We performed a comparison between Endevor and IBM Rational ClearCase 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."They've got plug-ins now to run it through Eclipse, they've got a lot of APIs, they handle UNIX files. I can't really think of any serious lack that they haven't addressed."
"It can be very flexible, as far as how you use it. You can make it do nearly anything, but in really clever ways. It is very versatile."
"The developers can very easily see what has changed on a particular piece of source code or a program, and others can look at that as well so they can coordinate their changes. It makes it much easier to promote a piece of code up to production."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is customization and ease of use."
"The tools are specifically designed for mainframe environments, providing features tailored to the unique requirements of the systems, ensuring there are no mistakes."
"We can make it do pretty much whatever we want, depending on just how complicated we want it to be, as it is pretty flexible."
"Stability has been really good. I have actually never had to open an issue or report an issue since I have been running it."
"The source management is excellent."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"The tool had features similar to Git for version control. It offered branching and merging capabilities, providing better control over code management. Integration was possible with other tools, including some change management tools. The overall process was normal."
"Endevor can improve parallel development."
"Sometimes finding errors and output can be difficult because it spits out so many messages that it is hard to figure out which ones are the ones you need to look at and what flow did it actually take through the processor."
"The solution is very expensive."
"The main challenges are its limited interface and the complexity of the customization."
"There should be better integration between CA Endevor Software Change Manager and Zowe."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"I would like to have better integration with other products."
"One feature of Endevor is its Backout feature. If there is a problem, it can back out the executables. The only problem with that is that it will not back out the source in Endevor. For example, you can do a back out and it will back out the executable to the previous version, but it doesn't back out the source version in Endevor. It would make it much better if when you did a back out of Endevor, it would back out both the source and the executable and keep them in sync."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"The solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
"I have found it very difficult to understand many functionalities in IBM Rational ClearCase. We have had many problems and it is not user-friendly."
Endevor is ranked 1st in Software Configuration Management with 45 reviews while IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 4th in Software Configuration Management with 6 reviews. Endevor is rated 8.8, while IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Endevor writes "A highly stable tool for managing mainframe software development projects that require significant expertise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Useful for version control but UI is slow ". Endevor is most compared with BMC Compuware ISPW, ChangeMan ZMF, CA Harvest Software Change Manager and IBM Engineering Workflow Management, whereas IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, Bitbucket, GitHub, IBM Rational ClearQuest and Apache Subversion. See our Endevor vs. IBM Rational ClearCase report.
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