We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ALM and Microsoft Azure DevOps 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."The tools for requirement capture we have found very useful."
"We have something called the GC (global configuration), which is a unique feature compared to any other competitor we have in the ALM space."
"It's easy to use."
"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."
"The word emulation and importing is good."
"The planning feature is rich with Scrum concepts: Sprint, Sprint retrospective, the rules in the Scrum framework."
"It helped us contain critical things, like source code and several documents, which is very important to us."
"You can customize the board according to your needs."
"It is easy to use. The shared repository is useful. Everything is in one environment."
"What I like the most about this product is that it's free and it's secure."
"It is good for monitoring purposes. We are using the build pipelines of Microsoft Azure. They are also valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the complete integration between test cases, pipelines, and issue management."
"Two of the most valuable features include the integrated project management suite, which consolidates source code and project management in a single location, and its powerful reporting capabilities."
"I found the Kanban board to be the most useful for my needs."
"The nice thing about Visual Studio Code is that it's a modular design. So if you're working on a strange language that has a different syntax, you can just get a plugin that'll format your code for you based on the language it's in."
"The simplicity and ease of use are two features that we have found to be most valuable."
"Of course it would be related to customer experience. The solution is not user friendly at all. It needs an expert to use it, although the reporting feature was okay."
"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 stability of this solution can be improved."
"Some improvements to the user interface (UI) would be helpful, such as exposing more services to make it easier to customize to the needs of each customer."
"The GUI is a little bit outdated."
"The reporting functionality needs to be improved."
"The features should be more intuitive. If I'm looking for something, its location should be easy to locate."
"The interconnectivity between packages is a major support problem and can be improved."
"All of the tests of the applications are done on the mobile or web interface and it could be improved."
"Some of the queries, the way they're built, need to be looked at. We need better query tools."
"One thing I would note is that it's hard to know what is included or not in the product. Especially when you begin to try and compare it to other solutions. When you go to a site like VersionOne, they tell you Azure DevOps doesn't have this or that, and when you go to Microsoft, it says VersionOne doesn't have this or that. They could do a better job of laying out exactly what is on offer so customers know going in exactly what they'll get."
"It should be easier to manage Licenses especially because it's in the cloud."
"The documentation isn't straightforward."
"I have not been able to use the integration with automation features, such as test management automation, with a framework that is written in Java."
"The portfolio is one area where DevOps has room for improvement. Built-in reporting and visualization also could be better. We're using Power BI and Tableau to compile more complex reports and dashboards. Azure DevOps has some out-of-the-box reporting capabilities, but they're very simple. It's usually okay on the team level, but if you have to run a complex report, it's difficult and insufficient, so we use Power BI as an extension."
"The tool has a logical link between epic feature, user story, and task, but when you try to generate a report to show the delivery progress against a feature, it is not easy. To see the percentage completion for a feature or progress of any delivery, it is not easy to draw a report."
IBM Rational ALM is ranked 10th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 124 reviews. IBM Rational ALM is rated 7.2, while Microsoft Azure DevOps 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 Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, Polarion ALM, PTC Integrity and Atlassian ALM, whereas Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, Jira, TFS, Rally Software and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management. See our IBM Rational ALM vs. Microsoft Azure DevOps report.
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