Compare TFS vs. Zephyr Enterprise
TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 9 reviews while Zephyr Enterprise is ranked 9th in Test Management Tools with 2 reviews. TFS is rated 7.8, while Zephyr Enterprise is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of TFS writes "Nice dashboard, good task-selection capability, and the option to save pages as favorites is helpful". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zephyr Enterprise writes "Lightweight, flexible, and generates good reports". TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, Rally Software and Micro Focus ALM Octane, whereas Zephyr Enterprise is most compared with TestRail by Gurock, Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, Adaptavist Test Management for Jira, Tricentis qTest and Tricentis Tosca. See our TFS vs. Zephyr Enterprise report.
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Good branching and labelling features. The most valuable feature is the backlog. The interface is easy to navigate. The most valuable features are the dashboard and task-selection capability. This solution enables us to link all items usefully, in the way we use Agile. I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools. I like the Kanban board. It is very useful in terms of seeing who is working on what and what the current status of work is. It's an integrated system that includes all the information that we need to deliver our products smoothly and to track the progress of each piece of code. | If anyone is looking for a good, lightweight, flexible and agile test management product, I think they would do very well with Zephyr Enterprise. It has integration with test automation tools. |
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Integration from Visual Studio could be improved. The program and portfolio planning facility can be improved. I would like to see the reporting features expanded so that I can see details on the users connected to all of the projects. The interface can be improved and made more user-friendly. The test management interface is not very handy. One of the areas that could be improved is to have an effective full lifecycle management. In the next release, I would like them to include integration for various projects, similar to what JIRA has, and they could create this feature on the dashboard. The dashboard needs more enhancements. | Creating better default varieties of reporting would make the product much better and more popular. We would like support for the agile and behavior-driven development (BDD) approaches. |
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TFS is more competitively priced than some other solutions. The pricing is reasonable at this time. | Information Not Available |
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Views 26,961 Comparisons 22,878 Reviews 10 Average Words per Review 351 Avg. Rating 7.7 | Views 5,506 Comparisons 3,895 Reviews 2 Average Words per Review 448 Avg. Rating 7.0 |
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Also Known As | |
| Team Foundation Server | SmartBear Zephyr |
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| Microsoft | SmartBear |
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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Learn more about TFS | Learn more about Zephyr Enterprise |
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 | |
Financial Services Firm41% Manufacturing Company15% Computer Software Company15% Retailer7% Computer Software Company36% Comms Service Provider14% Government6% Insurance Company6% | Computer Software Company32% Comms Service Provider19% Financial Services Firm8% Government6% |
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Small Business13% Midsize Enterprise21% Large Enterprise66% Midsize Enterprise6% Large Enterprise94% | No Data Available |
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