We performed a comparison between Bitbucket and IBM Rational ClearCase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Version Control solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We use Bitbucket for Jira, Confluence, and Jenkins and we have an automation pipeline. Whenever the coaching is done in Bitbucket we run an automation pipeline from the build, create installations, and tests all in one pipeline. It is done automatically."
"The tool's UI is better."
"Bitbucket is definitely a tool to consider if somebody is still on CVS. It is a great tool and well integrated with Bamboo."
"This is a very dependable product that is easy to use and it has an excellent GUI interface."
"The planning model is good, and so is the suite of applications around it."
"Bitbucket is significantly cheaper compared to GitHub and it provides on-premises hosting."
"We have a couple of different tools that allow us to tie source code changes to report bugs. It's integrated with a bug tracking system and also integrated with what requires a tracking system. So we have better facilities. We get with the command line and can type all that stuff in and get the same kind of trust, but when we d it all manually, it's not likely to happen."
"The solution is easy to use. If I need to check out my latest code or I need to send my local code to the depositories it is simple. Overall it is has been a good experience from my side using this solution."
"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."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"Bitbucket should integrate a static code analyzer."
"It goes well with other Atlassian solutions like Jira or Bamboo, but integration with other third-party solutions is more complex."
"It would be beneficial to have a straightforward mechanism for integrating the initial tasks defined in Bitbucket with Jira when the need arises."
"Could provide some default branching options for users to adopt."
"Bitbucket's Initial setup is a little complicated because you need to install and configure the solution. It can take one or two days to deploy Bitbucket. If you have a high workload, you can deploy it on multiple server farms as needed"
"The scalability for the cloud version can be improved."
"There are many places where the product could be expanded to make it a more complete solution."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"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."
"The solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
Bitbucket is ranked 1st in Version Control with 42 reviews while IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 8th in Version Control with 6 reviews. Bitbucket is rated 8.4, while IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Bitbucket writes "It's a good solution for storing code, but the usability and integration could be better". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Difficult to use, not efficient, but stable". Bitbucket is most compared with Bitbucket Server, AWS CodeCommit, GitHub, Atlassian SourceTree and Liquibase, whereas IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, GitHub, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Helix Core and Apache Subversion. See our Bitbucket vs. IBM Rational ClearCase report.
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