ConformIQ Creator vs OpenText ALM / Quality Center comparison

Conformiq and OpenText are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. Conformiq is ranked #22, while OpenText is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2. Conformiq holds a 1.3% mindshare in TMT, compared to OpenText’s 12.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Conformiq users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

ConformIQ Creator

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OpenText ALM / Quality Center

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

OpenText ALM / Quality Center and ConformIQ Creator compete in Application Lifecycle Management. ConformIQ Creator appears to have the upper hand due to its superior features despite a higher price.

Features: OpenText ALM / Quality Center offers comprehensive test management capabilities, seamless integration with other tools, and extensive support. ConformIQ Creator provides automated model-based testing, ease of use, and advanced automation that reduces manual testing efforts.

Room for Improvement: OpenText ALM / Quality Center needs better flexibility and modern testing methodologies. ConformIQ Creator requires improvements in reporting capabilities and enhanced tool integrations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText ALM / Quality Center can be challenging to deploy but is supported by robust customer service. ConformIQ Creator has a straightforward deployment process and responsive support team.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText ALM / Quality Center is cost-effective and provides satisfactory ROI. ConformIQ Creator, although more expensive, offers a higher ROI due to automation efficiencies.

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Categories and Ranking

ConformIQ Creator

Ranking in Test Management Tools

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Design Automation (3rd), AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (20th)

OpenText ALM / Quality Center

Ranking in Test Management Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

8.2

Number of Reviews

203

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of ConformIQ Creator is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText ALM / Quality Center is 12.5%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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QE Manager at Capgemini

Apr 6, 2021

Feature-rich stable tool with multiple options to control output, good integration with other tools, and knowledgeable support team

The core functionality of the tool is automated test generation of optimized test suite; the tool has extensive list of options for the same. The product's integration with other tools sets it apart. It has integrations with many upstream (for requirements mapping) and downstream (export of test cases to various tools) products. It is like "plug-and-play". For any customized downstream tool, like our proprietary automation framework, support is provided for custom development. It is has features - Business AD - to use in Agile implementations. The latest version seems to have support for BDD/Gherkin as well, which we have not used much.

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Ajit Kumar Rout

Sr Quality Assurance Engineer at Wabtec Industrial

Aug 1, 2023

Offers features for higher-end traceability and integration with different tools but lacks in scalability

We used Quality Center for test case management. We wrote and uploaded test cases into it, and we also executed them manually. We could track the results of the test cases, and we could also track the defects that were found. We also used it for higher-end requirements management and traceability…

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

Pros

"Though optimized and automated test generation is the core functionality, the product's integration with other tools sets it apart."

"The tool has the ability to integrate with various requirement management, test management, and version control tools."

"Having used the tool before, I like the use of parameters, being able to do exports and reports of the data for monitoring of executions, and the defect management as well. I feel satisfaction in that area."

"The setup is pretty straightforward."

"Test Execution (Test Lab): This allows us to track our manual tests with date and time and enter actual results and screenshots."

"This solution is open and very easy to integrate. The interface is good too."

"The initial setup is straightforward. It's not too hard to deploy."

"Within Quality Center, you have the dashboard where you can monitor your progress over different entities. You can build your own SQL query segments, and all that data is there in the system, then you can make a dashboard report."

"You can do your development from start to finish: starting with the requirements, ending with defects, and testing in-between."

"It's user friendly, scalable, and very stable and strong. It's cooperative, meaning that I can assess the test to check it and follow the flow of defects, and the developers and the business can use this tool to follow the test process."

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Cons

"I would like to see the output data optionally used as input for the model, as further action in the flow."

"Even though the 4.1 version is a far-improved version from its earlier avatars, the performance of test generation is still an issue on real-time models we have."

"It would be helpful to have a feature in the tool's UI to map object locators within the system."

"There are always new features and more support for new and legacy technology architectures with each release. But the bad news is a growing list of long-standing issues with the product rarely gets addressed."

"The solution's reporting could be improved."

"I would rate it a 10 if it had the template functionality on the web side, had better interfaces between other applications, so that we didn't have dual data entry or have to set up our own migrations."

"There were multiple modules and stuff to the solution so maybe the requirements can map to test scripts. It can't map to test steps. If you've got a process that's set up and you've got multiple test scripts that are in it, each script has to be linked to the requirement and the whole set can't be. If we're doing process-driven testing, it's more difficult to do it at the script level, which is what we're finding from a traceability perspective."

"I'd like to be able to improve how our QA department uses the tool, by getting better educational resources, documentation to help with competencies for my testers."

"The solution needs to offer support for Agile. Currently, ALM only supports Waterfall."

"The integration could be improved because with Agile technology you are working more quickly than with a top-down methodology."

"Quality Center's ability to connect all the different projects to reflect status and progress is quite complicated. We may develop something because there are so many projects. Right now, I have to do something which Quality Center is really not designed for: over reporting. This is a very big problem right now. We may develop some controls, but it is problem at the moment. I love Quality Center for individual projects to work with it. However, if you have a lot of projects for Quality Manager to do cross reporting on many projects, then it's almost impossible. It takes a lot of time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The licensing fee is a little expensive."

"For pricing, I recommend to buy a bundled package. Check the HPE site for more details."

"The cost of licensing depends on the number of VMs that you are running test cases on and it is not cheap."

"It allows us to keep our costs low. I do not want to pay beyond a certain point for this solution."

"The pricing is expensive nowadays."

"Seat and concurrent licensing models exist; the latter is recommended if a large number of different users will be utilizing the product."

"It is very expensive as compared to other tools. We didn't get their premier version. It is a lesser version, and to upgrade, there will be an additional cost for us."

"Most vendors offer the same pricing, though some vendors offer a cheaper price for their cloud/SaaS solution versus their on-premise. However, cloud/SaaS solutions result in a loss of freedom. E.g., if you want to make a change, most of the time it needs to be validated by the vendor, then you're being charged an addition fee. Sometimes, even if you are rejected, you are charged because it's a risk to the entire environment."

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Financial Services Firm

37%

Computer Software Company

18%

Manufacturing Company

Logistics Company

Educational Organization

61%

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What do you like most about Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?

The most valuable feature is the ST Add-In. It's a Microsoft add-in that makes it much easier to upload test cases into Quality Center.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?

The pricing is quite high. We pay around $30,000 for thirty users, translating to approximately $6,000 to $10,000 per user, which is high. X-ray for Jira is cheaper at around $10,000 a year for fiv...

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?

The solution is not browser-based, which modern users prefer. The synchronizer tool to sync with Jira is not maintained, and it doesn't support the required encryption levels for passwords, which c...

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Also Known As

Conformiq Creator, Conformiq Transformer

Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, HPE ALM, Quality Center, Quality Center, Micro Focus ALM

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Conformiq

OpenText

Overview

Conformiq Creator provides a solution for automating testing processes and speeding up the software development lifecycle of Enterprise IT applications. Conformiq Creator is used in various sectors, including Telecom, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Retail, and Public Sector services. Launched initially in 2013, Creator quickly gained popularity among its users for its functional testing, application testing, system testing, and end-to-end testing.

Conformiq Transformer shortens the path to test automation, simplifies model-based testing (MBT) adoption using existing methods, and automates manual test execution. Along with Conformiq Creator, which generates executable test cases, scripts and documentation from models, it automates and transforms test design, extending the Conformiq 360° Test Automation™ solution for complex system testing at the speed of development.

OpenText ALM/Quality Center serves as the single pane of glass for software quality management. It helps you govern application lifecycle management activities and implement rigorous, auditable lifecycle processes.

Sample Customers

Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Daimler, Ericsson

Airbus Defense and Space, Vodafone, JTI, Xellia, and Banco de Creìdito e Inversiones (Bci)

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