We performed a comparison between Codebeamer and TFS 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."One of the most valuable features of Codebeamer is its strong performance."
"It is a stable solution."
"The solution easily replaces IBM DOORS, which no longer offers maintenance in China."
"Since implementing this solution we have better communication and information exchange with customers."
"You can track the metrics in the Agile dashboard very easily."
"CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."
"Codebeamer's API-based integration and many other integration aspects with other solutions are very powerful."
"There is a lot of complexity involved, meaning it can do many things, which can be quite useful."
"What I like the most is that you can set permissions on just one folder."
"The interface is good with TFS."
"I like the Kanban board. It is very useful in terms of seeing who is working on what and what the current status of work is."
"The biggest value-add is the solution integrates well with most Microsoft products."
"Stability is okay."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"The tool's installation is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the backlog."
"Usability needs to be improved."
"Certain areas in Codebeamer could be improved, like addressing small issues, glitches, or bugs."
"The solution has a very small market share in China. It's almost like a startup."
"During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks."
"It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now."
"I would like to see more, easily trackable reports."
"The product's UI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The search and replace feature within the tool itself could be improved."
"There's not automatic access to test case management and execution."
"I understand Microsoft is phasing out TFS in favor of Git, so I would steer anyone interested in TFS to look into Git."
"As an end-user, I expect the solution's performance to be faster while staying as stable as possible."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
"The test management interface is not very handy."
"The tool needs improvement in stability."
"The execution of test cases could stand improvement."
"The program and portfolio planning facility can be improved."
Codebeamer is ranked 9th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 10 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 93 reviews. Codebeamer is rated 7.8, while TFS is rated 8.0. 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 TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". Codebeamer is most compared with PTC Integrity, Polarion ALM, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira and OpenText ALM Octane, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and Tricentis Tosca. See our Codebeamer vs. TFS report.
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