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Endevor vs IBM Rational ClearQuest comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Endevor
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
Mainframe Application Development (3rd)
IBM Rational ClearQuest
Ranking in Software Configuration Management
8th
Average Rating
7.2
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
Defect Tracking (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of Endevor is 32.4%, down from 33.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Rational ClearQuest is 6.2%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Software Configuration Management
 

Featured Reviews

Efrén Yanez - PeerSpot reviewer
Good analysis and integrations with helpful automation
If I had to comment on an area of ​​improvement or something new in the next or future version, I would like to see AI-assisted coding and impact analysis for mainframes. It is actually a fairly complete product. It is robust with a solid history and is always growing in functionality. It has a high level of maturity, which benefits the users and the administrators. This tool, with its group of options, facilitates the integration with other business processes, which allows you to take advantage of other solutions by incorporating automatic functions.
it_user808977 - PeerSpot reviewer
It can be adapted to any process flow
ClearQuest is a Defect Tracking system with a highly adaptable state machine together with an easy to use API, which can do all of the functions available in the GUI. This simplifies integration and automation of many steps is why the organization still uses a much older version, as there are no…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It offers security and audit of changes in information assets (software)."
"The most valuable feature of Endevor is customization and ease of use."
"Endevor is easy to use."
"The approach of writing a single set of Endevor processors to work across multiple instances of the application (separate systems) made the processors fairly complex, but once you understand them, they are so powerful."
"We can make it do pretty much whatever we want, depending on just how complicated we want it to be, as it is pretty flexible."
"In the last year or so, we had a need to start using a CICS web services, and mesh them in with some distributed functions on an enterprise service bus. We put the web services into Endevor and we manage that way now."
"It puts all our source in one product. We know where to go to gather all our source code and which source is associated with which executable. It's a one-stop-shop, one place to go for everything."
"​Stability has been really good. I have actually never had to open an issue or report an issue since I have been running it.​"
"The combination of a highly flexible state machine together with a platform independent API enables possibilities to automate many steps that in many systems are manual."
"It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."
 

Cons

"I would like to have better integration with other products."
"The scalability of Endevor could improve."
"Endevor can improve parallel development."
"They need to ditch the Eclipse plugin and just make the development environment for Z the standard Eclipse interface.​"
"The solution is very expensive."
"If I had to comment on an area of ​​improvement or something new in the next or future version, I would like to see AI-assisted coding and impact analysis for mainframes."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"Sometimes finding errors and output can be difficult because it spits out so many messages that it is hard to figure out which ones are the ones you need to look at and what flow did it actually take through the processor."
"Lack of a modern web interface compared to other systems might discourage customers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is very expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"It's competitively priced and, as far as I know, it's just an enterprise license. We have found it is worth the money."
"Just make sure if you are going to license, ensure you license the right features.​"
"It's worth the value. The pricing is fairly good, justifiable for the return on investment."
"Licensing is fairly simple, you don't need multiple licenses."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
34%
Insurance Company
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
32%
Government
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
4%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Endevor?
The product’s implementation process is complicated and restrictive. It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up, at lea...
What is your primary use case for Endevor?
We use the product as a source manager and program manager. It helps in controlling the mainframe code and performing data migrations.
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Also Known As

CA Endevor Software Change Manager, Endevor Software Change Manager, CA Software Change Manager for Mainframe, CA Endevor SCM
Rational ClearQuest
 

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Sample Customers

Blue Hill Data Services Inc.
Atos SE, STM, Regence BlueCross BlueShield
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