IBM vs SmartBear

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IBM
Based on 2935 reviews.
SmartBear
Based on 208 reviews.
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Overview
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
SmartBear Software is a software company which provides tools for software developers, quality assurance engineers and IT professionals. SmartBear Software is the unification of AutomatedQA, Eviware, the original Smart Bear Software and Pragmatic Software. Currently, SmartBear provides code review, automated testing, performance/load testing, API testing, performance profiling and development management tools. These include:
Sample Customers
IBM Rational Functional Tester
Edumate
IBM Rational Service Tester
IMM, ADP, Bangkok Hospital, Nice Céte d'Azur, Durham Police Department, Whogohost Ltd., Skypicker, Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Getin Noble Bank S.A., KPJ Healthcare Berhad
IBM Rational Performance Tester
andagon, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon
IBM Rational Quality Manager
Ehrhardt, Cisco Systems, Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik, CareCore National, ItaÒ BBA, Barr
IBM Rational Policy Tester
Ilmarinen, Brazilian Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Swiss Export Risk Insurance, The Motorists Insurance Group, Nuance Communications Inc.
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM API Connect
Heineken, Tine, Finologee, Axis Bank
IBM DataPower Gateway
RBL Bank, Availity
IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
CVS Health Corporation
IBM MobileFirst
UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, Gruppo Unipol, Raymond James Financial, Toshiba GCS, CST, ABK-Systeme GmbH, BNP Paribas
IBM Lotus Expeditor
Asian Paints
IBM Rational Test Workbench
Financial Insurance Management Corp.
IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server
Sandhata Technologies Ltd., Qantas Airways 
IBM Cloud Pak for Applications
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
ReadyAPI Test
Apple, Cisco, FedEx, eBay, Microsoft, MasterCard, Pfizer, Nike, Oracle, Volvo, Lufthansa, Disney, HP, Intel, U.S. Air Force, Schindler
SmartBear TestComplete
Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit, and Thomson Reuters.
Bitbar
Rovio, Paf, Supercell, NITRO Games, Seriously, AVG, Google, Bosch, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yandex, Mozilla, eBay, PayPal, TESCO, Cisco WebEx, Facebook, LinkedIn, skype, Subway
SmartBear TestLeft
American Red Cross, CISCO, HONDA, ADIDAS, TBC bank
CrossBrowserTesting
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Accenture, Sony, Los Angeles Times, ADP, Verizon, T-Mobile, Wistia
ReadyAPI
Healthcare Data Solutions (HDS)
AlertSite
JetBlue, Payless ShoeSource, Hilton Inc., StubHub, Symantec, Newegg, Sapient, AstraZeneca, Dell, Quest Diagnostics
SmartBear LoadNinja
Falafel Software
ReadyAPI Performance
Mercedes-Benz, Adobe, Hilton Hotels, The Home Depot
CucumberStudio
Cisco, Cardinal Health, Intuit, Smartbox, Accenture, Deliveroo
Zephyr Enterprise
Hyundai, Fujitsu, Google, David Jones, Burger King, Ingenico, Websense, Dow Jones, Harris, Saab
ReadyAPI Virtualization
Zurich Insurance Group
SwaggerHub
Sonic, Zuora, Woolworths, CrowdFlower
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Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
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