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Quest Software and Dassault Systèmes are both solutions in the Business Process Design category. Quest Software is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.1, while Dassault Systèmes is ranked #14 with an average rating of 8.5. Quest Software holds a 3.2% mindshare in BPD, compared to Dassault Systèmes’s 2.4% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Quest Software users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Dassault Systèmes users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

No Magic MagicDraw and erwin Data Modeler are products competing in the modeling software category. No Magic MagicDraw excels in pricing and support, while erwin Data Modeler provides superior features, justifying its higher cost.

Features: No Magic MagicDraw supports UML, SysML, and BPMN, enabling diverse systems modeling. It offers a streamlined design facilitating efficient conceptual modeling and integration with tools like Teamcenter. erwin Data Modeler excels in metadata management and integration, supports advanced enterprise data architecture, and aligns data across platforms.

Room for Improvement: No Magic MagicDraw could enhance collaboration features as its flexibility may lead to inconsistencies in team settings. It lacks strong coupling needed for large teams and could improve in offering pre-deployment guidance. erwin Data Modeler, while rich in features, can refine its support in pre- and post-deployment phases. Its setup process is complex and can be streamlined for efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: No Magic MagicDraw offers a flexible deployment model suited for various project scales and maintains responsive customer service. erwin Data Modeler, known for its complex setup, provides comprehensive guidance. However, it could benefit from improved pre- and post-deployment support services.

Pricing and ROI: No Magic MagicDraw offers a cost-effective solution with competitive pricing translating to a promising ROI. erwin Data Modeler, despite a higher setup cost, offers extensive features and enterprise capabilities, representing a sound long-term investment with substantial value.

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Categories and Ranking

erwin Data Modeler

Ranking in Business Process Design

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Architecture Management (1st), Data Governance (10th)

No Magic MagicDraw

Ranking in Business Process Design

14th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Business Process Design category, the mindshare of erwin Data Modeler is 3.2%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of No Magic MagicDraw is 2.4%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business Process Design Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
erwin Data Modeler	3.2%
No Magic MagicDraw	2.4%
Other	94.4%

Business Process Design

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Sushree Panigrahi

Snowflake Data Engineer| Senior PLSQL Developer |Data Modeler|Assitant Vice Pre at Jp Morgan Chase & Co.

Data modeling has transformed regulatory reporting and collaboration across cloud environments

In erwin Data Modeler, areas that have room for improvement include performance improvements. I see that large models sometimes cause it to be slow when opening. Impact analysis can lag as well. Version control is another aspect. If we have developed a current version, it is not integrated with Git where we can easily compare different versions. UI modernization is also something we cannot utilize as it is primarily for development. Additionally, cloud-specific optimizations are needed when it comes to Snowflake or Databricks. When it comes to AI aspects, auto-suggestions for normalization or identifying primary, foreign, or surrogate keys are areas that can be improved.

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reviewer2080611

System Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

Ease of use and real-time collaboration empower effective teamwork and streamlined development

For CAMEO, it's not only the ease of use, it's versatility, its communicability, but Rhapsody is the worst tool I've ever used. It is very difficult, not user-friendly, and very expensive. It works only with its IBM counterparts. SPARX Enterprise Architecture is very easy to use, but it's limited. It gives you an idea of how your model is developing, so this feature helps maintain integrity or correctness of system models. It's really a good feature to have. You've got to have the simulation toolkit installed to be able to do that, and that works really well. The MagicDraw or CAMEO system is good on its own, but it should be integrated and should come out of the box with the simulation toolkit because there are some things you can't do without it, making it very difficult to have to look for another license to be able to do that. I would prefer that it come with the simulation toolkit.

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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"There is absolutely no problem with the stability."

"What has been useful, I have been able to reverse engineer our existing data models to document explicitly referential integrity relationships, primary/foreign keys in the model, and create ERDs that are subject area-based which our clients can use when working with our databases. The reality is that our databases are not explicitly documented in the DDL with primary/foreign key relationships. You can't look at the DDL and explicitly understand the primary/foreign key relationships that exist between our tables, so the referential integrity is not easily understood. erwin has allowed me to explicitly document that and create ERDs. This has made it easier for our clients to consume our databases for their own purposes."

"The solution is good for organizing the data and the scripting part is very powerful. It's easy to create technical scripts for models."

"Quest can create conceptual and physical data models to facilitate effective communication between business and IT. It can also integrate expertise from various engineering and database systems within your organization to enhance data management and administration."

"Any tool will do diagramming but I think the ability to put the stuff up in a graphical fashion, then think about it, and keep things consistent is what's valuable about it. It's too easy when you're using other methods to not have naming consistent standards and column consistent definitions, et cetera."

"It is the only meaningful way to do any data modeling."

"erwin Data Modeler has positively impacted my organization by providing our teams with a common visual representation of the data structure, which makes it easier to convey information to developers and stakeholders so they can understand the relationships, ultimately aiding in maintaining consistency across models."

"It saves a lot of development time, and I think we are saving from two weeks to one month annually."

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"I would rate MagicDraw a nine out of ten because of the price. Enterprise Architect has a lot of bugs and MagicDraw is a lot more accurate and flexible. It's a level better."

"The beauty of MagicDraw is that it has a simulation part, so you can simulate your model to validate it. The simulation allows you to bring in code off of an external code that you can write to set up the simulation and execute the code."

"My advice to anybody who is designing complex projects, like defense projects or space projects, is that they have to use this program or one like it."

"We use it to build the physical and logical domains to hold requirements, specifications, use cases, and all the way down to class definitions."

"Magic Draw has capabilities that I'm sure I haven't even touched on, but at least for what I'm attempting to achieve, it provides the most capability to meet my needs at this point in time."

"It is very user-friendly, and the customer service is really good."

"There is a lot of documentation available on the Internet to understand its functionality."

"I like the traceability feature. Whoever is working with the product would be sure of the things that could be affected if they decided to affect one of the other companies. For example, let's say that an engineer starts a new project optimization problem by adjusting the thickness of metal sheets. However, the engineers only see a reduced number of affections, but when we use the requirement traceability, they can see the whole picture. That's the main aspect that we were promoting with this tool."

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Cons

"Some Source official systems give us DDLs to work with and they have contents not required to be part of the DDL before we reverse engineer in the erwin DM. Therefore, we manually make changes to those scripts and edit them, then reverse-engineer within the tool. So, it does take some time to edit these DDL scripts generated by the source operational systems. What I would suggest: It would be helpful if there were a place within the erwin tool to import the file and automatically eliminate all the unnecessary lines of code, and just have the clean code built-in to generate the table/data model."

"erwin Data Modeler is very complex and unnecessarily complicated."

"I still use Visio for conceptual modeling, and that's mainly because it is easier to change things, and you can relax some of the rules."

"When I was working at Honda, it became very difficult to work with the Japanese teams using just one model."

"While I do not have knowledge about pricing for erwin Data Modeler, I think it could improve by having a feature that allows the publishing of models, similar to how Power BI allows for dashboard publishing for different users within an organization, not just data modelers."

"I would like the solution to be less rigid in terms of its theory."

"This is a very complex product."

"The erwin Data Modeler is quite complex to use."

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"They don't really support code engineering, and that's why we have to move to Enterprise Architect."

"When I am working with my Mac and I right-click to copy and paste, it doesn't work."

"The licenses are expensive compared to similar tools. At the moment, the user is open to using MagicDraw if it's 15% more than other solutions. If it were to cost any more, they wouldn't use it."

"The price of the solution could be reduced."

"The documentation for MagicDraw and the video tutorials compared to other competitors is an area for improvement."

"They don't really support code engineering, and that's why we have to move to Enterprise Architect. MagicDraw is stuck at C++03 standards, whereas most C++ programs today want to use the latest definition of the C++ standards. We were at C++11, and we wanted to do code engineering with C++11 or 17, but they didn't support it. That pushed us into a different tool, which is Sparx Enterprise Architect."

"The MagicDraw or CAMEO system is good on its own, but it should be integrated and should come out of the box with the simulation toolkit because there are some things you can't do without it, making it very difficult to have to look for another license to be able to do that."

"One potential area for improvement is the recommendation feature. At times, we face challenges in locating specific features, and we have to reach out for assistance in finding the information we need."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Though the solution is not cheap, it's worth the money."

"The price of erwin Data Modeler is very expensive, in particular for this part of the world."

"There are two license options and the pricing is reasonable."

"I wish it wasn't so expensive. I would love to personally buy a copy of my own and have it at home, because the next job that I'm looking at is probably project management and I might not have access to the tool. I would like to keep my ability to use the tool. Therefore, they should probably have a pricing for people like me who want to just use the solution as an independent consultant, trying to get started. $3,000 is a big hit."

"erwin is expensive compared to other solutions. We are paying almost $6,000 per seat a month."

"The solution is expensive."

"Likewise, the solution is a little pricey."

"The price should be lower in order to be on the same level as its competitors."

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"I would say licensing would be anywhere from $3,500 to $6,500 per person or per seat (it's a per seat style license)."

"The licensing is on a yearly basis, and it's expensive."

"I rate the pricing a ten out of ten. It is an expensive product compared to software for model-based system engineering."

"In addition to the initial cost, you have to pay annually for support in order to get the upgrades."

"The price of No Magic MagicDraw could improve. The price of the solution is too expensive for smaller-sized companies. There should be a better pricing model."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Outsourcing Company

Manufacturing Company

Marketing Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Outsourcing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	60

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	14
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	7

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the licensing process is painful and quite onerous. The setup is okay, but there is room for improvement.

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What needs improvement with erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

Regarding improvements, the first thing I would mention is that every release has some issues, some of which are related to current functionalities, which means they often seem not very well tested...

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What is your primary use case for erwin Data Modeler by Quest?

My main use case for erwin Data Modeler is to implement a single data architecture design department so everyone is using erwin Data Modeler for their data models to be a transactional application ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for No Magic MagicDraw?

Maybe the price is a little bit high for a small company to acquire this tool. However, they offer trial versions and trial licenses for members of INCOSE.

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What needs improvement with No Magic MagicDraw?

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What is your primary use case for No Magic MagicDraw?

I deal with DOD lifecycle acquisition sorts of things as some of the main use cases currently, and I expect to continue using it for more than 25 years.

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Also Known As

erwin DM

MagicDraw

Overview

Erwin Data Modeler provides an effective approach to visualizing and managing data models. It assists in creating, reversing, and synchronizing data models with ease, supporting logical and physical transitions while enhancing understanding across teams.

Erwin Data Modeler is a comprehensive tool designed for professional database management. It offers capabilities to organize and enforce standards, automating script generation with robust reverse engineering and DDL output. Users can manage complex data environments, capitalize on integration with data intelligence, and maintain large-scale databases smoothly. Despite its strengths, improvements in multi-language support, database integration, and reporting features are needed. Users benefit from extensive support for conceptual, logical, and physical database modeling, enhancing architectural design and data governance for platforms like SQL Server, Oracle, and Teradata.

What are the key features of Erwin Data Modeler?

Visual Representation: Facilitates clear visualization of data models, aiding comprehension.
Versioning and Editing: Enhance usability with versioning and bulk editing capabilities.
Reverse Engineering: Offers powerful tools for reverse engineering and DDL generation.
Integration: Aligns with data intelligence to streamline database management.
Naming Standards: Enforces consistency with automated script creation.

What benefits should users consider in Erwin Data Modeler reviews?

Collaboration: Promotes team understanding and collaboration through visual tools.
Automation: Reduces manual effort through automated processes and integration.
Scalability: Handles large database management efficiently, crucial for enterprise settings.
Data Governance: Facilitates effective data governance with structured modeling.

Erwin Data Modeler finds application in industries focused on robust data management, implementing it for enterprise data warehouses, business domain models, and operational systems. It supports architectural design and governance, aligning with business applications demanding precise data representation and visualization.

Quest Software

No Magic MagicDraw is a powerful modeling tool recognized for its flexibility and integration capabilities, especially suited for enterprise modeling and systems engineering. Featuring a user-friendly interface, it supports diverse modeling architectures with tools for testing and simulation.

Renowned for its compliance with OMG standards, No Magic MagicDraw excels in offering comprehensive modeling options that support model-based systems engineering. Its rich feature set enables digital model creation aimed at testing and simulation, backed by a strong suite of integration tools. The tool facilitates program management integration with systems engineering, making it suitable for complex enterprise projects. However, suggestions for improvement include a redesign for a more intuitive interface and enhanced documentation. Licensing costs are higher compared to competitors, and integration requests include compatibility with SAP and modern C++ standards.

What are the most important features of No Magic MagicDraw?

Flexibility: Adapts to different modeling needs and architectures with ease.
User-friendly Interface: Simplifies access and usage for modeling tasks.
Integration Capabilities: Seamlessly integrates with tools like Doors.
Standard Compliance: Aligns with OMG standards.
Traceability: Maintains visibility across project changes.

What benefits and ROI should users expect from No Magic MagicDraw?

Comprehensive Support: Access to excellent technical support.
Enhanced Collaboration: Facilitates model-driven documentation and teamwork.
Strategic Efficiency: Streamlines processes, reducing time in business transformation projects.

No Magic MagicDraw is widely deployed for tasks including business transformation, system architecture modeling, and supporting defense programs, proving invaluable in enterprise and system modeling. It aids in strategy integration, process design, and offers extensive features like simulations and lifecycle engineering.

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