Polarion ALM Reviews

Name: Polarion ALM
Brand: Siemens
Rating: 3.9 (20 reviews)

3.9 out of 5

20 reviews
86% willing to recommend

179 followers

What is Polarion ALM?

The world’s first 100% browser-based ALM enterprise solution, which enables seamless collaboration across disparate teams, multi-directionally linked work items, full traceability, accelerated productivity and automated proof of compliance.

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Polarion ALM is the #7 ranked solution in top Enterprise Agile Planning Tools and #9 ranked solution in top Application Lifecycle Management Suites. PeerSpot users give Polarion ALM an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Polarion ALM is most commonly compared to Microsoft Azure DevOps: Polarion ALM vs Microsoft Azure DevOps. Polarion ALM is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 66% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a manufacturing company, accounting for 25% of all views.

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Dina Bindi

Information and Communication technology at CNH Industrial

It's extremely flexible. Configuring items is straightforward and doesn't require involving the supplier each time. We find the requirement management, test management, documentation, and dashboards very effective. However, we don't use DevOps-related features, such as integration with tools like SVN or Git, because we use Azure DevOps. The aspects related to requirements, testing, changes, tasks, and agile methodology are excellent, which is why we've been using it for a long time.

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Harold Pogue

Global IT Director of Digital Platforms. Digital and Connected Commerce at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The solution's editing capabilities need improvement. I would like the traceability and the generation of trace matrices beefed up. Felix ALM had a very flexible and powerful trace matrix capability, that Polarion ALM doesn't have. Currently, we have a person that writes scripting to do trace matrices across requirements tests, and different versions. The solution has a real problem when we have two or more people working on the same document with different WIs. in Polarion ALM, we have no way of knowing if someone else is using the same document until we try to exit because a notification pops up indicating someone else is working on the document. If we exit, we potentially will override their work and will have to go into the history to reconsolidate the document." The solution only indicates that someone else is also accessing the document once we have completed our work and it does not provide any information about who it is which makes things even more complicated when trying to consolidate the document.

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Shaik Abdullah

Field Application Engineer at FTD INFOCOM

Integration requires a lot of effort. You typically need to work with an implementation partner to get it done. Most connectors available for Polarion ALM are paid. Unlike other vendors offering several standard connectors for free, integrating third-party software with Polarion ALM involves discussing and coordinating with the third-party software providers, which requires effort. Most of our customers use multiple third-party software, and integrating them with Polarion ALM can be difficult. Even if we configure it for project use, integrating all this software plays a major role. It’s challenging to convince clients to use Polarion ALM because it requires a lot of effort and manual work to sync data from other third-party software.

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Polarion ALM mindshare

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As of January 2025, the mindshare of Polarion ALM in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category stands at 7.4%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites

PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites	Jan 20, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Polarion ALM vs Jira	Jan 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Polarion ALM vs Microsoft Azure DevOps	Jan 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Polarion ALM vs Nutanix Cloud Manager (NCM)	Jan 20, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Microsoft Azure DevOps	4.1	20.3%	95%	130 interviews Add to research
Jira	4.1	23.7%	91%	274 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"It's extremely flexible. Configuring items is straightforward and doesn't require involving the supplier each time. We find the requirement management, test management, documentation, and dashboards very effective."
"The software is stable."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its browser experience. I rate its traceability feature a ten out of ten. From the initial stage to the release, you can manage everything through a single point."

Room for Improvement

"I also recently suggested that CMS consider incorporating generative artificial intelligence into the system."
"Nowadays, the dashboard is too complex to be created."
"Integration requires a lot of effort. You typically need to work with an implementation partner to get it done. Most connectors available for Polarion ALM are paid. Unlike other vendors offering several standard connectors for free, integrating third-party software with Polarion ALM involves discussing and coordinating with the third-party software providers, which requires effort."

Pricing

Polarion ALM pricing is viewed as high, especially impacting smaller enterprises. Organizations mention it as one of the most expensive options, with additional costs for maintenance and support. Multi-year subscriptions can offer better rates, yet overall costs remain significant. Some enterprises leverage existing contracts with Siemens to mitigate expenses. Despite the cost, its price-performance balance is noted positively, with prices ranging based on various parameters, including approximately 50-60 euros per user.