HP ALM Vs. Testpad

Trying to decide on the Test Management tool you are to use can be challenging. There is such a large variety of solutions all promising to be the best. What should guide you however, is to choose the one that will best your QA process. The chosen solution should have the feature you are looking for in a tool.

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If you are trying to decide between HP ALM and Testpad, the comparison below should help you better understand their strengths and weaknesses and help you decide. We also recommend using this helpful checklist with the points you must take notice of when comparing testing tools.

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HP ALM

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Requirement and User Stories Management

	Support for hierarchical requirements

Test case management

	Add attachments to each test step
	Clone Tests between projects
	Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
	Reusable test repositories
	Exploratory Testing module (session based testing)

Test Sets and Execution Management

Audit history of runs and results
Edit tests during runs
Report issues/bugs from tests and auto-populate tests to reproduce
Assignment of Cycles and Tests to testers
Parameterization of Test Cases and Sets
Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
Reuse tests from repository for any test set run
Test Set Permutations	N/A	N/A

Issue management

	Independent issue management module
	Ability to detect and prevent duplicate issues
	Ability to report issues directly from emails
	Batch editing

Integrations

	Integration with 3rd party Bug Tracking systems
	Integration with Test Automation Tools
	Integration with Source Control systems
	Zapier
	API
	Slack integration
	Webhooks

Customization

	Hierarchical filters to organize information (e.g. Test Tree, Bug categories, Requirement types)
	Custom Workflow
	Custom fields and filters
	Permissions & personalized mail notifications

Reporting

	Customizable Graphs/Dashboards and reports
	Scheduled reports

Additional features

Import & Export all data
Search (ability to add criteria)
External dashboard and embedding graphs
Cloud or Installed	Installed	Cloud
Task Board

Security and certifications

	Soc 2
	ISO 27001

Service and Support

	Service and Support

Compare HP ALM to PractiTest

Compare Testpad to PractiTest

“When I compare it to other solutions I’ve worked with before, I can say that PractiTest is much faster and is of better value.”

– Udi Vered, Zerto’s Director of QA

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