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Polarion ALM

7.4 / 10
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Polarion ALM
7.4 / 10

What is Polarion ALM?

Connect teams and projects, and improve application development processes with a single, unified solution for requirements, coding, testing, and release.

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Awards & Recognition

Polarion ALM won the following awards in the Application Lifecycle Management category

Polarion ALM Ratings

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83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

77 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Polarion ALM?

0% Negative
10% Neutral
90% Positive

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Reliable
  • Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 75

Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt

81

Managed Artifact Repository

79

Traceability

79

Artifact Management

78

Workflow Management

78

Resource Planning

77

Visual Analysis Design

75

ALM Integration

75

Agile Work Management

72

Analytics and Reporting

72

Automation

67

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

94

Breadth of Features

90

Ease of IT Administration

90

Usability and Intuitiveness

90

Ease of Data Integration

87

Quality of Features

84

Vendor Support

84

Ease of Customization

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Ease of Implementation

79

Availability and Quality of Training

68

Polarion ALM Reviews

Kien P.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Easy to setup, configure and use.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 / 10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

Workflows with action driven scripts. Uses Postgres and SVN for file and configuration storage. Add flexibility for custom plugins for cronjob, form automation, and workflow trigger.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Writing professional reports or dashboard to qualify requirements using live report and Velocity scripting. Easy to customize form layouts and workflow including enumeration for pick lists.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No license usage tracker. Full re-indexing takes hours to restore the databases. Annoying circular hierarchy detection in logs when items have no compute fields. Major memory hogger where the servers need extreme amount of RAM.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The application is easy to install, configure, and use. Concurrent licensing model has the best pricing compared with other similar applications. Workflow driven script action is a plus, assisting with field validation, auto-assignment, setting field values, notifying respective stakeholders to respond and so on.

Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Generous Negotitation
  • Over Delivered

Cons

  • Wastes Time
  • Less Fair
  • Leverages Incumbent Status

Siddharth V.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

integrated solution for Change and Source code mgm

Likeliness to Recommend

7 / 10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

Proprietary configurations, widget pages and embedded scripts allow full coverage of aspects like requirement , document, test usability and risk management. Furthermore, additional processes like tool validation and management activities are supported.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The underlaying SVN-Repository and its data structure is still backwards compatible with very old versions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go through the youtube videos to learn the configuration

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Arpit C.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

A comprehensive and customizable ALM.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 / 10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

- Comprehensive feature set: Polarion ALM offers a one-stop shop for all of your ALM needs, with features for requirements management, test case development, defect tracking, release management, and more. - Customizability: Polarion ALM is highly customizable, allowing you to tailor it to your specific needs and processes. - Integration capabilities: Polarion ALM integrates with a wide range of third-party tools, making it easy to streamline your software development workflow.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

- Automate common tasks with custom workflows. - Track progress and identify areas for improvement with custom reports. - Provide a real-time view of the most important metrics with custom dashboards.

What do you dislike most about this product?

- Complexity: Polarion ALM can be complex and time-consuming to set up and configure. This is especially true for organizations with large or complex projects. - Cost: Polarion ALM can be expensive, especially for small businesses. - Reporting: Polarion ALM's reporting capabilities are good, but they could be further enhanced by adding new reports and visualizations.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

- Evaluate your needs carefully: Polarion ALM is a powerful and feature-rich ALM solution, but it is also complex and expensive. Make sure to carefully evaluate your needs to determine if Polarion ALM is the right ALM solution for your organization. - Consider your budget: Polarion ALM can be expensive, especially for small businesses. Make sure to factor in the cost of the software, training, and support when making your decision. - Start small: If you are new to Polarion ALM, start by implementing it for a small project. This will help you to learn the system and identify any potential issues before you implement it for a larger project.

Pros

  • Unique Features
  • Includes Product Enhancements
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing

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