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"We were able to add a step-by-step procedure for someone to follow to assist in testing.""The ability to reuse test cases already used across projects is the most valuable feature of this solution. We don't need to create new ones.""The reporting functionality helps vendors and technical resources identify bugs and issues that need to be addressed. The simple dashboard-style home page makes training end-user testers simple and straightforward. The actual testing UI is VERY straightforward and very intuitive for the end-users that test the system since very often we pull from business and operational users to help test new systems.""I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.""The features of this product most valuable to me were the test case management and the visual status, by which it was displayed.""The user-friendly features are the most valuable. For example, migration of requirements and migration of test cases and the creation of traceability. You have various reports that you need. The plug-ins that are available to connect with the other tools.""Inflectra SpiraTest has a lot of functionality, which is good."

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"The features I find the most valuable are requirement tracking and schematics.""It offers good performance.""Polarion ALM helps us better structure our customer requirements, and we can also validate the specs of our products against those. If anything changes on our side, we see the impact, and we can see the effect If a customer changes requirements.""The most valuable feature is the function of the ALM system.""Polarion ALM has some valuable tools for managing our targets and requirements. I think that's its best feature.""The initial setup of this solution was straightforward, and there were not too many problems with it.""You can see the work ticket and you can circulate that within the teams. You can define your flows, customize according to your needs, and you can create dashboards and create the reports according to your needs.""It meets with everybody's needs without having to grab plugins."

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"Being able to add scripting for testing can and does save a lot of time. When you are able to just ‘run’ a test case rather than manually add it and run it.""The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I need to be able to create dashboards and reports easily.""The UI for managing test cases, test sets, test runs could be a little more integrated, currently, these feel disjointed at times and confusing. Also, the test steps page needs to display the test steps closer to the top of the UI so as to not have to scroll down to find.""It should develop integration with JIRA. We have some complexities which caused us not to decide to integrate it with our JIRA, like synchronous data.""The user interface is slightly complicated and not very consistent. It could be more user friendly.""Two areas that can stand improvement: integration with third party products and making it more intuitive.""Migrating is not very easy. It depends on the organization, how efficient and effective the decision-making process is. The plug-ins should be easier and more integrated rather than the user trying to integrate the tools which are more popular, like Jira et al."

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"The ease-of-use could be improved a little.""The interface for this solution needs to be made more user-friendly to provide a better user experience.""The configuration aspect of the solution is not easy. A person needs a lot of programming knowledge in order to successfully handle the job.""One of Polarion's shortcomings would be planning. It can handle plans, but the planning feature is very basic.""The planning and task management aspects of the solution were not that easy.""The solution needs to improve its user experience and graphics.""The tool needs to improve its planning. It also needs to add more integrations.""Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing was excellent. I would recommend the enterprise solution."
  • "I Googled the pricing for Inflectra SpiraTest, and it's about $4,000 annually."
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  • "The license model is okay for large companies but would be quite expensive for smaller enterprises."
  • "If the pricing would come down and it was more affordable then we wouldn't have to switch."
  • "Our license for Polarion ALM is yearly. And it's not the cheapest tool that we've looked at. So if we had made our decision purely based on the licensing cost, we wouldn't have selected Polarion."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "Software for medical devices is always expensive."
  • "You have to pay around 50-60 euros per user."
  • "It is an expensive product."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:I found Inflectra SpiraTest intuitive enough. It's also easy to learn, so this is what I like about it.
    Top Answer:The folder organization in Inflectra SpiraTest could be better, though I cannot comment whether that is structure-related. Most of what I need would probably be in the tool, but as a test manager, I… more »
    Top Answer:The use case for Inflectra SpiraTest is to report on defects. It's also useful for writing test cases.
    Top Answer:At the moment, I haven't looked in-depth into what needs improvement in the product. Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that… more »
    Top Answer:I work in an industry where I mainly look after the requirements, for which I use Polarion ALM.
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    Also Known As
    SpiraTest, Spira
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    Overview
    SpiraTest is an integrated Requirements and Quality Management solution that manages your project's Requirements, Test Cases, Releases, Defects and Issues in one environment, with complete traceability throughout. After defining your project's requirements, you generate the test cases and test steps that validate the functionality. The test execution modules allows users to run through the tests, logging defects/issues as they go. SpiraTest is Fully Web-Based. Free 30-Day Trial.

    The world’s first 100% browser-based ALM enterprise solution, which enables seamless collaboration across disparate teams, multi-directionally linked work items, full traceability, accelerated productivity and automated proof of compliance.

    Sample Customers
    - Morningstar - Deutsch Bank - Sopra Group - Booz Allen & Hamilton - UBS - US Government
    Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, IBS AG, Zumtobel Group
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    Marketing Services Firm17%
    Paper And Forest Products8%
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    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Healthcare Company9%
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    Manufacturing Company31%
    Healthcare Company23%
    Transportation Company15%
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    Computer Software Company13%
    Healthcare Company10%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise48%
    Large Enterprise28%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Inflectra SpiraTest is ranked 15th in Test Management Tools with 25 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 7th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Inflectra SpiraTest is rated 7.4, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Inflectra SpiraTest writes "Intuitive enough and easy to learn, but in terms of folder organization, it could be better". On the other hand, 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". Inflectra SpiraTest is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, IBM Rational DOORS, Jama Connect and TestRail, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity and GitLab.

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