IBM Engineering Workflow Management vs Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product) comparison

IBM and Rocket Software are both solutions in the Software Configuration Management category. IBM is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.0, while Rocket Software is ranked #6. IBM holds a 6.5% mindshare in SCM, compared to Rocket Software’s 8.8% mindshare. Additionally, 66% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rocket Software users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between IBM Engineering Workflow Management and Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product) based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed IBM Engineering Workflow Management vs. Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product) Report (Updated: December 2025).

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IBM Engineering Workflow Management vs. Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product)

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Engineering Workflow Ma...

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

4th

Average Rating

6.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (10th)

Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (forme...

Ranking in Software Configuration Management

6th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Software Configuration Management category, the mindshare of IBM Engineering Workflow Management is 6.5%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product) is 8.8%, up from 7.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Configuration Management Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Engineering Workflow Management	6.5%
Rocket ChangeMan ZMF (formerly a Micro Focus product)	8.8%
Other	84.7%

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Manoj Sajjan

Technical Lead at Microgenesis Techsoft Private limited

Manages complex workflows effectively and offers valuable features

My name is Sofia from PeerSpot regarding my experience with IBM Engineering Workflow Management. It is a leading review site. The solution is very easy to trace. My company name is MicroGenesis TechSoft Private Limited, and my title is Technical Lead. I am interested in being a reference for this vendor. PeerSpot will create an account and email login credentials. The review will be published in written and/or audio format on peerspot.com and made available to other users. PeerSpot will email a link to the written review for editing at any time. The review may be available to third parties on third-party websites. For anonymous reviews, names will not appear. Email notifications relevant to the review are optional and can be opted out at any time. The use of reviews is subject to PeerSpot's terms of use at peerspot.com/tos. On a scale of 1-10, I rate IBM Engineering Workflow Management a 10.

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reviewer1527093

Development Team Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Very flexible with Johnny-on-the-spot tech support

I would like to see them enable parallel development for online. It's available now for batch stuff on the mainframe. Jenkins, IBM, and Rocket all supposedly already have safe and workable version of Git for the mainframe. With that in mind, we need to know where our feature is. Unfortunately, as good as ChangeMan is, if we're listing downfalls, they should be talking to me about this. Not me having to go talk to them about it. Hopefully, they have this in the works and they are positioning their product for the future. That's just a straightforward comment. It really comes down to whether they are complacent or not. The other thing that should improve is cost. Git, even on the mainframe, a large part of the components "free". They're the way you set them up yourselves and they're self-sustaining and built into the infrastructure. You can't charge me for that. I gave ChangeMan an overall score of eight, but what could drive them to a nine is coming up with a way for all my code that belongs together to be tracked and moved together. Everything should move based upon the mainframe; it needs to be alerted and synchronized.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The tool provides traceability and reporting, which are important for compliance and measuring progress."

"Good for managing stories, sprints, hydration and releases."

"The most valuable features of the solution are highly customizable reports and visibility for all the higher management."

"The best features of this solution are its task management capabilities and integration options, and IBM Engineering Workflow Management provides excellent flexibility and collaborative tools."

"Work distribution among team members and accountability for completion with a clearer picture."

"The tool provides traceability and reporting, which are important for compliance and measuring progress."

"We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data."

"Agile templates give us a standard methodology for every Agile project. Also, the ability to create our own object types and linkages to features/epics allows us to enhance the verification of feature readiness."

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"Scalability is great. It has absolutely met every need for us so far. We do have some concurrent development paths and we're able to flexibly assign variables. At the same time, our skeletons assemble where we want them to, so the scalability is very good."

"We audit once a year for our ChangeMan access, accurate financial programs, and all of that. Auditors really love ChangeMan for how easy it is to get through and how tight the security is on it. Our internal auditors, external auditors, and SOX editors love this solution. We're in the healthcare business, so HIPAA regulations and all such things are a big deal, and this makes all that really simple."

Cons

"The solution is very heavily vendor dependent."

"It's becoming less relevant. For example, Maven has evolved, and in its later versions, there are plugins for integrating with source control systems, such as Git-based systems. Support for these plugins is diminishing."

"Some administrative tasks are difficult to perform. These could be simplified."

"We have encountered issues with stability. We have seen where the entire system kind of goes for a toss when certain people use certain types of queries, which are very costly. Then the system kind of slows down a bit, and we have to monitor it."

"If you have multiple projects on one server, the tool becomes very slow, and some reports take longer to load."

"Teams need clearer pictures of resource availability in charts and dashboards along with plans."

"Improved graphics in terms of metrics and connectivity to SharePoint from Microsoft products would be beneficial."

"IBM Engineering Workflow Management can be improved by enhancing its pricing structure, specifically the cost and licensing of this solution."

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"As such, there's nothing wrong with the product. It is great, but there are small things that can be better to make it much more friendly. The way you navigate through fields can be improved. If I'm going to stage a component over something that exists and that I've created in another library, and I want to pull it in and write it over what I've got there in my package, I've got to type in that data set name every time. That can be aggravating. It is not a big deal. The way things are sorted can also be improved. If you're doing a delete of a bunch of components, you can't sort those out by type or anything. Some things are just standard, and you can't look at them in a way that would be helpful."

"I would like to see them enable parallel development for online. It's available now for batch stuff on the mainframe. Jenkins, IBM, and Rocket all supposedly already have safe and workable version of Git for the mainframe. With that in mind, we need to know where our feature is."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not a free tool. We use a token-based licensing model, which is specific to IBM. The cost per token is around $115-$120."

"I've heard IBM Engineering Workflow Management is more expensive than other tools."

"Licensing: The solution cost is high and should be brought down to increase competition."

"It's an expensive investment to make, so the decision should be driven on individual requirements."

"It's on a yearly basis. I am not aware of any additional costs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

16%

Manufacturing Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

21%

Insurance Company

11%

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	9

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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.

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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.

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The typical use case for IBM Engineering Workflow Management is to streamline project management and ensure efficient workflow.

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Also Known As

IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC

Open Text, Micro Focus ChangeMan ZMF

Overview

IBM Engineering Workflow Management manages plans, tasks, the project status and acts as the critical link between required and delivered work. It provides flexibility to adapt to any process, which enables companies to adopt faster release cycles and manage dependencies across both small and complex development projects. This solution offers no-charge server software and flexible pricing models. It becomes a complete IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management solution—when purchased as a set of seamlessly integrated tools: IBM Engineering Workflow Management, IBM Engineering Test Management, and IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next.

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Change management solutions that tackle the complexity of developing, deploying and maintaining software applications.

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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

SPTS Technologies, Generali France, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH), Kutxa-Vital-Banco Madrid, Space and Naval Warfare Information Technology Center (SPAWAR ITC)

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