We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Quality Manager and TestRail 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."Integration with the other professional tools is a very strong advantage, so that we can have a traceability between the requirements and defects in Rational Team Concert. That's the most important aspect."
"It allows user to add whichever widget (predefined) based on the need. It has integration with CCM and RM to achieve traceability."
"The one feature that has not allowed us to switch to any other solution is the integration with functional testing."
"It's very reliable as a solution."
"The most valuable feature is the RFT because it allows us to automate manual test cases."
"RQM's best features are integration with test automation and performance testing."
"Reusability and integration capabilities which make it a great choice for organizations that use a variety of development tools and platforms."
"RQM is something that we use everyday, so it has to be up and running, otherwise we would lose everything."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the UI. The structure of test cases is easy to understand."
"Most valuable features are the ease of organizing test cases and a great API for sending results from automated test run results into the database."
"You don't need to follow complex procedures to create a test run, test case, etc."
"The product helps us create test cases and reports."
"I use the product to create test cases and share them with my team and manager."
"I use the solution for test management."
"The ability to time test runs gives the tester the ability to compare calculated times to actual times it takes for a test case to run."
"The API to support integration of the homemade automated testing tool."
"Mainly Quality Assurance and DevOps, but of course the whole company and management areas with more knowledge of quality and client success approach."
"RQM could be improved by adding a feature that allows test requirements to be selected when creating a task plan."
"Currently, the user interface needs to be more user-friendly."
"Organizing the test cases is tedious. There is no mechanism to keep and maintain the test cases as hierarchy. This should be seriously addressed."
"Integration capabilities with other vendors' tools should improve."
"It would be helpful if we could assign a hierarchy to a group of test cases."
"While RQM allows for running tests and viewing results, it could be further enhanced in terms of performance and speed."
"I think it's fine from a performance perspective but usability is something that needs improvement."
"I have faced some issues with the integration between TestRail and Jira, which haven't been permanently resolved yet."
"There are a number of improvements that have been requested. While I don't have a list of these requests available, many can be found on Gurock's forum."
"The platform needs improvement regarding performance and creating links."
"It would be useful if it had its own issue management system. At the moment, it's purely a test management tool and you have to link to a defect management tool, like JIRA. It would be useful if there was an option to use its own defect management tool so that it's integrated and not two separate tools."
"The product is not focused on synthetic data creation. I would also like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"It would be nice if they would add an export to Word."
"TestRail's user interface is not great. When you use it for the first time, you will be very uncomfortable and not know how to create test cases. It doesn't have a field for preconditions and post-conditions."
"I do see room for lots of improvement in it. In terms of usability, duplication with test cases and constant creation of projects isn't easy. There is also too much API integration into automation tools, which is not there in ALM with UFT. Instead of setting it up as a project and using it, we set it up as a system for usability. It also lacks in the traceability aspect. For traceability, you need to use the JIRA plugin and drag traceability on JIRA, but the functionality is still quite limited. The biggest gap is mainframe testing. It would be good if I could start with mainframe testing. Manual granting of access is another issue. There is no API that I could use with another system where it is automated. There is an API for loading somebody to a project but not for adding to the application."
IBM Rational Quality Manager is ranked 7th in Test Management Tools with 11 reviews while TestRail is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews. IBM Rational Quality Manager is rated 7.6, while TestRail is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Quality Manager writes "Scalable and Stable solution with good integration function and support team". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TestRail writes "A tool that provides effective test management and real-time reporting capabilities". IBM Rational Quality Manager is most compared with OpenText ALM / Quality Center, Zephyr Enterprise and Tricentis qTest, whereas TestRail is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Tricentis qTest, TFS, Tricentis Tosca and Jira. See our IBM Rational Quality Manager vs. TestRail report.
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