Codebeamer vs OpenText ALM / Quality Center comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Codebeamer
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
9th
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText ALM / Quality Center
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
198
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (1st)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the market share of Codebeamer is 8.1% and it increased by 95.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of OpenText ALM / Quality Center is 4.7% and it decreased by 33.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Test Management Tools
14.9%
 

Featured Reviews

RK
Jun 18, 2020
Good metrics and lifecycle connectivity, but better setup documentation and reporting is needed
You should be able to combine multiple parameters in a single gadget, and you should be able to retrieve that particular value. For example, if a feature is in support, we want to understand things like how many days it has been there, how many users have searched for it, and so on, for a specific period of time. Being able to track how many days it has been in support is important, but there might be a lot of these different parameters. Having a single value generated would be helpful for tracking. During the initial setup, I did not see any documentation to assist users with the steps that are required to get started. I would like to see more, easily trackable reports. Ultimately, I would like to see real-time data, real-time reports, and real-time data analytics.
PT
Jun 21, 2022
Helpful for data management but outdated and lacking in Agile features
I primarily use ALM Quality Center as a conversion tool Previously, we stored our test cases and results in Excel sheets, which was difficult to manage. Implementing ALM Quality Center has allowed us to map our requirements with test cases and use cases properly. ALM Quality Center's best…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The traceability is so simple that I don't need to do any additional configurations related to traceability."
"One of the most valuable features of Codebeamer is its strong performance."
"CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."
"The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment."
"It is a stable solution."
"Since implementing this solution we have better communication and information exchange with customers."
"Codebeamer's API-based integration and many other integration aspects with other solutions are very powerful."
"The solution easily replaces IBM DOORS, which no longer offers maintenance in China."
"I like the traceability, especially between requirements, testing, and defects."
"The execution module and the test planning module are definitely the most valuable features. The rest we use for traceability, but those are the two modules that I cannot live without."
"The AI and functionality interface are useful."
"The enhanced dashboards capabilities are useful for senior management to view the progress of releases under the portfolio in one go and also drill down to the graphs."
"Lab Management is a valuable feature, because you have a 360 view."
"As a stand-alone test management tool, it's a good tool."
"Micro Focus ALM Quality Center is quite stable."
"ALM is a well-known product and is one of the pioneers in providing test management facilities with a 360 degree view of requirements."
 

Cons

"It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now."
"I would like to see more, easily trackable reports."
"The solution has a very small market share in China. It's almost like a startup."
"It would be helpful if Codebeamer's overall processing and integration with software like Jira could be improved."
"Certain areas in Codebeamer could be improved, like addressing small issues, glitches, or bugs."
"Usability needs to be improved."
"The search and replace feature within the tool itself could be improved."
"We would like to see more industry-specific features that are tailored to the vertical markets."
"The UI is very dated. Most applications these days have a light UI that can be accessed by pretty much any browser; QC still uses a UI which has a look almost the same for the past 20 years."
"Certain features are lousy. Those features can drag the whole server down. There are times that the complex SQL queries are not easy to do within this solution."
"One drawback is that ALM only launches with the IE browser. It is not supporting the latest in Chrome... It should be launched for all of the latest browsers."
"Micro Focus ALM Quality Center could improve how the automation process works. Addiotnlally, the parallel execution needs to be optimized. For example, if multiple users, which are two or more users, are doing an execution, while we execute the cases, I have seen some issues in the progress."
"The support is not good and the documentation is not consistent."
"I'd like to be able to improve how our QA department uses the tool, by getting better educational resources, documentation to help with competencies for my testers."
"The QA needs improvement."
"Client-side ActiveX with patch upgrades"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"They're not the most expensive product on the market, but they're not the cheapest either — I'd say codeBeamer ALM is moderately priced."
"Codebeamer is not a cheap solution."
"It is reasonably priced and in accordance with the industry standards."
"Pricing is good when compared to similar ALM solutions."
"It allows us to keep our costs low. I do not want to pay beyond a certain point for this solution."
"The solution was expensive for us."
"It has several limitations in adapting its agility easily."
"The full ALM license lets you use the requirements tab, along with test automation and the Performance Center. You can also just buy the Quality Center edition (Manual testing only), or the Performance Center version (Performance Testing only)."
"I'd rate the pricing as 3/10 as it's very expensive."
"ALM Quality Center is a little bit costly."
"Pricing could be improved as it's high-priced. I don't exactly know the pricing point, but previously, I know that it was really high so less people were able to use it for their projects."
"Seat and concurrent licensing models exist; the latter is recommended if a large number of different users will be utilizing the product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
28%
Computer Software Company
14%
Healthcare Company
7%
Transportation Company
7%
Educational Organization
55%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about codeBeamer ALM?
The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for codeBeamer ALM?
As I am not involved in purchasing the product, it is difficult for me to comment on the product's pricing model.
What needs improvement with codeBeamer ALM?
During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks.
Has anyone tried integrating HP ALM and JIRA ?
HP ALM and Jira can be easily integrated with the aid of a third-party Integration Solution. To help you select the right integration approach and tool, you should first define your integration req...
What do you like most about Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
The most valuable feature is the ST Add-In. It's a Microsoft add-in that makes it much easier to upload test cases into Quality Center.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
It was expensive for us. For the first two weeks, we had to employ people now and then as the system needed to be more accurate. It cost us a lot of money. I rate the solution's pricing as a seven ...
 

Also Known As

codeBeamer ALM
Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, HPE ALM, Quality Center, Quality Center, Micro Focus ALM
 

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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Align Technology, Daimler, Samsung, Harman, Dassault
Airbus Defense and Space, Vodafone, JTI, Xellia, and Banco de Creìdito e Inversiones (Bci)
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