Enterprise licensing is competitive. What would be helpful if they load the pricing for consultants, you know, people who are consultants for clients. So the license is fine for end-user organizations. Still, they should consider lowering the license to support this adoption, particularly for people who are consultants like myself.
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect has a very reasonable price point compared to other similar software on the market. It is also cost effective in terms of the features and functionality it offers.
The license for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is paid yearly, but I don't handle that area. It's good for its price, so I'm rating it a five out of five, but I'm not using it much. I also don't have information regarding additional costs apart from the standard licensing fees.
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Sr. Solutions Architect at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2022-01-25T07:26:10Z
Jan 25, 2022
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is priced well. The price we pay is approximately $20 per month. Other solutions I have found to be much more expensive.
The license I use is on-premise. We haven't gone to the cloud where we have to pay monthly or something like that. Sparx is cheaper than most similar tools.
Entrepreneur-Consultant-Developer-Freelance at Dipl.-Ök. Roland Kossow
User
2021-09-14T20:50:00Z
Sep 14, 2021
The tool has a lot of "bang for your buck" - especially if you can develop extensions yourself it has an unmatched price/performance ratio. That said, beware that you really need to become an expert in the tool or hire one to leverage the benefits of the tool.
Innovative ICT Architect at a tech company with 201-500 employees
Real User
2021-12-27T19:47:00Z
Dec 27, 2021
We purchased it once off for 1200 euros. If we want to build integrations with other systems such as Word or SharePoint, we would need to pay approximately 300 euros for this.
Senior Solutions Architect Lead at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-08-04T19:45:37Z
Aug 4, 2021
I use my own license. So, I just bought the professional version, which costs $800 or something like that. In the company where I am working, we have floating licenses. They are probably more expensive. Its licensing is affordable, but we are talking about a large organization, and there could be modelers or viewers of the models. We don't know how much that would cost us.
Conseiller principal en architecture d’entreprise et de solution at Cronomagic Canada
Real User
2020-08-25T17:20:00Z
Aug 25, 2020
Define your immediate needs and objectives, start small and focused. Identify some motivated champions inside your organization and find a coach to help them get to know the tools. Initially, get comfortable and efficient with the vanilla setup of the tool. Do not try to personalize or extend the tool unless you are confident that it will bring more benefits than confusion. Define templates and model examples to set the organizational standards for modeling. Evaluate your progress, adhesion to standards, and quality of models regularly. Identify other domains of modeling opportunities that could bring benefits to your organization. With experts and senior architects define a mid/long term vision and costs benefits for integrating all aspects of modeling that are important to you over time. Annually, revised your mid/long term vision.
Process Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2019-11-06T06:32:00Z
Nov 6, 2019
In terms of cost, Sparx EA is probably one of the cheapest tools I have ever used. However, study the most important versions of EA before you buy it. I'd also recommend that you buy the edition up from the version you think you need, as we found that was an issue in our early days.
IT Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-05-26T06:53:00Z
May 26, 2019
I would advise anyone to find a good partner for guiding the methodology of modeling. Maybe some technical support is required if you need the integration of your tool.
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Pricing is affordable, even for a private user. Of course, the more features you need, the higher the price.
We use 4 floating "ultimate" licenses in our company; each license is about 300 Euro per year (the last price I know).
Other solutions are higher in price, with some having fewer features. EA is worth its money!
The main disadvantage of Sparx EA is its usability concept which is not as common and easy as with other tools.
It's reasonably priced for large organizations, though it may be perceived as expensive for individual users.
I rate the solution's pricing a five out of ten.
Enterprise licensing is competitive. What would be helpful if they load the pricing for consultants, you know, people who are consultants for clients. So the license is fine for end-user organizations. Still, they should consider lowering the license to support this adoption, particularly for people who are consultants like myself.
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect has a very reasonable price point compared to other similar software on the market. It is also cost effective in terms of the features and functionality it offers.
The license for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is paid yearly, but I don't handle that area. It's good for its price, so I'm rating it a five out of five, but I'm not using it much. I also don't have information regarding additional costs apart from the standard licensing fees.
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is priced well. The price we pay is approximately $20 per month. Other solutions I have found to be much more expensive.
The license I use is on-premise. We haven't gone to the cloud where we have to pay monthly or something like that. Sparx is cheaper than most similar tools.
It is very economical and low cost. You have to pay for a one-time license, and it is active forever.
The tool has a lot of "bang for your buck" - especially if you can develop extensions yourself it has an unmatched price/performance ratio. That said, beware that you really need to become an expert in the tool or hire one to leverage the benefits of the tool.
There is no license required for this solution.
We had a yearly license.
We purchased it once off for 1200 euros. If we want to build integrations with other systems such as Word or SharePoint, we would need to pay approximately 300 euros for this.
I use my own license. So, I just bought the professional version, which costs $800 or something like that. In the company where I am working, we have floating licenses. They are probably more expensive. Its licensing is affordable, but we are talking about a large organization, and there could be modelers or viewers of the models. We don't know how much that would cost us.
It is cheap.
I think our license costs roughly $1,000 a year, but I could be wrong.
We have an annual license, and it's very affordable.
It is cheaper than other solutions. Its cost is around $686 per year. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
Pricing is open information. They have the price on their site for the enterprise version, and we do receive a small discount.
The pricing is excellent. It's very inexpensive.
Its price is very good for the value that you get with it.
I don't have any insights into the costs of the product. I don't know if it is expensive or reasonably priced.
The licensing is not as expensive as some of the other data modeling tools such as Erwin.
Define your immediate needs and objectives, start small and focused. Identify some motivated champions inside your organization and find a coach to help them get to know the tools. Initially, get comfortable and efficient with the vanilla setup of the tool. Do not try to personalize or extend the tool unless you are confident that it will bring more benefits than confusion. Define templates and model examples to set the organizational standards for modeling. Evaluate your progress, adhesion to standards, and quality of models regularly. Identify other domains of modeling opportunities that could bring benefits to your organization. With experts and senior architects define a mid/long term vision and costs benefits for integrating all aspects of modeling that are important to you over time. Annually, revised your mid/long term vision.
Pricing is an obvious selling point and so are the flexibility and feature set.
I just have a one-seat license manager. I'm not sure what the pricing is on it.
In terms of cost, Sparx EA is probably one of the cheapest tools I have ever used. However, study the most important versions of EA before you buy it. I'd also recommend that you buy the edition up from the version you think you need, as we found that was an issue in our early days.
The savings in license fees more than allows you to invest in a little training but get someone good.
I would advise anyone to find a good partner for guiding the methodology of modeling. Maybe some technical support is required if you need the integration of your tool.
Setup a shared RDBMS repository (SQL, Oracle, etc.), acquire shared license keys and deploy using MSI scripts.