Which Enterprise Architect Edition Should I Purchase?
Enterprise Architect is available in four editions - Ultimate, Unified, Corporate, and Professional.
Functionality for each edition is as follows:
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
Ada 2012 Code Engineering ✔ ✔
Advanced UML 2.5 Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Allocated Work ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ArcGIS ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
ArchiMate 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Archimate 3 Support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Audit Model Changes ✔ ✔ ✔
Auto Create Diagram Image Map ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automation API ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
AUTOSAR ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Azure icon set ✔ ✔ ✔
AWS icon set ✔ ✔ ✔
BABOK & BIZBOK ✔ ✔ ✔
Baseline Diff/Merge ✔ ✔ ✔
BPEL Generation from BPMN diagrams ✔ ✔
BPEL 2.0 Generation ✔ ✔
BPMN 2.0 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
BPMN Simulation ✔ ✔
BPMN XML ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
BPSim Modeling &
Simulation Built-in
BMM Profile ✔ ✔ ✔
Business Process Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Business Rules Composer ✔ ✔
Case Management (CMMN) ✔ ✔ ✔
Cephes Math Library ✔ ✔ ✔
Chart External Models ✔ ✔ ✔
Charts and Dashboards ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Cloud Connectivity with Firebird
(feap) repositories
Cloud Connectivity ✔ ✔ ✔
Editions Comparison
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
Code Analyzer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Code Engineering ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Common Property Dialog ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Construct View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Context Browser ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom Drawing Style ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom Progress Bars ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom Reports
✔ ✔ ✔
Custom Tables ✔ ✔ ✔
Customized Model Patterns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dashboard Views ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Data Miner ✔ ✔
Database Engineering ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Database Engineering DB Builder ✔ ✔ ✔
DBMS Repository** ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔
Debugging of Jscript, VBScript and
JavaScript
Debug & Visualize Applications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Debug using JDWP protocol ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Decision Model and Notation (DMN) -
Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
Decision Model and Notation (DMN) -
Simulation ✔ ✔
Default Document Handler ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Diagram Discussions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Diagram Filters - Filtering on Tagged
Values
Diagram Inline Specification View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Diagram Matrix View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Diagram Theme/Visual Style ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Diagram Legends Auto Coloring ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
DMN Decision Service ✔ ✔
Docked Property Windows (all major
modeling components) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Document Fragments in Reporting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dynamic Charts ✔ ✔ ✔
Dynamic Documents ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ecore ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Element Discussions ✔ ✔ ✔
Editions Comparison
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
Element List (Tabular Editing) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Executable Code Generation
from behavioral Models
Executable State Machines ✔ ✔
Execution Analyzer Menu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Export Model Reference Data for
Calender events, Team Review, ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gap Matrix Profiles, and Patterns
✔ ✔ ✔
External Data Source
Integration #
Feature Matrix ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Firebird Repositories ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Floating Edition Available ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gantt Charts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Gap Analysis ✔ ✔ ✔
GML 3.3 and 3.2.1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔
Google Cloud Platform
icon set
Hand Drawn Mode ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Heat Maps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Hybrid Scripting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Info View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integrated Project management
using Kanban
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Interaction Flow Modeling
Language (IFML)
JavaScript Library ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kanban Diagrams ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Lazy Load ✔ ✔ ✔
Learning Center ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Linux & macOS installation via WINE ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Linux satellite service ✔ ✔
MARTE Profile ✔ ✔
Math Support built into Script Engines ✔ ✔
MATLAB Support (via Solvers) ✔ ✔ ✔
MDG Technologies (Create)* ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
MDG for AML ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Metadata/Repository Advanced Search ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Metamodel Views ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Mind Mapping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Editions Comparison
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
Model Based Add-ins ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Chat ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Guidance Patterns ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Mail ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Pattern Library ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Repository
(EAP & FEAP Project Files)
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Model Repository
(QEA & QEAX Project Files)
Mono debugger ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Native XEA import/export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Native XML export ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Navigation Bar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
New Report Templates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
NIEM 4&5 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Octave Support (via Solvers) ✔ ✔ ✔
Office 2016 Visual Style ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
OMG XMI ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Package Menu ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Perspectives ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Personal Daily Journal ✔ ✔ ✔
Portals Window ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Profile Authoring Helpers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Program Memory Profiler ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Program Stack Profiler ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Project Browser Favorites ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Project Management, Maintenance
and Testing Windows
Project Gantt View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
PDF Report Generation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Personal Tasks View ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Profile/Metamodel Extensibility ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Project Calendar ✔ ✔ ✔
Project Tasks ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Publish to Joomla! ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Real-Time, HDL Code Engineering
and Profiles
Relationship (Traceability) Matrix ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Editions Comparison
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
Relationship Matrix Textual Overlays ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Replicate .EAP Projects ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Replicate QEA/QEAX Projects ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Report Generation: HTML
and Rich-Text
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Report Customization: WYSIWYG
Template Editor (for Rich-Text Reports)
Requirements Management ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reverse Engineer Binaries (Java, .NET) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reverse Engineer User
Defined Languages
Reusable Asset Service (Read) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reusable Asset Service (Write) ✔ ✔ ✔
Roadmap Diagrams ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Roadmap Patterns & Profile ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ribbons Interface ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Risk, Task and Image Objects ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
RTF Reporting API ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
State Machines Code Generation ✔ ✔
Save Diagrams as PDF ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Schema Composer ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔
Scripting with JScript, VBScript and
Javascript
Scriptlets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Security (Role-based) ✔ ✔ ✔
Security Aware Perspectives ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔
Semantic Information Modeling
for Federation SIMF
Shape Scripts/Customization ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Shared Models ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Simscape Integration ✔ ✔
Simulation of Object Instances ✔ ✔ ✔
Similink Integration ✔ ✔
Solver Classes ✔ ✔ ✔
SOMF 2.1 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Specification Manager ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Statechart Editor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Stateflow Integration ✔ ✔
SysML 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1 ✔ ✔
Editions Comparison
Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
SysML 1.5 - Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
SysML 1.5 - Simulation with
OpenModelica
SysML Parametric Model Simulation ✔ ✔
SysML Simulation with OpenModelica ✔ ✔
SysPhS Support ✔ ✔ ✔
Task Allocations ✔ ✔ ✔
Team Library ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Test Management ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Testpoints ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Testpoints for VB.NET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Time Aware Modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Total User Interface Themeing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
TOGAF Gap Analysis ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
UML Model Simulation
(Activity, Sequence, State) ***
User Interface Simulation ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔
Value Delivery Modeling Language
(VDML)
Version Control Integration ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Version Control TFS 2010, 2012
Support
Virtualized Ends ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Visual Studio / Eclipse Links ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Win 32 User Interface Designs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Wireframes ✔ ✔ ✔
Working Sets ✔ ✔
WSDL Engineering ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
XMI Import and Export
(2.1, 1.2, 1.1, 1.0)
XML and XSD Editing and Validation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
XMI Merge using Baseline Merge sets ✔ ✔ ✔
XML Schema (XSD) Engineering ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
XSLT Debugger ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
WAN Optimizer ✔ ✔ ✔
Includded MDG Products on next page
Editions Comparison
Included MDG Products Ultimate Unified Corporate Professional
BPSim Modeling & Simulation ✔ ✔
DDS ✔ ✔
DOORS Link## ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Eclipse Integration ✔ ✔
Eclipse Link ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Microsoft Office ✔
SysML ✔ ✔ ✔
TOGAF ✔ ✔
Visual Studio Integration ✔ ✔
Visual Studio Link ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
UPDM ✔ ✔
Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) ✔ ✔
Zachman ✔ ✔
* Separately sold MDG Technologies may require an additional license.
Compare edition final 160 -20/09/2022
** Supported DBMS include: MSSQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MSDE, Adaptive Server Anywhere
*** Manual simulation support in Professional edition, automated simulation support in Corporate edition and above.
# Provides client access to the external data source. A separate license may be required for the data source, such as an Enterprise Architect Pro Cloud Server instance.
## Separately installed MDG Technologies, fully functional in the specified editions.
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