BIRT Vs ModelSim (Oct 2020)
Shlomi Lavi / Oct 26, 2020
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - BIRT or ModelSim?
BIRT is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ModelSim, ModelSim is rated higher (90/100) than BIRT (78/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.
Looking for the right Development Tools Platforms solution for your business? buyers like you are primarily concerned about the real total implementation cost (TCO), full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, pros and cons. In this article we compare between the 2 software products:
How Eclipse compares with Altera Corporation?
Eclipse: Eclipse is a community for individuals and organizations who wish to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software. Its projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. The Eclipse Foundation is a not-f...
Altera Corporation: Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) is the pioneer of programmable logic solutions, enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Altera offers FPGAs, SoCs, CPLDs, and ASICs in combination with software tools, intellectual property, embedded processors and customer suppo...
Who's more expensive? BIRT or ModelSim?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Development Tools Platforms software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance & support and other related services. When calculating the TCO it's important to add all of these "hidden cost" as well. We prepared a TCO calculator for BIRT and ModelSim.
BIRT price Starting from $49 per month , on a scale between 1 to 10 BIRT is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Development Tools Platforms software. ModelSim price starts at $945 per license , when comparing ModelSim to their competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Development Tools Platforms software cost.
Bottom line: BIRT is more expensive than ModelSim.
Which software includes more/better features?
As with any business software solutions, it’s important to consider the features & functionality. The tool should support the processes, workflows, reports and needs that matter to your team. To help you evaluate this, we've compared BIRT Vs. ModelSim based on some of the most important and required Development Tools Platforms features. BIRT: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support. ModelSim: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.
Target customer size
BIRT's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses, and ModelSim's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.
ModelSim
starts at $945 per license
ModelSim software is a cloud-based multi-language HDL simulation and debugging platform that helps in the recreation of the hardware description languages like SystemC, VHDL, and Verilog.
Compare specifications
BIRT Specifications
| ITQlick Score: | 78/100 |
|---|---|
| ITQlick Rating: | (5/5) |
| Pricing: | 6/10 - average cost |
| Category: | Development Tools Platforms -> BIRT |
| Company: | Eclipse |
| Typical customers: | Medium and large size businesses |
| Platforms: | Desktop |
| Links: | BIRT review, BIRT pricing, BIRT alternatives |
ModelSim Specifications
| ITQlick Score: | 90/100 |
|---|---|
| ITQlick Rating: | (5/5) |
| Pricing: | 2/10 - low cost |
| Category: | Development Tools Platforms -> ModelSim |
| Company: | Altera Corporation |
| Pricing: | starts at $945 per license |
| Typical customers: | Medium and large size businesses |
| Platforms: | Desktop, Cloud |
| Links: | ModelSim review, ModelSim pricing, ModelSim alternatives |
Compare features
BIRT: 3 Features
ModelSim: 3 Features
Author
Shlomi Lavi
Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.