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3SL Cradle vs Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer comparison

3SL and Broadcom are both solutions in the Application Requirements Management category. 3SL is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.0, while Broadcom is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.0. 3SL holds a 1.4% mindshare in ARM, compared to Broadcom’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of 3SL users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Broadcom users who would recommend it.
3SL Cradle
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100% willing to recommend
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90% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

3SL Cradle and Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer compete in requirements management and design. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer has a slight edge due to its robust features and high value for the price.

Features:3SL Cradle offers requirement management, traceability, and integration with other tools, enhancing project oversight. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer includes test case generation, modeling features, and a comprehensive solution for complex projects.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service:3SL Cradle facilitates straightforward deployment and fast implementation, backed by responsive customer service. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer involves a more extensive setup but provides thorough documentation and robust support, suitable for large-scale implementations.

Pricing and ROI:3SL Cradle is cost-effective, with significant ROI through affordable setup costs. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer involves higher initial costs but yields long-term ROI with its advanced features and project capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

3SL Cradle
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
9.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Broadcom Agile Requirements...
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (11th), Test Design Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of 3SL Cradle is 1.4%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 0.6%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Requirements Management
 

Featured Reviews

Siegmar-Schuenke - PeerSpot reviewer
Flexible solution that manages all your needs
I mainly use 3SL Cradle to manage the requirements from service projects 3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately.  3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities. In the next release, I would like 3SL Cradle to be…
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Gireesh Subramonian - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps the development team to finish tasks within the required timeframe
The team I am working with was never into Agile before. We have a daily scrum-call and before that, we have to define all the tasks that we are going to work on for a number of sprints. For example, there is a Product Increment Planning meeting where we put all the user requirements into the product backlog. Then we put them back to the respective sprints. A product increment consists of about five iterations, or five sprints. And we pull each of these backlog items to these particular sprints or iterations, so that it is easy for the development team to pick up, based on the priority. The backlog is set, and it is pulled into particular sprints, based on business priority. So it helps the development team to take up and finish tasks within the required timeframe. It helps in productivity, traceability, and saves time.
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Quotes from Members

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Pros

"3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately."
"Integration with TDM, test data management tool, provides the ability to generate data or use identified (preset or parametrized) test data. It allows significant expansion of test coverage and flexibility, without creating new tests and needing to maintain them."
"The most valuable features of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are ease of use, saving time for the team who builds test cases, and visibility of test cases."
"Helps the communication between the testing organization and the requirements group. It helps us to simplify the work. Instead of dealing with individual test cases, you're working with a model."
"It helped us to move from manual testing to automation testing."
"I like the way Broadcom ARD inserts test cases in execution mode. Also, ARD can be used apart from Broadcom TDM. It's an add-on through which you supply data through ARD test cases when there is a need for extra data."
"​The scale possibilities are endless, especially when combined with all the other products that CA has to offer."
"CA ARD has some beautiful features which I haven't found anywhere else. For example, when designing or creating our test cases and doing scenarios, we are able to restrict our flows. If we take a data link between two processes, we can actually restrict it, so that, in production, if our functionality breaks down, we can restrict that and all the flows related to it will be removed from the test data set."
"The ability to create models/diagrams at multiple levels (nest/embed them) helps in taking models from high-level business requirements and building them into detailed requirements models and test models. Plus, it helps reuse lower level models. It also allows maintaining models at appropriate levels, even for very complex systems/solutions."
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Cons

"3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities."
"The solution could be more user-friendly. For example, attachments could be icon-based to make it easier for the user to notice them."
"The solution could improve security and authentication."
"Integration with Agile management tools can be improved, i.e., mainly test case maintenance and linking test cases to the automation script."
"CA ARD doesn't provide integration with Tosca. The possibility of creating a test case and exporting it into Tosca is not available. Integration with end-to-end automation tools, like Worksoft or Tosca, is not provided by CA ARD as of now."
"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."
"At present, there is no option for test data parameters from ARD for virtual databases. We have to create them in TDM and push them as well. Virtual database connectivity needs to be improved. They need to come up with some areas where they can create synthetic data parameters easily from the test cases that have been designed."
"A template in App Test should be created in advance. This has proven to be time consuming. The process is not fully automated, because there is a lot of manual intervention is required."
"They do not have an engine to house test scripts to really pull together the testing pieces of it."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."
"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."
"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."
"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."
"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."
"​The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."
"At present, Broadcom works through partners rather than dealing directly with the consumer. When there are discounts given, it's up to the partner as to whether they want to give that discount to the customer. Sometimes, the partners decide to take the discount themselves. Pricewise, I would give ARD's price a rating of three out of five."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Aerospace/Defense Firm
31%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Energy/Utilities Company
12%
Computer Software Company
7%
Energy/Utilities Company
25%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with 3SL Cradle?
The support is consistent globally. However, heavier support is provided in certain locations. Improvement in support is necessary. Assistance is available to acquire information and utilize userna...
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What advice do you have for others considering 3SL Cradle?
If you have time to take some courses about 3SL Cradle, it will give you more time in the project to familiarize yourself with Cradle. I recommend it, but you need to do it within a very short time...
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for 3SL Cradle?
The price is similar to IBM RATIONAL DOORS.
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What do you like most about Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
The most valuable features of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are ease of use, saving time for the team who builds test cases, and visibility of test cases.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs.
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What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework.
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Also Known As

Cradle
Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer
 

Overview

Cradle is a requirements management and systems engineering tool that integrates your entire project lifecycle in one, massively scalable, integrated, multi-user product.

3SL
CA Agile Requirements Designer is an end-to-end requirements gathering, test automation and test case design tool which drastically reduces manual testing effort and enables organizations to deliver quality software to market earlier and at less cost. The optimal set of manual or automated tests can be derived automatically from requirements modeled as unambiguous flowcharts and are linked to the right data and expected results. These tests are updated automatically when the requirements change, allowing organizations to deliver quality software which reflects changing user needs.
Broadcom
 

Sample Customers

NASA, In-Depth Engineering Corporation, Avibras
Williams, Rabobank
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