3SL Cradle vs Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer comparison

3SL and Broadcom are both solutions in the Application Requirements Management category. 3SL is ranked #8 with an average rating of 7.0, while Broadcom is ranked #11. 3SL holds a 1.6% mindshare in ARM, compared to Broadcom’s 0.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of 3SL users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

3SL Cradle and Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer compete in requirements management and design. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer has a slight edge due to its robust features and high value for the price.

Features:3SL Cradle offers requirement management, traceability, and integration with other tools, enhancing project oversight. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer includes test case generation, modeling features, and a comprehensive solution for complex projects.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:3SL Cradle facilitates straightforward deployment and fast implementation, backed by responsive customer service. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer involves a more extensive setup but provides thorough documentation and robust support, suitable for large-scale implementations.

Pricing and ROI:3SL Cradle is cost-effective, with significant ROI through affordable setup costs. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer involves higher initial costs but yields long-term ROI with its advanced features and project capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

3SL Cradle

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

8th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

9.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Broadcom Agile Requirements...

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (13th), Test Design Automation (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of 3SL Cradle is 1.6%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Requirements Management

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Siegmar-Schuenke

Operation manager at OpenCage

Flexible solution that manages all your needs

I mainly use 3SL Cradle to manage the requirements from service projects 3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately. 3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities. In the next release, I would like 3SL Cradle to be…

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Gireesh Subramonian

Assistant Director at Ernst & Young

Helps the development team to finish tasks within the required timeframe

The team I am working with was never into Agile before. We have a daily scrum-call and before that, we have to define all the tasks that we are going to work on for a number of sprints. For example, there is a Product Increment Planning meeting where we put all the user requirements into the product backlog. Then we put them back to the respective sprints. A product increment consists of about five iterations, or five sprints. And we pull each of these backlog items to these particular sprints or iterations, so that it is easy for the development team to pick up, based on the priority. The backlog is set, and it is pulled into particular sprints, based on business priority. So it helps the development team to take up and finish tasks within the required timeframe. It helps in productivity, traceability, and saves time.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately."

"The optimization technique helps in giving us the minimum number of test cases with maximum coverage."

"Measuring test coverage helps in one of the most challenging tasks. It has logic that can help to select the right set of scenarios and know what coverage it will provide."

"Integration with TDM, test data management tool, provides the ability to generate data or use identified (preset or parametrized) test data. It allows significant expansion of test coverage and flexibility, without creating new tests and needing to maintain them."

"The scale possibilities are endless, especially when combined with all the other products that CA has to offer."

"It gives us an idea of creating the visual diagrams, which are quite easy to use. It is helpful in creating our business processes."

"The support that we get from Broadcom is great."

"It takes away all the time to construct test cases, so it is all automatic now, but it also levels the playing field."

"In terms of meeting business challenges, it helped to shorten the dev/testing cycle by identifying requirements gaps early in the process, by having models shared within the development team. It helped increase test coverage and reduce the number of issues experienced by clients/customers."

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Cons

"3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities."

"It would help if it would save different subsets of test cases, use cases, etc., of a given diagram, for different purposes and provide an easy way to name those subsets."

"Needs improvement in aligning models so they look clear and readable without having to move boxes around."

"At present, there is no option for test data parameters from ARD for virtual databases. We have to create them in TDM and push them as well. Virtual database connectivity needs to be improved. They need to come up with some areas where they can create synthetic data parameters easily from the test cases that have been designed."

"A template in App Test should be created in advance. This has proven to be time consuming. The process is not fully automated, because there is a lot of manual intervention is required."

"Integration with Agile management tools can be improved, i.e., mainly test case maintenance and linking test cases to the automation script."

"I think it's already coming, but it needs more automation aspects. There is a tab for Automation, but I think it's not robust. I think that it's going to be a crucial element of the tool."

"The solution could improve security and authentication."

"Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."

"At present, Broadcom works through partners rather than dealing directly with the consumer. When there are discounts given, it's up to the partner as to whether they want to give that discount to the customer. Sometimes, the partners decide to take the discount themselves. Pricewise, I would give ARD's price a rating of three out of five."

"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."

"The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."

"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."

"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."

"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."

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Aerospace/Defense Firm

29%

Manufacturing Company

19%

Energy/Utilities Company

10%

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Energy/Utilities Company

26%

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with 3SL Cradle?

The support is consistent globally. However, heavier support is provided in certain locations. Improvement in support is necessary. Assistance is available to acquire information and utilize userna...

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What advice do you have for others considering 3SL Cradle?

If you have time to take some courses about 3SL Cradle, it will give you more time in the project to familiarize yourself with Cradle. I recommend it, but you need to do it within a very short time...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3SL Cradle?

The price is similar to IBM RATIONAL DOORS.

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Also Known As

Cradle

Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer

Overview

Cradle is a requirements management and systems engineering tool that integrates your entire project lifecycle in one, massively scalable, integrated, multi-user product.

3SL

CA Agile Requirements Designer is an end-to-end requirements gathering, test automation and test case design tool which drastically reduces manual testing effort and enables organizations to deliver quality software to market earlier and at less cost. The optimal set of manual or automated tests can be derived automatically from requirements modeled as unambiguous flowcharts and are linked to the right data and expected results. These tests are updated automatically when the requirements change, allowing organizations to deliver quality software which reflects changing user needs.

Broadcom

Sample Customers

NASA, In-Depth Engineering Corporation, Avibras

Williams, Rabobank

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