We performed a comparison between Jira Align 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."Jira Align is an intuitive tool that features a roadmap view...The initial setup was straightforward...Jira Align is definitely worth the money."
"Align enables the capture of all capabilities."
"Being able to do PI planning using the program levels is most valuable. I find that the program-level reporting is most useful."
"What I like about Jira is that I can easily keep tabs on the status of different issues and what the team is working on."
"The product has good visualization capabilities and helps to see the different dimensions of a plan."
"The tool helps us with better tracking across various departments. Jira Align is highly valuable for organizations due to its flexibility. With my experience as an administrator, I can attest that it can be tailored to meet the diverse needs of any organization. It helps to eliminate the mess created by Excel spreadsheets."
"The biggest advantage of Jira Align, in my opinion, is its user-friendly interface, making it simple and easy for end users to navigate and utilize. The most valuable feature of Jira Align for me is its automation capabilities, allowing us to create automation rules based on logical conditions for our projects. In terms of cross-team collaboration, Jira Align's integration with our project squads has been highly effective. It enables seamless creation of stories linked to incidents and changes, facilitating better visibility and understanding of the relationships between them. Regarding road mapping and dependency tracking, Jira Align enhances our project planning by aligning with our best practices and providing robust capabilities for mapping out dependencies and tracking progress."
"Jira Align's most valuable features are the roadmap, the program board, and the reports."
"The solution offers good integration."
"We had a nice experience with technical support."
"You can see the work ticket and you can circulate that within the teams. You can define your flows, customize according to your needs, and you can create dashboards and create the reports according to your needs."
"The best feature of Polarion ALM to me is its traceability link."
"Scalability is good...The integration is quite good."
"The tool helped us to more effectively and efficiently gather and structure the information (requirements, test plans, project management data, etc.), and share it with the involved stakeholders in a safe and change-controlled manner."
"It offers good performance."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Jira Align should reduce the many information fields we need to provide while closing defects."
"I don't know if Jira provides training for people who want to be certified with the solution, so that is one of the problems."
"One area where Jira Align could improve is in its licensing model. There was a significant change in the licensing module about six months ago, which resulted in increased costs for customers like us. This change wasn't communicated clearly, and it made it challenging for companies to adopt Jira Align without facing higher expenses. In terms of features, I would like to see improved workflows in the next release, as that would greatly benefit our organization."
"One feature that needs improvement is the tool's ability to change schedules automatically. Users can't simply drag and drop tasks to reschedule them without notifying the entire team. This lack of functionality can hinder project management control, as changes should be communicated transparently to all team members."
"Jira Align fails to provide its users with a complete package in terms of portfolio management."
"For future releases of Jira Align, I would suggest making workflows simpler and more user-friendly."
"The tool must provide better bulk editing features."
"We have experienced errors with the internal server that occurs frequently."
"The configuration aspect of the solution is not easy. A person needs a lot of programming knowledge in order to successfully handle the job."
"The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations."
"The interface for this solution needs to be made more user-friendly to provide a better user experience."
"The ease-of-use could be improved a little."
"Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more."
"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."
"The planning and task management aspects of the solution were not that easy."
Jira Align is ranked 3rd in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 37 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 8th in Enterprise Agile Planning Tools with 17 reviews. Jira Align is rated 8.0, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Jira Align writes "Creates visibility, has lots of reports, and removes silos". 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". Jira Align is most compared with OpenText ValueEdge, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, JIRA Portfolio, Planview AgilePlace and Microsoft Azure DevOps, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity and GitLab. See our Jira Align vs. Polarion ALM report.
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