Likelihood to Recommend Buzilla is easy to use and provides basic functionality to use as a bug tracking tool. If big size attachments are allowed it would have been great. Also with Bugzilla home->Test management area is improved by allowing multiple sections it would be awesome!
Read full review It's not perfect but it definitely does its job and what its purpose for. The fact that we were able to access this globally and produce a great product after performing massive bera testing gave that "dev" feels eventhough we aren't. Seeing the cross comment add collaboration made it more intuitive because we were able to narrow down on the specifics of what we were actually testing
Read full review Pros Open source! No license fee involved, no limit to the number of licenses. Easy to install and maintain. Installation is very easy and hardly needs any maintenance efforts, except when migrating from one version to other. Each project can have its own group of users. Includes all the core features/fields that are needed to log a software bug/issue. Multiple attachments are possible, supports various formats. Good for reporting. Filtering mechanism lets you query bugs by various parameters. Read full review One stop destination for managing all aspects of testing, including community, recruiting, feedback (bugs, suggestions, surveys). Easy way to communicate with testers and collect their feedback Customizability, I can customize the platform to address differences between products. Read full review Cons Cloud Based. I'd like to see bugzilla be cloud based. The company I currently work with made a final decision to change db's for this specific reason. Due to the frequency of travel in this company, they need access to bugzilla from differing national / international locations. Larger File Attachments. I believe the limit of a bugzilla content upload is 4 megabytes. For many of our video'd issues, this file size is simply impractical without the additional effort exertion on video compressor applications. Read full review Tag and attribute searching for forms, messages, and surveys Report graphics with large datasets More of a focus on B2B beta testing and not solely business to customer Read full review Likelihood to Renew For future projects I will look at something that is hosted in the cloud that I don't have to manage. I would also like something that has a more modern feel to allow my customers to use it as well as my employees.
Read full review Makes beta enjoyable.
Read full review Usability This is a pretty straightforward system. You put in the bug details, a ticket is created, the team is notified. The user interface reflects this very simple and straightforward flow. It's certainly much easier than trying to track bugs with using Excel and email.
Read full review Reliability and Availability I used it.
Read full review Performance I like this rating.
Read full review Support Rating Since it is open source, it doesn't have customer service. However, the amount of information on forums is vast. If you can wade through it, you'll get what you need
Read full review Tony is amazing. I look forward to our interactions.
Read full review In-Person Training I know it.
Read full review Implementation Rating Implementation was pretty simple. Particularly because the product cannot be customized so there is not much to do apart from getting it up and running.
Read full review Alternatives Considered We migrated away from the whole suite of Rational tools because of their massive complexity around administration and inflexibility regarding workflows. In addition, the suite was insanely expensive, and users hated the usability of the tools. We evaluated, and liked
JIRA , but because the organization was looking for cost savings, we ended up going with Bugzilla and it's FOSS model so as to avoid ongoing costs.
Read full review Centercode is better than Google Forms and Sheets for our use case of a long ongoing beta with participants rotating in and out 10000x times better. However, it might be a little too complex for what we needed. We may have been better off with something in the middle--a little more lightweight and cheaper.
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Read full review Return on Investment It has made the SDLC process more efficient. Bugs were logged and tracked in emails or in Excel sheets leading to slow communication and at time version issues with multiple files. Being an online tool, Bugzilla solved those issues, improved communication, instant status updates and improved efficiency. We have used Bugzilla with a lot of federal goverment agencies (DHS, CMS, SAMHSA, CDC, HHS etc). Project Directors adn Principle Investigators were at times given access to Bugzilla which provided a snapshot of open vs closed issues. Some groups would resist using Bugzilla with the email reminders being the main reason. Turning off or reminding them of features where we can 'control' email notification helped a lot. Read full review A project and beta testing that could've taken > 6 months or even years was cut down to a month and few weeks only Overall accessibility, ease of use, and security were right on the money Collaboration tools and features allowing everyone to innovate and spark great ideas and share it Read full review ScreenShots