Database Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Nov 16, 2022
Regarding costs, SAP PowerDesigner is pricey, as I've heard from my team manager, which is why the company has been thinking of bringing another solution on board.
Principal Data Management Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Aug 30, 2021
The price of the solution is too expensive. When we asked for certain licenses in different countries it was unattainable. We have had some issues with being able to procure licenses for specific countries. We were not able to receive licenses for every location we wanted.
The solution requires a license for each user. If you want to add another user, you just buy another license. It's pretty straightforward. It's an expensive product.
PowerDesigner and ER/Studio Consultancy and Training Specialist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
May 25, 2020
The list price for PowerDesigner is competitive for the base Data Architecture features when compared with the major competitors, especially when you consider the features that SAP don't charge for such as the Repository, Web Portal and 'Viewer' software. However, the pricing for small consultancies needs to be improved. The competing vendors often have special offers that make the tool more affordable, which is vital for data management consultancies that have to buy the tools that their clients use.
SAP PowerDesigner is a valuable solution for developing several different types of data models according to business process needs. Data models can be logical, conceptual, and physical, and can also include dimensional and relational models. PowerDesiger has the ability to integrate a designed business process model with the actual database design to ensure that all the data process steps are included in the logical model. PowerDesigner is able to use the physical model to create the actual...
The pricing of SAP PowerDesigner is reasonable.
The pricing varies based on functionality and users.
The licensing model is quite expensive. It costs approximately one hundred thousand euros to initially set it up.
When you purchase the license for SAP PowerDesigner, you have to buy one year of support. The tool is worth the money.
The price of the solution is low. I rate the price of SAP PowerDesigner an eight out of ten.
Regarding costs, SAP PowerDesigner is pricey, as I've heard from my team manager, which is why the company has been thinking of bringing another solution on board.
I would like SAP to prove free licenses to professionals that are using the solution. The free version is limited.
The price of the solution is too expensive. When we asked for certain licenses in different countries it was unattainable. We have had some issues with being able to procure licenses for specific countries. We were not able to receive licenses for every location we wanted.
SAP PowerDesigner is cheaper than eriwin.
The solution requires a license for each user. If you want to add another user, you just buy another license. It's pretty straightforward. It's an expensive product.
I bought the software outright and do not pay a licensing fee.
The list price for PowerDesigner is competitive for the base Data Architecture features when compared with the major competitors, especially when you consider the features that SAP don't charge for such as the Repository, Web Portal and 'Viewer' software. However, the pricing for small consultancies needs to be improved. The competing vendors often have special offers that make the tool more affordable, which is vital for data management consultancies that have to buy the tools that their clients use.
PowerDesigner is not the cheapest solution on the market, so make sure that you are using it up to its full potential.