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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Jama Connect

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Jama Connect® is a Requirements Management software and Requirements Traceability solution. Jama Software enables teams to manage product requirements and enable Live Traceability™ across the development process, in order to reduce cycle times and improve product quality.N/A

    Polarion ALM

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/APolarion ALM is an application requirement management software platform now owned and supported by Siemens since the 2015 acquisition. It is available on the cloud (Polarion X) and on-premise. Polarion connect teams and projects to improve application development processes with a single, unified solution for requirements, coding, testing and release.

    $42

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Jama ConnectPolarion ALM
    Editions & Modules
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    Polarion X Base
    $42
    per month per user
    Polarion ALM
    Contact Sales
    one or more years per user/concurrent
    Polarion Requirements
    Contact Sales
    one or more years per user/concurrent
    Polarion QA
    Contact Sales
    one or more years per user/concurrent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Jama ConnectPolarion ALM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Jama ConnectPolarion ALM
    Considered Both Products
    Jama Software
    Chose Jama Connect
    Focused on Requirements Engineering.
    Intuitive
    User Interface
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Much easier to use
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Jama Connect is more straightforward than these systems but not quite as versatile or comprehensive. I would choose those other systems if I were at a very large company working on very complex systems (which I am not).
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Polarion did not have the outside sales support that Jama Connect has. Polarion seems better suited for an Agile development lifecycle rather than an evergreen repository of requirements, design features, and verifications.

    Excel is the low-cost/low-feature requirements …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    -API in JAMA is stronger
    -JAMA is good for small projects ( e.g with 20k requirements)
    - JAMA is not strong when it gets to reports and exports
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Ease of access. I've used so many test management tools.
    So far the user friendliness with Jama was top notch. Anyone can easily understand the flow of the application. It's best in tracking the status and checking the version of the final test case. Currently I'm using Q test …
    Incentivized
    Siemens AG
    Chose Polarion ALM
    Polarion is a juggernaut of a tool when it comes to traceability and modelling. And it is far better for task management.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Jama ConnectPolarion ALM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (75 ratings)
    9.8
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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