Digital.ai TeamForge vs. Higson

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Digital.ai TeamForge
Score 7.0 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
Higson
Score 5.1 out of 10
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Higson, formerly Hyperon is a tool for managing business rules: the instructions that tell an enterprise software how a company runs, like which customers are eligible for which products, or how to dynamically price services in response to changing conditions. Higson aims to make it easy for line managers to fine-tune these rules in real-time, responding to a rapidly changing operating environment without needing to wait for changes in the software’s code. The vendor describes…N/A
Pricing
Digital.ai TeamForgeHigson
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Digital.ai TeamForgeHigson
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsFor pricing contact Higson Sales. They also have a partnership program for software companies.
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Community Pulse
Digital.ai TeamForgeHigson
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User Ratings
Digital.ai TeamForgeHigson
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Digital.ai TeamForgeHigson
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Decerto
Hyperon is less appropriate in smaller projects that do not contain a lot of business logic. However, if there are a lot of business rules to manage, many things that might be frequently changed, then Hyperon is a good tool to address it.
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Pros
Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
  • Code security.
  • Code migration.
  • Agile tie-in.
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Decerto
  • Separation of business logic from the app's code
  • Decision table performance
  • Good GUI
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Cons
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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Decerto
  • Pretty high entry threshold
  • A few bugs in GUI
  • UX might be better in some places
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Usability
Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
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Decerto
It's a very good tool to manage business rules. There are certain GUI bugs and a code boilerplate, but overall it does its job really well.
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Support Rating
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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Decerto
There is documentation on the site to help learn about the tool. There is also an email to ask for help or any other questions. The team responds quickly with a full answer.
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Alternatives Considered
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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Decerto
Hyperon has got far better performance. It also has far better GUI to manage business rules. On the other hand, Drools has a bigger community to help you with your problems.
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Return on Investment
Digital.ai (formerly XebiaLabs, CollabNet VersionOne, and Arxan)
  • Unfortunately, I do not have access to ROI information.
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Decerto
  • Shorter time to market with new features
  • Business users might change things without the help of developers
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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

Higson Screenshots

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