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# Astah UML

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> Astah UML is a unified modeling language (UML) modeling tool for software development teams. Astah UML helps software architects and developers visualize, document, and construct software systems. The target users are software development teams in various industries that need to model software applications and systems.

Astah UML  allows users to create a wide range of UML diagrams like use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machine diagrams, activity diagrams, and more. It has an intuitive drag-and-drop interface to quickly model software elements and relationships. Astah UML integrates with Microsoft Excel allowing users to link diagrams with Excel data. 

For customization, Astah UML provides an application programming interface (API) to allow integration with other tools and automation of modeling tasks.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 8 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 8 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Change Vision

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$6.99
- **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: The usage fee varies depending on the plan. You can choose from 1, 6 or 12 month license.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: English, Japanese
- **Available Countries**: Japan

## Features

- API
- Brainstorming
- Crowdsourcing
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- Diagramming
- Drag & Drop
- File Sharing
- Flowchart
- Mind Maps

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Chat

## Category

- [Mind Mapping Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4305/mind-mapping/software)

## Related Categories

- [Mind Mapping Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4305/mind-mapping/software)
- [Diagram Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4275/diagram/software)

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4. [XTEN-AV](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/409230/xten-av) — 4.7/5 (45 reviews)
5. [Cacoo](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/322383/cacoo) — 4.7/5 (178 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Easy to use. Perfect for UML." — 5.0/5

> **CHRISTIAN** | *11 July 2024* | Architecture & Planning | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
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> **Pros**: I can always have the job done with the tool. Amazing\! Simple and fast to use. Perfect for UML.
> 
> **Cons**: The tool design can be improved. Things should look nicer. The layout is the same since ever.
> 
> I can always have the job done with the tool. Amazing\! Simple and fast to use.

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### "Review for astah UML" — 5.0/5

> **Vinicius** | *10 September 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The product is easy to install, learn to use, manage. It has a very friendly user interface and is portable to different operating systems.
> 
> **Cons**: I hope that in the future the product will have more options for exports to other programming languages, such as PHP and Python.
> 
> The product is great for creating and managing UML models, it has the necessary diagrams for the requirements gathering, analysis and validation phase of software development process. It also has database modeling with export options, which is a great feature.

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### "Astah UML feedback" — 4.0/5

> **Tarek** | *19 December 2022* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Very useful for designing UML diagrams like sequence and state graphs
> 
> **Cons**: Copy paste and message ordering in sequence diagrams is not so good handled

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### "Astah for the community" — 4.0/5

> **Mauricio** | *21 October 2022* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I like the way he manages to lay out the diagrams.
> 
> **Cons**: The insertion of information in diagrams will be rigid, having to resort many times to the settings bar for insertion.
> 
> My experience with the tool was good

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### "Flexible Yet Robust" — 5.0/5

> **Dennis** | *18 October 2022* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The ability to drag and drop between drawings saves time and insures consistency between models of a project.
> 
> **Cons**: Somewhat of a learning curve for the arrows
> 
> This software has been valuable in helping me understand how coding accomplishes design. With Astah, as a student, I moved from writing hacky code that seldom met all requirements to having a structured approach with a strong modeling tool. Great for planning testing too\!

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