We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Kovair ALM Studio based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Atlassian, Microsoft, Nutanix and others in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites."We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"I would rate the stability of this product a nine out of ten."
"The integration with Git works well."
"The planning feature is rich with Scrum concepts: Sprint, Sprint retrospective, the rules in the Scrum framework."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"The tools for requirement capture we have found very useful."
"IBM Rational ALM is a very good tool. I like the management and traceability features and the test management tool. The latter is not linked with the stories and fixed management. It is really useful, and we can create test plans. We can also test some metrics related to QA."
"Everyone in a team can work on the same platform and share the same information."
"We increased our development and testing team velocity, were able to manage traceability, and deliver software faster."
"Wide range of adapters/connectors which allow connectivity to any tools."
"The features should be more intuitive. If I'm looking for something, its location should be easy to locate."
"I think nowadays people are getting into Jira and other tools. What is happening is, this solution is becoming more traditional, whereas Jira and other tools are more attractive for the new users to learn and start using because of the graphical interfaces."
"The stability of this solution 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 stability of IBM Rational ALM could 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 reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"Needs an easier and less heavy UI."
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IBM Rational ALM is ranked 11th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Kovair ALM Studio is ranked 22nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Kovair ALM Studio is rated 10.0. 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 Kovair ALM Studio writes "We increased our development and testing team velocity and were able to manage traceability". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM and PTC Integrity, whereas Kovair ALM Studio is most compared with .
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