We performed a comparison between Avolution ABACUS and erwin Evolve by Quest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about LeanIX, Sparx Systems, erwin by Quest and others in Enterprise Architecture Management."There are plenty of features available such as the ability to test applications for issues and a user-friendly dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is that it has a customizable meta-model, which is key."
"If you face new challenges or issues then you can dynamically customize according to the business needs."
"Scalable and stable tool for roadmapping and modeling, with a good dashboard, end-to-end impact analysis, and portfolio management."
"It's more than just an enterprise architecture tool as it has a lot of nice features, e.g. messaging, simulation, etc."
"The product is easy to use and well-structured for the integrations we need it to make."
"It is a very stable solution...The initial setup of Avolution ABACUS is very easy."
"The technical support is very good. They are responsive and the answers they provide are detailed."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and the deployment was done within one day."
"The most valuable features for us are impact analysis, where I can easily visualize the impact of change."
"The ability to share and collaborate on the solution is its most valuable feature."
"You can use different kinds of diagrams to represent the architecture setting."
"By placing the data and the metadata into a model, which is what the tool does, you gain the abilities for linkages between different objects in the model, linkages that you cannot get on paper or with Visio or PowerPoint. That is a huge discriminator."
"Evolve is like a tank. You can do whatever you want with the solution, but you need to customize it. I think that it's not very aligned with the framework for enterprise architecture. MEGA is focused on these enterprise architectures, but it's only for that. With Evolve, you can do everything you want with professional services."
"We can efficiently deploy business models into the databases and generate SQL scripts."
"Evolve's reverse engineering ability is quite useful."
"The reporting could be easier to configure."
"They should take more initiative to implement things that competing products have already come out with."
"The usability of the tool is an area with shortcomings that need improvement."
"Their local presence in the Middle East could be scaled more, particularly in customer service. It would be good if they'd also have mobile dashboards for executive management out of the box."
"I use reference models, which are taxonomies, in my EA work. It is a reference model/taxonomy of things with capabilities, sub capabilities, and sub-sub capabilities, so you're working it down. I haven't yet found a simple way to implement that in Abacus. It could be that it is there, but I don't know how to do it."
"The most valuable features are the catalog and the diagram."
"It doesn't have the simulation capability, which would be helpful in doing some business process analysis and improvements."
"While this is one of the most powerful tools on the market it does not integrate well with Microsoft Office or others."
"There might be improvement required to better support some of the MPP databases for non-relational data structures and NoSQL databases."
"Evolve is primarily focused on the entity's licenses diagrams, but it would be nice if erwin could integrate case development, so that it shows the ER diagram plus certain inputs on the use cases and how the data is used. That deviates somewhat from the overall scope, so maybe they could call it a different product."
"Add some ability to do conditional Visualization on the models and in reports (some ideas) – maybe as a specialized Theme or Diagram or Display."
"I feel that the UML drawing capability needs to be improved."
"They need to develop Evolve's user experience. For example, MEGA has a useful client view that helps with impact analysis. MEGA provides information about the processes, services, infrastructure, and portfolio of applications in one central view. It lets you see the periphery and relationships among components. This view is impressive, and Evolve doesn't have it."
"I would like to see an improvement in the output of the solution."
"erwin Evolve by Quest could have additional features to manage the architecture of enterprises and businesses."
"They have improved the search engine a little bit but it can always be improved more. The more data you put inside it, the more you want to use it."
Avolution ABACUS is ranked 8th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 13 reviews while erwin Evolve by Quest is ranked 9th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 19 reviews. Avolution ABACUS is rated 8.0, while erwin Evolve by Quest is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Avolution ABACUS writes " An out of the box tool that creates reports on the fly that can help your client make better decisions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of erwin Evolve by Quest writes "Enables us to present data and objects visually, in diagrams, and to make them available via the web. Also enables web-based editing of data". Avolution ABACUS is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, LeanIX, MEGA HOPEX, Visio and QualiWare X, whereas erwin Evolve by Quest is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, LeanIX, erwin Data Modeler by Quest, SAP PowerDesigner and BiZZdesign HoriZZon.
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