We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ClearCase and IBM Rational ClearQuest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom, BMC, Microsoft and others in Software Configuration Management."The tool had features similar to Git for version control. It offered branching and merging capabilities, providing better control over code management. Integration was possible with other tools, including some change management tools. The overall process was normal."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"The combination of a highly flexible state machine together with a platform independent API enables possibilities to automate many steps that in many systems are manual."
"It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."
"I have found it very difficult to understand many functionalities in IBM Rational ClearCase. We have had many problems and it is not user-friendly."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"The solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
"Lack of a modern web interface compared to other systems might discourage customers."
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IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 4th in Software Configuration Management with 6 reviews while IBM Rational ClearQuest is ranked 6th in Software Configuration Management. IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4, while IBM Rational ClearQuest is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Difficult to use, not efficient, but stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearQuest writes "Tracks change requests, problems, and physical asset management. I would like to see data type for floating point numbers. ". IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Helix Core and Apache Subversion, whereas IBM Rational ClearQuest is most compared with Jira, HCL Compass and IBM Rational Synergy.
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