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Astah SysML vs. Micro Focus Caliber (discontinued)

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    Astah SysML

    N/AN/AAstah SysML is a desktop modeling tool for SysML v1, developed by Change Vision, Inc. It is designed for systems engineers and teams practicing model-based systems engineering (MBSE) who need a lightweight alternative to enterprise MBSE suites. Deployment Astah SysML is an installable desktop application for Windows and macOS. Linux is not supported. It is not a cloud or SaaS product. Models are saved as local files and the tool works…

    $140

    per year per user

    Micro Focus Caliber (discontinued)

    Score1.3 out of 10
    N/ACaliber by Micro Focus (formerly Borland Caliber), is an application requirement management offering. It has been discontinued, but similar capabilities are supplied by Micro Focus by Dimensions RM.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAstah SysML is available as an annual subscription ($140/year) or an annual floating license ($270/year), and is included in the Faculty Site License for educational institutions. All prices are in USD. A free trial is available. The license also includes SysMLv2 Editor, a Visual Studio Code extension for SysML v2 textual modeling. AI features require the user's own API key for OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini. API usage is billed separately by the AI provider.—
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    Change Vision Inc.
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    I personally would prefer other products on the market right now such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server and Test Manager. I think having a product like Caliber that can only do requirements without integrating with a another system makes things a little more time consuming.
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    • Borland Caliber tracks functional and non-functional requirements pretty easily. You can easily add a requirement and attach a spreadsheet or a picture if needed.
    • Moving the hierarchy of requirements is fairly easy by just dragging and dropping.
    • Assigning users to approve requirements is simple by the fields included when adding a requirement and then submitting for review.
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    • I think Borland Caliber visually needs to be updated. It looks very out of date compared to other products on the market. The text box has a notepad feel to it and it's hard to make it visually catching.
    • Borland Caliber needs to be easier to integrate with other testing and development products on the market.
    • Having fields more related to URS and FRS would be helpful to auto-link to a document. So enter in a URS or FRS document ID at the beginning of a project in Caliber and then auto-assigning requirement IDs to link to pieces of code or test cases and having the user be able to decide a naming convention.
    • Borland Caliber needs a specific table for linking to a document ID and then each requirement could auto-generate a sub ID for each requirement to make the process of filling in User Requirements and Functional Requirements more efficient. Then the user should be able to modify the sub ID if the naming convention needed to be different.
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    I think Borland Caliber is better than Atlassian Confluence and has way more options for ease of use and reporting. Team Foundation Server is my personal choice as it comes as a package for developers to link to requirements easily and link to test cases. Borland Caliber is visually the least attractive of the three systems I have used. If you need just a requirement manager for tracking and reporting then Borland Caliber is a great choice.
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    • Having Borland Caliber would be nice if you only need to track requirements and your company does not do any developing or testing.
    • It does link very well with HP Quality Center for requirement and test asset tracking and ease of use.
    • Borland Caliber is cheaper than a lot of other products on the market that have the same features.
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    Astah SysML Screenshots

    Screenshot of SysML block definition diagram of a delivery robot in Astah SysML, created with AI Chat Copilot, showing parts, value properties with units, and sensor specializations.Screenshot of SysML requirement diagram in Astah SysML, created with AI Chat Copilot, tracing delivery robot requirements to the blocks that satisfy them and the test cases that verify them.Screenshot of Custom SysML profile in Astah SysML, displaying model elements with domain-specific icons.Screenshot of Sequence diagram created with AI Chat Copilot, showing how objects exchange messages step by step.Screenshot of Usecase diagram for an online shop in Astah SysML, generated with AI Chat Copilot and refined by hand, showing actors, a system boundary, and include and extend relationships.