We performed a comparison between Polarion ALM and TFS 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 initial setup of this solution was straightforward, and there were not too many problems with it."
"The solution offers good integration."
"The best feature of Polarion ALM to me is its traceability link."
"Polarion ALM's integration is very good and easy to use."
"The tool helped us to more effectively and efficiently gather and structure the information (requirements, test plans, project management data, etc.), and share it with the involved stakeholders in a safe and change-controlled manner."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Polarion ALM has some valuable tools for managing our targets and requirements. I think that's its best feature."
"The features I find the most valuable are requirement tracking and schematics."
"We use TFS for forecast management."
"The most valuable features are the dashboard and task-selection capability."
"TFS' most valuable feature is the triage process. It is a robust solution that is easy to use."
"Team Foundation Server (TFS) is easy to use, and we have a complete trail and traceability. We also like the access control part."
"The solution is very much stable."
"Basically, the capacity to construct various products is something I find handy."
"For what I need TFS for, I have never run into any limitation."
"Some of the valuable features are version control and the ability to create different collections in terms of segregating the authorization for teams who connect to small projects."
"The ease-of-use could be improved a little."
"Technical support needs some improvement."
"The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations."
"The user interface is not yet optimized."
"The interface for this solution needs to be made more user-friendly to provide a better user experience."
"One of Polarion's shortcomings would be planning. It can handle plans, but the planning feature is very basic."
"The solution can be improved by making it more user-friendly, and a server-based application rather than client based."
"Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more."
"Currently, we are looking for a solution with which we can incorporate third-party development sites or third-party project teams into the system. Because it is on-premise, it is a bit problematic because we need to have a VPN or something else in the system. A cloud-based solution would be better for us, and that's what we are looking for. Our biggest problem is the external connection, which, of course, is limited by our own IT. It would be good to have some kind of publishing service for this external connection. It might be there, and it might be that our IT is making it impossible for us. Its template editor could be easier to use. Currently, customizing the project templates according to your needs requires some work."
"The reporting functionality is something that they should work on."
"TFS needs to be stable."
"The execution of test cases could stand improvement."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"They should have design patterns in TFS for the development team, and design patterns for the QA."
"The solution should have better dashboards."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
Polarion ALM is ranked 8th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 93 reviews. Polarion ALM is rated 7.8, while TFS is rated 8.0. 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". 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". Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, TestRail and Tricentis Tosca. See our Polarion ALM vs. TFS report.
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