erwin Evolve vs. IBM Rational System Architect Designer

Overview
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erwin Evolve
Score 0.0 out of 10
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erwin Evolve is a configurable set of enterprise architecture and business process modeling and analysis tools. With it, users can map IT capabilities to the business functions they support and determine how people, processes, data, technologies and applications interact to ensure alignment in achieving enterprise objectives. Such initiatives may include digital transformation, cloud migration, portfolio and infrastructure rationalization, regulatory compliance and innovation management. erwin…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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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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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
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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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Alternatives Considered
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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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Return on Investment
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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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