We performed a comparison between IBM Rational System Architect and LeanIX 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."We have seen ROI with this solution over the years that we have used it."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The user interface is good. It's both clear and comprehensible. It's easy to work with."
"There are a lot of features I find valuable, but I think that the metamodel customization is one of the best features that the solution offers."
"I like LeanIX's ease of use in general."
"I like the tool’s integration and maps."
"The solution has a very useful assessment tool that automatically populates from input data to produce a detailed analysis of customer's environments."
"The ability to import data and generate reports from it. That's where its power lies."
"The usability is very high. It almost looks like a Facebook for Enterprise architecture, it's pretty nice. It's HTML5 based. The repository is very easy. It has 10 different ways of sorting the objects you have in your architecture repository. Maintaining new data or to add data to your repository is very easy."
"The solution provides a single window view of business, application, data, and technology views of the IT ecosystem."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly and the user experience. It's easy to map the fact sheets."
"Among the most valuable features are the easy-to-use interface and the ability to get quick results... Many tools that I have seen are great for technical people and for giving technical and business information as well, but they're not as friendly and easy as LeanIX... It works well for both technical and business users. It provides a good combination, enabling you to quickly put valuable information in for both technical and non-technical people and derive results."
"The reverse engineering of the database is already there, but in the next release I would like to see some pilot supplied with the solution in order to address any database."
"This solution can be more user-friendly and easier to use, with better dashboards."
"The solution needs to better integrate with other products, like Microsoft."
"There needs to be more information at the outset about how to use the solution and how to deploy it. The deployment process needs improvement."
"It would be beneficial to have additional features and capabilities to enhance mapping between applications, especially across domains where the relationships may not be direct."
"The solution uses Gartner's time-based framework for application rationalization. One more thing that you can consider is having some add-on frameworks for the same, not just Gartner."
"It's hard to predict the pricing of the system."
"The initial setup has room for improvement."
"What would make LeanIX better is more variety in terms of reporting, and more flexibility with its data importing feature."
"The modeling could be improved."
"The solution’s API integration needs to improve. I would like to see a digital screen watch feature also in the solution."
"Does a poor job of being able to allocate detailed costings to components within the network."
Earn 20 points
IBM Rational System Architect is ranked 20th in Enterprise Architecture Management while LeanIX is ranked 1st in Enterprise Architecture Management with 16 reviews. IBM Rational System Architect is rated 7.4, while LeanIX is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Rational System Architect writes "Modeling is useful, but many features need improvement and technical support is lacking". On the other hand, the top reviewer of LeanIX writes "Streamlines the process of identifying apps nearing end-of-life or requiring retirement and facilitates informed decisions about app retention". IBM Rational System Architect is most compared with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, SAP PowerDesigner, UNICOM System Architect and erwin Data Modeler by Quest, whereas LeanIX is most compared with ServiceNow, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, MEGA HOPEX, ADOIT and iServer.
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