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 8.2, while QMetry is ranked #18 with an average rating of 6.0. OpenText holds a 12.5% mindshare in TMT, compared to QMetry’s 2.2% 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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145 Comparison Views

0% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

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)

QMetry Test Management

Ranking in Test Management Tools

18th

Average Rating

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText ALM / Quality Center is 12.5%, down from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of QMetry Test Management is 2.2%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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VinayKumar17

Team Lead at Graebert India

Jun 11, 2024

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

"By standardizing our template, we publish reports at the business unit level."

"The product can scale."

"It is stable and reliable."

"So the first impression that hits me about HP UFT 14.0 (formerly QTP) is that it seems to be a whole lot faster! But that could be subjective, as I'm running it on a high end gaming system."

"The AI and functionality interface are useful."

"The tool's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly, and everybody can learn to use it easily."

"ALM is a well-known product and is one of the pioneers in providing test management facilities with a 360 degree view of requirements."

"Lab Management is a valuable feature, because you have a 360 view."

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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

"It is nice, but it does have some weaknesses. It's a bit hard to go back and change the requirement tool after setup."

"The UFT tests don't work very well and it seems to depend on things as simple as the screen resolution on a machine that I've moved to."

"The solution's reporting could be improved."

"Currently, what's missing in the solution is the ability for users to see the ongoing scenarios and the status of those scenarios versus the requirements. As for the management tools, they also need to be improved so users can have a better idea of what's going on in just one look, so they can manage testing activities better."

"The QA needs improvement."

"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."

"We operate in Sweden, and there are not so many Swedish people that know the product."

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

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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

"We have divided our licenses between Micro Focus ALM and ALM Octane. It works for us."

"This is an expensive solution."

"If you have more than five users, a concurrent licensing model should be considered."

"Only major companies that can afford it use OpenText ALM."

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

"I'd rate the pricing as 3/10 as it's very expensive."

"It is an expensive tool. I think one needs to pay 10,000 USD towards the perpetual licensing model."

"I've never been in the procurement process for it. I don't think it is cheap. Some of the features can be quite expensive."

More OpenText ALM / Quality Center pricing and cost advice

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

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Top Industries

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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 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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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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Compared 15% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 31% of the time

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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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