We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Jira based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Everyone in a team can work on the same platform and share the same information."
"IBM Rational ALM is a very good tool. I like the management and traceability features and the test management tool. The latter is not linked with the stories and fixed management. It is really useful, and we can create test plans. We can also test some metrics related to QA."
"The tools for requirement capture we have found very useful."
"It is relatively easy to use and user-friendly once the setup is complete."
"One of the key advantages of IBM Rational ALM is its workflow capabilities, which enable seamless collaboration between development and production teams and ensure that all stakeholders are aware of the progress and readiness of the solution. Additionally, the solution is good for integration."
"We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"The cataloging is a very valuable feature. For a lot of enterprises, they end up not knowing which applications do specific features. The cataloging helps with this. It's not that verbose, but it still gives you allowances to put in more detail."
"The integration with Git works well."
"We use Jira for project management and tracking."
"The ability to change and rewrite tasks is valuable. You can add a lot of columns, change the owners and the change the components."
"One of the most valuable features is querying because the jQuery function is very good. Additionally, we can create good designs very easily."
"It's really smart how they connected third-party vendors into their own marketplace. You can create and add apps. Anybody can do it."
"The product is good, stable and very cost-effective for small teams."
"Jira has been a good l tool for collaborating across large groups of people. The JQL feature is powerful and easy to use."
"In our organization, we use Jira for project management and usually use the Scrum project type. We might adjust the workflows and stages to better suit our needs, but we mostly use the default functionalities it offers to manage our projects."
"The solution is easy to use and user-friendly."
"The reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"One of the complaints from users is that they have to click buttons too many times for just a simple task. Changing this would lead to a better user experience."
"The stability of this solution can be improved."
"In the next release, we expect a traceability metrics configuration where we can configure the user stories. We also expect them to improve or simplify the query process."
"There is not enough beginner support material in the form of FAQs or simple training to help you get started."
"The solution can improve in the development area and the customized applications."
"IBM Rational ALM should remove the features not used by the customers and keep this product as lightweight as possible."
"I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply."
"The way to configure it can definitely be improved. It is very difficult and complex to configure. Its configuration should be simplified."
"Sometimes the solution doesn't communicate well with other platforms. It's quite difficult to integrate things and make the data flow from A to B, to Jira, and then back to other areas."
"They could improve the solution by having a multiple project dashboard to be able to manage many projects KPI's at once, this would really be helpful."
"I'm mostly focusing on the requirements traceability with my thesis, the integration could improve for other tools. The companies are not only using Jira. For example, for the test cases or for the documents templates, we are using Polarion and we have been having some integration issues."
"It's also difficult to migrate through, things don't always tie-up. It's not easy to use."
"Lacks some common building block approaches to certain things."
"The biggest complaint industry-wide about JIRA is they need to purchase additional extensions, such as reporting automation. If they could provide some additional extensions from the initial purchase it would be a huge benefit."
"For me, the solution is too complicated as it has too many features. It would be nice if they could streamline things."
IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Jira is ranked 2nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 259 reviews. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Jira is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "A complex deployment that is not stable, but is cloud-based". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Codebeamer, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM, whereas Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. Jira report.
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