We performed a comparison between Bitbucket Server and IBM Rational ClearCase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Version Control solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is an easily scalable solution."
"Bitbucket Server easily integrates with Jira because they are both Atlassian products."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is server management."
"Bitbucket Server integrates well with other products."
"It is an amazingly stable solution."
"The tool makes pushing codes and setting up CI/CD pipelines easy."
"Bitbucket Server supports code collaboration by providing commands developers can use to check in code. Through comments, developers can specify the purpose of the code check-in. Additionally, Bitbucket allows tagging of code for releases."
"In terms of benefits, I feel that many companies are moving to Bitbucket Server since it can be deployed on an on-premises model at a time when everything is being moved to the cloud."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"The tool had features similar to Git for version control. It offered branching and merging capabilities, providing better control over code management. Integration was possible with other tools, including some change management tools. The overall process was normal."
"The solution's user interface could be improved because it's not very user-friendly or intuitive."
"Instead of providing only raw features and plugins, Atlassian should provide a ready-to-use integration of both choices to incorporate "trunk-based" development."
"It would have been better to use Bitbucket Server if it had something similar to the concept called GitHub Actions since it allows GitHub to provide seamless integration of CI/CD pipelines."
"The tasks on Bitbucket must be automatically integrated into Jira."
"Bitbucket Server has limited user support for its free version. It is expensive."
"The product's initial setup phase is complex."
"The product interface consists of multiple features that are complicated to navigate for new users."
"If I want to mail someone a master branch, then sometimes it shows some conflict with other codes in the master branch."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"I have found it very difficult to understand many functionalities in IBM Rational ClearCase. We have had many problems and it is not user-friendly."
"The solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
Bitbucket Server is ranked 2nd in Version Control with 21 reviews while IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 8th in Version Control with 6 reviews. Bitbucket Server is rated 8.2, while IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Bitbucket Server writes "An easy to use solution that works as a code repository for developers and helps them merge changes ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Useful for version control but UI is slow ". Bitbucket Server is most compared with Bitbucket, Atlassian SourceTree, AWS CodeCommit and GitHub, whereas IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, Bitbucket, GitHub, IBM Rational ClearQuest and Helix Core. See our Bitbucket Server vs. IBM Rational ClearCase report.
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