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IBM Engineering Workflow Management vs Inflectra SpiraPlan comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

IBM Engineering Workflow Ma...
Ranking in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
10th
Average Rating
6.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Software Configuration Management (4th)
Inflectra SpiraPlan
Ranking in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
8th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
1.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the Enterprise Agile Planning Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Engineering Workflow Management is 1.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Inflectra SpiraPlan is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Inflectra SpiraPlan0.7%
IBM Engineering Workflow Management1.9%
Other97.4%
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
 

Featured Reviews

JB
Sr. Project Scheduler at a government with 10,001+ employees
Good reporting for team alignment although connectivity require updates
I would rate the IBM Engineering Workflow Management a seven or an eight. I am leaning closer to seven based on a couple of items I mentioned that I would like to see or know more about, such as improved reporting. I rate the overall solution a seven out of ten.
Priye Tamunokuro - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development/Technical Sales Specialist at Tezza Business Solutions
Has improved project traceability and accelerated test case creation with strong AI assistance
As for improvements needed for Inflectra SpiraPlan, I don't know if there are much more to improve, but in the case of creating users when you want to create roles, there's a checkbox that gives access to the users. There should be one checkbox that can click everything at a time and then you can just uncheck the few ones that you don't need. Most times you want to check almost all the boxes and just leave a few, but then you have to check a lot of boxes one after the other. For someone who tries to work really smart, that impacts our time, so a single checkbox to select all would be great.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Government
16%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
I've heard IBM Engineering Workflow Management is more expensive than other tools. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
IBM Engineering Workflow Management can be improved by enhancing its pricing structure, specifically the cost and licensing of this solution.
What is your primary use case for IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
The typical use case for IBM Engineering Workflow Management is to streamline project management and ensure efficient workflow.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Inflectra SpiraPlan?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was smooth and easy. I had the trial version initially, then reached out to subscribe based on the number of concurrent users, which makes it v...
What needs improvement with Inflectra SpiraPlan?
As for improvements needed for Inflectra SpiraPlan, I don't know if there are much more to improve, but in the case of creating users when you want to create roles, there's a checkbox that gives ac...
What is your primary use case for Inflectra SpiraPlan?
Inflectra SpiraPlan has been instrumental in transforming how we manage our software quality assurance and our agile project delivery. Mostly we use it for requirements management, test cases, trac...
 

Also Known As

IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
SpiraPlan
 

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Sample Customers

Telstra Corporation, Visteon, Atos SE, Panasonic Automotive Systems, IBM Global Technology Services, CareCore National, JTEKT Corp., ItaÒ BBA, Avea, CACEIS, Danske Bank Group, APIS IT
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