ADOIT vs IDERA ER/Studio comparison

BOC Group and IDERA are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. BOC Group is ranked #10 with an average rating of 10.0, while IDERA is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.6. BOC Group holds a 2.5% mindshare in AM, compared to IDERA’s 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of BOC Group users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of IDERA users who would recommend it.

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

IDERA ER/Studio and ADOIT compete in data and business process management solutions. IDERA ER/Studio stands out with strong data modeling features and competitive pricing, while ADOIT justifies its pricing with extensive features and organizational modeling capability.

Features: IDERA ER/Studio offers robust data modeling capabilities, supports a wide range of database platforms, and enables effective design and management of data architectures. ADOIT provides a rich set of business process management features, comprehensive organizational architecture modeling, and a broader enterprise architecture focus.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: IDERA ER/Studio features a straightforward installation process and responsive customer support. ADOIT requires a more intricate deployment but is supplemented by personalized customer service for seamless transition and usage.

Pricing and ROI: IDERA ER/Studio is cost-effective, appealing to budget-conscious buyers, and offers a promising ROI through efficient data management tools. ADOIT, with a higher initial investment, potentially assures significant ROI by enhancing strategic business process management.

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Categories and Ranking

ADOIT

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

10th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IDERA ER/Studio

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database Development and Management (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of ADOIT is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IDERA ER/Studio is 3.5%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IDERA ER/Studio	3.5%
ADOIT	2.5%
Other	94.0%

Enterprise Architecture Management

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reviewer1289670

Solution Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

A good tool that's great for modelling and building heat maps

During the first 18 months, for at least three months, we tried to get some training. We started working on the modeling part and we are still evolving in this tool. There are a few recommendations that have been put to the vendor, and we've gotten some answers and the team is evolving the tool in this space. I don't have anything to complain about right now, although there are a few things that we are discussing with the team who is connecting with the vendor to get that resolved. Specifically, we need to understand how the data could be segregated. We need to know how the enterprise-level metadata and master data could be managed in this tool. There are multiple open questions.

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reviewer2796111

Data Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Improved data modeling has reduced system footprint and strengthened finance workflows

I assess the benefits of IDERA ER_Studio's metadata management for my organization as not as good as Erwin's. Erwin's metadata management is better in how it handles data. There is a lot more user involvement in managing the metadata, primarily because in IDERA ER_Studio, the logical and physical models are separately defined in the same file, so you have to map them every single time. In Erwin, it has a unified structure, so if you make a change in the logical model, it automatically shows up in the physical model. You have to go through a couple of steps in the IDERA model to make sure everything has moved over. While that is not that inconvenient when you are actually doing development, as far as metadata management, that is prone to things getting dropped and missed. The collaboration tools in IDERA ER_Studio are adequate, but I think with Erwin, there is more of an opportunity for things to crash. Changes can be merged in IDERA more fluidly; however, the locking and sharing are a little bit more defined in Erwin. I think the learning curve for Erwin might be easier than IDERA ER_Studio, especially with connecting to different models and systems.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It helps me to model the architecture at an enterprise level."

"The tool allows us to track the life cycle of products and resources. When the metadata is set up correctly, we can see where things are in their life cycle and how they fit into our processes. It helps us understand which core processes are active and whether any underlying elements need renewal. We can also keep tabs on the costs."

"The data modeling and reverse engineering features are most important to us."

"One of the valuable features is inheritance when joining tables. When setting up RI and domains and rules, ER/Studio does a lot of the grunt, boilerplate code that would otherwise have to be hand-coded."

"When validating the model, the ability to provide sub-models to developers, and generate a physical model from the logical, makes it easier to review a logical model with stakeholders."

"We have been able to quickly create models for our enterprise-wide databases, even when some of them are third-party databases."

"I set up this tool and found it to be very simple."

"IDERA ER_Studio does a lot more and performs model comparison much better than Erwin."

"IDERA keeps up with the versions of Oracle and SQL Server that I'm using. I mostly use SQL Server and when there are new features, a new type of index, for example, IDERA also includes them in upgrades of the data modeling tool."

"We are able to document the data lineage and data flows of our data from one system to another."

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Cons

"We need to understand how the data could be segregated."

"The tool's data lineage could be enhanced. It would be great to see the data flow and understand where it's going within the system."

"It isn't easy to compare the thousands of tables in the model against the database. The tool should improve the synchronization within the large organization"

"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."

"ER/Studio lacks a pure cloud option for deployment."

"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."

"The solution's reporting could be improved because the report writer is terrible."

"I would like to see better documentation/help for the Data Architect tool. Creation of tutorials would be nice, as there are some features which are not as clearly defined as they should be."

"The screens are a bit outdated. They could use a new look and feel."

"What needs the most improvement are semantic lineage and usability."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I use ADOIT's open-source version."

"At my previous company using ER/Studio, a database compare took four hours before using the product and 15 minutes after using the product."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is bad and ten is good, I would rate the licensing cost as a seven or eight. It's not too expensive for us."

"The setup cost may have been around $1500 to $2000."

"The solution’s pricing is high."

"Pricing is on point, but do your due diligence - not every developer needs the tool."

"I feel the product's pricing is a good value."

"The price of this product is okay."

"I use the product's trial version."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

23%

Government

Energy/Utilities Company

University

Energy/Utilities Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	11
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with ADOIT?

The tool's data lineage could be enhanced. It would be great to see the data flow and understand where it's going within the system.

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What is your primary use case for ADOIT?

The solution describes the enterprise architecture for the company, encompassing everything from the business side to the technical aspects.

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What advice do you have for others considering ADOIT?

The tool is still being integrated into our enterprise architecture. It serves as a tool for gathering and providing information, but it hasn't yet directly solved a critical business issue for me....

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IDERA ER Studio?

In terms of pricing, ER/Studio is slightly more expensive compared to Erwin, by about five to ten percent.

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What is your primary use case for IDERA ER Studio?

I have been working with data modeling tools. Personally, I have been working with Erwin for many years now. ER/Studio is something I am currently trying to evaluate for acquiring it for our organi...

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What advice do you have for others considering IDERA ER Studio?

I would strongly recommend ER/Studio for large teams. Erwin is a very stable product, but for smaller teams, it's okay. If I had to rate ER/Studio, I would give it nine out of ten because the absen...

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IDERA ER Studio, ER/Studio, ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition

Overview

ADOIT Enterprise Architecture suite is users' best-rated tool for deriving data-driven insights and architecture analysis, trusted by SMEs and large corporations worldwide. ADOIT helps you to take smart and fast decisions, manage digital portfolios, discover cross-functional dependencies and drive growth. ADOIT is intuitive, powerful, and flexible. It is the ultimate way to do EA. You can start building your outcome-driven EA initiative already today, as the cloud-based ADOIT:Community Edition is available for free. For more information please visit: www.boc-group.com/en/adoit

BOC Group

IDERA ER/Studio is a powerful suite for business-driven data modeling that enables companies to create an enterprise architecture foundation for data governance. With round-trip support for multiple database platforms, data architects have the power to reverse-engineer, analyze, and optimize existing databases easily from diverse platforms. Data professionals can easily capture and share models, metadata, data sources, and glossaries across the organization for improved alignment between the organization and Information Technology. Organizational stakeholders can take part in the metadata definition workflow and access information on models and metadata at the right level for their needs.

Unlike its competition, it provides the broadest range of data platform support, industry-leading enterprise-level capabilities, visual data lineage and flow modeling, full dimensional modeling for data warehousing and business intelligence, and business data objects to bridge the gap between developers and data architects. It also provides a complete solution for enterprise architecture and data governance, extensive model change management, unique incorporation of true enterprise data dictionaries, unique linking of constructs across models, integrated visual data lineage import, and integrated data and business process modeling.

IDERA

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Trusted by small to large enterprises worldwide: Volksbank Vienna, Austrian Ministry of Finance, Hilti

Newmont Mining, Entrust, Accolade, TalkTalk, Catalina, Protective Life, NTT Data, dir systèmes, Microsoft; American Express, Astellas Pharma, AstraZeneca, Coriant, Fedex, GlaxoSmithKline, PepsiCo, Prudential, Wells Fargo

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