Enterprise Architect SaaS is the perfect cloud based corporate enterprise team modeling delivery solution for the industry leading Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect modeling tool. Enterprise Architect supports a range of modeling frameworks and is the tool of choice for over one million users across the world.
Enterprise Architect SaaS deployment allows medium to large teams to quickly start and scale their modeling efforts without any internal operational overheads.
Traditionally, Enterprise Architect is deployed on site to end users’ machines and connects to a remote database. This can incur quite extreme deployment time, efforts and costs for larger organizations in terms of internal provision of infrastructure, setup and maintain software and databases.
With more teams moving to a 'Cloud First' strategy, the 'On Premises' setup is becoming a thing of the past. Enterprise Architect SaaS allows users to get on-boarded and start working almost immediately.
To enable collaborative modeling using Enterprise Architect over a central repository and distributed modeling, teams have to choose a suitable edition of the 'Enterprise Architect SaaS' and an appropriate 'EA Infrastructure'.
The Enterprise Architect SaaS is the service that renders the Sparx Enterprise Architect Application on a web browser, and the EA Infrastructure is the central repository along with all other infra setup such as Floating license manager, remote https access, etc.
| Feature | Enterprise Standard Edition | Enterprise Premium Edition |
|---|---|---|
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Suitable For
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Medium to Large Teams | Large Teams and Enterprises using EA with extended utilities |
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License Type
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Floating Licenses (Concurrent Usage) | Floating Licenses (Concurrent Usage) |
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Minimum License Count
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6 users | 10 users |
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Access
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Single URL for all users, connected to SSO | Single URL for all users, connected to SSO |
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Availability
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Availability | Availability |
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Security
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Enhanced Security | Enhanced Security |
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SSO
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Fully Integrated with SAML and AD | Fully Integrated with SAML and AD |
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Custom Branding
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Yes | Yes |
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Partner (3rd party) Add-ons Support
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Additional Cost | Included |
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Product Updates
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Quarterly Refresh | Monthly Refresh and On-Demand Refresh |
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EA Configurations
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Standard configuration for all Users | Multiple Configurations based on User Groups and Roles |
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Update Partner Addons
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Quarterly updates | Quarterly updates |
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Premium Support for Integrations and EA Configuration
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Additional cost | Included |
The Enterprise Architect Cloud Infrastructure is also an essential component to enable the cloud platform for collaborative modeling.
The infrastructure varies based on end users security and performance requirement. Various parameters are considered when designing the appropriate infrastructure to meet the users requirements
(Multi Tenant)
(Security Optimized)
Security Parameters
Performance Parameters
Other Parameters
EA Repository and License Management 
Single Sign On 
Refined Setup Practices 
Pre-Migration Validation and Planning Flexible Deployment Options with an option to try and scale allows Enterprise Architect SaaS to be a suitable fit/makes Enterprise Architect SaaS a suitable fit for Small and Large EA Teams. Sparx Enterprise Architect is widely used by teams of varying size and complexity. The flexible deployment options allows any of these users to switch to easy tool usage using Enterprise Architect SaaS.
