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PROS

No Magic MagicDraw enables comprehensive enterprise modeling and supports product line management with robust SysML capabilities.
Technical support is highly rated, offering substantial assistance to users.
Traceability and plugins facilitate seamless integration with requirements management tools like Doors, enhancing project visibility.
Simulation capabilities provide validation opportunities, allowing code execution and external code incorporation.
No Magic MagicDraw offers extensive flexibility and user-friendliness, making it accessible to users of all skill levels.

CONS

There is a need for more integration capabilities with tools like DOORS for requirements management, allowing for easier importation of requirements data.
The cost of upgrades and licenses is higher than desired, making users wary of committing if prices exceed a certain threshold compared to competitors.
MagicDraw lacks support for modern programming standards, such as more recent C++ standards, which limits its effectiveness in current software engineering projects.
Finding skilled professionals with both domain-specific knowledge and proficiency in MagicDraw is challenging, hindering efficient solution management.
The technical support provided is often insufficient, requiring users to seek external assistance for resolving specific feature-related issues.
 

No Magic MagicDraw Pros review quotes

TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Jul 5, 2018
No Magic has the tools and capability to model a complete enterprise and all product lines.
TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Nov 4, 2019
The most valuable feature is the ability to quickly build multiple layers within the organizational and business process environments, as well as in the SysML product environments, and converting to files that can be accessed by clients who do not have a system and a teamwork server access.
reviewer1327089 - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert System Engineer at a transportation company with 51-200 employees
Apr 19, 2020
The technical support is very good.
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James Towers - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Sep 4, 2020
The most valuable features are the visibility, standard compliance, and interface.
TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Jun 27, 2020
When you look at it, No Magic is an all-encompassing tool. You can use it for business architecture design. You can use it for deploying an ERP system across your enterprise. However, it was initially designed and developed for model-based systems engineering. That's the systems engineering required to either produce an IP system or product. It takes away the mounds of paper and puts it into a model. It enables you to generate significant savings by modeling that new product or that system before you ever start developing a prototype.
reviewer919647 - PeerSpot reviewer
Adjunct Professor at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 19, 2020
The most valuable feature is the amount of flexibility that one has to model, which is great for an individual.
AP
CEO at SEP Consulting kft.
Nov 9, 2020
I would rate MagicDraw a nine out of ten because of the price. Enterprise Architect has a lot of bugs and MagicDraw is a lot more accurate and flexible. It's a level better.
reviewer1479141 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Strategy and Consulting at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 17, 2021
The MBFC capability of MagicDraw is higher than the other competitors.
WL
Systems Engeriner/Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 30, 2021
The beauty of MagicDraw is that it has a simulation part, so you can simulate your model to validate it. The simulation allows you to bring in code off of an external code that you can write to set up the simulation and execute the code.
reviewer1479141 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Strategy and Consulting at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 21, 2021
I think one of the key things is the plugins for integration with requirements management tools like Doors
 

No Magic MagicDraw Cons review quotes

TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Jul 5, 2018
There are some technical features that you have to study and do research on to be able to understand.
TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Nov 4, 2019
I would like to see the ability to deploy live business process models and capture real-time data (without the need for another product tool) so you don't have to be dependent on other products for this functionality.
reviewer1327089 - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert System Engineer at a transportation company with 51-200 employees
Apr 19, 2020
The cost of upgrading the product should be lower.
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James Towers - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Sep 4, 2020
It's very focused on specific modern languages and it doesn't do necessarily general systems software engineering with diagrams. They should expand the diagram types for the languages.
TJ
President at I2R, Inc.
Jun 27, 2020
There's lots of documentation. They process multiples of guides. They've got all kinds of guides and documentation out there, but it's kind of hard to find. There are a lot of videos. You can go to YouTube and find videos on how it's been used in different ways, but it just kind of scratches the surface.
reviewer919647 - PeerSpot reviewer
Adjunct Professor at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 19, 2020
When I am working with my Mac and I right-click to copy and paste, it doesn't work.
AP
CEO at SEP Consulting kft.
Nov 9, 2020
The licenses are expensive compared to similar tools. At the moment, the user is open to using MagicDraw if it's 15% more than other solutions. If it were to cost any more, they wouldn't use it.
reviewer1479141 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Strategy and Consulting at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 17, 2021
The documentation for MagicDraw and the video tutorials compared to other competitors is an area for improvement.
WL
Systems Engeriner/Owner at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jan 30, 2021
For the next releases, I would like to have them import requirements from other sources. They could make it very easy to do that because there are a lot requirements management tools like DOORS, D-O-O-R-S, Dynamic Object Oriented Management. A lot of folks use DOORS to create a requirement. For those requirements you allocate them to a component in the architecture and a verification method for that requirement. It would be good if we could import those into MagicDraw as components so you don't have to manually do these things.
reviewer1479141 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Strategy and Consulting at a university with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 21, 2021
The UI UX of the tool is not really user-friendly and needs to be completely reformed.