TFS vs. Zephyr Enterprise

TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 27 reviews vs Zephyr Enterprise which is ranked 12th in Test Management Tools with 2 reviews. The top reviewer of TFS writes "Can Provide A Centralized Place To Store All Source Code And Build Information For Entire Organization". The top reviewer of Zephyr Enterprise writes "It has integration with test automation tools. Needs support for the agile and BDD approaches". TFS is most compared with JIRA, Micro Focus ALM and CA Agile Central. Zephyr Enterprise is most compared with TestRail, Hiptest and qTest. See our TFS vs. Zephyr Enterprise report.

TFS	Zephyr Enterprise

18628

TFS

Based on 27 reviews.

30716

Zephyr Enterprise

Based on 2 reviews.

Most Helpful Review

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 »

QAsuper65465

QA Supervisor at a tech services company

It has integration with test automation tools. Needs support for the agile and BDD approaches.

Earlier test artifacts used to be maintained either in a shared drive or somewhere in Excel spreadsheet. Now, we are getting consolidated reports... Read more »

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Pros
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 »	It has integration with test automation tools. Read more »
Cons
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 »	We would like support for the agile and behavior-driven development (BDD) approaches. Read more »

Pricing and Cost Advice

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	2nd out of 32 In Test Management Tools Views 33,100 Comparisons 21,785 Reviews 27 Followers 1,265 Avg. Rating 8.4	12th out of 32 In Test Management Tools Views 5,394 Comparisons 4,186 Reviews 2 Followers 263 Avg. Rating 7.0
Top Comparisons
Top Comparisons	JIRA vs. TFS Compared 64% of the time. Micro Focus ALM vs. TFS Compared 12% of the time. CA Agile Central vs. TFS Compared 5% of the time. See more TFS competitors »	TestRail vs. Zephyr Enterprise Compared 36% of the time. Hiptest vs. Zephyr Enterprise Compared 16% of the time. qTest vs. Zephyr Enterprise Compared 15% of the time. See more Zephyr Enterprise competitors »

Also Known As
Also Known As	Team Foundation Server
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Website/Video	Microsoft	Zephyr Enterprise
Overview
Overview	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.	Transform your organization and produce high quality software, quickly. Get to market faster, reduce risk and accelerate time to revenue. Future proof your test management investment with a platform that easily configures to your evolving processes. Legacy systems have no place in your agile business. They hinder more than they help. It is time to retire those legacy test management solutions with today’s technology, integrations, deployment models and a simplified licensing model. Measure. Analyze. Share. Elevate visibility across the organization. Make well-informed business decisions with real-time information that comes in from across your globally distributed teams.
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Sample Customers
Sample Customers	Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP	Hyundai, Fujitsu, Google, David Jones, Burger King, Ingenico, Websense, Dow Jones, Harris, Saab
Top Industries
Top Industries	REVIEWERS Financial Services Firm 43% Manufacturing Company 14% Software R&D Company 10% Retailer 10% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Financial Services Firm 25% Manufacturing Company 15% Insurance Company 8% Healthcare Company 5%	No Data Available
Company Size
Company Size	REVIEWERS Small Business 14% Midsize Enterprise 21% Large Enterprise 64% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Small Business 10% Midsize Enterprise 18% Large Enterprise 72%	No Data Available

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