We performed a comparison between Helix ALM and TFS 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."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."
"The tool offers high stability."
"The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility."
"The interface is good with TFS."
"The tool's installation is straightforward."
"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."
"Version Control: TFS offers both the centralized “TFVC” version control technology as well as the distributed “Git” version control technology."
"TFS' most valuable feature is the triage process. It is a robust solution that is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is that it keeps the code secure while working collaboratively in a team of four or five individuals."
"Microsoft's technical team is supportive."
"The most valuable features of TFS are the test plans. We can reproduce reusable test plans in test automation. We have a lot of queries and this feature is very useful."
"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."
"The accountability and the equivalent to using, acting, editing, working with Word, and also importing and exporting from Word needs improvement."
"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."
"We are also using Microsoft Teams. The two products function separately. There is not enough collaboration between Microsoft Teams and TFS."
"As an end-user, I expect the solution's performance to be faster while staying as stable as possible."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"Since it is Microsoft, it is technology agnostic, thus it does not really fit into various different technologies in the organization."
"I would like to see TFS improve its web interface as there are some limitations with IDs and the integration behind it and with open-source tools like VS Code."
"The solution's server for deployment needs to be improved."
"The execution of test cases could stand improvement."
"I'd like to see some kind of visualization tool for TFS that would make life much easier."
Helix ALM is ranked 16th in Test Management Tools with 7 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. Helix ALM is rated 6.4, while TFS 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 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". Helix ALM is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, Polarion Requirements and Tricentis qTest, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our Helix ALM vs. TFS report.
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