Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management Platform vs. IBM Rational System Architect Designer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Alfabet
Score 9.7 out of 10
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The Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management Platform is now sold and supported by Software AG since the company's acquisition of Alfabet (June, 2013).N/A
IBM Rational System Architect Designer
Score 6.2 out of 10
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IBM Rational System Architect is an enterprise architecture management platform, that enables the use of abstraction to preserve design intents and tribal memory, and to provide auditable evidence of conformance to policies.N/A
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IBM Blueworks Live
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Software AG
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IBM
If you need a whole infrastructure and architect view, IBM Rational System Architect is the way to go. If you need a single diagram or your business process is young enough to support hard documenting, you are fine with an open source tool.
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Pros
Software AG
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IBM
  • MS Office exporting
  • UML modeling
  • Transformation to code
  • A reverse transformation from code
  • Integrates with other IBM products
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Cons
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IBM
  • Always has a price. And IBM is not cheap
  • Sequence diagrams can get messy (still has a good UI)
  • Only support few databases as backend repositories like SQL Server and Oracle
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IBM
If you have a budget or the need for a complex modeler or need diagram transformation to code or vice-versa, IBM Rational System Architect is the way to go. If you need few diagrams or don't need the complexity or don't have a budget, Bizagi or Star UML get the things done.
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Software AG
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IBM
  • Clients like good modeling. A good diagram reduce costs in incidents and doubts of bad interpretations
  • Reduce costs of recognition of old software.
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