Innoslate Reviews & Product Details

What I like best about Innoslate is its comprehensive ability to manage and document the entire life cycle of a system. From initial conception to implementation and maintenance, Innoslate offers a wide range of capabilities that help capture and organize requirements, model complex systems, perform risk analysis, and generate detailed documentation. The tool provides an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, facilitating cross-team collaboration and improving project management efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although Innoslate is a robust and complete tool, there are some aspects that could be improved. The learning curve can be steep at times, especially for those unfamiliar with similar tools. In addition, the generation of reports and the customization of the output formats could be more flexible and adapted to the specific needs of each project. Although these limitations are not significant, they could affect the experience for some users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We used Innoslate 4.5 for about 3 months -- in that time I found the requirements management capabilities, traceability and test management tools the most meaningful from the start. As we say in the discipline -- build the right system -- and that starts with requirements and ideas. Tools for generating documentation and deliverables were also huge time savers. From there the diagramming modalities were easy to use, allowing a novice/intermediate SysML user to draft simple ideas to get points across. Beyond the tool suite is the training material, video library, and documentation -- which is among some of the most intuitive and effective material I've seen in the DE/SE industry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The main detractor for our situation was the "sysml" import capability from other tools -- we realize that this class of tool is intended most for forward engineering and import of large system diagram sets is an unlikely means of working. There was significant information loss in the import between nodes, links, labels, and various other data. So much for SysML standard and XMI as an interchange format ... it's possible these issues are still very interpretative that it's not the fault of either tool, but the lack of fidelity in the interchange format. If you don't spend much time and energy importing XMI material into Innoslate, this is not an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Innoslate is a tool like Cameo or DOORS that can be applied to all system development life cycle steps, including documentation, testing, and project management. One improvement that Innoslate incorporated in their software, which I have found beneficial, is the ability to quickly change system views to meet the immediate needs of a project best. The user can change from a function block diagram in a hierarchy of system decomposition to an action diagram that can demonstrate the actual functional process to help determine if the current concept is sound or if further development is required to satisfy functional or performance-based requirements. Innoslate takes full advantage of being built with application programming interfaces (API) that make use of both a native test environment with the tool that allows for constant testing and verification of existing process models. The tool also allows users to integrate other validation tools/models like MATLAB and Systems Tool Kit external to the tool. Innoslate offers several models to represent functional flow block diagrams, such as Activity, IDEF(0), and Action diagrams. The FFBDs below followed the Action diagram model. One useful tool that can be performed with the Action diagram to help identify issues in functional flow is that time, date and units can be added to each block (action), then any part of the model can be run through either as a discrete or Monte Carlo simulation, considering any added variables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some aspects of Innoslate that cause frustration and wasted time stem from the lack of detailed formattings, such as the inability to increase text font sizes in a diagram, which is not a significant issue for small diagrams but makes producing more extensive system and subsystem-level views nearly pointless. The tool also fails to export otherwise standard and uniform table data, such as traceability matrices and risks. This is due to how Innoslate treats associations amongst objects, which for any data table or diagram uses a strict hierarchical relationship and does not permit mixing different classes. For example, exporting physical elements cannot be set up to have element A connected by interface B which connects to element C because A & C belong to the Asset class and B belongs to the Conduit class. Edge cases like this becomes commonplace and adds a lot of post-export manual effort, which increases exponentially as projects proceed to more granular levels and cross reference matrices became multiple pages in length. Available instruction is also lacking. I've attended numerous live sessions that SPEC hosts. I find that they never really dive into actual use cases and do not address the problems or shortcomings experienced by actual users, using arbitrary and very high-level examples. I've been requesting improvements on the font sizes available for years, and it's always the same excuse that it's a complex issue. Something written in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS should not be that challenging to address, given that I can do so on my own in a web browser's console on their website. Lastly, the customer I work for isn't going to log into Innoslate to inspect diagrams or reports. They want them in MS Word, PowerPoint, or an online Wiki like Confluence. In Innoslate, they use a single formatting template when exporting documents of models that take a lot of time to fix on the exporting backend. Innoslate would be a better product if they incorporated React and Redux into the online tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All our team data is in a shared location allowing single entry of information and relating all aspects of the design together. I don't know of a true competitor, only a bunch of other software that doesn't work together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is constantly being updated so I have to keep up on the new and improved features. Not sure how to improve this situation unless I just spend more time to keep up to date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Innoslate because it is an overall full-cycle software that can perform various functions at one time with minimal time in an easy and effective manner. We can personalize it according to our choice. It provides security as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If I have to write a review about the cons of Innoslate, the only thing is that it is easy to access and operate by anyone. Also, from my point of view, it can operate from both Android and desktop, so if they have only a desktop version, it can help a little in security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being a fairly new user, I'm still learning enough about the tool to provide an informed response. Some features I've enjoyed so far are document templates. I'm very much looking forward to the modeling and simulation capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In some interfaces, it's unclear or inconsistent how to save content vs content automatically saving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is very easy to use and i love its interface moreover it also make the teasting evalution easier and i definitly say that its one of the best MBSE tool currently avaliable and i really like the team support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the only issuse here is they do not make updated timly and here diffcult to export the documents from models otherwise i am fine with it and sometime it takes a lot of time to start which has make me impatient sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ability to share links to preview. The user interface is extremely friendly. I like the statistics engine. Documentation is also beneficial and complete. It is an excellent testing tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It would be nice to have a stronger collaboration framework. You should be able to remove the changes from the main screen. I would also love to have more options for sharing the data. Sometimes it's hard to keep track of updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the wide range of options available. It has many options for the integration of different components. I like the breadth of options it offers. It is an easy-to-use software that enables data acquisition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it would offer smaller implementation versions. The workspace can get very confusing at times. The software is a bit heavy to install. It will be useful to perform maintenance on old applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use and the variety of SE focus areas that the tool covers. You can build the project data using a textual database interface or fully graphically using diagram building views. Lots of import and output utilities can also make the job easier. Good multi-user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Maybe try to add some more tutorage or in-tool help on the LML and definitions and use of all the different element / data types. The example projects are good however of providing contextual information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.