We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Microsoft Azure DevOps 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."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"Everyone in a team can work on the same platform and share the same information."
"It's easy to use."
"It is relatively easy to use and user-friendly once the setup is complete."
"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."
"The solution is customizable."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"This solution works with other Microsoft solutions pretty easily. It was easy to integrate everything into all the other tools that we were using. It integrates very seamlessly."
"Some of the valuable features are the interface and the workflows are easy to learn and to manage."
"The simplicity and ease of use are two features that we have found to be most valuable."
"It is stable, and we have had no issues with it."
"It's got something that you won't find in other products."
"The nice thing about Visual Studio Code is that it's a modular design. So if you're working on a strange language that has a different syntax, you can just get a plugin that'll format your code for you based on the language it's in."
"It is good for the purpose it is designed for. It is good for maintaining a repository of application code, creating pipelines for deploying the code, building the code, and deploying the code. It can be easily used by developers. There are no issues."
"The most valuable feature is the complete integration between test cases, pipelines, and issue management."
"There is not enough beginner support material in the form of FAQs or simple training to help you get started."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply."
"The interconnectivity between packages is a major support problem and can be improved."
"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."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"The reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"The solution can improve in the development area and the customized applications."
"The main issue that I have is the connection speed. Sometimes, the response is too slow. I am based in Taiwan, and I am not sure if it is because of broadband or something else. Its initial configuration is also a little bit difficult."
"The active directory password system needs some improvement because many times the password for the active directory expires before the set time."
"Non-functional testing such as security testing, log testing, and performance testing can be improved with a better visualization."
"Reporting across multiple projects could be improved."
"The functions have too much dependency right now, so it makes it really, really hard to upgrade and make a change in the code."
"Better integration with the Linux operating system would be an improvement for this solution."
"I would like to see better interoperability with the agile scaling frameworks."
"Its interface could be more user-friendly. It could be simplified for users with no prior knowledge. There should also be better tutorials."
IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 123 reviews. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Azure DevOps 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 Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM, whereas Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, Jira, TFS, Rally Software and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps report.
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