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Codebeamer vs IBM Engineering Workflow Management comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

No sentiment score available
Sentiment score
7.1
IBM Engineering Workflow Management boosted productivity by 30%, enhancing efficiency, though exact ROI calculation remains unclear over five years.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Codebeamer's customer support is praised for transparency and speed, with users suggesting a hotline chat for improvement.
Sentiment score
5.9
IBM's customer service is good; technical support varies, with some users preferring forums and local vendors over IBM support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Codebeamer is scalable across platforms, rated favorably against competitors, effective but requires effort to adapt to features.
Sentiment score
7.0
IBM Engineering Workflow Management is scalable and flexible but faces mixed reviews, especially regarding its reporting server and integration capabilities.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.8
Codebeamer is praised for its reliability and stability, earning high ratings despite occasional minor glitches.
Sentiment score
6.6
IBM Engineering Workflow Management exhibits variable stability, with newer versions praised but challenges noted in customized deployments needing close monitoring.
 

Room For Improvement

Codebeamer requires enhanced features, usability, integration, international support, documentation, intuitive interface, and improved marketing and compatibility strategies.
IBM Engineering Workflow Management struggles with complex UI, sluggish performance, limited customization, and lacks features compared to competitors.
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users view Codebeamer pricing as competitive and aligned with industry standards, despite not being the cheapest option.
IBM Engineering Workflow Management is complex and costly, but users find it cost-effective with justified ROI despite high expenses.
 

Valuable Features

Codebeamer excels in traceability, customization, and integrations, ideal for automotive and pharmaceuticals, replacing tools like IBM DOORS.
IBM Engineering Workflow Management offers seamless task integration, comprehensive traceability, customizable reports, agile templates, and robust resource management features.
 

Categories and Ranking

Codebeamer
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (10th)
IBM Engineering Workflow Ma...
Average Rating
6.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Software Configuration Management (5th), Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Application Lifecycle Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Codebeamer is designed for Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, up 4.5% compared to last year.
IBM Engineering Workflow Management, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Agile Planning Tools, holds 0.9% mindshare, up 0.9% since last year.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Gaurav Kandurwar - PeerSpot reviewer
Has good technical support services, but the migration process needs improvement
In my current company, we previously used multiple tools for requirement management, test management, and tracking, such as Arvines, a hardware list for test management, and Jira for tracking purposes. However, these tools were part of a segregated environment, and management decided to upgrade them due to their outdated functionalities. Consequently, my team and I evaluated various tools for requirement management and chose CodeBeamer for its flexibility. We found it is more adaptable to our organization's needs and processes, making it a suitable choice for our migration efforts. During the evaluation process, we considered features compatibility with our business processes and flexibility to accommodate changes. This aspect was crucial to minimizing adjustment time and ensuring a smooth transition to the new tool.
Suvajit Chakraborty - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers good traceability elements but UI needs improvement
There is room for improvement in the UI. The UI has to improve a lot compared to the competitive tools, like Atlassian Jira, for example. It's very easy to use. It is easy to manage and easy to use. Anybody can learn it right quickly and start with it. But IBM ELM is something where somebody has to have good knowledge, training, and understanding and then only start using it. But there's a big known knowledge curve for IBM ELM. But once that is there, it's normally; organizations do have their own internal team to basically manage it IBM ELM portfolio, the tool chain. So if they have internal teams who are doing it for quite some time, not something new, then it is definitely better. But if there's if somebody is starting new, definitely there is a knowledge curve time it can take at least a year or maybe a couple of years before they can start realizing the benefits.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
31%
Computer Software Company
15%
Healthcare Company
8%
Transportation Company
6%
Manufacturing Company
21%
Government
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about codeBeamer ALM?
The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for codeBeamer ALM?
As I am not involved in purchasing the product, it is difficult for me to comment on the product's pricing model.
What needs improvement with codeBeamer ALM?
Codebeamer is not completely compatible with our internal network setup, which could be improved.
What do you like most about IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
We can track the status of test cases (passed or saved) in a single view. Based on releases and other attributes, we generate various reports and extract metrics from the data.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
I've heard IBM Engineering Workflow Management is more expensive than other tools. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a six out of ten.
What needs improvement with IBM Engineering Workflow Management?
It's becoming less relevant for us, as we move to cloud-based and more contemporary cloud-based SCM systems such as GitHub. As new JDKs have been released over the years, tooling support in new rel...
 

Also Known As

codeBeamer ALM
IBM Rational Team Concert (IBM ALM), IBM RTC
 

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Sample Customers

Medtronic, Align Technology, Daimler, Samsung, Harman, Dassault
Telstra Corporation, Visteon, Atos SE, Panasonic Automotive Systems, IBM Global Technology Services, CareCore National, JTEKT Corp., ItaÒ BBA, Avea, CACEIS, Danske Bank Group, APIS IT
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