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PROS

Atlassian ALM fits well into agile product management environments.
The main power is integration between different Atlassian suite products.
Good integration with work management using Java is a major strength.
The Scrum board is a particularly valuable feature.
The interface supports building tests and scenarios in Test Lab effectively, linking defects throughout the system efficiently.

CONS

Reports are not customizable and need improvement.
Automation for scheduling software and testing is complex and rigid.
There is room for improvement in high-level project management.
Not scalable for larger projects or product portfolios.
Pricing is considered very expensive.
 

Atlassian ALM Pros review quotes

it_user426357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operating Officer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 5, 2016
As a general purpose tool, JIRA and Confluence are still ahead of the competition.
it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 11, 2016
The Atlassian ALM suite consists at least of JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket and HipChat - just the tools you need for organizing your teams in a very efficient way.
it_user489045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 11, 2016
In Bitbucket, the reviews are pretty good.
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VK
Product Delivery Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Feb 25, 2020
This solution fits very well into our agile product management environment.
it_user1090899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Software R&D at Fluid Data Services
Mar 24, 2020
The main power of this tool is the integration between the different products of the Atlassian suite. We have good integration with work management with Java. This is the major strength from this provider.
ZX
R&D Director, CTO at CSDN
Jun 20, 2023
The most valuable feature is the Scrum board.
LasseMikkonen - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at byte
Oct 31, 2025
If you can spend the little effort to configure Jira to support your more complex requirements management, then you can concentrate everything in one tool.
BRIANJOHNSON2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independant Consultant at Reckitt
Dec 10, 2025
The interface between the repository and test plan stands out as valuable, and I appreciate building the tests and scenarios in Test Lab and the ability to link defects throughout the system, which Atlassian ALM does better than any other testing products.
 

Atlassian ALM Cons review quotes

it_user426357 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operating Officer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
May 5, 2016
Frankly it's a really daunting exercise - challenging, problematic and very flaky.
it_user302112 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 11, 2016
All Atlassian products are based on JAVA which makes it a bit difficult to trace problems if you don't have much JAVA skilled staff around.
it_user489045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 11, 2016
Confluence is just a super-inadequate tool for editing documents.
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VK
Product Delivery Manager at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Feb 25, 2020
The reports are not really customizable, which is something that they should improve on.
it_user1090899 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Software R&D at Fluid Data Services
Mar 24, 2020
The automation for scheduling software and doing software tests should be simplified because it's complex and too rigid.
ZX
R&D Director, CTO at CSDN
Jun 20, 2023
There is room for improvement in the high-level project management.
LasseMikkonen - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at byte
Oct 31, 2025
However, it is not really scalable, so if you want to use it for anything larger or plan to use it for product portfolios, then it starts to be problematic.
BRIANJOHNSON2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independant Consultant at Reckitt
Dec 10, 2025
Atlassian ALM is too expensive. The pricing is very expensive.