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Agile Manager [EOL] vs Rally Software comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Agile Manager [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rally Software
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
121
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (7th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user739560 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior manager IT at a transportation company
Handles user stories well but the lack of a testing module is a problem
Right now I can't say because other stuff is being migrated to Octane. But basically, the testing module that we are used to, that wasn't there at all. If they would have added that into it then they wouldn't even need to build Octane. We did have a list of items we wanted to see added but now they are moving all those things to Octane, and we are also interested in Octane now, so we are not looking to request any more changes to AGM, understanding that this is the go-to tool.
Amit Anand - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Technical Architect at HCLSoftware
Drilling into change lifecycles has given me clear end to end traceability for every item
Reporting is my main area of concern. Additionally, the migration activity and portability are important areas for improvement. If I needed to move from Jira to Rally Software, having built-in portability or migration utilities would be beneficial. At the time of my use, there was not an inbuilt capability to migrate applications from other third-party solutions to Rally Software. Currently, I am not using Rally Software.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is really easy to use and manage single discrete projects with dedicated teams."
"With all of the different features, it's really user-friendly and syncs with Quality Center ALM, which is our testing tool."
"This solution gives us flexibility in product testing and allows us to get our products with very quick time-to-market."
"You can pretty much tie in from your requirements all the way through your entire application lifecycle management, and we are able to achieve that using this solution."
"It is helping us organize and manage our agile development process to get solutions to market faster."
"The transparency this product gives us has been very valuable."
"The tool gave great visibility on the project work with real-time analytics and dashboards."
"It has a good sprint task board with the ability to export tasks to Excel and filter by team member, and all the graphs, burndown charts and reporting are user friendly and quick."
"These features are most valuable to me because they are useful for my job functions."
"Technical support is very good."
"We use the roadmap features, and we're getting better at using dates to use the roadmap so that we can see if we're on target for work."
"I would recommend it; it is a very good product, very helpful in managing, and pretty good at checking things."
"I really value the customizable dashboards, taskboards and easy filters."
"The portfolio manager add-in is very valuable for our company, because it allows our business partners to create their road maps, and then link their road map to their user stories, that our engineering teams then work on."
"When it comes to the valuable features of Rally Software, it excels at burn-down charts, burn-up charts, and road mapping once it's set up. I particularly appreciated the new feature for releases and road mapping, which worked exceptionally well."
"CA Agile Central helps the entire organization run like one powerful team."
 

Cons

"There is definitely a maturity curve that Agile Manager needs to go through with. It's still not there, and it definitely needs to grow."
"The tool is good enough to keep track of the information, but not mature enough to have a great Dashboard that tracks all levels of changes."
"This one kind of caught us by surprise, and all our evaluations from it doing demos to the team that was going to be using it."
"The testing module that we are used to, that wasn't there at all."
"We've not used it yet, and we're just kind of muddling through."
"This product does not fully cover the SDLC. The test team cannot track test cases or connect them with test cases."
"Most of the enhancement requests we have are minor, but the biggest challenge we have is around integrations."
"The major drawbacks were in defect management and session sheet creation."
"Performance is very bad especially late evening and on Fridays."
"It could use some templates and patterns that we can follow."
"In regards to the customization part, sometimes it is not understandable. Things are not so clear, such as how to customize it for our needs."
"The other big one that we've been requesting for years is the ability to move people between workspaces."
"I would like to see greater ability to manage common teams that are working across projects and how that common team has tasks to do in both projects or in multiple other projects."
"I think one of the things that we stumble upon is how to organize the teams."
"We have teams that are not collocated, so the team tool for managing and showing tasks and work has to support this."
"We want Rally to generate OKRs, to allow teams to record the OKRs, and then the OKRs can be mapped to the epics and there is organizational alignment."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Frankly, pricing is expensive and needs to be carefully planned for when budgeting."
"It is expensive and may not be worthwhile for a small company."
"I don't know the exact pricing, but I think the tool is priced high. They provide quality workmanship, good software, regular upgrades, and they're always attentive and listen to users. Everything comes with a price. I think it's an expensive solution compared to Jira or other competitors, but it's a complete package."
"I understand it's a little more expensive. That is why many people prefer Jira."
"We are always looking for a discount, if the solution was less expensive it would be a benefit."
"Rally Software costs $50 a month, and for a base account, that price is acceptable."
"The license costs are fairly high as compared to some of the other solutions out there."
"From a price point, it's a cost effective solution for our needs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
22%
Healthcare Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Healthcare Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise113
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Rally Software?
Rally offers many features that help the management of activities, coordination, alignment and reports, which applies agility across the organization. If I were to highlight a particular feature, i...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Rally Software?
The setup cost is expensive. I was not responsible for the license part, but it was on a yearly basis.
What needs improvement with Rally Software?
Reporting is my main area of concern. Additionally, the migration activity and portability are important areas for improvement. If I needed to move from Jira to Rally Software, having built-in port...
 

Also Known As

Micro Focus Agile Manager, HPE Agile Manager
CA Agile Central, Rally Enterprise, CA Agile Training, CA Agile Coaching, CA Agile Academy, CA Agile Management , CA ALM
 

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Sample Customers

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