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Inflectra SpiraTest pros and cons

Vendor: Inflectra
3.7 out of 5

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PROS

Test case management and visual status display are highly valued.
Adding step-by-step procedures aids in testing.
Ability to reuse test cases across projects eliminates the need to create new ones.
User-friendly features support migration of requirements, test cases, and creation of traceability.
Reporting functionality assists in identifying bugs and issues for vendors and technical resources.

CONS

Integration with third-party products requires improvement.
Developing integration with JIRA needs to be considered due to complexities like synchronous data.
Migration can be challenging depending on an organization's decision-making efficiency.
Plug-ins should be easier and more integrated with popular tools like JIRA.
Improved folder organization is necessary, though further details are unclear.
 

Inflectra SpiraTest Pros review quotes

it_user272475 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Quality Assurance Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 17, 2015
Customer Service: The customer service is the very best I have ever experienced.
it_user324024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Manager Testing at Ordina Belgium
Sep 23, 2015
Before there was nothing, so implementing this was a big step towards a structured test process, so it's priceless.
it_user324045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 25, 2016
For the price, this is a very simple solution, with limited functionality, that will definitely improve any department still using spreadsheets as their documentation.
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it_user324468 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
If you are looking for a fully featured test management tool (or going further, an ALM solution) either in house or SAAS and are looking for the best bang for buck then I can recommend SpiraTest without a shadow of a doubt.
it_user324483 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Lead, Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
It has created paper trail, and an audit history with detailed information on where the defect is currently from, what environment it is in, and whether it is being worked on, and if so, who by.
it_user324432 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior designer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
The most valuable thing is that it's a test management system, in which you can handle a mass of test case specifications and executions.
it_user321258 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
This is the biggest plus; for the whole time I was using SpiraTest, I had an impression of being the only customer which counts.
it_user326895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 12, 2015
It's a good product with an exceptionally low cost.
it_user323262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Test Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 27, 2015
Over time and further upgrades these have improved.
it_user333600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Engineer/Coordinator at a newspaper with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2015
With this tool, we were able to make our software testing life cycle more efficient as well as create more transparency.
 

Inflectra SpiraTest Cons review quotes

it_user272475 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Quality Assurance Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 17, 2015
Areas of improvement are all minor things to streamline the process of setting up a release.
it_user324024 - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Manager Testing at Ordina Belgium
Sep 23, 2015
Not much room for tweaking of menus. It's not open for use of add-ins/automation, or at least instability the moment a version differs.
it_user324045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Feb 25, 2016
We found that, after a while, that after we entered hundreds of test cases into the system, operations like deleting a test case, or a test run, began to take over an hour to complete.
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it_user324468 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
One of the main issues encountered was around scalability.
it_user324483 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance Lead, Consultant at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
I was not that impressed with the test case creation, but it did give good metrics of number of completion, not completed, on hold or defects.
it_user324432 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior designer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
It's low score is mainly because of the problems with the user interface, usability and lack of user guidance - meaning that tool has no predefined way of work.
it_user321258 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 30, 2015
More flexibility in setting default behaviour of particular items, e.g. releases/iterations do not inherit their child nodes' test cases, the same with requirements and subrequirements.
it_user326895 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 12, 2015
There is a learning curve with understanding how to program SpiraTest, but once mastered it's easy.
it_user323262 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Test Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Oct 27, 2015
Frankly, I cannot find anything at the back of my mind that I can term valuable.
it_user333600 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Engineer/Coordinator at a newspaper with 501-1,000 employees
Oct 28, 2015
However, when you need to apply a change to a workflow which is used in multiple projects, you need to modify the projects one by one.