OpenText ALM / Quality Center Pricing

MR
Quality Lead at Vodafone

Compared to the market, the price is high.

We just renewed our licenses, which took time to do. I think we have 30 concurrent licenses. 

The world is changing to open source code and free applications. This may be an issue in the future.

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Robertino Catalin Ionescu - PeerSpot reviewer
Department Manager of Testing Automation Centre at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is priced high.

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LV
Head of Testing at Pick n Pay

From a pricing point of view, I believe it is an enterprise tool. If you are an enterprise organization and you're using SAP or Oracle for your ERP systems, for example, the cost around Quality Center is not that expensive. From a licensing and planning point of view, you should have a hybrid between licenses you own and depending on how busy you are at certain stages within projects, do additional rentals just for those periods if need be. That's what we do in our environment, we have a base of 15 licenses. If we have any major projects coming in where we know there are additional developers, we do a rental for licenses for the period of that project. We charge that project for the licenses for that rental.

We do have additional costs apart from standard licensing from our side. Pick n Pay outsources their hardware, so obviously we have costs for the hardware and backup for our hardware partners that do our hosting. We see this as a tier-one application in our environment. We have full disaster recovery capability. There some costs involved from that side.

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OpenText ALM / Quality Center
March 2024
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BJ
Program Test Manager at B and H Designs

Micro Focus ALM Quality Center is very expensive. The price is approximately £2,000 per person, they are too expensive to corner the market.

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Saket Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

It was expensive for us. For the first two weeks, we had to employ people now and then as the system needed to be more accurate. It cost us a lot of money. I rate the solution's pricing as a seven or an eight out of ten.

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LG
IS Director, ERP PTP Solution Architecture at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Depending on the volume, the annual maintenance costs vary on a percentage but it's around $300 a year per license for maintenance. It's at 18% of the total cost of the license.

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Paul Grossman - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead QA Engineer at Guaranteed Rate

Sure, HP UFT is not free. But consider what you get for that cost: A stable product that is easy to use; the kitchen sink of technology stack support; decades of code (which in many cases actually is free); a version that is a stepping stone to an easier Selenium design; and a support base that is more that just the kindness of strangers.

Want to take UFT to another level for free? Add AutoItScript calls.

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Krishna Puti - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Quality Assurance Engineering at QualiZeal

We have to pay an annual license fee for the product. The licensing fee is a little expensive. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.

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MB
Global Lead at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I can't comment much on pricing. The reason is, we get the pricing for Micro Focus through SAP as part of an enterprise contract. We don't actually get it from Microsoft Focus and due to the fact that there's a part of the SAP that's 15 years old, we have one of the cheapest licenses probably in the world. That's one of the reasons why it's hard for us to make a business case to move to any other product at the moment, as the licensing is quite cheap for us.

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Mohana Bommena - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees

This is an expensive solution. 

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Don Ingerson - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Automation Engineer at Global Fortune 500 Company

For licensing, find out the number of users who will be using it concurrently, and use that number as a starting point for the number of licenses to purchase. Quality Center is pricey, but cheaper is not always less expensive.

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it_user368166 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Performance Engineer, ITQCoE at JetBlue Airways Corporation

Before you start implementing, make a solid plan and try to figure out the challenges before hand.

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it_user669378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Test Management Lead at DBS Bank

HPE ALM has been sold to Micro-Focus. I am not sure if Micro-Focus will be flexible.

If no flexibility is provided, you can easily move out in weeks, if you have the right resources.

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AS
Data Insights & Analytics Solution Architect at BT - British Telecom

The enterprise pricing and licensing are reasonable.

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AY
Managing Partner at Verve Square Technologies

It all comes down to how many people are going to access the tool. When teams go above 20, I think ALM is a better tool to use from a collaboration and streamlining perspective.

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IM
Senior SW Quality Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Pricing is managed by our headquarters. I am able to get from them for very cheap. The market price is horribly expensive.

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PD
Test Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

When you have to ramp up your licenses and you have to scale it up, it's quite a costly product. You have to keep an eye on how many people are using it. You can't just give access to users who are only there to take on excess work and who are not using it. It is not a very economical solution.

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VR
Team Lead at Accenture

The licensing determines the number of users we can enable in a particular project. There is a full license and a defect license. Full licenses are used by a few of the guys at our level. We'll give a defect license to the development team only, to access whatever defects there are, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.

We did not buy our ALM licenses directly from Micro Focus. We bought them from SAP, which is another solution we are using. We depend on SAP when it comes to whatever challenges come up. The source for us is SAP.

We do have a pricing concern. If we go directly to Micro Focus, they'll sell it at a higher price. If we go to some other vendor, they sell it at a lower price. My manager then says, "Okay, it's the same tool. Why do we need to buy it directly? Whatever problems come up, we can resolve them at our end." Of course, we don't know if we'll have one or two problems or not, and that is the reason to go for the higher price. But they went with SAP to buy the license.

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Tomas Hald - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at IT Hald Redo AB

I am not aware of the exact pricing of the solution. Many years ago, it was quite expensive, and my understanding is it is still not a low price. There are free tools on the market now as well, and therefore the price may be an issue. 

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SR
Tools Architect at S2 Integrators

I don't handle any aspect of the pricing. 

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FK
Executive Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

It's a perpetual license.

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ST
IT Quality and Architecture Senior Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The pricing has been the same for the past few years. It is reasonable. It is not very high. Of course, the cheaper the better, from our point of view. But the tool and its quality are amazing, really good. And including the support their team is giving us, I think the price is justified. It's a fair price.

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it_user79980 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Expert at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Make sure you get the correct license for your needs. The full ALM license lets you use the requirements tab, along with test automation and the Performance Center. You can also just buy the Quality Center edition (Manual testing only), or the Performance Center version (Performance Testing only). I have no idea where they get their pricing numbers from, but they seem to always be negotiable.

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it_user458409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Community Manager at Orange

I'd rate the pricing as 3/10 as it's very expensive.

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PA
Head of Testing - Warehouse Solutions at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I cannot comment on licensing as another department handles it.

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Anouar RAID - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior SAP Functional Consultant at YAAS IT

I'm not aware of the pricing or licensing cost for Micro Focus ALM Quality Center.

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it_user638460 - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Director at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

I think HPE tools are too expensive, but dumping them for shareware tools, like JIRA, Selenium, etc., is also very dangerous and is not a silver bullet.

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it_user326448 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Test Analyst and Automation Engineer at Unum

Their licensing model is expensive. We could scale it up and use it everywhere, but then, you look at how much it would cost for the licenses and you really think, "Is it worth it?"

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DG
Senior Specialist - Quality Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

The licensing model is an area that can be improved.

The cost of licensing depends on the number of VMs that you are running test cases on and it is not cheap. To the best of my recollection, it is several thousand dollars per license.

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SF
Sr. Manager - SAP Authorization & Complaince at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very expensive as compared to other tools. We didn't get their premier version. It is a lesser version, and to upgrade, there will be an additional cost for us. 

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DP
Tool Administrator at a non-profit with 10,001+ employees

Micro Focus ALM Quality Center is very expensive. Personally, I think that it's too expensive, but I don't have another tool to compare it to.

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it_user669378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President - Test Management Lead at DBS Bank

It allows us to keep our costs low. I do not want to pay beyond a certain point for this solution.

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CG
Presales Consultant at Oracle

Original cost was $158,000. Our day-to-day cost is difficult to compute, but it’s very low.

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it_user678 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Expert at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I understand that it’s still extremely expensive.

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it_user704238 - PeerSpot reviewer
Process Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

The main concern is that there is a significant dollar investment, so do good research to make sure the tool will meet your needs.

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it_user285057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Review if the all-to-be licensed functionality is needed as certain modules are not used as they introduce needless complexity. You should aim for concurrent licensing if global us is needed as slack periods in one time-zone can be picked up by another.

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it_user280944 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Depends on how much you pay for this product and the size of the project. For a big project, it's a great tool that will help a lot.

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AD
Project Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I feel that the licenses are expensive. 

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VS
IT Solutions Analyst at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The price is a bit high.

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JO
Principle consultant at Active Data Consulting Services Pty Ltd

We found the pricing to be very reasonable.

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it_user5136 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager of eCommerce at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

You need to negotiate with HP.

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KA
Application Development Manager at a educational organization with 10,001+ employees

Compared to other solutions, licensing costs are in the mid-range. 

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it_user742740 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Quality Assurance Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

It appears that most companies choose HPE Quality Center Enterprise or HPE ALM. HPE ALM contains everything included with Quality Center Enterprise, and further adds features focused on cross-project customization, planning, and tracking.

Seat and concurrent licensing models exist; the latter is recommended if a large number of different users will be utilizing the product. There is also the option of utilizing HPE ALM/Quality Center Enterprise as hosted on HPE’s SaaS platform.

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it_user740445 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist with 5,001-10,000 employees

Pricing is very big, so it's good is to negotiate with its vendors. The solution is not so important and should not cost so much.

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MG
Principal Consultant at Inspired Testing

The licensing costs vary from client to client. There are different prices for SaaS versus on-premises deployments, for example.

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it_user736815 - PeerSpot reviewer
Subject Matter Expert at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

HPE has always been flexible in terms of pricing and licensing, but we are a bit concerned with the fact that it is now in the hands of Micro Focus and things may change.

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it_user302679 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - System Engineering at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Licenses are a major factor -- they are not inexpensive but with concurrent licensing our global IT groups are able to share licenses around the clock.

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it_user294942 - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation Test Lead at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I encourage clients to use the built in service accounts and APIs where practical.

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it_user104988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
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CJ
National Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I've never been in the procurement process for it. I don't think it is cheap. Some of the features can be quite expensive.

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PG
Performance and Automation Testing Squad Lead at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

As an end-user, of course I'm going to say that it's too expensive and I want things cheaper, but don't we all?

Aside from the standard licensing fee there are no additional costs. It's set up with a good agreement that runs three-yearly.

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it_user349722 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager of Operations at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

It is expensive.

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it_user197508 - PeerSpot reviewer
Performance Test Architect and HP ALM Expert at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

HPEs licensing model is inflexible, rigid, and is not customer-centric.

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it_user544794 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Systems Consultant at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you have more than five users, a concurrent licensing model should be considered. With concurrent licenses, there is no need to search for machines with unused licenses.

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it_user567684 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at Scott/Tiger - Test & Quality Management

HPE has failed desperately to offer a competitive enterprise for new customers in this market. If I have a new customer, three years ago I could sell them ALM site licenses. Now I need to sell them ALM global licenses, which is a hard sell because it is double the price. That just doesn't appeal for new customers. So I understand why they take JIRA or stick to Excel spreadsheets because HPE has priced themselves out of that market.

With Octane, you get more functionality; but it's like having Microsoft Word. How much of that functionality do you use? You probably use 20% out of the 80%. So I don't think that adding more functionality solves the problem. HPE desperately needs to get a low enterprise for new customers.

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it_user280062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner with 51-200 employees

Understand what your company needs are, and how many users will need access. There are different licenses based on local, regional, and global access as needed as well as total amount of users. There is also licensing based at a modular level as well. Work with your HP Sales representative to get a pricing/licensing plan for your specific needs.

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MR
Sr. Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I don't know the exact numbers, but I know it is pricey. When we talked to the sales reps we work with from our company, they say, "Well, Micro Focus will never lose on price." So, they are willing to do a lot of negotiating if it is required.

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AB
Test Specialist at a consultancy with self employed

The solution has the ability to handle a large number of projects and users in an enterprise environment with the correct license.

Most vendors offer the same pricing, though some vendors offer a cheaper price for their cloud/SaaS solution versus their on-premise. However, cloud/SaaS solutions result in a loss of freedom. E.g., if you want to make a change, most of the time it needs to be validated by the vendor, then you're being charged an addition fee. Sometimes, even if you are rejected, you are charged because it's a risk to the entire environment.

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it_user335340 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It's priced high, and they should look into it to make it more competitive.

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it_user178239 - PeerSpot reviewer
Transition Manager with 1,001-5,000 employees

We had 2 months free trial and support from HP PS people.

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PT
System Engineer at Tata Consultancy

ALM Quality Center is a little bit costly.

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SK
Sr. Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Pricing is not my area, but in general, what I've seen when reading articles is that it is costly. That is the reason most customers are moving to the other solutions, which are much cheaper. That is the opinion of people I have spoken to in other companies.

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it_user133815 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Manager at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

HPE is constantly updating its licensing to be competitive, but as a whole the pricing for ALM is very high for the local market and, as such, we see a larger adoption overseas.

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it_user345183 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

If we have huge data and more number of users managing the data, then ALM is the best option for our organization. It also applies if your team is distributed, out-sourced or in-sourced.

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it_user466917 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Director Quality Assurance at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Expensive tool which could become an overload on the budget in the future.

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it_user566988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager

Pricing may be a factor prompting a look at competitor products and differentiators or open source options with limited product features. Licensing could leverage combo packs with HPE ALM such as HPE UFT, HPE LoadRunner, etc, as well as continued usage of product post-expiration of license without upgrade and technical support.

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IB
Product Development Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have divided our licenses between Micro Focus ALM and ALM Octane. It works for us. 

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it_user715137 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Analyst at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is definitely overpriced. Most of the cost is for support that you rarely need if you have an onsite admin.

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it_user465633 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Engineer at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees

Just want to advise to use ALM SaaS in case you don’t want to use ALM all your life. It is cheaper and provides you with all the ALM features but for some period of time. Also, you don’t need to install it manually, the entire environment is already installed.

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it_user277035 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager and Manager Systems Test at a renewables & environment company with 501-1,000 employees

It depends on your vendor. SkyIt was the best, as they were able to get the initial cost low enough so a small startup could afford it.

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it_user265974 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees

Pricing is high, but with new tools available in the market at a lower price, it is worth doing a decision analysis and resolution.

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it_user437799 - PeerSpot reviewer
Validation Office at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees

It is totally over-priced.

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it_user2862 - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It can be expensive to own.

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it_user437799 - PeerSpot reviewer
Validation Office at a pharma/biotech company with 51-200 employees

It is totally over-priced.

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it_user568668 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

In my current role, I don't advise anyone about pricing and licensing for this product.

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it_user178353 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Quality Assurance with 501-1,000 employees

This is an excellent tool for larger companies. It has been my experience that it is not cost-effective in medium or small-scaled companies.

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it_user271344 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It's a bit costlier when compared to other tools on the market, and you have to haggle with HP for this product.

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RS
Performance and Fault-tolerance Architect with 1,001-5,000 employees

There are many free-ware tools available, which you can try.

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NS
Team Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

No suggestions.

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it_user212025 - PeerSpot reviewer
ALM Administrator & Software QA Pro at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees
it_user716562 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test analyst in behalf of Alten at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would not recommend this product If you have a small organization, which would not use this tool very often.

The pricing is very expensive, but it covers a full solution, which means, you will use a lot of functionalities and gain in time and efficiency.

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OO
Software Quality Assurance & Testing Specialist, MTN Nigeria Ltd at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I suggest organizations should attempt cloud services.

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it_user312843 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Lead at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Nowadays, all companies are looking for free software, and for this reason, many companies are developing their own tools similar to Quality Center and using that tool instead. License costs have a direct effect on the ROI of the company.

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it_user277032 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Specialist II at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I believe that the tool is probably not worth great expense, although it is better than remaining tied to documents and spreadsheets.

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it_user161829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Analyst at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
it_user514626 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Lead

Depends on company direction.

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SC
Project Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Very expensive.

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it_user552447 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager

It is very pricey. To be fair, it is geared for enterprise use. Unless the company and the decision maker (who would say “yes” to paying for it) is convinced on benefits of the product, it is not a go. Medium businesses would not buy into it.

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it_user715014 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Test Analyst at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Pricing is high compared to other solutions.

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it_user181566 - PeerSpot reviewer
OATS Engineer-Onsite Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

For pricing, I recommend to buy a bundled package. Check the HPE site for more details.

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it_user280140 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

This is for big software houses, so costs and especially yearly renewal of support is very very expensive.

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Buyer's Guide
OpenText ALM / Quality Center
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about OpenText ALM / Quality Center. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.