HP ALM vs. qTest

Deciding upon a Test Management tool is no easy task. There are many points to consider when searching in such a variety of test management solutions. Every tool out there will promise to be the best, which in fact is wrong. All the test management tools out there are great, but you need to choose the one that will be “best for you” and your QA process and demands.

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In order for your process and tool capabilities to align you need to first assess what your demands are. Testing coverage, integrations, customization, reporting and more.
The following comparison between qTest and HP ALM, takes the main features that should be evaluated before decided on one of the two, or with other tools as well.

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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
	Batch editing

Time-Based Testing Iterations Management

	Milestones/Releases Management

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 Dashboards graphs, reports and metrics
	Scheduled reports

AI-Powered Test Management

	Test Steps Creation
	Test Steps Editing
	Assigning a Score to Reflect Test Value

Additional Features

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

Security and Certifications

	Soc 2
	ISO 27001

Service and Support

	Service and Support

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