities to be released before the full tests for catching and correcting errors are completed.
Aaron Cutshall - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 17, 2024
The solution is not so strong at creating modeling views and database views.
DBA8d65 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 9, 2018
It would be helpful if they could create a generic JSON database type, as a target database, rather than a specific one like Mongo.
Reviewer951561 - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 29, 2018
The solution could be sped up, as it is a little slow (e.g., when it's doing its database compare).