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Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs Broadcom Clarity comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 4, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

No sentiment score available
Alfabet's customer support is praised for quality, but some users note slower response times after transitioning to Software AG.
Sentiment score
8.0
Broadcom Clarity's customer service is praised, but technical support feedback varies; 24/7 availability is appreciated despite documentation issues.
Customers receive 24/7 support as long as they have a license.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
<p>Alfabet IT Planning &amp; Portfolio Management is highly rated for stability, receiving a nine out of ten from users.</p>
Sentiment score
8.2
Broadcom Clarity is stable, with minor issues, reliable SaaS uptime, but customizations and upgrades occasionally cause brief disruptions.
 

Valuable Features

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Alfabet IT Planning provides auto-calculation of RTO, portfolio management, ERP features, extensive reporting, and flexible deployment options.
Sentiment score
7.7
Broadcom Clarity excels in resource, project, and portfolio management with strong integration, reporting, and customization for improved efficiency.
The most valuable features of Broadcom Clarity are the roadmap feature and the hierarchy feature, which allow rolling up all the projects into programs and portfolios.
The valuable feature is the portfolio management, which includes project management and status reporting, managing the projects and programs at a portfolio level.
 

Room For Improvement

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Sentiment score
3.9
Broadcom Clarity needs a more intuitive interface, better integration, flexibility, customization, responsiveness, and enhanced mobile and predictive features.
We are having difficulty using the Broadcom mobile application, which is not compatible with our network and inflow settings.
Broadcom Clarity could improve by adding artificial intelligence and reporting capabilities.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.8
Broadcom Clarity offers scalable, adaptable solutions for diverse user counts, efficiently supporting small to large enterprises with easy integration.
We have customers ranging from 50 users to 100 to 200,000 users.
 

Setup Cost

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Broadcom Clarity offers competitive pricing with various licensing models, potential discounts, and flexibility depending on organizational needs.
The least price works out to about fifty dollars per month per user.
 

Categories and Ranking

Alfabet IT Planning & Portf...
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
14th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Broadcom Clarity
Ranking in Project Portfolio Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
142
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Project Portfolio Management category, the mindshare of Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management is 2.0%, down from 2.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Clarity is 11.1%, up from 10.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Portfolio Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1020717 - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects
The initial setup is straightforward. The solution's deployment takes around two months time. We have to set up the solution. We have to put in the data to ensure that the solution is working. We need to fill out our process, our tools, and our data. Two developers were involved in the deployment process. It is a self-maintained solution that requires updates from time to time. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.
Lowell Wetzel - PeerSpot reviewer
A dynamic solution with a lot of great out-of-the-box calculations, but integration with reporting utilities is a bit painful
One of the things that have always been a bit painful is the integration with reporting utilities. The current integration is with Jaspersoft, and there are a number of difficulties with that. If you're using out-of-the-box fields and everything, it is a bit slow and clunky. It has a drag-and-drop interface for the users. On the backend side, there is a report designer. They haven't given or allowed me any training on it yet. So, it has been a bit limited in its features. On one of the earlier report utilities, they had one called Actuate, which had VBA as its base programming language, and you could do quite dynamic things behind the scenes, whereas the Jaspersoft interface seems rather locked. So, you're limited in your options. Being a programmer, you like to have room to be able to invent and create rather than just being limited to a few selection boxes.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
9%
Educational Organization
66%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Government
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management?
The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license.
What needs improvement with Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management?
The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved.
What needs improvement with Broadcom Clarity PPM?
While Clarity is highly customizable, it could be better delivered as an agile solution out of the box. However, Broadcom has a separate agile tool called Rally.
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Clarity PPM?
Clarity is used for financials, resource management, project planning, and portfolio planning. I work with companies in the United States and abroad across various industries, utilizing Clarity as ...
 

Also Known As

planningIT, alfabet planningIT, Alfabet IT Planning and Portfolio Management
Clarity PPM, CA Clarity, CA PPM, CA Clarity PPM
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern
Toyota Financial Services, GameStop, Polycom, Sky, Qantas, Cox Enterprises, Banco Mercantil, Borealis
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