We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure DevOps and Polarion ALM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I like the cloud infrastructure of Microsoft Azure DevOps."
"If someone is considering developing and deploying the infrastructure in this solution, then using this tool is perfect because it's fully integrated with the pipelines and with a server core repository."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"What I like most about Azure DevOps is how easy it is to manage projects and control deployments."
"You can have test cases in DevOps but not in JIRA. And, DevOps has advantages in terms of executing those test cases."
"Azure DevOps is effective for repository management and code collaboration. We can create branches, differentiate between code versions, save and review code later, get PR approvals, and more. All these features are valuable."
"The tool's most efficient feature is the integration of its services in one place. It is an easy-to-use product that improves productivity. Microsoft Azure DevOps is also user-friendly. Its documentation is clear and can be found on Google."
"The pricing seems to be reasonable."
"We had a nice experience with technical support."
"The best feature of Polarion ALM to me is its traceability link."
"It offers good performance."
"The features I find the most valuable are requirement tracking and schematics."
"The technical support is quite good."
"Polarion ALM has some valuable tools for managing our targets and requirements. I think that's its best feature."
"The most valuable feature is the function of the ALM system."
"It meets with everybody's needs without having to grab plugins."
"I would like to see improvement in the metrics and the dependencies."
"I'd like to have something better for the test plan."
"The ability to extend work items was more flexible than it is now. Talking version control, one of our customers had some issues because they found it very difficult to manage more than 1000 repositories for one team project."
"The tutorials for building pipelines are an area that is a bit technical for a beginner."
"Some of the queries, the way they're built, need to be looked at. We need better query tools."
"This product would be improved if the helpdesk were included."
"The test management section needs to be improved."
"The solution should have fewer updates."
"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 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."
"The solution's editing capabilities need improvement."
"The weak point of Polarion ALM software is about reporting and time for extraction of the data...The quality of reporting needs to improve."
"Test management lacks an automated process."
"We use PTC Windchill, and Polarion ALM doesn't have native integration, so we had to purchase the connector to integrate it with Polarion ALM. We still haven't implemented it."
Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 123 reviews while Polarion ALM is ranked 7th in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 17 reviews. Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2, while Polarion ALM is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". 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". Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, Jira, TFS, Rally Software and Codebeamer, whereas Polarion ALM is most compared with Jira, Codebeamer, PTC Integrity, GitLab and Jama Connect. See our Microsoft Azure DevOps vs. Polarion ALM report.
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