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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Agile Hive

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AThe world of work is constantly changing. Agile work processes in particular are becoming increasingly popular. Even large companies are trying to introduce agile working methods. For many, the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is the right solution for their agile teams. However, implementing SAFe with all its features such as providing reports, visualizing dependencies and automated documentation is not always easy in reality. Many companies spend a lot of time and money searching for the right…N/A

    Digital.ai TeamForge

    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Digital.ai (formerly CollabNet) aims to help enterprises and government organizations deliver high-quality software at speed with TeamForge, its application lifecycle management suite. According to the vendor, Digital.ai offers innovative solutions, provides consulting and Agile training services, supports more than 10,000 customers with 6 million users in 100 countries, and has been recognized for 13 consecutive years as SD Times 100 “Best in Show” winner in the…N/A

    CucumberStudio

    Score4.9 out of 10
    N/ACucumberStudio, now a SmartBear product since the 2019 acquisition, is a continuous testing platform replacing the former HipTest, supporting agile development with manual and automated code testing, reusable steps, feature history with living documentation, among other features.N/A
    Pricing
    Agile HiveDigital.ai TeamForgeCucumberStudio
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Agile HiveDigital.ai TeamForgeCucumberStudio
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Agile HiveDigital.ai TeamForgeCucumberStudio
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Agile Hive and Digital.ai TeamForge and CucumberStudio, from SmartBear
    Feature
    Agile Hive
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Digital.ai TeamForge
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    Task Management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile Development
    Comparison of Agile Development features of Agile Hive and Digital.ai TeamForge and CucumberStudio, from SmartBear
    Feature
    Agile Hive
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Digital.ai TeamForge
    -
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    Velocity Calculation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dependencies and Blockers10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Agile HiveDigital.ai TeamForgeCucumberStudio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
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    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Agile HiveDigital.ai TeamForgeCucumberStudio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Seibert Group GmbH
    Agile Hive is used for our value train
    within a SAFe setup. Every quarter we organize a so-called Product Increment
    (PI) Planning, where we plan all Features and Enablers in Agile Hive.
    Based on the priority of the Product Manager all teams plan their Features and
    Enablers accordingly to the sprints that are determined by the Release Train
    Engineer and set up in Agile Hive. The teams then create User Stories and
    estimate them and based on their sprint velocity (defined in Agile Hive)
    Product Owners can see how many Features and Enablers are realistic in one
    quarter (Product Increment). Further, dependencies across teams can be defined
    and made visible in Agile Hive, so that the plan is feasible. Without Agile
    Hive it would be hard or impossible to plan across several teams within a value
    train and to manage all dependencies. Additionally, with Agile Hive the plan is
    more realistic, so what can be achieved within one quarter in product
    development.
    Incentivized
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    CollabNet TeamForge is more well-suited for technically knowledgeable users such as developers, systems analysts, QA but not for non-technical users due to the technical data used throughout the tool. CollabNet TeamForge is appropriate for most applications development. In any industry especially suited for high demand software delivery environments.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    HipTest is good and helpful to create and run functional regressions but it is more complicated to use this tool to create and run API testing scenarios (it does not mean it can not be done). This tool is definitively not appropriate for running performance testing scenarios.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Seibert Group GmbH
    • Roadmapping in terms of defining epics and planning them across a timeline and across teams.
    • Showing dependencies within teams and across teams and over time horizon.
    • Create transparency throughout the product organization and teams about what is planned.
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • Code security.
    • Code migration.
    • Agile tie-in.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Good integration with Jira
    • Includes integration with different tools for different porpuses
    • You can build your own framework to automate scenarios and make it work with Hiptest
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Seibert Group GmbH
    • I believe the training and support could be more hands on and easier.
    • The Agile Hive - SAFe in Jira product can be a bit robust to understand.
    • Having Knowledge transfer videos can help more than documentations.
    Incentivized
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • I would like to see personalization for managing artifacts, that is, allowing the user to customize pages and save personalized settings and then save them as bookmarks.
    • I would like an improved subversion browser such as a graphical user interface rather than a basic file explorer.
    • I would like built in features for CollabNet TeamForge integrated with subversion so that i can associate my private code branches and code changes.
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    SmartBear
    • UX is not too obvious and easy (like generating a data table in a scenario or including a scenario in a test run) but you can get used to it relatively easy by playing around with the options, also the documentation is helpful.
    • To get extra functionalities you have to pay for them separately.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Seibert Group GmbH
    It has in general a good usability, but there are some downsides, the big picture view of the entire product increment is too static, so there is no zoom in or zoom out. Mostly throughout planning it is necessary to zoom in to a sprint level and manage the user stories there. Also, the pig picture view has some limitations, because you cannot read the entire user story name (boxes are too small).
    Incentivized
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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    SmartBear
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    Support Rating
    Seibert Group GmbH
    No answers on this topic
    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    They always answer the phone when we put a call in, any time. They have consistently sent out contractors when needed and were there every step of the way when we switched over from ClearCase to TeamForge years ago. The support is what you really pay for when you buy into TeamForge.
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    SmartBear
    The tool includes a basic but complete documentation that can be very helpful to get started using the tool. The UX sometimes does not feel very easy to understand but after some use you can get familiar without reading the documentation. The webinars are not very useful for using the tool, I have seen a couple of them and they are actually focused on promoting their HipTest product to new users instead of being useful and educational for current users.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Seibert Group GmbH
    With Jira Software alone it is also possible to plan a SAFe product increment planning, but it would be nearly impossible to see the overall big picture of all product teams involved in a release train. So, the planning on sprint level for one team would be more efficient, but the planning for a whole quarter with all dependencies across teams would be not feasible to present. Therefore, Agile SAFe enables value trains an efficient way to plan a product increment.
    Incentivized
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    CollabNet TeamForge is superior to Mercury mainly because it has a subversion change management tool integrated with the product. CollabNet TeamForge offers more complexity but with more flexibility for managing and tracking projects. I think
    CollabNet TeamForge is more comprehensive than either Mercury and JIRA. They're all user friendly tools with short learning curves but CollabNet TeamForge is most efficient in my experience.
    JIRA was recently adopted for particular applications and is currently being evaluated by various technology teams.
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    SmartBear
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    Return on Investment
    Seibert Group GmbH
    • More transparency.
    • Better product decisions.
    • Saving time and resources.
    • Less critical dependencies.
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    Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
    • Unfortunately, I do not have access to ROI information.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • It helps to have organization in our scenarios.
    • It helps to get regressions done faster than doing it manually
    • It helps to graphically see the progress and results of executions.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Digital.ai TeamForge Screenshots

    Screenshot of TeamForge OverviewScreenshot of TeamForge Reporting DashboardScreenshot of Chef Deployment TraceabilityScreenshot of Defects Trend Report

    CucumberStudio Screenshots

    Screenshot of CucumberStudio empowers the whole team to read and refine executable specifications without needing technical tools. Business and technology teams can collaborate on acceptance criteria and bridge their gap.