We performed a comparison between Codebeamer and IBM Rational ALM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The traceability is so simple that I don't need to do any additional configurations related to traceability."
"CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."
"The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment."
"Since implementing this solution we have better communication and information exchange with customers."
"You can track the metrics in the Agile dashboard very easily."
"One of the most valuable features of Codebeamer is its strong performance."
"There is a lot of complexity involved, meaning it can do many things, which can be quite useful."
"The solution easily replaces IBM DOORS, which no longer offers maintenance in China."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"The tools for requirement capture we have found very useful."
"The cataloging is a very valuable feature. For a lot of enterprises, they end up not knowing which applications do specific features. The cataloging helps with this. It's not that verbose, but it still gives you allowances to put in more detail."
"The solution is customizable."
"The planning feature is rich with Scrum concepts: Sprint, Sprint retrospective, the rules in the Scrum framework."
"We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"One of the key advantages of IBM Rational ALM is its workflow capabilities, which enable seamless collaboration between development and production teams and ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the progress and readiness of the solution. Additionally, the solution is good for integration."
"I would like to see more, easily trackable reports."
"The product's UI is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks."
"It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now."
"The search and replace feature within the tool itself could be improved."
"It would be helpful if Codebeamer's overall processing and integration with software like Jira could be improved."
"The solution has a very small market share in China. It's almost like a startup."
"Usability needs to be improved."
"The stability of IBM Rational ALM could be improved."
"The directory designer manager is uncivil. The design manager is clearly really unstable."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply."
"I think nowadays people are getting into Jira and other tools. What is happening is, this solution is becoming more traditional, whereas Jira and other tools are more attractive for the new users to learn and start using because of the graphical interfaces."
"The reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"There is not enough beginner support material in the form of FAQs or simple training to help you get started."
"The features should be more intuitive. If I'm looking for something, its location should be easy to locate."
Codebeamer is ranked 9th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 10 reviews while IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Codebeamer is rated 7.8, while IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2. The top reviewer of Codebeamer writes "Has good technical support services, but the migration process needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". Codebeamer is most compared with PTC Integrity, Polarion ALM, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira and IBM Engineering Workflow Management, whereas IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM. See our Codebeamer vs. IBM Rational ALM report.
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