We performed a comparison between Helix ALM and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Helix ALM enables users to build, make efficient and effective decisions, and use least-cost methods for maximum benefit, as fast as possible. They allow you to see and visualize your configuration."
"The tool offers high stability."
"The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility."
"Build definitions and releases within the product. allow us to put our latest applications in the field."
"User alerts are very helpful for knowing when work is required."
"TFS's best features include user-friendly test management, bug reporting, and ID assignment."
"From the project management perspective, the tool is efficiently managing teams by giving management information, such as reports, graphs, velocity, capacity, etc."
"I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools."
"It is easy to push our changes from quality to pre-prod and prod."
"Since it is a robust solution, I face no performance issues. Also, considering how well the implementation process of the solution was carried out, we never faced any issues while using the solution."
"The interface is easy to navigate."
"It would be great to see Perforce's strategy is for implementing intelligence into the process via AI or ML. It's not clearly defined, at least not to my knowledge."
"The accountability and the equivalent to using, acting, editing, working with Word, and also importing and exporting from Word needs improvement."
"Helix ALM should be able to integrate with other systems better. Helix ALM should also have an easier user interface, and the solution needs to have drag-and-drop tools included in it."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"Its pricing could be improved."
"The usability of TFS is not that great."
"I would also like a true command prompt like Git."
"TFS and MTM have their own style of working and they are different from other tools like Jira or TestRail, which are simpler and easy to use."
"The interface can be improved and made more user-friendly."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"It would be better if we could bring it out on the cloud."
Helix ALM is ranked 16th in Test Management Tools with 7 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. Helix ALM is rated 6.4, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Helix ALM writes "Helix ALM is insanely configurable, with great traceability, and flexibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". Helix ALM is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, Polarion Requirements and Tricentis qTest, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our Helix ALM vs. TFS report.
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