BugHerd vs. Bugzilla

Bugherd is well suited to our needs because it's an intuitive tool that doesn't require a ton of training, and we are working with a development agency to improve our backend and communicate issues to developers. From what I've seen, it does require you to use Chrome, which might not be perfect for other companies but it great for us. The tool has great functionality for tracking and allows you to move bugs into stages like "doing", "done" or "backlog". The screenshot tool has been super easy to use, and when we do have a bug that requires multiple screenshots, it's easy to open up a newly submitted ticket to attach a custom screenshot. It isn't easy to track down a specific bug you've logged if there are hundreds, so be prepared to dig quite a bit if you're using it for extensive testing and find yourself trying to go back

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For any organization that follows a SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), Bugzilla is a great tool that will facilitate documenting and tracking software issues. Email reminders notify users in the workflow process of who needs to work take action or what the status of the bug is. Task leaders/managers can keep a tab on the overall status of the software bugs. It may not have the bells and whistles of other tools, but serves the purpose as is, out of the box.

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• It's easy to install and use.
• It's easy for clients as well as our internal teams to use and input feedback.
• It's easy to use and helps gather information a client/user may not normally supply.

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• Project synchronization. Used as the primary resource for bug tracking, bugzilla can serve as a powerful project synchronization tool. Every aspect of the tickets can be tracked; status changes, comments, added watchers, who's currently working on the issue, and if it's related to another issue.
• Unlimited Space. I currently work with a company who services hundreds of clients - and bugzilla helped us manage each one.
• For companies with a need to service many different projects, or iterations of the same project, bugzilla handles this task exceptionally well.
• Workflow assignments. Workflow is customizable by the simply selection of a checkbox. If ever the workflow needs to be altered, doing so is as simple as a .2 second "click".

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• The ability to add a couple more columns temporarily would be nice.

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• User interface is terrible. It was built in the 90s and still looks like it. While the back-end is robust, the front-end is antiquated. It provides too many options and is easy to break.
• Reporting is weak. It provides some basic statistics but doesn't provide details. You can find out how many reopens there are, but you can't know how quickly things go from reopen to complete.
• Doesn't have the best "canned" workflows. Software is done by teams. Bugzilla doesn't "out of the box" have workflows that mimic what a typical software organization does.

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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.

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BugHerd is an easy-to-use, highly intuitive tool that fits seamlessly into our web development process. It is easy for all users to use, web developers, project managers, testers and clients. Clients are able to easily pin bugs and provide explanatory feedback that allows our team to fix what is broken and incorporate client feedback.

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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.

I used it.

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No real issues here.

Truthfully, we have had very little need for BugHerd support, as the tool is intuitive and does not have many bugs of its own. They have a pretty solid help/FAQ section and their support people have been reasonably responsive the few times we have needed to contact customer support. We have had our issues resolved and questions answered.

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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

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I know it.

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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.

BugHerd is more focused on web-based tools, which we needed, as opposed to app-based tools like Instabug. Jira has a much higher level of complexity and barrier to entry and didn't suit our use case.

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Bugzilla is affordable and easier to use by newly forming team or group in our organization. As the team grows bigger we still continued to use Bugzilla as it is comfortable to use. We tried JIRA tool for bugtracking but it was expensive when compared to Bugzilla so switched back.

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I used it

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• BugHerd has reduced our testing and bug-fixing time by up to 25% per project.
• BugHerd has increased client satisfaction by making it painless to provide us feedback and report bugs during the final phase of the website project.
• BugHerd has also decreased the time that our project managers have to spend tracking bugs and reporting to the development team.

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• Unification of toolset (one tool for managing software development defects and customer escalations)
• User appreciation for ease of use in finding interrelated issues amongst different product areas
• Users continue to express how ugly Bugzilla is, and while skins are readily available, none give a really polished feel to the system.

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