We performed a comparison between Helix ALM and Polarion Requirements based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Requirements Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool offers high stability."
"The most valuable features of Helix ALM are traceability and flexibility."
"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."
"I would say there is value in how powerful, configurable, and user-friendly it is."
"Its flexibility and APIs are the most valuable."
"My company mainly utilizes the product for documenting internal standards, guidelines, and requirements. Currently, we're focusing on using it for internal purposes, but the vision is to expand its usage to include contract requirements and tracking functionalities. While we're not there yet, it has proven effective for managing our internal documentation needs."
"A valuable feature from my side would be the comparison corporization."
"We can easily customize it because of the web services and open APIs. Also, the APIs are available. We integrated Polarion with one of Siemens' products, Teamcenter, which is especially useful for automotive industries. There is an open API for integration with Jira as well, so for me, customization is a strong point."
"The solution is especially great for organizing folders effectively."
"The biggest improvement would be in the transparency we have now. We have very complex products. We make whole systems with difficult and diverse areas such as hardware, software, mechanical and printing, etc. To get the overview of all the requirements into a system, at that sizing, is the main advantage we have in the organization now."
"I like the way this solution is structured."
"The accountability and the equivalent to using, acting, editing, working with Word, and also importing and exporting from Word needs improvement."
"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."
"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 platform's review process for the documents could be better."
"It is not a stable solution, as we had issues with shared licenses."
"We encountered numerous challenges, such as issues with requirements, project management, timing, and planning. The main problem with Polarion at the outset, I believe, was our limited understanding of the planning phase. During that time, we were more focused on change management related to requirements. Recognizing the importance of planning has been a key realization for us. Another mistake we made was not comprehending the need to document these requirements to manage all the work items effectively. Now, we understand the significance of this documentation. As a result of these insights, we have started to see a growing number of competitors from Polarion in this field. One potential improvement could be enabling Polarion to export work items not just to Microsoft Office but also to other office tools."
"It is stable enough but if you would like to work with more requirement objects, then you will get timeouts."
"If we have more than one thousand work items in one live-book then it becomes almost unusable."
"Its user interface could be more user friendly. In addition, a lot of features are missing for test management. It should have the test case ordering feature."
"Polarion Requirement needs to have a feature where we can track changes and compare documents. Currently, we do it manually."
"One thing to consider is increased flexibility in terms of workflow configuration."
Helix ALM is ranked 7th in Application Requirements Management with 7 reviews while Polarion Requirements is ranked 3rd in Application Requirements Management with 12 reviews. Helix ALM is rated 6.4, while Polarion Requirements is rated 7.4. 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 Polarion Requirements writes "Defines, builds, tests and manages complex software systems". Helix ALM is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation, Tricentis qTest and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas Polarion Requirements is most compared with IBM Rational DOORS, Jama Connect, Jira and IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation. See our Helix ALM vs. Polarion Requirements report.
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