LeanIX vs QualiWare X comparison

SAP LeanIX and QualiWare are both solutions in the Enterprise Architecture Management category. SAP LeanIX is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9, while QualiWare is ranked #21. SAP LeanIX holds a 15.3% mindshare in AM, compared to QualiWare’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of SAP LeanIX users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 75% of QualiWare users who would recommend it.

LeanIX

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95% willing to recommend

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75% willing to recommend

LeanIX

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

QualiWare X and LeanIX are enterprise architecture management products. LeanIX appears to have an advantage due to its intuitive design and comprehensive feature set.

Features: QualiWare X provides comprehensive modeling tools, advanced simulation, and analytical capabilities. LeanIX is known for its intuitive interface, real-time collaboration, and efficient IT landscape management.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: LeanIX offers cloud-based deployment for quick implementation and seamless updates with responsive customer service. QualiWare X provides on-premises and cloud options, featuring a more traditional support structure.

Pricing and ROI: QualiWare X requires a significant initial setup cost but delivers ROI through its modeling capabilities and flexibility. LeanIX, although priced higher, provides ROI by reducing operational complexity and improving IT management efficiency.

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LeanIX vs. QualiWare X

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Categories and Ranking

LeanIX

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

1st

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

QualiWare X

Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management

21st

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Business Process Management (BPM) (63rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of LeanIX is 15.3%, up from 15.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QualiWare X is 0.9%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Enterprise Architecture Management

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Umit Sengul

Enterprise Architect at E.ON

A platform that facilitates efficient IT architecture management and integration, improving organizational coordination and decision-making

LeanIX is primarily used to create and manage architectural models, link capabilities, activities, and products and generate comprehensive reports. It serves as a central platform for overseeing the IT landscape within EON, a large organization, streamlining operations and enhancing governance…

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Gavin Bérubé

Enterprise Architect at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

Works as a reference for architecture but not very intuitive

We use the solution as a reference for architecture so that we can connect business data applications. The tool helps us to know how these applications should be built. We use it mainly as reference material. I like the solution's traceability. The solution is not easy and intuitive to use. I…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The most valuable feature would be application portfolio management, which is where they came from, but over time, they have got artificial intelligence. They built up a very good repository. If I identify a system by name, from historical information, oftentimes, they can tell me that this is deployed with this number of CPUs and they can give me a really good profile of the application for me to put it into a change management database with very little effort."

"One of the most valuable features of LeanIX is the Enterprise Architecture Management tool."

"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly and the user experience. It's easy to map the fact sheets."

"LeanIX has a great application information architecture."

"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 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 has a very useful assessment tool that automatically populates from input data to produce a detailed analysis of customer's environments."

"The solution provides a single window view of business, application, data, and technology views of the IT ecosystem."

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"I like the solution's traceability."

Cons

"The solution’s API integration needs to improve. I would like to see a digital screen watch feature also in the solution."

"What would make LeanIX better is more variety in terms of reporting, and more flexibility with its data importing feature."

"I find LeanIX's pricing expensive for the functionality it offers. However, with the acquisition by SAP, the pricing might become more affordable due to scale and tiered application pricing. Currently, it offers different tiers for the first 400 applications: 400 to 600 and 600 to 1,000, making it expensive from a pricing standpoint."

"LeanIX should improve its support services."

"It's hard to predict the pricing of the system."

"Improvements in user interface simplicity could be made, particularly with the reporting and filtering capabilities."

"LeanIX has limited in-build diagramming capabilities, requiring the purchase of another tool. That is the main drawback of LeanIX because they don't have a built-in add-on product for diagramming."

"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."

More LeanIX cons

"The solution is not easy and intuitive to use. I would also like the software to have a reference metamodel that can guide the modeling."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"As the tool is cloud-based, its cost is more affordable."

"The solution's pricing is based on a licensing model that is competitive and in line with other products."

"It cost me $91,000 a year for 300 applications. For any enterprise, 300 applications are minimal, as many have well over 1,000 applications."

"LeanIX uses application-based account licensing, where the cost is multiplied by the number of applications in the software implementation."

"I would rate the pricing a one out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

"There is a sweet spot of where they need to be on pricing right now. They could go up a little bit in pricing, but it has to do with the cost savings, and it has to do with the practitioners using it. I use it where I get cost savings and I can justify it, but they probably have the ability to flex a 10% up channel on their sales on that. So, they could increase their settle price, not their offering price, when they sell. They can probably hold that up a little bit higher than it is because there are cost savings that we can drive from it."

"The tool needs to include more flexible licensing options. We do not use the tool all the time. So pricing should be considered only when we use the tool."

"The pricing is very good. We definitely get good value for the money."

"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten since it's pretty expensive."

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Financial Services Firm

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Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Government

37%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

Any experience with Strategic Project Portfolio Management Solutions?

Hi @Cheryl Joseph Looking at the crossover between Project and Portfolio management with EA, then Planview could be a good choice. If looking at Portfolio Management from an EA perspective then Le...

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What do you like most about LeanIX?

The ability to import data and generate reports from it. That's where its power lies.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LeanIX?

LeanIX pricing ranges from moderate to high. Our usage and costs depend on the number of applications, and as the number of applications grows, so does the cost. We have aligned our usage with appl...

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Overview

LeanIX delivers collaborative Enterprise Architecture designed for modern IT. Our open, data-driven architecture management model helps organizations adapt to the evolving demands of digital. From agile to multi-cloud and beyond, architecture teams using LeanIX have the power to strategically support the business and report 45% reduction in time to value delivery. More than 90,000 users across enterprises worldwide rely on LeanIX to manage their IT landscape, including adidas, Bosch, 7Eleven, and Zalando.

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QualiWare enables positive change by providing tools and methods that ensure coherency, consensus and consistency, and we support the agile and innovative company in handling complex knowledge, maintained by multiple persons with different backgrounds, in a continuous process.

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adidas, Bosch, Chico's, Haworth, Helvetia, KuKa, Osram, Telekom, TUI, Santander, Swarovski, Vaillant, 7Eleven, and Zalando.

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