Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs SpecFlow comparison

Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. SpecFlow

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Agile Requirements...

Ranking in Test Management Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Requirements Management (8th), Test Design Automation (1st)

SpecFlow

Ranking in Test Management Tools

12th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.2%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SpecFlow is 1.7%, up from 1.6% 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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KreshenAmourdon

Software Automation Test Engineer at I2era

An automation solution with good integration capabilities that needs to focus on providing an option for chain testing to its users

In our company, we need to maintain the scripts of the product daily, and in case of failures, we need to check out the scripts. I would recommend the product to those planning to use it based on both they are planning to build. If you are going for unit testing or small scripts, then you can go with SpecFlow. I don't have much experience with the solution. It is a good and straightforward product. It is also an easy-to-use and user-friendly product that can easily adapt to any framework. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.

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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

"The ability to create models/diagrams at multiple levels (nest/embed them) helps in taking models from high-level business requirements and building them into detailed requirements models and test models. Plus, it helps reuse lower level models. It also allows maintaining models at appropriate levels, even for very complex systems/solutions."

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

"CA ARD has some beautiful features which I haven't found anywhere else. For example, when designing or creating our test cases and doing scenarios, we are able to restrict our flows. If we take a data link between two processes, we can actually restrict it, so that, in production, if our functionality breaks down, we can restrict that and all the flows related to it will be removed from the test data set."

"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."

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

"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 modeling is a game-changer."

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

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"SpecFlow's best feature is the ability to add additional layers to the programming."

"The initial setup is easy."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is unit testing...It is also an easy-to-use and user-friendly product that can easily adapt to any framework."

"One of the most valuable features of SpecFlow for us is its risk identification capabilities."

Cons

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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"The solution could improve security and authentication."

"They do not have an engine to house test scripts to really pull together the testing pieces of it."

More Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer cons

"I'd prefer in TFS if we could be writing test cases, not in the old classical version. We should be writing in Gherkin and then automatically have it convert that Gherkin test case into SpecFlow feature files."

"Regarding improvement, it would be good if SpecFlow could provide chain testing, which it currently doesn't allow."

"SpecFlow's installation and configuration can be a bit challenging due to its flexibility as an open-source tool."

"SpecFlow would be improved with the addition of functionality reporting, which would be really helpful for automation testing."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

"SpecFlow is open-source and free of charge."

"SpecFlow is an open-source product."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Energy/Utilities Company

25%

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

14%

Healthcare Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

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.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

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

What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?

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

What do you like most about SpecFlow?

One of the most valuable features of SpecFlow for us is its risk identification capabilities.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SpecFlow?

SpecFlow is an open-source product. You just use SpecFlow's plugin capabilities or add it to your existing framework.

What needs improvement with SpecFlow?

In terms of improvement, SpecFlow's installation and configuration can be a bit challenging due to its flexibility as an open-source tool. While it offers a balanced flexibility, setting it up migh...

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Also Known As

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

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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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SpecFlow is a testing framework that supports Behaviour Driven Development (BDD). It lets us define application behavior in plain meaningful English text using a simple grammar defined by a language called Gherkin.

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Sample Customers

Williams, Rabobank

Microsoft, Caterpillar, Siemens, Charles Schwab, IBM, Deloitte, Accenture, Philips, Dell, Deutsche Bank

Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs. SpecFlow