IBM DOORS vs Inflectra SpiraTest comparison

"Compared to other tools that I have used over the past 20 years, DOORS is the best of the best."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is traceability. We can track every requirement, including what the stakeholder must do and component-level requirements."

"The most valuable feature for me is the ability to enter data into one table, or context, and link it across modules."

"It's a very interesting tool. I like that it's simple. You have to create your document, add your templates, and have your headings and definitions, and it's done. You must attribute the discipline and fill out the comment field for requirements. It also provides you with unique IDs for each requirement. I like that it never duplicates IDs."

"The traceability matrix in DOORS improved our project outcomes. It helps ensure coverage of requirements at different levels, from user requirements to software requirements to test requirements."

"I like being able to sort and categorize the requirements and the exporting functions."

"The shell scripting is the solution's most valuable aspect."

"I really like the customization that can be done using the DOORS Extension Language (DXL)."

"The user-friendly features are the most valuable. For example, migration of requirements and migration of test cases and the creation of traceability. You have various reports that you need. The plug-ins that are available to connect with the other tools."

"The ability to reuse test cases already used across projects is the most valuable feature of this solution. We don't need to create new ones."

"I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it."

"The reporting functionality helps vendors and technical resources identify bugs and issues that need to be addressed. The simple dashboard-style home page makes training end-user testers simple and straightforward. The actual testing UI is VERY straightforward and very intuitive for the end-users that test the system since very often we pull from business and operational users to help test new systems."

"We were able to add a step-by-step procedure for someone to follow to assist in testing."

"The features of this product most valuable to me were the test case management and the visual status, by which it was displayed."

"Inflectra SpiraTest has a lot of functionality, which is good."

"I would like to see them improve in agile management the Scrum/Kanban Board to work with overseas team members."

"The customer must also have the tool to import the changes and accept them as a part of the review."

"I think there is probably room to improve by offering free training."

"The software and GUI is very outdated."

"They need to provide users with information on what options would be best for their setup."

"It would be helpful if Microsoft provided a more user-friendly interface for updating and querying updates. Additionally, if there was a way for users to notify developers of any changes in requirements, it would allow for faster and more efficient updates to the solution's architecture. This could be in the form of a notification system that alerts developers of any changes that need to be made. Additionally, the solution is document-driven and it should be more digital."

"Complexity, performance, openness are the three areas that can be improved. The IBM architecture and specifically Jazz looks more complex. There are a lot of servers. It's quite complicated. The search capabilities lack in IBM Rational DOORS Classic for customers who have a database with a requirement of more than 25,000 records. For example, you can search easily for a module, but it's really difficult to look for keywords through the whole database because all the modules are separated into small components, which makes the search quite complex. This is something that's really annoying because when we want to make an impact analysis, we would like to analyze the product globally. It's quite difficult to manage. The fact that you can interact externally with data makes it complex. The approach is complex and doesn't work as expected. For example, when I tried to experiment with exporting some records, the tool crashed, but I couldn't find out the root cause, that is, whether it happened because of Rational Windows or lack of memory. It was just crashing. Logs weren't very clear. IBM can try to use more recent technology for different aspects and make it easy. They can also provide free integration from DOORS Classic to DOORS. Currently, all the customization in Excel is lost, which makes it very complex. It would be a feature to make new versions compatible with features in the past versions."

"The interface is not very user-friendly and has not evolved in a long time."

"Migrating is not very easy. It depends on the organization, how efficient and effective the decision-making process is. The plug-ins should be easier and more integrated rather than the user trying to integrate the tools which are more popular, like Jira et al."

"The UI for managing test cases, test sets, test runs could be a little more integrated, currently, these feel disjointed at times and confusing. Also, the test steps page needs to display the test steps closer to the top of the UI so as to not have to scroll down to find."

"The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I need to be able to create dashboards and reports easily."

"Two areas that can stand improvement: integration with third party products and making it more intuitive."

"The user interface is slightly complicated and not very consistent. It could be more user friendly."

"Being able to add scripting for testing can and does save a lot of time. When you are able to just ‘run’ a test case rather than manually add it and run it."

"It should develop integration with JIRA. We have some complexities which caused us not to decide to integrate it with our JIRA, like synchronous data."

"It's expensive."

"I am not sure why it is so expensive, but one license will cost approximately $15,000 in US dollars."

"Pricing can vary depending on the size of the organization and how contracts are negotiated."

"IBM Rational DOORS is highly expensive."

"We have to pay for a license. I think it's a one-time payment as my company hasn't notified me about more charges. I don't think it's expensive for large corporations, but it will be costly for an average person."

"The licensing cost is too high."

"Licensing fees are billed annually and there is no support included with what I pay."

"IBM is a bit too expensive in terms of pricing. Customers are paying a lot for the license, and the price is quite high for this kind of environment. It is quite high as compared to what we can get today with other solutions."

"I Googled the pricing for Inflectra SpiraTest, and it's about $4,000 annually."

"The pricing was excellent. I would recommend the enterprise solution."