OpenText ALM / Quality Center vs QMetry Test Management comparison

OpenText and QMetry are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. OpenText is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1, while QMetry is ranked #17 with an average rating of 6.0. OpenText holds a 13.2% mindshare in TMT, compared to QMetry’s 2.1% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution.

OpenText ALM / Quality Center

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89% willing to recommend

QMetry Test Management

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138 Comparison Views

0% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between OpenText ALM / Quality Center and QMetry Test Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText ALM / Quality Center

Ranking in Test Management Tools

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

205

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (5th)

QMetry Test Management

Ranking in Test Management Tools

17th

Average Rating

6.0

Number of Reviews

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Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText ALM / Quality Center is 13.2%, up from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QMetry Test Management is 2.1%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Aphiwat Leetavorn.

CTO at Marco Technology

Has an initial setup phase that is easy to manage

The tool has some limitations for the dashboard, especially when it comes to 20 or 25 of them, which is sometimes not enough, and one may have to use a custom Excel to help extend the dashboard. The tool needs improvements since it is an old technology. OpenText ALM / Quality Center's improved version is ALM Octane but it does not support some of the traditional parts of the original product. Some of the traditional parts are missing in a lot of areas of OpenText ALM / Quality Center. It is difficult to directly transfer OpenText ALM / Quality Center to ALM Octane. Some of the classic OEMs have limitations, especially when used in an IDE network. There is a need for the tool to check where changes in UI or UX need to be made. The technology used for UI and UX are not user-friendly.

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VinayKumar17

Team Lead at Graebert India

Helped with agile testing, provides exploratory testing and screen capture capabilities but visibility of test cases could be improved

QMetry has different aspects. It provides exploratory testing and screen capture capabilities while running tests. It has a recorder integrated. If you run a test on an application, it will record every aspect of it. For example, if you execute a user scenario, it will record what the user does within the application and generate a script. This can also be used for quick automation. Moreover, if we have an automation framework, QMetry can integrate with it. QMetry can also handle load testing in web-based applications. We have integrated it with a bug-tracking system, but not for automation. It was not difficult to integrate it. This integration was mainly for reporting purposes, such as creating reports directly from QMetry.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easy to create defects and easy to sync them up with a developer. Immediately, once created, it will trigger an email to the developer and we'll start a conversation with the developer regarding the requirements that have not been matched."

"By using QC we broke down silos (of teams), improved the organization of our tests, have a much better view of the testing status, and became much quicker in providing test results with document generation."

"The solution's most valuable features are its bidirectional traceability, the solid structure within the test plan, and the test lab."

"It is beneficial for managing testing data and has integration with Excel, allowing us to download reports easily."

"The ability to integrate this solution with other applications is helpful. If there is automation, it comes with improved quality and speed."

"The AI and functionality interface are useful."

"Quality management, project management from a QA perspective - testing, defect management, how testing relates back to requirements."

"The enhanced dashboards capabilities are useful for senior management to view the progress of releases under the portfolio in one go and also drill down to the graphs."

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"The best benefit was for new hires. We used to write our test cases in simple English within QMetry, so anyone who knew English could understand them. This helped with training new hires."

Cons

"The QA needs improvement."

"If the solution could create a lighter, more flexible tool with more adaptability to new methodologies such as agile, it would be great."

"The performance could be faster."

"It is not a scalable solution."

"The technology used for UI and UX are not user-friendly."

"ALM Quality Center could be improved with more techniques to manage Agile processes."

"The UI is very dated. Most applications these days have a light UI that can be accessed by pretty much any browser; QC still uses a UI which has a look almost the same for the past 20 years."

"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."

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"For me, the visibility could be improved. When executing a test case, you needed to open it separately to read the steps."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is expensive nowadays."

"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."

"Depending on the volume, the annual maintenance costs vary on a percentage but it's around $300 a year per license for maintenance. It's at 18% of the total cost of the license."

"HPE has one of the most rigid, inflexible, and super expensive license models."

"The solution was expensive for us."

"Pricing is managed by our headquarters. I am able to get from them for very cheap. The market price is horribly expensive."

"Quality Center is pricey, but cheaper is not always less expensive."

"Pricing could be improved as it's high-priced. I don't exactly know the pricing point, but previously, I know that it was really high so less people were able to use it for their projects."

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"QMetry was cheaper than Xray, which was based on the number of users."

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Educational Organization

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Questions from the Community

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 on-premises setup tends to be on the expensive side. It would be cheaper to use a cloud model with a pay-per-use licensing model.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?

The extract format is not ideal, splitting expected results into three line items, making interpretation difficult. Issues with mapping multiple functional test cases to one automated test case nee...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for QMetry Test Management?

QMetry was cheaper than Xray, which was based on the number of users. It was around $10d per user, while QMetry was closer to $4 per user. So it's about half the price.

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What needs improvement with QMetry Test Management?

QMetry team upgrade features based on the number of users experiencing certain problems. If fewer users encounter an issue, they may not address it. They have a different concept where feature deve...

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What is your primary use case for QMetry Test Management?

We use it for test case management. We used it to define valid and invalid inputs and to create tests for both scenarios. This involved manual testing, such as boundary value analysis and exceeding...

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Also Known As

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

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OpenText

QMetry

Overview

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.

QMetry is a suite of most comprehensive test management products to provide agile testing teams innovative technology platforms to deploy better Quality Software faster with confidence. It has more than 20 integrations. QMetry brand is trusted by 400+ customers globally across many industries including Finance, Healthcare Services, Travel & Hospitality, Retail, Education and High Technology.

Sample Customers

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

Healthland, Stanford University, Solid Fire, Proteus, Epocrates, Cognifide, Exo, Holmes Corporation, Global Communication, University of Sydney

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