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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Config

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Web Services offers AWS Config, a service that provides monitoring and assessment of AWS resource configurations to support compliance auditing, change management and troubleshooting, with resource histories and comparison of historical configurations against planned configurations.N/A

    IBM Rational ClearQuest

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AA customizable database workflow application development and production system that provides better visibility and control. IBM Rational ClearQuest is change management software that helps improve developer productivity while accommodating the methodologies, processes and tools that best fit the project and the people on the team. It provides tools and processes used to maintain control of changes while catering to the diverse needs of the developer.N/A
    Pricing
    AWS ConfigIBM Rational ClearQuest
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AWS ConfigIBM Rational ClearQuest
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWith AWS Config, you are charged based on the number of configuration items recorded, the number of active AWS Config rule evaluations and the number of conformance pack evaluations in your account. A configuration item is a record of the configuration state of a resource in your AWS account. An AWS Config rule evaluation is a compliance state evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule in your AWS account, and a conformance pack evaluation is the evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule within the conformance pack.—
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    User Ratings
    AWS ConfigIBM Rational ClearQuest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AWS ConfigIBM Rational ClearQuest
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.
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    IBM
    If you are familiar with IBM Rational Suite products, RequisitePro will add up due to the synergy between other components. Beyond that, if your business is not structured to an adequate development methodology or lacks the degree of maturity or necessary resources, probably RequisitePro does not add much value. If you work with developers in the requirements analysis, they probably prefer to use an SVN repository.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • The ability to track changes in AWS is paramount, AWS config allows you to do this
    • Allows the auditing of an AWS account
    • Can view history of an account that has AWS config enabled
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    IBM
    • Capability to query bugs on multiple criteria and export it to csv for triages.
    • Simple and intuitive user experience and clearly planned defect life cycle
    • There are other features like assigning the defect to pull request, clearly explaining defect by attaching screenshots, detailed description etc
    • If you are using other IBM tools for requirements documentation, this tool integrates very well
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It's only AWS, no third party.
    • Not the most intuitive interface, but with a little getting used to it is OK.
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    IBM
    • Performance can be an issue. Make certain the server is sized properly
    • There is a large difference in capability of the Thick Client Version compared with the web based version. Make certain each job function has proper access to be able to do what is required of them.
    • Learning curve is not too steep, but would suggest having someone with experience setup the repository. Highly suggest getting a contractor to assist to get the repository up and running.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    IBM
    Most likely as it's one of the powerful tools in the organization. We needed this tool to track all the process related documentation and also to capture signatures.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    Please keep in mind that this all has to do with you you customize the user interface. It becomes very easy to house all of your requirements, but it may and can make life difficult for you if you do not think ahead of how you want the app to work and house your data
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.
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    IBM
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    IBM has good support and knowledge base. With the wealth of information on their site and the support desk, we were able to quickly resolve issues. It is smart to build up a COE and a group that manages the software otherwise it is quick to be able to lose the knowledge as team members are assigned different duties
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    IBM
    It was pretty simple.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.
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    IBM
    IBM clearquest would the BEST option if you are looking for managing change requests, managing project workflows, generating reports on status of requests. The reason being: cost, cost and cost. It almost handles everything that you would need for your project including bug tracking unless you want something really fancy (like HP QC) with a higher cost that supports a wide variety of needs which you might need to evaluate based on your project needs. For example, if you would be really making use of all those additional features provided by HP Quality Center. To be honest it depends on your project size, the skills of team members and of course budget!
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Enforcing audit requirements
    • Easy to set up alerting when there are rule breaches
    • Auto remediation reduces the manual policing of such breaches
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    IBM
    • IBM Rational ClearQuest has provided a workflow that works without unique software methodology. As a result we deliver complete software products to our clients in a 6 to 8 week development time frame.
    • As a result of our highly customized implementation, we have 8 resources supporting IBM Rational ClearQuest. Three of the resources are full time configuration management staff that administer and support the tool set and the other 5 are from the testing group that handle ClearQuest user support issues in addition to their testing duties.
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