We performed a comparison between Endevor and IBM Rational ClearCase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"It standardizes the processing of all the development. Everything gets produced in a constant and consistent manner."
"The source management is excellent."
"Endevor is easy to use."
"The developers can very easily see what has changed on a particular piece of source code or a program, and others can look at that as well so they can coordinate their changes. It makes it much easier to promote a piece of code up to production."
"The approach of writing a single set of Endevor processors to work across multiple instances of the application (separate systems) made the processors fairly complex, but once you understand them, they are so powerful."
"Our automation, our development implementations are all automated, which is a huge amount of time savings."
"We backup people's source code for them."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"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."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"There are a lot of screens in it. The process for moving out my other solutions, it could be more convenient. There are a lot of steps to go through and a lot of screens to go through to get it accomplished."
"The initial setup can be less complex and has room for improvement."
"The main challenges are its limited interface and the complexity of the customization."
"The customer service and support team are not helpful."
"Endevor can improve parallel development."
"It is difficult to find file programs and use a different tool for the setup as the compilation process is all locked up."
"There should be better integration between CA Endevor Software Change Manager and Zowe."
"Interfacing with some change control products that are not CA's, it's a little glitchy on the approvals of changes. It requires special needs for the users for approvals."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"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 solution's UI is slow compared to other tools. It is an old tool."
Endevor is ranked 1st in Software Configuration Management with 45 reviews while IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 4th in Software Configuration Management with 6 reviews. Endevor is rated 8.8, while IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Endevor writes "A highly stable tool for managing mainframe software development projects that require significant expertise". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Difficult to use, not efficient, but stable". Endevor is most compared with BMC Compuware ISPW, OpenText ChangeMan ZMF, CA Harvest Software Change Manager and IBM Engineering Workflow Management, whereas IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with Git, GitHub, Bitbucket and IBM Rational ClearQuest.
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