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| Website | staruml.io | sparxsystems.com | visual-paradigm.com | lucidchart.com | altova.com/... | edrawsoft.com | astah.net | bouml.fr/... | bonitasoft.com | creately.com | magicdraw.com | tigris.org | smartdraw.com | softwareideas.net | modeliosoft.com | draw.io | yworks.com |
| Remarks | Very basic uml editor. | Very sofisticated editor with tons of features. Including project management, scrum. Extended navigation between linked diagram/elements. GUI not as good as Vis.Paradigm, missing basic features. | Drawing diagrams is easy (with mouse). Update 2019: uml also supported | Modeling Tool - Astah Professional, Astah UML and Astah Community | basic uml editor with roundtrip code engineering | It seems to be about processes. Cant find a class diagram (quickly enough). | Really stupid. Cant find prices, you need to register first | Seemed dead since 2014, but moving to github june 2019 | Werkt redelijk goed. Niet geavanceerd, maar wel prettig. Printen van activity diagram is slecht | It completely supports UML2 and BPMN2, and provides extensions (modules) for SysML modeling, TOGAF modeling, Java (code generation, roundtrip & reverse) | |||||||
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| Best buy version | unlimited trial | Professional (Desktop $239) | Modeler | basic 5usd monthly | basic | 3year version: 179 usd | Astah Community-Free/ Astah UML-$50/ Astah Professional-From$40 | open source | Online Desktop 75$ | Unknown, since you need to register first | One open source version | 1 user | One version | Professional (10 day trial ) | Open source | ||
| Price best buy 2011 | $ 199 | $ 99 | € 10 pm | € 119 | $ 99 | $ 49 p.year online | $ 300 | $ 69 | € 200 | ||||||||
| Price best buy 2019 | $ 89 | $ 299 with scripting | $ 9 monthly | € 129 | $ 245 lifetime | ||||||||||||
| Free version | Yes unlimited trial | No | No Non commercial (Trial 30 days?) | Yes 1 user | No Only trial | - Limited endless trial | Yes Astah Community | Yes open source | Yes | Yes 1 user (only public!) | No Only trial | Yes Open source | No Only trial | Yes Non commercial | Yes Open source and Free Modules | Yes open source | Yes Open Source |
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| Code generation | - depending on extensions | Yes Classdiagrams all languages, other diagrams only java, c+ | No | Yes | Yes java, c+ etc | ||||||||||||
| Reverse engineering | - depending on extensions | Yes Classdiagrams all languages, other diagrams only java, c+ | No | Yes | No | No | |||||||||||
| Languages | depending on extensions | php, C, Java etc. | java, c+, .net | Java, C++, C# | C++, Java, Idl, Php, Python and MySQL. | ||||||||||||
| Features | |||||||||||||||||
| UML | 2.3 | 2.x | yes | 1.4 / 2.x | 1.4 / 2.0 is coming | 2.2 | 2.x | ||||||||||
| sysML Implementation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Wireframes | Yes multiple with simulation | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Other features | project/timemanagement, scrum | many other design tools | |||||||||||||||
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| Export xml | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes XMI | Yes | Yes | |||||||
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| Online version | No | No | Yes Only online! | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | - Java-Webstart | |||||||
| iPad/Android version | Astah UML Pad (Free) astah.net/... | ||||||||||||||||
| Mobile version | No | No | No | No | |||||||||||||
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| Layout | no rating | 3.3/5 3 ratings | no rating | 4.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | 5.0/5 1 rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | 5.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating |
| UML implementation | no rating | 5.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | 3.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 2.0/5 1 rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | 4.5/5 2 ratings | no rating | no rating |
| Usability | no rating | 3.3/5 3 ratings | 5.0/5 1 rating | 3.5/5 2 ratings | no rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | 5.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 2.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | 5.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | no rating |
| Saving/export | no rating | 4.7/5 3 ratings | no rating | 3.0/5 2 ratings | no rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | 2.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | 5.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating |
| Overal rating | no rating | 4.0/5 4 ratings | no rating | 3.5/5 2 ratings | no rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | 4.0/5 1 rating | no rating | no rating | 1.0/5 1 rating | 2.0/5 1 rating | 3.0/5 1 rating | no rating | 3.5/5 2 ratings | 4.5/5 2 ratings | no rating | no rating |
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| Website | staruml.io | sparxsystems.com | visual-paradigm.com | lucidchart.com | altova.com/... | edrawsoft.com | astah.net | bouml.fr/... | bonitasoft.com | creately.com | magicdraw.com | tigris.org | smartdraw.com | softwareideas.net | modeliosoft.com | draw.io | yworks.com |
| Latest version | v3.1.0 march 2019 | v15 | many updates | v9.4 march 2019 | Ver 6.5 on Sep.2011 | 2014, new github since 2019 | 2011 | ||||||||||
| Last update | Jul. 11th 2019 3:01:35 PM | Oct. 31st 2020 8:44:04 AM | May 12th 2012 1:01:38 PM | Nov. 9th 2021 4:23:37 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 3:14:52 PM | Nov. 10th 2022 4:50:10 PM | Oct. 6th 2011 6:13:01 AM | Jul. 11th 2019 4:05:06 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 4:50:44 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 4:50:45 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 6:51:55 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 3:34:36 PM | Oct. 3rd 2011 12:22:40 PM | Oct. 7th 2012 2:21:57 PM | May 12th 2012 1:01:38 PM | Jul. 11th 2019 3:27:44 PM | Oct. 14th 2014 3:00:31 PM |
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AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:45:58 PM rated argouml: Overal rating 3/5 
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AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:45:28 PM rated MagicDraw: Usability 2/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:45:00 PM rated MagicDraw: UML implementation 2/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:44:46 PM rated MagicDraw: Layout 3/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:44:25 PM rated Enterprise Architect: Usability 4/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:44:16 PM rated Enterprise Architect: Saving/export 5/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:44:07 PM rated Enterprise Architect: Overal rating 4/5 
AV on Aug. 26th 2019 5:43:40 PM rated Enterprise Architect: Layout 4/5 
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Fábio Carvalho on Sep. 19th 2015 2:52:37 PM rated Enterprise Architect: Saving/export 5/5 
Guy Olivier on Sep. 14th 2015 9:09:20 AM rated LucidChart: Overall rating 5/5 
Xionggu on Feb. 5th 2015 5:57:35 AM rated Enterprise Architect: Overal rating 3/5 
Xionggu on Feb. 5th 2015 5:57:29 AM rated Enterprise Architect: Saving/export 4/5
see older commentsVery good and intuitive GUI
easy to install, full-featured -> best to use
using Modelio since several years allways migrating through export/import
comprehensive tool with good help support
almost complete UML; only few seldom used elements not supported
A tool who make more than promisses, very usefull system to create a template for a documment.
Expansive and easy way to save/export.
For me the best to make all kind of schema and share with co-workers