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We performed a comparison between Atlassian ALM and Inflectra SpiraTest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the Scrum board.""The main power of this tool is the integration between the different products of the Atlassian suite. We have good integration with work management with Java. This is the major strength from this provider.""This solution fits very well into our agile product management environment."

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"Inflectra SpiraTest has a lot of functionality, which is good.""I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.""We were able to add a step-by-step procedure for someone to follow to assist in testing.""The user-friendly features are the most valuable. For example, migration of requirements and migration of test cases and the creation of traceability. You have various reports that you need. The plug-ins that are available to connect with the other tools.""The features of this product most valuable to me were the test case management and the visual status, by which it was displayed.""The reporting functionality helps vendors and technical resources identify bugs and issues that need to be addressed. The simple dashboard-style home page makes training end-user testers simple and straightforward. The actual testing UI is VERY straightforward and very intuitive for the end-users that test the system since very often we pull from business and operational users to help test new systems.""The ability to reuse test cases already used across projects is the most valuable feature of this solution. We don't need to create new ones."

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Cons
"The automation for scheduling software and doing software tests should be simplified because it's complex and too rigid.""There is room for improvement in the high-level project management.""The reports are not really customizable, which is something that they should improve on."

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"It should develop integration with JIRA. We have some complexities which caused us not to decide to integrate it with our JIRA, like synchronous data.""Two areas that can stand improvement: integration with third party products and making it more intuitive.""The user interface is slightly complicated and not very consistent. It could be more user friendly.""Being able to add scripting for testing can and does save a lot of time. When you are able to just ‘run’ a test case rather than manually add it and run it.""The UI for managing test cases, test sets, test runs could be a little more integrated, currently, these feel disjointed at times and confusing. Also, the test steps page needs to display the test steps closer to the top of the UI so as to not have to scroll down to find.""Migrating is not very easy. It depends on the organization, how efficient and effective the decision-making process is. The plug-ins should be easier and more integrated rather than the user trying to integrate the tools which are more popular, like Jira et al.""The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I need to be able to create dashboards and reports easily."

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  • "There is a community edition available, but if the price were lower for the addons then more people would use the full version."
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  • "The pricing was excellent. I would recommend the enterprise solution."
  • "I Googled the pricing for Inflectra SpiraTest, and it's about $4,000 annually."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the Scrum board.
    Top Answer:The pricing is on the higher side. I would give it an eight out of ten, where one is low, and ten is high.
    Top Answer:There is room for improvement in the high-level project management. In future releases, I would like to have a planning feature for high-level project management.
    Top Answer:I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.
    Top Answer:The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I… more »
    Top Answer:The use case for Inflectra SpiraTest is to report on defects. It's also useful for writing test cases.
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    Also Known As
    SpiraTest, Spira
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    Overview

    How to use Atlassian to manage application lifecycle: Atlassian builds software to pull together all the elements of application lifecycle management. Product management, developers, Q/A, dev ops, and business stake holders all have their own ways of interacting with application lifecycle management and Atlassian splits up the process into a few buckets.

    1) Collaborate to plan and envision work

    Atlassian's Confluence is a collaboration platform for building and driving consensus. Call stake holders in to give approval, comment on, and share pages and integrate with the rest of the development toolchain.

    2) Build and track roadmaps

    Atlassian's JIRA Software offers incredibly flexible project management with custom workflows, plugins, and high visibility rollups through JIRA Portfolio. Issues can be embedded right in confluence, or be used to kick off new branches in version control. Keep everyone on the same page with project progress. 

    3) Track and deploy code

    Atlassian's Bitbucket is the world's most robust Git solution. The ability to deploy multiple-nodes with failover, global mirroring for super fast clones, and powerful code review control set it apart from competition. Bitbucket also has a mature plugin and hooks system that allows extensions and connection to a suite of CI software. 

    4) Support and Iterate

    Track support requests, bugs, and route users in the right direction with JIRA Service Desk. With the same custom workflow engine as JIRA Software, a tight integration with the rest of the stack, and a knowledge base function make it a powerful addition to the ALM stack. 

    5) Tie it together

    ChatOps helps tie every part of the ALM together. Get stake holders in the same room to manage a project, teams in the same page to manage their work, or plugin automated members to report on CI status, pull requests, page changes in Confluence, or bug reports. Like every piece of Atlassian's ALM there is a mature API for extending plugins and everything can be hosted behind your own firewall. 

    SpiraTest is an integrated Requirements and Quality Management solution that manages your project's Requirements, Test Cases, Releases, Defects and Issues in one environment, with complete traceability throughout. After defining your project's requirements, you generate the test cases and test steps that validate the functionality. The test execution modules allows users to run through the tests, logging defects/issues as they go. SpiraTest is Fully Web-Based. Free 30-Day Trial.
    Sample Customers
    Facebook, NASA, Cisco, eBay, Redfin, Toyota, Kaiser Permanente, Gilt, CSIRO, Autodesk, The Daily Telegraph, CODE, Illumnia
    - Morningstar - Deutsch Bank - Sopra Group - Booz Allen & Hamilton - UBS - US Government
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Government10%
    REVIEWERS
    Insurance Company17%
    Marketing Services Firm17%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise77%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise28%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise75%
    Buyer's Guide
    Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
    March 2024
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    Atlassian ALM is ranked 16th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 6 reviews while Inflectra SpiraTest is ranked 15th in Test Management Tools with 25 reviews. Atlassian ALM is rated 7.6, while Inflectra SpiraTest is rated 7.4. The top reviewer of Atlassian ALM writes "Scrum board feature is highly valuable and handles different user volumes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Inflectra SpiraTest writes "Intuitive enough and easy to learn, but in terms of folder organization, it could be better". Atlassian ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, TFS, IBM Rational ALM and Polarion ALM, whereas Inflectra SpiraTest is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS and Jama Connect.

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