3SL Cradle vs IBM DOORS comparison

"3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately."

"It has the features of: traceability, configuration management, and user access."

"I like being able to sort and categorize the requirements and the exporting functions."

"Traceability on requirements for a huge project in an organization is a big gain."

"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to enter data into one table, or context, and link it across modules."

"The platform's traceability capabilities are invaluable. They provide a solid foundation for certification processes and manage requirement changes across project lifecycles."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is traceability. We can track every requirement, including what the stakeholder must do and component-level requirements."

"Rational DOORS' most valuable feature is that you can write any kind of requirement you want."

"IBM Rational DOORS keeps everything organized."

"3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities."

"The problem is that because the GUI is so bad, you either have to spend a lot of money customizing the interface yourself, or a lot of money on training."

"The kind of dashboard is not very convenient."

"The interface needs an area to be able to type your query and actually be able to find them."

"IBM should integrate some solutions they already own toenhance the utility of the product further. Specifically import and export to Office products is more difficult than it needs to be."

"Complexity, performance, openness are the three areas that can be improved. The IBM architecture and specifically Jazz looks more complex. There are a lot of servers. It's quite complicated. The search capabilities lack in IBM Rational DOORS Classic for customers who have a database with a requirement of more than 25,000 records. For example, you can search easily for a module, but it's really difficult to look for keywords through the whole database because all the modules are separated into small components, which makes the search quite complex. This is something that's really annoying because when we want to make an impact analysis, we would like to analyze the product globally. It's quite difficult to manage. The fact that you can interact externally with data makes it complex. The approach is complex and doesn't work as expected. For example, when I tried to experiment with exporting some records, the tool crashed, but I couldn't find out the root cause, that is, whether it happened because of Rational Windows or lack of memory. It was just crashing. Logs weren't very clear. IBM can try to use more recent technology for different aspects and make it easy. They can also provide free integration from DOORS Classic to DOORS. Currently, all the customization in Excel is lost, which makes it very complex. It would be a feature to make new versions compatible with features in the past versions."

"Not all Rational Team Concert operations are available from the web client. Certain operations, like creating streams or components, still require using the desktop application. They're not accessible through the web interface. And in my opinion, this limitation should be removed."

"It could be more user-friendly. It's not a beautiful tool. The user interface is gray. It has only lists inside, and it's horrible when you want to add tables. It's tough to add tables and manage them. It also becomes difficult when you want to add images."

"Enhancing security measures, particularly when handling multiple projects simultaneously, would be beneficial to prevent data loss within DOORS."

"IBM Rational DOORS is highly expensive."

"The licensing cost is too high."

"It is expensive to onboard additional users."

"I am not sure why it is so expensive, but one license will cost approximately $15,000 in US dollars."

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very affordable and ten being quite expensive."

"Pricing can vary depending on the size of the organization and how contracts are negotiated."

"We have to pay for a license. I think it's a one-time payment as my company hasn't notified me about more charges. I don't think it's expensive for large corporations, but it will be costly for an average person."

"I don't personally know what the numbers are. I just know that one of the reasons we've limited it to three seats is a function of cost."