LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) vs. SAP PowerDesigner

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Score 9.2 out of 10
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LeanIX in Bonn focuses on controlling and reducing complexity in IT landscapes. Core of the Enterprise Architecture Management solution is an intelligent IT inventory designed to make up-to-date information and planning for the IT landscape accessible for relevant staff. LeanIX also provides an integrable cloud governance solution to its EAM solution via the Cloud Native Tool, as well as the LeanIX Smart Xplore tool to manage Digital Transformation initiatives.N/A
SAP PowerDesigner
Score 8.0 out of 10
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SAP PowerDesigner (formerly from Sybase) is an enterprise data architecture modeling tool, used to Build a blueprint of the current enterprise architecture and visualize the impact of change before it happens.N/A
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LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)SAP PowerDesigner
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IBM Blueworks Live
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)SAP PowerDesigner
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
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User Testimonials
LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)SAP PowerDesigner
Likelihood to Recommend
LeanIX
Not a 10, because now SAP is owner, there remains uncertainty on the development and pricing strategy. we struggle a bit with defining thr complex architecture of our non-sap ERP platform, but we learn as we go.
Very interesting also to start up interfaces, seems to work very well and helpfull in maintaining the proper insights
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SAP
SAP PowerDesigner allows our team of data modelers to work and collaborate from a single repository and single data dictionary. This helps enforce consistency as data elements are referenced in other objects. Prior to our use of PD, we might have an element named "ppt" in one table, "participant" in another table and "part" in a third table. By forcing everything to be used from the data dictionary, we avoid these situations because everyone has to go to the dictionary. And we are able to easily do peer reviews on models before they are released because we are collaborating through the use of the repository.
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Pros
LeanIX
  • User friendly
  • Configurable
  • Relations between fact sheets
  • Lifecycle management
  • Self build reports
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SAP
  • Impact Analysis
  • The domain structure helps you to handle different data types to unify.
  • Moving between from conceptual model to logical model and from logical model to physical model is so easy.
  • It also excels at implementation of database vendor-specific physical options.
  • The repository structure helps you to use in multi developer and architect based organizations by the check in and check out mechanism.
  • It also has a fully configurable naming convention implementation.
  • Coloring is simple with format copying and pasting option.
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Cons
LeanIX
  • More depth in initiatives.
  • Pre- fill with complete architecture of major solutions (like M365, infor m3 or other non SAP solutions)
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SAP
  • It took some time to figure out how to leverage the power of the repository. Some better examples in the documentation would have been helpful.
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Support Rating
LeanIX
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SAP
We did have to reach out to support to learn how to properly utilize the repository feature and share the data model across many developers. Support was able to help us get this set up correctly. The downside was it took us several weeks before we gave up and contacted support. We should have done that earlier. I would say, however, the documentation wasn't clear on how to do this. So support was a great big help!
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Alternatives Considered
LeanIX
We did not do a comparisson
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SAP
Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler : Unfortunately this tool only supports Oracle Databases as a target database, but has many features similar to SAP Sybase PowerDesigner. erwin Data Modeler: Has some issues when switching from Conceptual Model to Physical Model, Impact Analysis, and formatting copy and pasting. Vertabelo: Only supports online models and from a governance perspective, it is impossible for me to connect my target database with an online application because of company policy and regulation requirements.
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Return on Investment
LeanIX
  • We use it for portfolio management and through its use, are enabled for better prioritization and selection of projects
  • We reduced our application portfolio that were overlapping in features
  • We identified weak process areas and are now able to challenge business projects in relation to process maturity and user happiness
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SAP
  • Standardization of models
  • Impact Analysis
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Ease of deployment
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