We performed a comparison between Codebeamer and Polarion ALM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The traceability is so simple that I don't need to do any additional configurations related to traceability."
"CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."
"Since implementing this solution we have better communication and information exchange with customers."
"There is a lot of complexity involved, meaning it can do many things, which can be quite useful."
"Codebeamer's API-based integration and many other integration aspects with other solutions are very powerful."
"The solution easily replaces IBM DOORS, which no longer offers maintenance in China."
"You can track the metrics in the Agile dashboard very easily."
"It is a stable solution."
"Scalability is good...The integration is quite good."
"Polarion ALM has some valuable tools for managing our targets and requirements. I think that's its best feature."
"The initial setup of this solution was straightforward, and there were not too many problems with it."
"The technical support is quite good."
"The most valuable feature is the function of the ALM system."
"The features I find the most valuable are requirement tracking and schematics."
"We had a nice experience with technical support."
"I am impressed with the solution’s stability."
"It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now."
"The product's UI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I would like to see more, easily trackable reports."
"During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks."
"We would like to see more industry-specific features that are tailored to the vertical markets."
"Usability needs to be improved."
"The solution has a very small market share in China. It's almost like a startup."
"Certain areas in Codebeamer could be improved, like addressing small issues, glitches, or bugs."
"Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more."
"We use PTC Windchill, and Polarion ALM doesn't have native integration, so we had to purchase the connector to integrate it with Polarion ALM. We still haven't implemented it."
"The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations."
"The solution's editing capabilities need improvement."
"As Polarion ALM is a development-oriented tool, easy support or easy access is provided by default, but if I want to use detailed features, I need to write the script, particularly the VM script, and this is its area for improvement. I want Polarion ALM to have a graphical user interface that doesn't need scripting. In the next release of the tool, I'd like for it to not require scripting and programming because needing to run script language is time-consuming."
"Test management lacks an automated process."
"The solution can be improved by making it more user-friendly, and a server-based application rather than client based."
"The ease-of-use could be improved a little."
Codebeamer is ranked 9th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 10 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 7th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Codebeamer is rated 7.8, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Codebeamer writes "Has good technical support services, but the migration process needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polarion ALM writes "Though needing an improvement in reporting and time for extraction of the data, its integration capabilities are good". Codebeamer is most compared with PTC Integrity, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, IBM Rational ALM and Jama Connect, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, PTC Integrity, GitLab and Jama Connect. See our Codebeamer vs. Polarion ALM report.
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