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Inflectra SpiraTeam vs TFS comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Inflectra SpiraTeam
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
23rd
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TFS
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of Inflectra SpiraTeam is 1.1%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TFS is 4.4%, up from 4.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TFS4.4%
Inflectra SpiraTeam1.1%
Other94.5%
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1241541 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Management Office (QMO) Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Flexible and stable with excellent technical support
I am the end user. I have a contract to provide testing for customers, however, ultimately the owner of the tool is the customer. For this reason, we're not direct customers. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I don't like to put 10 due to the fact that I'm sure that something can be improved. That said, if the customer gave me the option to select a product, I'd select SpiraTeam over other tools. The facilities of the tool are more or less the same as the facilities of the ALM or other tools that are in the market. However, the customer support from Inflectra makes you feel like they are working with you. That is the gap in the quality that other options lack. They fix any issue very quickly.
PS
Service delivery manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Ensures team collaboration with strong version control but could improve testing capabilities
Version control is the most basic feature in TFS. It has been there since the beginning. We use it primarily for that purpose. Basically ensuring that the code is not overwritten by other team members and maintaining the sanctity of the code. Bringing order to a disparate team which is virtual at different locations is very important, and TFS provides that control. Once you update a code, nobody can modify it until you are done working on it and check in. It is a great product that revolutionized the way teams work together on Microsoft pieces of code. The versioning part has unique features and capabilities which are unmatched with other products out there.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is really very easy, and the documentation provided by the solution is some of the best documentation that I've seen in the last years, with tutorials, videos, and step-by-step instructions that cover basically all of the situations that you can see when you are installing."
"The initial setup and configuration are straightforward and relatively simple."
"The support is even better than the tool. It's incredible. The technical support that they have wonderful."
"The solution is fast and very accessible."
"The most valuable features of TFS are the test plans, as we can reproduce reusable test plans in test automation and we have a lot of queries, making this feature very useful."
"I feel that the test plan and test tools are more manageable in TFS."
"The scalability of TFS is good, and we have approximately 200 users using this solution in my organization."
"The most valuable features are test case writing and bug tracking."
"The most valuable features of TFS are bug reporting and its high performance."
"The full ALM experience that means you can have all your information in one place."
"Valuable features include total traceability, test management, source control, and extensibility."
"Integration with Visual Studio (VS): I have used other software management solutions with VS, but TFS is the best at the moment."
 

Cons

"It would be great if they worked more closely with other solutions. There needs to be better integration with the platform for development purposes."
"They need to continue improving the interface with the third-party options."
"The pricing could be lower."
"It would be great if they worked more closely with other solutions. There needs to be better integration with the platform for development purposes."
"Third party integrations could be improved to make it more flexible and easy to use with other platforms."
"The usability of TFS is not that great."
"The solution's server for deployment needs to be improved."
"When you are trying to connect from Visual Studio code to TFS the integration isn't so easy and I think that could be improved."
"TFS has room for improvement as there have been global security issues that many companies, including ours, have experienced."
"The dashboard needs more enhancements."
"More options could be provided from the perspective of requirements management, which would help product owners to use the tool effectively."
"It has been really dated. When you start to work more in an agile environment, it is not really that flexible."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a yearly licensing fee that needs to be paid."
"It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs."
"The pricing is reasonable at this time."
"I believe we pay on a yearly basis. I don't know the current costs of them. We outsource all that to a third party. Each of the developers gets a Microsoft Visual Studio Azure DevOps license, which gives them access to the TFS server as well. We probably pay on average about 1,800 Canadian Dollars a year for every developer, but that covers a lot more than just TFS."
"On a scale where ten is the highest and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's licensing cost at one on a scale of one to ten."
"I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement."
"TFS is more competitively priced than some other solutions."
"It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
What needs improvement with TFS?
From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further.
 

Also Known As

SpiraTeam
Team Foundation Server
 

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Sample Customers

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