IBM Rational ALM vs TFS

IBM Rational ALM is ranked 12th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 1 review vs TFS which is ranked 4th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 28 reviews. The top reviewer of IBM Rational ALM writes "Rich planning features including Sprint, Sprint retrospective, and rules in Scrum framework". The top reviewer of TFS writes "Can Provide A Centralized Place To Store All Source Code And Build Information For Entire Organization". IBM Rational ALM is most compared with JIRA, Micro Focus ALM and TFS. TFS is most compared with JIRA, Micro Focus ALM and CA Agile Central.

IBM Rational ALM

TFS

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IBM Rational ALM

Based on 1 review.

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TFS

Based on 28 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

Abdulrazzaq Huneidi

Applications Developer Specialist at a comms service provider

Rich planning features including Sprint, Sprint retrospective, and rules in Scrum framework

It has improved relations with the customer through the Product Backlog and prioritizing their needs before launch. It has improved the cycle... Read more »

SeniorSyb114

Senior System Engineer at a manufacturing company

Not just a source code repository, but a real and complete ALM solution

The TFS is not just a source code repository, but a real and complete ALM solution. Among other things, we use it as a ticketing tool. It is a... Read more »

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Quotes From Members Comparing IBM Rational ALM vs TFS

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Pros
The planning feature is rich with Scrum concepts: Sprint, Sprint retrospective, the rules in the Scrum framework. Read more »	From the project management perspective, the tool is efficiently managing teams by giving management information, such as reports, graphs, velocity, capacity, etc.The biggest value-add is the solution integrates well with most Microsoft products.Build definitions and releases within the product. allow us to put our latest applications in the field.It has great functionality: work items, backlogs, source code, build releases, and it's easy to use.Complete integration with VS IDE and Office tools: This give us a possibility of high-level automation, thus minimizing human error.Version Control: TFS offers both the centralized “TFVC” version control technology as well as the distributed “Git” version control technology.I like its MTM (Microsoft Test Manager) section which gives us options to create various test plans and add test cases into it.The API for managing TFS programmatically is very powerful, you can listen on work items changes by TFS events. Read more »
Cons
I would like to see better reporting features. The out-of-box reporting is - I don't want to say limited - but the focus is on the Scrum and Sprint reports. We need more reporting features regarding the history of the work, tracking it more deeply. Read more »	More options could be provided from the perspective of requirements management, which would help product owners to use the tool effectively.Since it is Microsoft, it is technology agnostic, thus it does not really fit into various different technologies in the organization.We are also using Microsoft Teams. The two products function separately. There is not enough collaboration between Microsoft Teams and TFS.TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online.Not all of the functionality, which is exposed by the command line interface (tf.exe) is available in the Visual Studio GUI.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.Sometimes we feel that it need more CPU, and RAMs on TFS server, either we implemented the hardware with the product minimum requirements.Microsoft should discontinue the use of SharePoint as I don’t really see any value add to TFS, document management features can be included in TFS web portal itself, if required! Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

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It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools.If running TFS on-premise is expensive, maybe you could consider moving to the Cloud and use the Visual Studio Team Services.Use the Microsoft recommended “seat-based” licensing model. This allows a single developer with multiple machines to consume only one client license.TFS is on the higher side, but if you intend to use the tool as a complete ALM tool, it will reduce your costs in the long run.It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs.

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RANKING	12th out of 35 In Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Views 1,747 Comparisons 1,187 Reviews 1 Followers 288 Avg. Rating 8.0	4th out of 35 In Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Views 30,790 Comparisons 22,163 Reviews 27 Followers 1,348 Avg. Rating 8.2
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	JIRA vs. IBM Rational ALM Compared 41% of the time. Micro Focus ALM vs. IBM Rational ALM Compared 18% of the time. TFS vs. IBM Rational ALM Compared 15% of the time. See more IBM Rational ALM competitors »	JIRA vs. TFS Compared 64% of the time. Micro Focus ALM vs. TFS Compared 13% of the time. CA Agile Central vs. TFS Compared 5% of the time. See more TFS competitors »

Also Known As
Also Known As	Rational ALM, MKS	Team Foundation Server
Website/Video
Website/Video	IBM	Microsoft
Overview
Overview	Lifecycle management capabilities built on the open, unifying IBM Rational Jazz platform can help agile and traditional teams: see at-a-glance status, access better data for decisions, manage costs, reuse the most efficient processes across the organization, manage cloud, web, SOA and mobile application design and development. Teams can also gain real-time traceability, manage work across vendors, unify across a diverse set of lifecyle tools, and provide collaborative development for continuous delivery as part of the IBM DevOps solution.	Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. TFS supports agile development practices, multiple IDEs and platforms locally or in the cloud and gives you the tools you need to effectively manage software development projects throughout the IT lifecycle.
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Sample Customers
Sample Customers	Tennis Australia, WeCloud AB, Port Otago Limited, Logicalis US, Valmer, The Chevrolet Volt, Ashurst	Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP
Top Industries
Top Industries	No Data Available	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm 40% Manufacturing Company 15% Software R&D Company 10% Retailer 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 24% Manufacturing Company 15% Insurance Company 8% Healthcare Company 5%
Company Size
Company Size	No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business 13% Midsize Enterprise 23% Large Enterprise 65% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 11% Midsize Enterprise 17% Large Enterprise 72%

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