About Astah Professional
Astah Professional is a design tool that helps users create project documentation. Users can create UML diagrams, ERD, DFD, flowcharts, CRUD, requirement diagrams, and mind maps.
Code generation to Java, C#/C++, PHP, and reverse engineering are available. Code generation of other languages is available via free plug-ins.
Key benefits of Astah Professional
- Ease of use
- Extensive add-on library
- Team development features
- Abundant online content
- Beyond drawing tools
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- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
An asset at many levels
Reviewed on 30/01/2023
I have grown to rely on it heavily, both when working out a complex software or database structure...
I have grown to rely on it heavily, both when working out a complex software or database structure and when explaining it to others.When I recently left a situation where I was employed to re-start my own consultancy business, Astah was one of the first products I decided to buy on my own account. It has already helped me to secure a substantial contract.
Pros
Having used Astah for many years in both team-based contexts and individually, it has always been both easy to use and easy to deploy.I selected it over others both because of its flexibility in use and its adherence to UML modelling conventions. It offers an exactly appropriate amount of helpful guidance for less experienced users and has a highly flexible backbone, which lets experienced modelers use it in appropriate ways for a wide range of projects.
Cons
Most of the slight reservations I had with earlier version have been addressed. They related more to the on-screen presentation controls like font controls. Most of the designs I work on as a software architect need to be made visually attractive as well as rigorously modeled, and in earlier version I had to do some post-processing to achieve that. Now, though, it's easy.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Why Astah after all these other modeling tools?
Reviewed on 19/10/2022
My overall experience with Astah has been very good over the years and I will continue to use the...
My overall experience with Astah has been very good over the years and I will continue to use the tool in coming years.
Pros
Today, when using a modeling tool, my primary concern regards the usability of the tool. If I need to model something quickly then I want to be able to get my ideas onto a canvas quickly and easily. The last thing that I want to do is to wrestle with the tool as my ideas and thoughts float away.The installability of the tool is really good as well as I never have any issues with updates/upgrades and they are always welcome as I know the vendor always adds some new feature that I didn't know that I needed.
Cons
One of my biggest complaints about Astah has been its lack of good and reliable reverse engineering, specifically with C++. Another feature that I wish was improved is the sharing of models and I don't believe that the current feature is good enough.
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Usability has been the primary quality that Astah has proved above the others.- Industry: Airlines/Aviation
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
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Reviewed on 30/10/2023
Very good. I work nearly full day with Astah since the creation of Jude
Very good. I work nearly full day with Astah since the creation of Jude
Pros
Adherence to UML method. Look & feel. real referential between diagrams
Cons
Some bugs on large files
Search (see above)
not possible to adapt models to other methods (TOGAF, BPMN...)
no link between activities & lanes in activity diagrams and other UML components (actors...)
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
The best software to create UML diagrams
Reviewed on 10/07/2023
Pros
Good features to create UML diagrams, easy to use.
Cons
Expensive if you don't receive your income in dollars.
- Industry: Defense & Space
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Astah Professional is outstanding
Reviewed on 09/08/2023
I use Astah for use case and sequence diagrams for the most part. Both of these diagrams should be...
I use Astah for use case and sequence diagrams for the most part. Both of these diagrams should be imported into Astah from spreadsheets, but that powerful import facility does not exist.
Pros
The colorful and easy to create UML diagrams, especially the sequence diagrams, convey detailed information in a very effective way.
Cons
The import facility is not very robust, meaning that almost everything must be manually entered into the UML model. When most of the system data is already managed in large spreadsheets, it would be helpful to tailor the spreadsheet data and then import it directly into Astah, where Astah would create the objects along with their attributes and relationships and then auto generate the appropriate diagram.
Response from Change Vision
Thank you for your feedback!
You may already know this but you can create objects and attributes by pasting texts from Clipboard. (Not relationships though.)
https://astah.net/support/astah-pro/user-guide/diagram-editor/#from-clipboard
In your case,
You can copy all the texts that will become Lifeline names in the spreadsheet, then paste them on the Sequence diagram. Then you will have all the Lifelines at once.
Or,
1. Create a Class diagram, copy texts to clipboard that will become Class names.
2. Paste them on Class diagram, then you will have all the Classes with the pasted text as their names.
3. Copy texts to clipboard that will become their attributes/operations.
4. Select a Class on the diagram that you want to add attributes/operations, then paste the copied text
5. Now Attributes/Operations will be added to the Class
6. Create a Sequence diagram, drag all the Classes from the tree to the Sequence diagram
7. Now you will have Lifelines with dragged Classes as base classes.
Astah Professional FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Astah Professional.Q. What type of pricing plans does Astah Professional offer?
Astah Professional offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$9.99/one-time
- Free Trial: Available
Starting from $9.99/month. You can choose from 1, 6 or 12month license or a perpetual license. For team use, floating licensing is available. Also academic license is available for personal use and campus-wide.
Q. Who are the typical users of Astah Professional?
Astah Professional has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Astah Professional support?
Astah Professional supports the following languages:
English, Japanese
Q. Does Astah Professional support mobile devices?
Astah Professional supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Astah Professional integrate with?
Astah Professional integrates with the following applications:
Confluence, Jira, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Miro
Q. What level of support does Astah Professional offer?
Astah Professional offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Chat
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