ER/Studio Business Architect vs. SAP Extension Suite (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ER/Studio Business Architect
Score 0.0 out of 10
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ER/Studio Business Architect is a business process and conceptual modeling tool. It simplifies how business stakeholders and data architects document conceptual models and business processes and how those processes impact enterprise data, to align with business goals and regulatory requirements. The tool brings together the simplicity of a drawing tool with the rich semantics of the business process model and notation (BPMN) 2.0 standard. Business users and data professionals can model the…
$920
one-time fee per user
SAP Extension Suite (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
The SAP Extension Suite (formerly part of the SAP Cloud Platform) is a legacy solution that enabled businesses to rapidly build and enhance applications, processes and experiences, with the goal of driving agility and flexibility, while extending the value of applications. The product has obsolesced, and modern offerings including SAP Build or theN/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing for new customers only, first year maintenance included. Maintenance includes access to technical support and product updates for the defined period of the agreement.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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9.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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The adoption of SAP Extension Suite is growing significantly and it has become a strategic platform for our company. SAP Extension Suite will most likely meet the requirements of most companies to get beyond small workgroup apps and tackle more strategic requirements. The most important thing that SAP Extension delivers is a single UI for development effort for web and mobile deployment.
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Pros
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  • Reduces the length and cost of system development and integration
  • Empowers developers to acquire a new skill to deliver applications and other services efficiently
  • Enabled the innovation team to transform the way services are accessed and delivered
  • Ensures scalability of apps used simultaneously by thousands of customers
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Cons
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  • It was a bit of a hassle to configure at first but once setup it's easy and fast.
  • At a certain time they removed key items used in pipelines to force upgrades.
  • The new UI though works well feels less intuitive than the previous one.
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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We have been able to work in a much more agile way with SAP Extension Suite, and there is a lot of excitement that developing with this platform is significantly faster. SAP Extension Suite is the perfect fit to build great-looking applications that work on any form factor, be it [a] smartphone, laptop, or tablet, and within budget.
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Return on Investment
IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
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  • Faster development cycle due to native integration with SAP products
  • Negative short-term ROI due to the lack of training material and significant differences with the previous version of the same tool (SAP Web IDE)
  • Tighter integration with corporate programming guidelines since SAP Extension Suite offers great integration with DevOps pipeline solutions
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ScreenShots

ER/Studio Business Architect Screenshots

Screenshot of A drawing tool with the rich semantics of the BPMN 2.0 standard, where users can model the relationships between people, processes, and data with ER/Studio Business Architect.Screenshot of The Conversation diagram, a high-level representation of the Collaboration diagram. It shows various parts of the business process and who the participants are that engage in a particular process, with a logical relation of message exchanges.Screenshot of Choreography diagrams that show the exchange of information related to the messages between participants working together on tasks shown in the process. This defines the way business participants coordinate their interactions. Choreographies can also be connected in sequence to show a series of related tasks.Screenshot of A conceptual model, that captures the key categories and interactions of data objects that are used by the business, such as subject areas, business entities, interactions and relationships.Screenshot of Reference objects (e.g. steward, business unit, business rule, business element, and application) that can be included. Also can include external data objects (e.g. entity, table, view, data store, data feed, report, and flat file) in both BPMN diagrams and conceptual models.

SAP Extension Suite (discontinued) Screenshots

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