We performed a comparison between GitLab and Polarion ALM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Enterprise Agile Planning Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Gitlab are integration with CIE and the ability to rapidly deploy solutions, projects, and applications. It is very easy to use, and there are no complaints."
"We use the Git repository and tagging feature. We are a product-based company and use this solution to move to a forward or backward tag."
"GitLab is a solution for source code management, container registry, pipelines, testing, and deployment."
"GitLab is very well-organized and easy to use. Also, it offers most features that customers need."
"The solution is stable."
"Key features allow creation of well-presented Wiki that includes ideas, development, and domains."
"The most valuable features of GitLab are the CI/CD pipeline and code management."
"The most valuable feature of GitLab is the ability to upload scripts and make changes when needed and then reupload them. Additionally, the solution is user-friendly."
"Polarion ALM's integration is very good and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the function of the ALM system."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Scalability is good...The integration is quite good."
"The features I find the most valuable are requirement tracking and schematics."
"The best feature of Polarion ALM to me is its traceability link."
"I am impressed with the solution’s stability."
"Polarion ALM helps us better structure our customer requirements, and we can also validate the specs of our products against those. If anything changes on our side, we see the impact, and we can see the effect If a customer changes requirements."
"GitLab can improve by integrating with more tools, such as servers with Docker."
"When deploying the solution on cloud and the CI/CD pipeline, we have to define the steps and it becomes confusing."
"The price of GitLab could improve, it is high."
"Expand features to match other tools such as a static code analysis tool so third-party integrations are not required."
"GitLab can improve the integration with third-party applications. It could be made easier. Additionally, having API control from my application could be helpful."
"The solution does not have many built-in functions or variables so scripting is required."
"We do face issues in our company when we run out of disk space."
"It could have more security integrations and the ability to check the vulnerability of the code. I don't think it is a responsibility of Gitlab, but it would be nice to have more options to integrate with."
"The configuration aspect of the solution is not easy. A person needs a lot of programming knowledge in order to successfully handle the job."
"One of Polarion's shortcomings would be planning. It can handle plans, but the planning feature is very basic."
"The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations."
"The solution needs to improve its user experience and graphics."
"The solution's editing capabilities need improvement."
"The interface for this solution needs to be made more user-friendly to provide a better user experience."
"Technical support needs some improvement."
"The weak point of Polarion ALM software is about reporting and time for extraction of the data...The quality of reporting needs to improve."
GitLab is ranked 2nd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 70 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 8th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 17 reviews. GitLab is rated 8.6, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of GitLab writes "Powerful, mature, and easy to set up and manage". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polarion ALM writes "Though needing an improvement in reporting and time for extraction of the data, its integration capabilities are good". GitLab is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Bamboo, SonarQube, AWS CodePipeline and Tekton, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity and Jama Connect. See our GitLab vs. Polarion ALM report.
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