We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ClearQuest and IBM Rational Synergy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom, BMC, Microsoft and others in Software Configuration Management."It can be adapted to any process flow and easily be integrated with other in-house tools using the ClearQuest API."
"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."
"Managing source code, tracking modifications, and being able to analyze evolutions of source code are the most valuable features."
"Lack of a modern web interface compared to other systems might discourage customers."
"I'd like to see more integration with respect to requirement management, though this is not possible with this Synergy solution. I know that PTC enables this feature as well as Polarion. We need to have full trustworthiness and accountability in knowing that the tool will track every modification from specification through to the source code, with Synergy this isn't possible. The solution requires additional tools like rectify, desktop system solutions, to enable trustability between requirements, from one specification to another."
IBM Rational ClearQuest is ranked 6th in Software Configuration Management while IBM Rational Synergy is ranked 10th in Software Configuration Management. IBM Rational ClearQuest is rated 7.2, while IBM Rational Synergy is rated 3.0. 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. ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational Synergy writes "Users must go through a lot of steps to properly manipulate this solution, which can interrupt workflows and cause unnecessary downtime". IBM Rational ClearQuest is most compared with Jira, IBM Rational ClearCase and HCL Compass, whereas IBM Rational Synergy is most compared with .
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