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Sparx Pro Cloud Server vs Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 3, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Sparx Pro Cloud Server
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
21st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sparx Systems Enterprise Ar...
Ranking in Enterprise Architecture Management
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Enterprise Architecture Management category, the mindshare of Sparx Pro Cloud Server is 1.6%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is 8.6%, down from 11.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Architecture Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect8.6%
Sparx Pro Cloud Server1.6%
Other89.8%
Enterprise Architecture Management
 

Featured Reviews

Pawel-Gawronski - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at BEC
A cloud SaaS solution for collaboration with customer support
There could be improvement in connecting to and securing this connection. Spark is not up to date on its Insight dashboard compared to competitors, but this impacts the digital experience. It is important for the team to continue working on this tool without disruption. So maybe this is an area for improvement to have a better Insight.
Milan Sterba - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Architect at Deepview S.r.o.
Efficient documentation generation through organized model structure with a good price-performance ratio
Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not easy for even experienced users to find their way without guidance. This is not the most user-friendly solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's most valuable feature is ArchiMate which I use daily."
"Sharing my diagrams with a large community of people is easy, as it's user-friendly on the web."
"The solution works well for me and I recommend it."
"We have found the technical support to be helpful."
"Customizable and tailored to the environment. Several template frameworks are provided."
"Its traversability is most valuable. I can use ArchiMate, and I can create a UML model. ArchiMate is for logical enterprise architecture, UML is for software engineering, and BPMN is for business processes. I can build it to have multiple models, and they are also traversable, which is not something that every tool allows. If there is a huge organization, you can segment it and have separate models for business technology or internal resource management system. You don't need to keep them in one model, and you can decide to segregate them."
"Sparx is a good tool for extended usage such as modeling or automated testing."
"Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is used by our architects to put out artifacts, collaborate, work together, and share those artifacts."
"Provides a single repository for all architecture work."
"However, it works."
"I like it because it is very economical, price-wise Sparx EA is very low cost, it is easy to use, connecting entities is very easy in this, and it is an EA tool that is approved by Open Group and is in the tool register of Open Group."
"The solution saved a lot of time, about 30%."
 

Cons

"The solution should allow easier access with enhanced customization options for web page DHTML."
"The user-friendliness could be even better."
"In general, we now have a problem with Sparx Enterprise Architect because many analysts think it's too complicated to use in a giant environment."
"There were scalability issues. The HTML generation with very large models, over 4000 diagrams, can be problematic."
"The solution is difficult to learn. The documentation needs a bit of improvement."
"Sparx can be a bit slow. If you are trying to design software architecture, sometimes we run into issues and need to refresh."
"The elements of the modeling sets can have better customization and visual representation. It would be great to have a mobile version."
"This solution should have better ease of use for the uninitiated."
"Navigating from EA Models to Business Process Models becomes a nightmare if the repository is heavily loaded."
"They should make the Save button easier to find."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's Ultimate Plan costs $399 per year."
"The licence has a costly upfront fee which gets you access. You have to pay an annual maintenance fee, which is less."
"It is cheap."
"Licenses are pretty low cost compared to, for example, ARIS."
"It's reasonably priced for large organizations."
"Pricing and licensing is very attractive, simple, and straightforward."
"The Corporate Edition, or one of the bundles, is the way to go."
"Use floating licenses strategically."
"The solution is quite expensive."
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Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise58
 

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One of the reasons many public sector institutions in the Czech Republic use it is that it provides a very good price-performance ratio. While it might be cumbersome to learn, it still delivers exc...
What needs improvement with Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
Whenever I begin a new project with Sparx, I have to spend time training people on how to use it since it is not straightforward. Although it's a powerful product with plenty of features, it's not ...
What is your primary use case for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect?
We are mostly using the ArchiMate language to describe enterprise or solution architecture, along with a bit of use cases. We are producing quite large models, with over 10,000 elements and relatio...
 

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