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We performed a comparison between Codebeamer and Polarion ALM 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.
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Pros
"One of the most valuable features of Codebeamer is its strong performance.""Codebeamer's API-based integration and many other integration aspects with other solutions are very powerful.""The traceability is so simple that I don't need to do any additional configurations related to traceability.""It is a stable solution.""The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment.""There is a lot of complexity involved, meaning it can do many things, which can be quite useful.""You can track the metrics in the Agile dashboard very easily.""CodeBeamer provides full traceability, excellent collaboration, regulatory compliance, and instant reporting with its holistic approach from requirement management to testing."

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"It meets with everybody's needs without having to grab plugins.""Scalability is good...The integration is quite good.""Polarion ALM helps us better structure our customer requirements, and we can also validate the specs of our products against those. If anything changes on our side, we see the impact, and we can see the effect If a customer changes requirements.""It offers good performance.""Polarion ALM's integration is very good and easy to use.""I am impressed with the solution’s stability.""It is a very stable solution.""The technical support is quite good."

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Cons
"The solution has a very small market share in China. It's almost like a startup.""We would like to see more industry-specific features that are tailored to the vertical markets.""Usability needs to be improved.""It would be helpful if Codebeamer's overall processing and integration with software like Jira could be improved.""Certain areas in Codebeamer could be improved, like addressing small issues, glitches, or bugs.""It's still a fairly new tool that lacks maturity right now.""The search and replace feature within the tool itself could be improved.""The product's UI is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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"The ease-of-use could be improved a little.""The configuration aspect of the solution is not easy. A person needs a lot of programming knowledge in order to successfully handle the job.""We use PTC Windchill, and Polarion ALM doesn't have native integration, so we had to purchase the connector to integrate it with Polarion ALM. We still haven't implemented it.""As Polarion ALM is a development-oriented tool, easy support or easy access is provided by default, but if I want to use detailed features, I need to write the script, particularly the VM script, and this is its area for improvement. I want Polarion ALM to have a graphical user interface that doesn't need scripting. In the next release of the tool, I'd like for it to not require scripting and programming because needing to run script language is time-consuming.""The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations.""Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more.""Technical support needs some improvement.""The solution needs to improve its user experience and graphics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Pricing is good when compared to similar ALM solutions."
  • "It is reasonably priced and in accordance with the industry standards."
  • "They're not the most expensive product on the market, but they're not the cheapest either — I'd say codeBeamer ALM is moderately priced."
  • "Codebeamer is not a cheap solution."
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  • "The license model is okay for large companies but would be quite expensive for smaller enterprises."
  • "If the pricing would come down and it was more affordable then we wouldn't have to switch."
  • "Our license for Polarion ALM is yearly. And it's not the cheapest tool that we've looked at. So if we had made our decision purely based on the licensing cost, we wouldn't have selected Polarion."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "Software for medical devices is always expensive."
  • "You have to pay around 50-60 euros per user."
  • "It is an expensive product."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The platform provided the flexibility to expand our business processes, accommodating or altering them to suit the requirements of a changing environment.
    Top Answer:As I am not involved in purchasing the product, it is difficult for me to comment on the product's pricing model.
    Top Answer:During migrations from other platforms to CodeBeamer, there have been instances where we encountered issues that required redoing certain tasks.
    Top Answer:At the moment, I haven't looked in-depth into what needs improvement in the product. Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that… more »
    Top Answer:I work in an industry where I mainly look after the requirements, for which I use Polarion ALM.
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    codeBeamer ALM
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    Overview

    codeBeamer ALM is a market-leading Application Lifecycle Management platform. It is holistically integrated, and is packed with features that help you develop better products faster. Scale, monitor, control, and report on your entire development lifecycle conveniently, and comply with safety-critical regulations. Cut development time and costs.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Medtronic, Align Technology, Daimler, Samsung, Harman, Dassault
    Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, IBS AG, Zumtobel Group
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company28%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Healthcare Company7%
    Transportation Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company36%
    Healthcare Company21%
    Transportation Company14%
    Consumer Goods Company7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company24%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Healthcare Company9%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise38%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business37%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise71%
    Buyer's Guide
    Codebeamer vs. Polarion ALM
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Codebeamer vs. Polarion ALM and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
    772,679 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Codebeamer is ranked 9th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 10 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 8th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Codebeamer is rated 7.8, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Codebeamer writes "Has good technical support services, but the migration process needs improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Polarion ALM writes "Though needing an improvement in reporting and time for extraction of the data, its integration capabilities are good". Codebeamer is most compared with PTC Integrity, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, IBM Rational ALM and IBM Engineering Workflow Management, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, PTC Integrity, GitLab and Jama Connect. See our Codebeamer vs. Polarion ALM report.

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