QPR ProcessDesigner vs erwin Data Modeler by Quest comparison

erwin by Quest and QPR Software are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. erwin by Quest is ranked #9 with an average rating of 8.1, while QPR Software is ranked #26. erwin by Quest holds a 2.1% mindshare in BPD, compared to QPR Software’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of erwin by Quest users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of QPR Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

QPR ProcessDesigner and erwin Data Modeler by Quest are competitive tools in enterprise process management and data modeling. QPR ProcessDesigner is advantageous for companies focused on process optimization, whereas erwin Data Modeler offers superior data management, making it a preferred choice for comprehensive data solutions.

Features: QPR ProcessDesigner provides intuitive process mapping tools, flexible workflow automation, and efficient process analysis. erwin Data Modeler is recognized for advanced data modeling, detailed database design, and metadata management. The primary distinction lies in QPR ProcessDesigner’s process improvement versus erwin’s expertise in data structuring.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: erwin Data Modeler offers a structured deployment model with comprehensive support, facilitating enterprises with extensive data infrastructure. QPR ProcessDesigner features a straightforward deployment process and responsive support, appealing to organizations seeking quick adoption. The key difference is erwin’s in-depth deployment guidance against QPR’s simplicity.

Pricing and ROI: QPR ProcessDesigner generally has lower initial costs and offers rapid ROI through process efficiency improvements. erwin Data Modeler requires a higher setup investment but delivers long-term value due to its rich feature set, making it a valuable choice for data management-focused organizations.

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Categories and Ranking

erwin Data Modeler by Quest

Ranking in Business Process Design

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (3rd)

QPR ProcessDesigner

Ranking in Business Process Design

26th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of erwin Data Modeler by Quest is 2.1%, down from 2.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QPR ProcessDesigner is 0.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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JorgeSanz

Data Governance Senior Advisor at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Streamline data modeling and automate network changes for increased efficiency

The initial setup depends on the tool if you are using the data model environment. Stopping the server could be complex and require strong expertise. If you have everything set up and configured, Erwin is straightforward. You can deploy it in a few hours. In our case, it took a couple of months to address internal conditions, assign machines, and set up everything for the services. I rate the initial setup a six out of ten, where one is difficult and ten is easy.

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it_user794370

‎Senior Advisor with 1-10 employees

It makes communication easier due to transparency on processes

BPM/BPI activities in various business areas. This has been particularly useful in end user workshops where people are able to see and comment on actual process model immediately. This focuses communication and makes it easier to avoid misunderstandings Processes become clearer, easier to…

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Pros

"The product allows us to reuse entities and attributes."

"Being able to point it to a database and then pull the metadata is a valuable feature. Another valuable feature is being able to rearrange the model so that we can display it to users. We are able to divide the information into subject areas, and we can divide the data landscape into smaller chunks, which makes it easier to understand. If you had 14 subject areas, 1,000 entities, and 6,000 columns, you can't quite understand it all at once. So, being able to have the same underlying model but only display portions of it at a time is extremely useful."

"The visual data models for helping to overcome data source complexity and enabling understanding and collaboration around maintenance and usage are excellent. A picture speaks 1,000 words. Seeing a picture that shows you how the data relates to each other helps you better understand what the data is and how to use it. Pairing that information with a dictionary, which has the definitions of the tables and columns or the entities and attributes, ensures that the users understand what the data is so that they can use it best and most successfully."

"The modeling portion of the tool is the most valuable. There are some notes, naming standards, and other functions that we use as well. There's a whole boatload of functionality in this thing and we use maybe 10% of it. It seems to be pretty common that not all the functionality is fully utilized. But it's just got gobs and gobs of stuff that you can implement if you so choose to."

"The most valuable features are being able to visualize the data in the diagrams and transform those diagrams into physical database deployments. These features help, specifically, to integrate the data. When the source data is accumulated and modeled, the target model is in erwin and it helps resolve the data integration patterns that are required to map the data to accommodate a model."

"Another feature of erwin is that it can help you enforce your naming standards. It has little modules that you can set up and, as you're building the data model, it's ensuring that they conform to the naming standards that you've developed."

"The fitting model is very intuitive."

"What has been useful, I have been able to reverse engineer our existing data models to document explicitly referential integrity relationships, primary/foreign keys in the model, and create ERDs that are subject area-based which our clients can use when working with our databases. The reality is that our databases are not explicitly documented in the DDL with primary/foreign key relationships. You can't look at the DDL and explicitly understand the primary/foreign key relationships that exist between our tables, so the referential integrity is not easily understood. erwin has allowed me to explicitly document that and create ERDs. This has made it easier for our clients to consume our databases for their own purposes."

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"It makes communication easier due to transparency on processes."

"Processes become clearer, easier to understand, and easier to spot in development areas."

Cons

"The modeling product itself is far and above anything else that I've seen on the market. There are certain inconsistencies when it comes to keeping up with other platforms' databases in the reverse-engineering process. It should also support more database platforms."

"I'd really like to see the PDF function become available. It would make my life much easier than what it is at the moment because whenever I need to collaborate with people that do not have erwin, I have to go through the wonkiness of going to Word and then save it from Word into PDF. There's a lot of differences between erwin 4.4 and 2020."

"I find the UI very clunky and very difficult to use. If I add columns to a table the whole workflow could be so much easier. I get frustrated using it. I've tried other tools. I've tried to get off of erwin a few times. I always come back to it because every tool has its own set of problems, and it seems like if I have to pick my poison, I stay with erwin. But so many things that are clunky with it."

"I am not so happy with its speed. Sometimes, it can have problems with connections."

"The reverse engineering in Oracle Databases needs improvement, as there are issues."

"I still use Visio for conceptual modeling, and that's mainly because it is easier to change things, and you can relax some of the rules. DM's eventual target is a database, which means you actually have to dot all the Is and cross all the Ts, but in a conceptual model, you don't often know what you're working with. So, that's probably a constraint with erwin. They have made it a lot easier, and they've done a lot, but there is probably still room for improvement in terms of the ease of presentation back to the business. I'm comparing it with something like Visio where you can change colors on a box, change the text color and that sort of stuff, and change the lines. Such things are a whole lot easier in Visio, but once you get a theme organized in erwin, you can apply that theme to all of the objects. So, it becomes easier, but you do have to set up that theme."

"I love the product. I love the ability to get into the code, make it automated, and make it do what I want. I would like to see them put some kind of governance over the ability to make changes to the mart tables with the API, so that instead of just using the modeler's rights to a table -- it has a separate set of rights for API access. That would give us the ability to put governance around API applications. Right now a person with erwin and Excel/VBA has the ability to make changes to models with the API if they also have rights to make changes to the model from erwin. It's a risk."

"As someone who has used it for a long time, I have seen stability vary from version to version."

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"There is definitely a need to produce models in XML. There is already something available, but it seems that transferring between the different modelling tools is difficult."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"An issue right now would be that erwin doesn't have a freely available browser (that I am aware of) for people who are not data modelers or data engineers that a consumer could use to look at the data models and play with it. This would not be to make any changes, but just to visually look at what exists. There are other products out there which do have end user browsers available and allow them to access data models via the data modeling tool."

"The price should be lower in order to be on the same level as its competitors."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"Price-wise, erwin Data Modeler is okay. You can purchase a single license and it is not very expensive."

"Likewise, the solution is a little pricey."

"It is not a very expensive solution. Only the licensing and maintenance fee needs to be paid."

"The price of erwin Data Modeler is very expensive, in particular for this part of the world."

"Though the solution is not cheap, it's worth the money."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

Forward engineering, DDL generation, reverse engineering, and reporting are the most valuable features of the solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

The product is expensive. I rate the product’s pricing a nine out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

As a documenting tool, it's solid, though its reporting could be more robust. The reporting mechanisms could be more intuitive regarding report creation. It can generate reports in CSV files, displ...

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Also Known As

erwin DM

ProcessGuide, QPR Software ProcessGuide

Overview

erwin pioneered data modeling, and erwin Data Modeler (erwin DM) remains trusted, award-winning software for data modeling and database design, automating complex and time-consuming tasks. Use it to discover and document any data from anywhere for consistency, clarity and artifact reuse across large-scale data integration, master data management, metadata management, Big Data, business intelligence and analytics initiatives – all while supporting data governance and intelligence efforts.

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