Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs Polarion Requirements comparison

Broadcom and Siemens are both solutions in the Application Requirements Management category. Broadcom is ranked #11, while Siemens is ranked #3 with an average rating of 7.9. Broadcom holds a 0.7% mindshare in ARM, compared to Siemens’s 14.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Broadcom users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 78% of Siemens users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

Polarion Requirements and Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are competing products in requirements management. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer seems to hold an upper hand, largely due to its feature set that justifies its cost.

Features: Polarion Requirements offers robust traceability and collaboration capabilities, supporting end-to-end traceability, real-time collaboration, and document-based work items. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer focuses on automation and speed, enabling quick test case generation with its model-based approach, enhancing productivity in agile settings. Both products serve different functionalities, with Polarion focusing on comprehensive requirements tracking and Broadcom emphasizing agile test management and automation.

Room for Improvement: Polarion Requirements could benefit from more intuitive user interface enhancements and expanded flexibility in API integrations. Additionally, improvements in customization options for complex workflows would be valuable. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer might improve by streamlining its initial setup process and refining data integration capabilities. Enhancements in global support adaptability could also be beneficial, addressing specific regional needs more efficiently.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Polarion Requirements provides flexible deployment options, adaptable to both on-premise and cloud preferences, with a reputation for responsive customer service aiding smooth integration. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer relies on cloud deployment, supporting rapid scaling and integration, appealing to agile environments focusing on fast-paced deployment cycles. Polarion might be more appealing to those needing traditional support models, whereas Broadcom suits environments seeking agility.

Pricing and ROI: Polarion Requirements is noted for cost-effectiveness, offering significant ROI with its comprehensive feature set at a competitive price. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer, although involving a higher initial investment, promises strong ROI through agility and automation features, balancing its cost over time. Decisions rest on immediate cost savings with Polarion versus long-term benefits offered by Broadcom's automation capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

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)

Polarion Requirements

Ranking in Application Requirements Management

3rd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 0.7%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Polarion Requirements is 14.5%, down from 15.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Effendy Mohamed

Principal Instrument and Control at Petronas

Positive impact on traceability while user interface and setup require improvement

The areas of Polarion Requirements that have room for improvement include usability, and the user interface, which was a little bit poor. The user configuration had some issues; you need to know all the details, so it's not really friendly for those who are not IT savvy. Someone who has a good IT background would be able to use it, but a regular person who just knows more or has always been dealing with Microsoft Word might find it difficult to use that system. Users need skills to work with this solution and also need to have some foundation of why those technical integrations and cross-referencing have to be done in such a way through systematization, which makes it difficult and not straightforward through the visibility of the user interface.

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Pros

"Integration with automation is one of the reasons we started to consider moving to this tool from our original tool for implementing test modeling. ARD appears to have better integration with Selenium. It also has the ability to record scripts/flows using Selenium Builder and import them into ARD, which will then create and optimize a model based on that."

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

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

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

"It helped us to move from manual testing to automation testing."

"Defects can be traced in the solution."

"Helps the communication between the testing organization and the requirements group. It helps us to simplify the work. Instead of dealing with individual test cases, you're working with a model."

"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."

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"The biggest improvement would be in the transparency we have now. We have very complex products. We make whole systems with difficult and diverse areas such as hardware, software, mechanical and printing, etc. To get the overview of all the requirements into a system, at that sizing, is the main advantage we have in the organization now."

"A valuable feature from my side would be the comparison corporization."

"I would say there is value in how powerful, configurable, and user-friendly it is."

"Its flexibility and APIs are the most valuable."

"The solution is especially great for organizing folders effectively."

"We worked with the web interface."

"We can easily customize it because of the web services and open APIs. Also, the APIs are available. We integrated Polarion with one of Siemens' products, Teamcenter, which is especially useful for automotive industries. There is an open API for integration with Jira as well, so for me, customization is a strong point."

"It is easier to produce documents using the platform."

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Cons

"The solution could improve security and authentication."

"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."

"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."

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

"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."

"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."

"CA ARD doesn't provide integration with Tosca. The possibility of creating a test case and exporting it into Tosca is not available. Integration with end-to-end automation tools, like Worksoft or Tosca, is not provided by CA ARD as of now."

"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."

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"The user configuration had some issues; you need to know all the details, so it's not really friendly for those who are not IT savvy."

"The risk assessment functionality needs improvement, like FMEA risk management."

"Its user interface could be more user friendly. In addition, a lot of features are missing for test management. It should have the test case ordering feature."

"One thing to consider is increased flexibility in terms of workflow configuration."

"The usability of the solution should also be improved."

"Integration can be a little tricky if you're not aware of basic computer science or programming language."

"It is stable enough but if you would like to work with more requirement objects, then you will get timeouts."

"The areas of Polarion Requirements that have room for improvement include usability, and the user interface, which was a little bit poor."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

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

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

"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."

"The product's price is high."

"It is expensive but not for what it is. It is just the right price for what it is. Its price is also similar to other solutions."

"I believe the cost is subjective. It seems a bit pricey, but it depends on your perspective. To provide some context, I compared the prices with GitLab and Jira. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Jira's prices. However, GitLab costs around 40 euros, and DeepLab, which I recently discovered, also falls in a similar price range. I'm not sure about DeepLab's features or interface improvements, as they might have been implementing requirements management over the past six months. In contrast, Polarion costs around 50 to 60 euros based on the 2021 prices I have. While it may seem a bit expensive, it's worth considering whether the additional investment, perhaps around 68 euros per user, is justified. It might appear costly at first glance, but it's essential to acknowledge that it can greatly streamline your work processes."

"Polarion Requirements is a little pricey."

"The pricing model is flexible. You don't have to pay for the full functionalities. And it's a one-time investment for the licenses. You purchase what you need and then can work with that."

"I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

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Energy/Utilities Company

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Computer Software Company

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Financial Services Firm

12%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

31%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Also Known As

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Overview

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.

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Polarion REQUIREMENTS is designed from the ground for highly effective, transparent and secure collaboration, while teams have the option to work in their familiar environments.

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Sample Customers

Williams, Rabobank

NetSuite, Ottobock, Zumtobel Group, Kªster Automotive GmbH, Sirona Dental Systems, LifeWatch, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), PHOENIX CONTACT Electronics GmbH, Metso Corporation

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