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Jama Connect vs. Arena PLM and QMS

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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

    Arena PLM and QMS

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AArena by PTC is a cloud-based PLM and QMS platform. Arena helps product companies that rely on distributed teams and global supply chains to develop products, ensure regulatory compliance, and respond to customer demands.N/A
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    Jama ConnectArena PLM and QMS
    Editions & Modules
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    Jama ConnectArena PLM and QMS
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—Arena's cloud-based PLM and QMS solutions include role-based subscriptions to meet diverse team needs. Their fixed-fee QuickStart™ implementations supports rapid deployment.
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    Jama ConnectArena PLM and QMS
    Considered Both Products
    Jama Software
    Chose Jama Connect
    I really liked Cradle as it seemed to be very full-featured. BUT, my liking for it was predicated on my being a daily user of the tool; it took me a while to get familiar with the tool. What was certainly true of Cradle in my experience was that it was VERY challenging to get …
    Incentivized
    Chose Jama Connect
    Alternatives to Jama for us is Google Sheets. I have spent significant amount of time getting the team away from sheets as a source of truth. The added features of Jama has helped the team transition to Jama for the source of truth for requirements.
    Incentivized
    Arena by PTC
    Chose Arena PLM and QMS
    Arena had an easier BOM structure setup
    Incentivized
    Chose Arena PLM and QMS
    Arena was more intuitive and had a better interface and user experience than PTC Windchill, though Windchill was great as it had good CAD integration and the CAD PLM was the document PLM, everything was in one place. Windchill also had good customization workflow that …
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    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 ConnectArena PLM and QMS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (75 ratings)
    9.2
    (214 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)