We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ClearQuest and Visual Studio Team System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The combination of a highly flexible state machine together with a platform independent API enables possibilities to automate many steps that in many systems are manual."
"It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."
"The most valuable feature is the code management, where there is sharing of code for developers and it is distributed within the organization."
"The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform."
"IntelliSense and CodeLens are helpful because they can show you details about your function, such as how many times it is called from other places within the code."
"The solution’s fast performance is its most valuable feature."
"Visual Studio Team System is the most powerful IDE available in the market."
"The product is efficient."
"The solution is very stable."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Every month there is an increase in the number of users. It is a scalable solution."
"Lack of a modern web interface compared to other systems might discourage customers."
"Accessibility switches available on the desktop should also be available on mobile devices for coding or developing on the go."
"The technical support could be better."
"I would like to see the inclusion of more programming languages, especially better support for Java."
"The tool's subscriptions are expensive for medium and small businesses. It works fine on Windows. However, it is not stable on other platforms."
"I would say compared to some more modern tools which are made to work offline, with this solution you have to be connected all of the time and with a central server. In our case, it's not a big problem because we all work on-premises, but it can be an issue if you have teams in different locations."
"The user experience for the task assignment functionality, and more generally the software lifecycle development, needs to be improved."
"The product should be priced better."
"When you go into the front-end, the web portal, if, for example, you pick up an issue, it would be ideal if the branch was automatically created in the repository. Right now, this isn't the case."
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IBM Rational ClearQuest is ranked 7th in Software Configuration Management while Visual Studio Team System is ranked 3rd in Software Configuration Management with 14 reviews. IBM Rational ClearQuest is rated 7.2, while Visual Studio Team System is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearQuest writes "Tracks change requests, problems, and physical asset management. I would like to see data type for floating point numbers. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Team System writes "A scalable and efficient solution that can be used to perform tasks involved in developing information systems". IBM Rational ClearQuest is most compared with Jira, IBM Rational ClearCase, HCL Compass and IBM Rational Synergy, whereas Visual Studio Team System is most compared with . See our IBM Rational ClearQuest vs. Visual Studio Team System report.
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