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Helps in controlling the quality in different areas, and has good filtering, reporting, and integration features
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  • "Pricing is the weakest point. It is expensive, but the tool has plenty of features. The main problem we have is that the pricing is very high compared to some other solutions."
  • "It will be as expensive as ALM.NET, if not more expensive. But here's a good tip: If you have ALM.NET, you are able to share your licenses from ALM.NET to Octane. You just have to define a dedicated number of licenses on ALM.NET and then you can share them with ALM Octane, with some configuration effort. This is something that you have to take into account, that there is a possibility of such license sharing that could decrease your costs. Compared to open-source tools, the price the ALM Octane is definitely higher, in terms of the licensing cost."
  • "It's pretty pricey, one of the most expensive ones on the market... The value depends on if you use all the features that it has. It comes with a lot of features. The difference between the license structure of ALM and Octane versus JIRA, is that you get everything with ALM and Octane... For JIRA, you buy the pieces one piece at a time."
  • "It's expensive. HPE products, and now Micro Focus, have always been expensive. The license is not cheap, and it will always be a challenge, particularly for small organizations like ours."
  • "For what it does, it's very reasonably priced. I like the licensing model as well, because it's very flexible. You can scale licenses up and down for short periods of time."
  • "In terms of pricing, it's comparable to what we had previously. It's not priced at the higher end of the scale by any means. It's priced nicely, in the middle of the market. For what you're getting, it's a very good tool."
  • "Going forward, I think we will want to explore adding more licenses."
  • "The solution has reduced our testing costs."

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    Is Jira better or would you go with Micro Focus ALM Octane?
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    Top Answer:The platform's most valuable feature is pipeline integration or continuous integration services.
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    Top Answer:The product is highly priced compared to other tools. However, it offers substantial value. There is a distinction between OEM pricing and the final pricing for customers. They could understand the… more »
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    5th
    out of 35 in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
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    8,146
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    Average Words per Review
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    30th
    out of 35 in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
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    57
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    Micro Focus ALM Octane, Micro Focus Octane
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    Overview

    OpenText ALM Octane helps organizations implement a “quality everywhere” approach and improve Agile and DevOps development and testing processes to improve the flow of work across the software delivery value stream. You can tightly align quality efforts from development to release, employ a broad range of tests anchored by automation, and continuously monitor and improve for increased throughput. OpenText fosters an open approach so that quality is visible, traceable, and continuously improved. By synchronizing quality and testing with Agile and DevOps processes, risks are mitigated early in the software delivery value stream – speeding the way for faster delivery and improved customer satisfaction.

    ALM Octane facilitates a tailored and scalable approach for large enterprises. You can deploy your way and minimize infrastructure needs with deployment options spanning on-premises, SaaS, and public cloud (Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Marketplaces). Similarly, various licensing options can tailor the features to meet specific needs with support for thousands of concurrent users in geographically disperse locations.

    SmarteSoft Application Lifecycle Management is a real-time collaboration, access to a centralized data repository, cross-tool and cross-project visibility, better project monitoring and reporting are the keys to developing quality software in less time. SmarteQM seamlessly integrates all these priorities, optimizing the experience of Integrated Application Lifecycle Management, or Integrated ALM; all the tools and users are synchronized with each other throughout the application development stages. This integration ensures that every team member knows who, what, when, and why of any changes made during the development process and there is no last-minute surprise causing delivery delays or project failure.
    Sample Customers
    Orange, Airbus, Haufe Group, Kellogg's, Claro, Bon Secours, World Wide Technology
    New Zealand Blood Service, Columbian Financial Group, Proxibid, Entegraty Professional Services, Fremont Investment & Loan, Indiana Pension Systems, Posera Software, Lockheed Martin Space & Strategic Missiles, Allaire Corporation, ADP, PacifiCare, VP Technology
    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider27%
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Transportation Company19%
    Consumer Goods Company4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm27%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Government8%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise3%
    Large Enterprise79%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise79%
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    OpenText ALM Octane is ranked 5th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 38 reviews while SmarteSoft is ranked 30th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites. OpenText ALM Octane is rated 8.2, while SmarteSoft is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of OpenText ALM Octane writes "Reporting engine, widgets, and dashboards are a huge plus, and powerful REST interface means we can interact with other tools". On the other hand, OpenText ALM Octane is most compared with Jira, OpenText ALM / Quality Center, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Rally Software and GitLab, whereas SmarteSoft is most compared with .

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