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3SL Cradle vs Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

3SL Cradle
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
9.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Broadcom Agile Requirements...
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (8th), Test Design Automation (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of 3SL Cradle is 2.5%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.4%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Requirements Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer3.4%
3SL Cradle2.5%
Other94.1%
Application Requirements Management
 

Featured Reviews

Siegmar-Schuenke - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Hosney Osman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone
Integration capabilities enhance testing and workflow automation
I rate Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer as 8 out of 10. It will be very nice if Broadcom has questions or comments related to my review and can reach me via email to clarify something. I want to be a reference for Broadcom. I don't have any information regarding the visual modeling function specifically. I'm not dealing with modeling requirements or generating optimized test cases in Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer. Broadcom takes a lot of information from us as end-users, and they provide fixes within two to five days maximum. My team has raised many enhancement requests and discussed them with Broadcom, and they are adding some of these features to the product itself. I look forward to receiving an email regarding these reviews, and I can add anything later if I forgot something, earning some points for this contribution on the website.

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."
"3SL Cradle enabled my current and former organizations to be champions of requiring and providing bi-directional traceability to all relevant data, from cradle to grave -- the entire project lifecycle -- due to the tool’s ability to be customized with ease and ability to produce products that builds confidence in project stakeholders."
"It takes away all the time to construct test cases, so it is all automatic now, but it also levels the playing field."
"The most valuable features of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are ease of use, saving time for the team who builds test cases, and visibility of test cases."
"In the first year, we saw about a 70% reduction in our script creation time, so we went from five days per sprint to one day, one to one and a half days per sprint in the script creation."
"Regarding advice to a colleague looking at this type of solution, I would say buy it."
"We deliver test cases ten times faster and automate in hours vs. days or weeks."
"The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."
"This solution saves a lot of time in the software testing cycle because, with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer specifically, I am doing a flowchart, and I can extract test cases and use cases to be run and tested on ALM as an integration."
"I like the way Broadcom ARD inserts test cases in execution mode. Also, ARD can be used apart from Broadcom TDM. It's an add-on through which you supply data through ARD test cases when there is a need for extra data."
 

Cons

"3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities."
"Cradle provides around 15 modeling notations (e.g. Data Flow Diagrams, State Transition Diagrams, Use Case Diagram, etc.); however, SysML and DoDAF are not included."
"Adding more connectivity to outside applications and the amount of detail we can export to systems of record could be improved."
"Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework."
"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."
"They do not have an engine to house test scripts to really pull together the testing pieces of it."
"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."
"It could be quicker to use. Because we do so many things with it, sometimes it takes a long time to create a flow."
"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 only thing CA does not have today is a testing engine."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"​The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."
"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."
"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."
"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."
"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."
"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."
"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
19%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
13%
University
12%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
It's not affordable; it's very expensive. It would be suitable only for large customers, and a large customer will think twice before making a deal with Broadcom.
What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
Integration with AI is an area that needs to be improved quickly. To be clear, this relates to how to use AI to improve use cases, break down applications, and review designs, as this area needs to...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
This solution saves a lot of time in the software testing cycle because, with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer specifically, I am doing a flowchart, and I can extract test cases and use cases t...
 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

NASA, In-Depth Engineering Corporation, Avibras
Williams, Rabobank
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