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Alfabet

Composite Score

6.0 /10

CX Score

6.5 /10

5 Reviews Write a Review

What is Alfabet?

Software AG's Alfabet Enterprise Architecture Management Platform provides a collaborative platform for aligning the IT landscape with the business to guide competitive transformation. Alfabet offers a comprehensive solution for enterprise architecture management (EAM) and strategic IT planning and portfolio management (SPM). It comes in two editions – Alfabet Enterprise and Alfabet Fastlane – to let you decide which option best fits your needs based on budget, portfolio management maturity, program goals and stakeholders.

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Alfabet Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

74 Likeliness to Recommend

49 Plan to Renew

68 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Alfabet?

25% Negative

0% Neutral

75% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 67

Business Value Analysis

Application Rationalization

Planning and Scheduling

Technical Health Assessment

Risk Analysis

Visual Analysis and Design

Functional Overlap Assessment

ALM Integration

Inventory Control

Total Cost of Ownership Analysis

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 61

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

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Alfabet Reviews

CA Prashant S.

Role: Finance
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2024

Fantastic product, price could be better

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Alfabet from other similar products?

It integrate both IT portfolio management and enterprise architecture. It provides end to end visibility of application, project, technology and investments in one system. It offers me scenario analysis and predictive analysis also.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspects is it can easily be integrated with enterprise architecture management and IT portfolio management. It also helps in optimise It investments by planning and roadmap.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing is bit higher for small organisation and it's setup and customisation is very time consuming.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is suitable for large size organisation and complex it landscape so before implementation check with your company requirements. Take training and expert guidance. Implementation to be done on pilot basis only.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Friendly Negotiation
Saves Time
Altruistic

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Less Reliable

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Not really a full platform

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Kimaya G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2021

Best product of IT Portfolio Management

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Alfabet from other similar products?

1.The framework and architectural representation 2.User friendly and ease of use 3.Customizable 4.Secure 5. Good analysis space

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of use and representation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing much

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must attend the training on Alfabet conducted by SoftwareAG for added benefits and to use the software to full potential.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

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Alfabet Ratings

74 Likeliness to Recommend

49 Plan to Renew

68 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Alfabet?

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Analysis Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the organizational value of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Application Rationalization Produces recommendations of strategic directions or changes for applications based on data inputs, including; value, cost, risk, technical and business fit.

Planning and Scheduling Provides the ability to produce roadmaps or project timelines including: WBS, milestones, CPM, tasks and resource assignments

Technical Health Assessment "Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the technical health of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Risk Analysis Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the risk (security, business continuity, etc.) of an application to influence strategic decision making

Visual Analysis and Design Provides the ability to build (not import) various business or technical models that capture an application's alignment to business capabilities etc.

Functional Overlap Assessment Provides the ability compare similar functionality between applications across the portfolio to influence strategic decision making.

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Inventory Control Provides the ability to create inventories with a selection or customizable data fields to capture a variety of application attributes.

Total Cost of Ownership Analysis Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the total cost of ownership of an application to influence strategic decision making.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

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Alfabet Reviews

CA Prashant S.

Fantastic product, price could be better

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Not really a full platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kimaya G.

Best product of IT Portfolio Management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Business Value Analysis

Application Rationalization

Planning and Scheduling

Technical Health Assessment

Risk Analysis

Visual Analysis and Design

Functional Overlap Assessment

ALM Integration

Inventory Control

Total Cost of Ownership Analysis

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features