We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and PractiTest 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."I would rate the stability of this product a nine out of ten."
"At the same time, if you're working from the architect or the designing team you, it's quite easy to manage the resources online."
"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."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"The solution is customizable."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the reporting of the CPU usage on the dashboard."
"The most valuable feature is the way the libraries are structured so that they were not folder driven."
"The stability of IBM Rational ALM could be improved."
"The interconnectivity between packages is a major support problem and can be improved."
"The features should be more intuitive. If I'm looking for something, its location should be easy to locate."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"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 directory designer manager is uncivil. The design manager is clearly really unstable."
"The product must be more user-friendly."
"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."
"It doesn't allow you to connect to multiple different tracking tools."
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IBM Rational ALM is ranked 11th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while PractiTest is ranked 20th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while PractiTest is rated 8.8. 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 PractiTest writes "Offers one click graphical dashboard reports and advanced customization". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM and PTC Integrity, whereas PractiTest is most compared with TestRail, Jira, Zephyr Enterprise and Microsoft Azure DevOps. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. PractiTest report.
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