We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Jira based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It helped us contain critical things, like source code and several documents, which is very important to us."
"I would rate the stability of this product a nine out of ten."
"It is relatively easy to use and user-friendly once the setup is complete."
"It's easy to use."
"We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"The cataloging is a very valuable feature. For a lot of enterprises, they end up not knowing which applications do specific features. The cataloging helps with this. It's not that verbose, but it still gives you allowances to put in more detail."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"It is a good defect tracking tool. It has a lot of capabilities and functionalities. There are a lot of graphs and a lot of tracking. It can be sprint-driven if you want."
"The task management aspect of Jira is pretty pure. They have a lot of great plugins that really expand your options."
"The initial setup isn't too complicated."
"A stable solution with no unplanned downtime."
"We have not encountered difficulties with the scalability."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility of the configuration, being able to configure it to suit your own needs."
"The most valuable feature is that it has different APIs available, with good services, and it is completely by the books."
"I like seeing which tickets are open and what our response rate is. They have a lot of good metrics in their system to see what's going on."
"The stability of IBM Rational ALM could be improved."
"The interconnectivity between packages is a major support problem and can be improved."
"Of course it would be related to customer experience. The solution is not user friendly at all. It needs an expert to use it, although the reporting feature was okay."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"The stability of this solution can be improved."
"In the next release, we expect a traceability metrics configuration where we can configure the user stories. We also expect them to improve or simplify the query process."
"The solution can improve in the development area and the customized applications."
"Some improvements to the user interface (UI) would be helpful, such as exposing more services to make it easier to customize to the needs of each customer."
"Something I do not like about the new version is that there is a need to browse all the way back to the beginning, should a person click on a task that is specifically for his group and wish to go back and look at the other portfolios or people."
"The thing I don't like is that it is hard to decide which dropdown options should be selected. When we try and submit it, it will state that there are certain mandates in place. It won't allow us to submit the form unless we fill out all the details."
"The release of a MailServer feature within Jira would be beneficial."
"Sometimes it takes time to load the data."
"Although it covers the overall requirements and measurements, it'll help if they had their own test execution feature."
"There needs to be easier integration with third-parties — personally, this is the biggest issue for me."
"I would prefer it if the solution was more intuitive."
"For me, the solution is too complicated as it has too many features. It would be nice if they could streamline things."
IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Jira is ranked 2nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 259 reviews. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Jira is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM, whereas Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. Jira report.
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