We performed a comparison between Codebeamer and IBM Rational ALM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a stable solution."
"There is a lot of complexity involved, meaning it can do many things, which can be quite useful."
"The solution easily replaces IBM DOORS, which no longer offers maintenance in China."
"The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment."
"Codebeamer's API-based integration and many other integration aspects with other solutions are very powerful."
"One of the most valuable features of Codebeamer is its strong performance."
"You can track the metrics in the Agile dashboard very easily."
"CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."
"It is relatively easy to use and user-friendly once the setup is complete."
"The integration with Git works well."
"One of the key advantages of IBM Rational ALM is its workflow capabilities, which enable seamless collaboration between development and production teams and ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the progress and readiness of the solution. Additionally, the solution is good for integration."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting of the CPU usage on the dashboard."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"I would rate the stability of this product a nine out of ten."
"Everyone in a team can work on the same platform and share the same information."
"We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks."
"Certain areas in Codebeamer could be improved, like addressing small issues, glitches, or bugs."
"The search and replace feature within the tool itself could be improved."
"Usability needs to be improved."
"It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now."
"We would like to see more industry-specific features that are tailored to the vertical markets."
"I would like to see more, easily trackable reports."
"The product's UI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"The stability of IBM Rational ALM could be improved."
"The interconnectivity between packages is a major support problem and can be improved."
"Some improvements to the user interface (UI) would be helpful, such as exposing more services to make it easier to customize to the needs of each customer."
"I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"One of the complaints from users is that they have to click buttons too many times for just a simple task. Changing this would lead to a better user experience."
Codebeamer is ranked 9th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 10 reviews while IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Codebeamer is rated 7.8, while IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Codebeamer writes "Has good technical support services, but the migration process needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". Codebeamer is most compared with PTC Integrity, Polarion ALM, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira and IBM Engineering Workflow Management, whereas IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM. See our Codebeamer vs. IBM Rational ALM report.
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