Which
Enterprise Architect Edition Should I Purchase?
Enterprise Architect is available in three editions -
Desktop, Professional and Corporate. Functionality for each edition is as follows:
.EAP
Files
Shared Models
Source
Code Engineering
Database Engineering
Oracle,
SQL Server, MySQL
Security
Corporate
Edition
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Professional
Edition
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Desktop
Edition
Y
N
N
N
N
N
1.
Corporate
Edition The Corporate Edition is aimed
at larger development teams. It supports everything in the Desktop and Professional
versions, as well as the ability to connect to MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle9i
DBMS backends as the shared repository. It also supports user security, user logins,
user groups and user level locking of elements. Additional Resources area available.
Professional
Edition The Professional Edition is aimed
at work groups and developers. It supports shared projects through replication
and shared network file. The Professional version also has an ActiveX interface
for interrogating EA projects and extracting information in XMI format. The Professional
version also fully supports code import/export and synchronization of model elements
with source code and reverse engineering Oracle, SQL Server and MS Access databases.
Desktop
Edition The Desktop Edition is targeted
at a single developer producing UML analysis and design models. It includes all
Professional features except code engineering (import/export of source code and
DDL), the Active-X interface and the ability to share a model amongst multiple
users.
