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Useful test automatic linking, high availability, but setup time consuming and can be difficult if you haven't used...
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  • "Pricing could be improved as it's high-priced. I don't exactly know the pricing point, but previously, I know that it was really high so less people were able to use it for their projects."
  • "The enterprise pricing and licensing are reasonable."
  • "ALM Quality Center is a little bit costly."
  • "Micro Focus ALM Quality Center is very expensive. The price is approximately £2,000 per person, they are too expensive to corner the market."
  • "This is an expensive solution."
  • "The solution is priceed high."
  • "The solution was expensive for us."
  • "The licensing fee is a little expensive."

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    Has anyone tried integrating HP ALM and JIRA ?
    Top Answer:HP ALM and Jira can be easily integrated with the aid of a third-party Integration Solution. To help you select the right integration approach and tool, you should first define your integration… more »
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    What do you like most about Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the ST Add-In. It's a Microsoft add-in that makes it much easier to upload test cases into Quality Center.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus ALM Q...
    Top Answer:It was expensive for us. For the first two weeks, we had to employ people now and then as the system needed to be more accurate. It cost us a lot of money. I rate the solution's pricing as a seven or… more »
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    1st
    out of 34 in Test Management Tools
    Views
    4,889
    Comparisons
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    Reviews
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    Average Words per Review
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    7.5
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    Also Known As
    Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, HPE ALM, Quality Center, Quality Center, Micro Focus ALM
    Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
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    OpenText
    OpenText
    Overview
    OpenText ALM/Quality Center serves as the single pane of glass for software quality management. It helps you govern application lifecycle management activities and implement rigorous, auditable lifecycle processes.
    Silk Central is an open test management solution which unifies all test assets into one easy-to-use planning, tracking, reporting and execution hub. Silk Central enables you to gain control, collaboration and traceability across all areas of your software testing, whether your methodology is Agile, Traditional or hybrid. Silk Central provides integration of requirements, manual and automated tests, defect tools and your test execution, giving full traceability of the quality of your software testing regardless of role.
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    Sample Customers
    Airbus Defense and Space, Vodafone, JTI, Xellia, and Banco de Creìdito e Inversiones (Bci)
    AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm21%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Insurance Company9%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization48%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Manufacturing Company5%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm25%
    Transportation Company25%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company23%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Government14%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise52%
    Large Enterprise40%
    REVIEWERS
    Midsize Enterprise30%
    Large Enterprise70%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    OpenText ALM / Quality Center is ranked 1st in Test Management Tools with 20 reviews while OpenText Silk Central is ranked 19th in Test Management Tools. OpenText ALM / Quality Center is rated 7.6, while OpenText Silk Central is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of OpenText ALM / Quality Center writes "A good stand-alone test management tool, but its pricing could be improved". On the other hand, OpenText ALM / Quality Center is most compared with OpenText ALM Octane, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, OpenText UFT One and Cognizant ADPART, whereas OpenText Silk Central is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Adaptavist Test Management for Jira and TestRail.

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