We performed a comparison between Helix ALM and TestRail based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility."
"The tool offers high stability."
"Helix ALM enables users to build, make efficient and effective decisions, and use least-cost methods for maximum benefit, as fast as possible. They allow you to see and visualize your configuration."
"Reliable and stable. It is important that TestRail be up and running 24/7 as we have users around the world using it."
"From a testing perspective, the management is awesome. I am able to do testing and then add the reporting and the evidence. It is fair in terms of the price that you're paying. You get what you're paying for."
"The ability to time test runs gives the tester the ability to compare calculated times to actual times it takes for a test case to run."
"Most valuable features are the ease of organizing test cases and a great API for sending results from automated test run results into the database."
"I haven't faced any stability issues using the solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"I was on the lookout for automation testing on the browser and I believe this tool is very interesting in that matter. The solution is useful for UI testing. You just need to add the URL that is to be checked."
"The product helps us create test cases and reports."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the UI. The structure of test cases is easy to understand."
"Helix ALM should be able to integrate with other systems better. Helix ALM should also have an easier user interface, and the solution needs to have drag-and-drop tools included in it."
"It would be great to see Perforce's strategy is for implementing intelligence into the process via AI or ML. It's not clearly defined, at least not to my knowledge."
"The accountability and the equivalent to using, acting, editing, working with Word, and also importing and exporting from Word needs improvement."
"Better prediction of text."
"I have faced some issues with the integration between TestRail and Jira, which haven't been permanently resolved yet."
"It would be useful if it had its own issue management system. At the moment, it's purely a test management tool and you have to link to a defect management tool, like JIRA. It would be useful if there was an option to use its own defect management tool so that it's integrated and not two separate tools."
"The platform needs improvement regarding performance and creating links."
"I do see room for lots of improvement in it. In terms of usability, duplication with test cases and constant creation of projects isn't easy. There is also too much API integration into automation tools, which is not there in ALM with UFT. Instead of setting it up as a project and using it, we set it up as a system for usability. It also lacks in the traceability aspect. For traceability, you need to use the JIRA plugin and drag traceability on JIRA, but the functionality is still quite limited. The biggest gap is mainframe testing. It would be good if I could start with mainframe testing. Manual granting of access is another issue. There is no API that I could use with another system where it is automated. There is an API for loading somebody to a project but not for adding to the application."
"TestRail should improve its pricing."
"It would be nice to have a description section when creating the test scenario itself so I can indicate what the configuration should be."
"TestRail's user interface is not great. When you use it for the first time, you will be very uncomfortable and not know how to create test cases. It doesn't have a field for preconditions and post-conditions."
Helix ALM is ranked 16th in Test Management Tools with 7 reviews while TestRail is ranked 3rd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews. Helix ALM is rated 6.4, while TestRail is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Helix ALM writes "Helix ALM is insanely configurable, with great traceability, and flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TestRail writes "A tool that provides effective test management and real-time reporting capabilities". Helix ALM is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation and Polarion Requirements, whereas TestRail is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, TFS, Tricentis qTest, Tricentis Tosca and TestLodge. See our Helix ALM vs. TestRail report.
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