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IBM Engineering Test Management vs Tricentis qTest comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
8.2
IBM Engineering Test Management improves efficiency, reduces defects, integrates well with IBM software, enhancing workflow and providing cost savings.
Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest delivers ROI by enhancing efficiency, visibility, and collaboration, with quick adoption, ease of use, and seamless upgrades.
Due to the fast adoption, there is a quick ROI along with faster and better maintenance due to Tosca's AI and self-healing aspects.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
IBM Engineering Test Management's customer support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, with improvements in response times and satisfactory experiences.
Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest customer service is responsive and effective, despite integration challenges and occasional slower first-tier support.
Support has never been an issue, except for consulting which Tricentis charges for.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
IBM Engineering Test Management scales smoothly for large organizations with thousands of users and test cases, including automated ones.
Sentiment score
8.3
Tricentis qTest offers scalable, seamless performance supporting global teams, requiring minimal maintenance, with robust integration and feature growth.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
IBM Engineering Test Management is reliable and stable, with good performance but occasionally impacted by server configuration and database space issues.
Sentiment score
8.1
Tricentis qTest offers stable performance with rare downtime, consistent availability, and improved integration, receiving positive user feedback.
As for stability and performance, apart from a few hiccups and glitches, Tricentis qTest worked fine.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

IBM Engineering Test Management requires a user-friendly interface, enhanced usability, data handling, hierarchical structuring, and seamless integration with automated pipelines.
Tricentis qTest requires improved reporting, better integration, enhanced user interface, installation processes, and faster, robust support and features.
There may be missing features that should be included in the next release of Tricentis qTest, such as integration with other tools, specifically integration with Parasoft.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It also does not allow for task tracking or calculating time spent on tasks, which affects project timelines.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
 

Setup Cost

<p>IBM Engineering Test Management provides robust features and customization with flexible pricing, ideal for large enterprises needing comprehensive test management.</p>
Tricentis qTest offers moderate enterprise pricing, supports global teams, and includes options for volume discounts and optional tools.
The solution is expensive.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The pricing and execution of qTest are easy.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
 

Valuable Features

IBM Engineering Test Management is praised for fast, reliable customizable workflows, and robust integrations, particularly in testing and tracking functionality.
Tricentis qTest provides seamless integration, robust reporting, and scalable test management, enhancing agile testing efficiency across diverse needs.
There are also AI insights available based on the data and defects raised, which gives a view of functionalities where there are challenges and where more regression needs to happen.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
A valuable feature is the ease of uploading, as well as creating folders.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
I have seen measurable benefits with Tricentis qTest in terms of time-saving and resource-saving.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Engineering Test Manage...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Load Testing Tools (16th)
Tricentis qTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Engineering Test Management is 3.1%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tricentis qTest is 8.7%, down from 15.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Tricentis qTest8.7%
IBM Engineering Test Management3.1%
Other88.2%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

HZ
Lead Systems Tester at Government of Ontario, Canada
Scalable and Stable solution with good integration function and support team
IBM Rational has the RFT, which is rational functional testing. We do test automation with rational functional testing. So after we do that, we can put in all the code, then I can build it, then put all the test cases, and put all the build code for the shared location. And then rational that shared location means that RQM has access to the shared location. So, when we execute, if a test case is automated, we can run it from RQM. We need to have the environment ready for it to execute. Once we have that, then we can select the task case. So, by clicking on one button, the other environment is automatically plugged in. Then test results will be automatically transferred back to our RQM. So, in RQM, we can view it, and it is integrated. So we can run the test and the automation from RQM, and the test results will come back. Azure DevOps first test case is there, but then we tried to use Selenium to do half automation. Still, we realized that it wouldn't have the integration. We could do something in the pipeline, but it fires the Selenium test automation code. But then the test results won't be brought back or added to AzureDesk DevOps. That's something that I do hope that there can be another other system that can have this kind of integration. RQM can be improved because it's not related to our server and could be faster. We need to find out how much database storage is needed and keep increasing it. We heard that the latest version of RQM can clean up some old ones and give the same test result. But that one feature we are yet to use. It's a setting that we can set up, and then it goes automatically or gives me the choice to do it manually.
reviewer2356440 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
User stories and test artifacts migrate seamlessly to innovative management tools
Customers are moving towards Tricentis due to their association with SAP. There is interest in understanding if there are connectors for converting UFT scripts to Tosca, as many customers are looking to make this transition. We have developed capabilities for automated migration from ALM to Tricentis qTest without any loss of data. However, for UFT to Tosca migration, scripts need to be rewritten as there are no automatic converters available. From a project perspective, there have not been many challenges with Tricentis products. The main improvement area would be developing a connector to move UFT scripts to Tosca, which would enable quicker and easier movement for customers. This would aid faster adoption of Tosca and ease the financial pressure on clients who currently need to invest in rewriting scripts.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
25%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
Insurance Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tricentis qTest?
The solution is expensive. For the features that are available, depending on the volumes of licenses we get, we are able to get better discounts as strategic partners of Tosca. We can pass some ben...
What needs improvement with Tricentis qTest?
One of the things I noticed was the reporting part wasn't very good. It was hard to customize the dashboards in Tricentis qTest, and there were limitations in the dashboard. There may be missing fe...
What is your primary use case for Tricentis qTest?
The main use cases for Tricentis qTest are for test management, to keep test cases and execute those. Overall, centralized test management with Tricentis qTest was beneficial for the team's product...
 

Also Known As

IBM Rational Quality Manager, Rational Quality Manager
qTest
 

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Sample Customers

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