We performed a comparison between IBM Rational ClearCase and Visual Studio Team System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Software Configuration Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"The tool had features similar to Git for version control. It offered branching and merging capabilities, providing better control over code management. Integration was possible with other tools, including some change management tools. The overall process was normal."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"Microsoft makes great products. They are quite robust."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Every month there is an increase in the number of users. It is a scalable solution."
"The solution is pretty stable."
"The product is efficient."
"The product helps with version control. I can build, develop, test and deploy applications from a single platform."
"IntelliSense and CodeLens are helpful because they can show you details about your function, such as how many times it is called from other places within the code."
"I am not familiar with any issues with respect to stability, and I have never seen Team System crash."
"Visual Studio Team System is the most powerful IDE available in the market."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"The solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
"I have found it very difficult to understand many functionalities in IBM Rational ClearCase. We have had many problems and it is not user-friendly."
"The tool's subscriptions are expensive for medium and small businesses. It works fine on Windows. However, it is not stable on other platforms."
"I have seen customizations with Team System that allowed it to integrate into other ticketing systems like Jira, which would be a really nice feature to see."
"The product must improve its stability."
"The overall customer support needs to improve."
"The product should be priced better."
"When you go into the front-end, the web portal, if, for example, you pick up an issue, it would be ideal if the branch was automatically created in the repository. Right now, this isn't the case."
"Support response time could stand improvement."
"The stability of the product could be better."
IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 4th in Software Configuration Management with 6 reviews while Visual Studio Team System is ranked 3rd in Software Configuration Management with 14 reviews. IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4, while Visual Studio Team System is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Useful for version control but UI is slow ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Team System writes "A scalable and efficient solution that can be used to perform tasks involved in developing information systems". IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, IBM Rational ClearQuest and Helix Core, whereas Visual Studio Team System is most compared with . See our IBM Rational ClearCase vs. Visual Studio Team System report.
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