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    OpenText ALM Octane

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AOpenText™ ALM Octane, formerly from Micro Focus, includes integrated planning, continuous integration, test management, and release management. With these capabilities, it helps Agile teams and DevOps toolchains to deliver high-quality software with insight, traceability, analytics-focused end-to-end visibility, and continuous quality.N/A

    TestRail

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATestRail by Gurock, an IDERA company, is presented as a complete web-based test case management solution to manage, track, and organize your software testing efforts.

    $35

    per month billed annually

    Pricing
    OpenText ALM OctaneTestRail
    Editions & Modules
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    Professional Cloud
    $35
    per month billed annually per user
    Professional Cloud
    $38
    per month per user
    Enterprise Cloud
    $71
    per month billed annually per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OpenText ALM OctaneTestRail
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    OpenText ALM OctaneTestRail
    Test Management
    Comparison of Test Management features of OpenText ALM Octane and TestRail
    Feature
    OpenText ALM Octane
    -
    Ratings
    TestRail
    7.5
    3 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Centralized test management00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Manage test hosts and schedules00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Map tests to user stories00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Test execution reporting00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Defect management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    OpenText ALM OctaneTestRail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OpenText ALM OctaneTestRail
    Likelihood to Recommend
    OpenText
    If someone is already using ALM Octane, then it is worth the pain to go through the upgrade process to get the current versions. If you need it to tie into Jira, it can do that. Just be prepared for a rough road. If you have some other product that you use for DevOps, PM, and QA, you will probably be better off sticking with what you have. DaVita also uses TFS, but not in a full implementation (i.e. not with a build server for code deployment), so for them, ALM makes a lot of sense. If you are using TFS with a build server, there are other methodologies that won't end up making you want to pull your hair out trying to make it integrate with what you are using.
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    Idera, Inc.
    The integration with other tools, and their user friendly layout and design. It's very comfortable to use and is way better than other tools with the Automation Testing tools, thanks to the great API that is included. Sometimes the integration with Jira is a little faulty, but the links to that tool usually work well. It could be cool if it had a better following for the bug items that were registered on other tools.
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    Pros
    OpenText
    • Bug-logging and keeping track of the bug status.
    • Integration with DevOps to do continuous testing.
    • Keeping coordination between development and testing teams.
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    • Managing test plans and test cases
    • Generation of test results
    • Modularised way of storing tests
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    Cons
    OpenText
    • The integration to Synchronizer is very difficult to implement.
    • The integration to Jira was very hard to get working.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • Outstanding user bugs
    • UI is clunky
    • Things are not where you think they would be
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    Usability
    OpenText
    No answers on this topic
    Idera, Inc.
    As I am a tester, for me I found this tool to be new in terms of everything like the management of tests, plans, releases, reporting,etc. It is overall a good tool for test reporting and can be used for reference in the future. I liked several features of on the go placement of screenshots. Also I feel like the UI , the font, the color combination can be improved
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    Support Rating
    OpenText
    Customer support is very good takes minimal time to resolve the issue and always takes feedback seriously to improve the application.
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    Idera, Inc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    OpenText
    Micro Focus ALM Octane use at DaVita goes back beyond my starting with them three years ago. They have used it as part of DevOps as well as for performance measurement of software releases in combo with HP Performance Center (a great combination). Jira is well suited to managing bug reports and development processes with Agile and Scrum, but ALM Octane goes above and beyond that.
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    Idera, Inc.
    TestRail definitely saves times. I work in a company that consists of several development teams, all of which have different processes. Some of the teams leverage test cases, some do not. I've noticed that the turn around time it takes for me to pick up a ticket, QA it, and then pass/fail/send feedback is much faster when there is a test case created as I'm not reading through ticket description/comments to figure out what needs to be QA'd.
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    Return on Investment
    OpenText
    • It's had a very positive impact.
    • Very good customer support as well when required.
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    Idera, Inc.
    • We are able to easily pull reports any time management would like to see them
    • Jira integration makes it easy to attach to stories/defects and save time
    • A quick overview at the system's health as a whole is easy to see from TestRail
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