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Bugzilla is a versatile bug tracking tool that is widely used across multiple groups and departments within organizations. It has proven …
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Bugzilla

9 out of 10
March 29, 2017
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We are using it for the bug tracking in our project. It is used in our engineering department, for software bug report and tracking.
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Bugzilla at its best

8 out of 10
August 16, 2014
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Bugzilla is used to address all the internal technical issues and bugs raised in each project that our organization holds. It is a very …
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Reviewers rate Availability and Usability highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Bugzilla are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Bugzilla is a versatile bug tracking tool that is widely used across multiple groups and departments within organizations. It has proven to be reliable and efficient in managing bugs and issues in both small and large-scale projects. Non-profit organizations find Bugzilla particularly beneficial due to its open-source nature and cost-free license. It has also been successfully utilized by federal government clients for tracking the status of open and closed bugs in their projects.

The QA department relies on Bugzilla to log defects and issues discovered during testing, allowing for effective communication between QA and development teams through direct notifications or group emails. The tool captures and organizes information effectively, including project and version numbers. However, building custom search queries can be challenging when dealing with extended version numbers of certain products in Bugzilla.

Bugzilla is also instrumental in improving workflows between project managers, business owners, software developers, and quality assurance on the eCommerce team. It serves as a tool for managing tasks and bugs, facilitating smooth collaboration among different stakeholders. Moreover, Bugzilla's global presence enables its usage across various regional teams supported by a global team, effectively serving as a bug management system for clients.

In addition to bug tracking, Bugzilla supports the documentation of requested product changes, functional defects, enhancement requests, and documentation changes. It aids in managing the entire testing process in a cost-effective manner while addressing key defects and loopholes identified by the software engineering team.

Overall, Bugzilla proves to be a valuable resource for organizations looking to streamline bug tracking processes, manage software projects efficiently, enhance collaboration between teams, and keep stakeholders informed about outstanding issues. Its flexibility allows it to adapt to departmental processes seamlessly, making it an indispensable tool for bug tracking and issue documentation in various industries.

Seamless Integration: Many users have mentioned that Bugzilla's ability to seamlessly integrate with other software is highly valuable. This compatibility allows for a smooth integration into existing workflows, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

Valuable Bug Tracking: Numerous reviewers have expressed appreciation for Bugzilla's comprehensive bug tracking capabilities. The ability to track the status of each bug provides better visibility and control over the progress of issues, leading to improved monitoring and prioritization.

Configurability and Customizability: Users have highlighted the configurability and customizability of Bugzilla's interface as a significant advantage. The tool can be easily adapted to meet specific project requirements, allowing teams to tailor their bug tracking process according to their needs, resulting in increased flexibility and efficiency.

  1. Lack of customization options: Some users have expressed frustration with the limited flexibility in customizing fields, such as renaming or adding them. This lack of customization can hinder their ability to tailor Bugzilla to their specific project needs.

  2. Outdated user interface: Several reviewers have criticized the user interface of Bugzilla, stating that it looks like it was built in the 90s and is in need of an update. They find the UI antiquated and not pleasant to use, which affects their overall experience with the software.

  3. Weak reporting functionality: Many users feel that Bugzilla's reporting functionality is lacking. They believe that it lacks detailed information and is unable to provide comprehensive insights into metrics such as how quickly issues go from reopen to complete. This weakness hampers their ability to effectively track and analyze project progress.

According to user reviews, Bugzilla is recommended for bug ticketing and organizing bugs. It is suggested by users for testers, developers, managers, as well as small and medium-sized businesses. However, some reviewers mention that it may not have extensive reporting and analysis capabilities. It is advised to research and evaluate other bug tracking software options. Despite being considered basic and lacking advanced features, it is still recommended for bug tracking and project management purposes. Users find it easy to use for tracking bug fixes. As an alternative, Jiri is suggested as a bug tracking tool.

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April 19, 2017

Bugzilla, or nah?

Isaiah Hayes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bugzilla was used as a bug management system for our clients (ranging between 50-250 clients). This was used to track the progress of all of our projects; when issues were ticketed, worked on by the appropriate team member, resolved, retested and closed. It was also used as a primary system for company communication as it related to our project issues.

We were able to use it while team members were out of state, as well as out of the country.

It helped us solve organization problems with our bugs, and kept us aware of any outstanding issues by taking advantage of the "status" section of Bugzilla.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Bugzilla departmentally both as a defect tracking tool and as a customer escalation tracking tool. Because the two categories of issues are often interrelated, we found that one type of issue often becomes another, and vice versa. This helped streamline our process between our customer support organization and our software development organization.
March 29, 2017

Bugzilla

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using it for the bug tracking in our project. It is used in our engineering department, for software bug report and tracking.
Engineers can report bugs and create bugs. After they fix the bugs, they can change the status of the bugs. Also you can create a list bugs that were created before.
Sarah Ciras Rousseau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I used Bugzilla as a contractor of CK-12. It was fairly easy to get started with remotely. It is an organized system that helped in keeping all of the known items separate and clearly labeled for the Quality Assurance team and my supervisors to review the work efficiently. It helped keep everything straight.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I’ve used Bugzilla at two big projects in my company, and both times have loved how it’s handled our sprint planning, tracking, and review. It has good integrations, custom workflows, and can function well for internal and external use. I also like the Agile plug-ins which provide the ability to use SCRUM or Kanban to manage software projects. Bugzilla allows you to be quite organized, which can be crucial when working with hundreds of tickets. The tools are so in depth and complete, it's pretty amazing!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bugzilla is being used in my department, other departments use JIRA for bug tracking. The problem we have is test management integration with our own testcase repository (previously used HP Quality Center which worked well with Bugzilla, but currently using Testopia which was developed by our company engineers which does not integrate test cases with Bugs reported).
Anwar Mohammed, PMP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have multiple groups/departments within the company. Most groups that do some software development or maintenance use Bugzilla as a bug tracking tool. Being open source, and our company being a non profit, it serves our purpose very well. Some groups have started using JIRA (which was also offered without any cost towards the license).
We have used Bugzilla on multi million contract projects, without any issues. Our federal government clients also have access to some of the projects (issues) to track the status of open/closed bugs.
Josh Zapin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used by the eCommerce team to manage tasks and bugs. It helps with the workflows between project managers, business owners, software developers and quality assurance. It is used globally across the different regional teams that the global team supports.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our department uses Bugzilla to trace all development and bug fixing progress. And by connecting with the source control system to trace all checkins. With the add-on extension Testopia, test cases and test plan/progress also gets properly traced.
August 16, 2014

Bugzilla at its best

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bugzilla is used to address all the internal technical issues and bugs raised in each project that our organization holds. It is a very good and flexible tool. It can be used in many different ways and can be configured as per the department process. Since it is open source, I have customized it according to our SQA process and is liked by all the top level management.
August 15, 2014

My Bugzilla Review

Ian Ximinies | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Bugzilla across the whole organization for the most part. I found it to be very good at what it did. We used it to track open issues as well as adding new features to products and services that we were launching. I think it is very helpful with the way it captures and sorts information, project and version number, and is a very easy tool for QA and Dev to use to communicate back and forth with each, either with direct notifications or group emails. The one knock I had for Bugzilla is that sometimes building custom search queries that entailed a lot of greater or less than status became very hard when dealing with extended version numbers of certain products that were saved in Bugzilla.
Barrie Byron | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We used Bugzilla for the product development team and the information development process. We entered bugs to track requested product changes, including user interface changes, functional defects, and enhancement requests. We also used Bugzilla to track and monitor our documentation changes for each release cycle, and to track documentation defects.
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