We performed a comparison between IDERA ER/Studio and iServer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Architecture Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"The reverse engineering is the most important feature."
"Developing new dimensional models; for the data we're hosting, dimensional modeling is more useful."
"We found a lot of duplication, a lot of non-conformity in the way our databases were designed. By identifying these situations, we're able to go back in and try to create a more standardized solution."
"It does the job."
"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."
"The most valuable features are... those that enable me to represent the database to the development community and the business users."
"The product has a valuable customized model."
"The solution has wide use within Microsoft products. The integration with Microsoft products, and, in particular, Microsoft Office, is great."
"The most valuable features of iServer are the integration with Microsoft Office and the interface is similar to Microsoft applications making them easy to use."
"We like the governance."
"Integrating the Microsoft documents to the product and visualization matrix where we can see the end-to-end relationship of the network is of great importance to our company."
"iServer has valuable features for workflow and document management."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is easily modified to suit your needs."
"The screens are a bit outdated. They could use a new look and feel."
"When building the relationships there should be a little more flexibility."
"They allow functionalities to be released before the full tests for catching and correcting errors are completed."
"I'd like the ability to debug the errors ourselves instead of having to call them. There are certain types of errors that, I wouldn't say they come up regularly, but when you have an error it is very often the same type of error. Knowing that it's a Type III or Type I, it would be nice to have some kind of debugging facility for us to use to find out where the problem that threw that error occurs. That would be a really cool feature."
"This solution needs more precise documentation."
"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"
"It would be helpful if they could create a generic JSON database type, as a target database, rather than a specific one like Mongo."
"Tech support is a sticking point with me. I am really disappointed in the tech support. We pay for the Platinum level. It takes hours to get a response."
"There can be some performance issues using the solution that should be improved. When you make modifications modify to files there are embedded data within that can take a while to process."
"The performance is slow, which is something that should be improved."
"More visualization techniques and ways to report the data might be helpful."
"It definitely needs help to improve the visual aspect of the solution."
"The one issue is that if you want to import predefined work, you need to put the licensing model in. So if you wanted to import work that was done before, you then need to buy a separate product for that."
"Requirements management needs to be improved."
"I haven't used this solution long enough to know what areas could be improved."
"Cannot see which activities are control activities."
IDERA ER/Studio is ranked 10th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 33 reviews while iServer is ranked 6th in Enterprise Architecture Management with 15 reviews. IDERA ER/Studio is rated 8.4, while iServer is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of IDERA ER/Studio writes "The solution has important reverse engineering features, but it needs a single sign-on feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of iServer writes "Enables flexible parameters for any process model and has a valuable document management feature ". IDERA ER/Studio is most compared with erwin Data Modeler by Quest, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, SAP PowerDesigner, Toad Data Modeler and erwin Evolve by Quest, whereas iServer is most compared with LeanIX, Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, Visio, ARIS BPA and MEGA HOPEX. See our IDERA ER/Studio vs. iServer report.
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