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3SL Cradle vs Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 6, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

3SL Cradle
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
9.2
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Broadcom Agile Requirements...
Ranking in Application Requirements Management
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (8th), Test Design Automation (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Application Requirements Management category, the mindshare of 3SL Cradle is 2.5%, up from 1.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.3%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Requirements Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer3.3%
3SL Cradle2.5%
Other94.2%
Application Requirements Management
 

Featured Reviews

Siegmar-Schuenke - PeerSpot reviewer
Operation manager at OpenCage
Flexible solution that manages all your needs
I mainly use 3SL Cradle to manage the requirements from service projects 3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately.  3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities. In the next release, I would like 3SL Cradle to be…
Hosney Osman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone
Integration capabilities enhance testing and workflow automation
I rate Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer as 8 out of 10. It will be very nice if Broadcom has questions or comments related to my review and can reach me via email to clarify something. I want to be a reference for Broadcom. I don't have any information regarding the visual modeling function specifically. I'm not dealing with modeling requirements or generating optimized test cases in Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer. Broadcom takes a lot of information from us as end-users, and they provide fixes within two to five days maximum. My team has raised many enhancement requests and discussed them with Broadcom, and they are adding some of these features to the product itself. I look forward to receiving an email regarding these reviews, and I can add anything later if I forgot something, earning some points for this contribution on the website.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"3SL Cradle's most valuable feature is its flexibility in managing all your needs immediately."
"3SL Cradle enabled my current and former organizations to be champions of requiring and providing bi-directional traceability to all relevant data, from cradle to grave -- the entire project lifecycle -- due to the tool’s ability to be customized with ease and ability to produce products that builds confidence in project stakeholders."
"We deliver test cases ten times faster and automate in hours vs. days or weeks."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the ease for creating test cases and the automation of the test cases from the user workflows."
"This solution saves a lot of time in the software testing cycle because, with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer specifically, I am doing a flowchart, and I can extract test cases and use cases to be run and tested on ALM as an integration."
"None came near to this solution."
"The most valuable features of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer are ease of use, saving time for the team who builds test cases, and visibility of test cases."
"I did extensive research in this area and at the moment CA Agile Requirements Designer is probably one of the best tools in the market."
"By using ARD it allowed junior developers to write code because they had all of the requirements in the business flow."
"One of the best features is that you can actually develop some of the business designs in the application and transfer that into scenarios if you don't go out of the detail level."
 

Cons

"3SL Cradle could be improved with better support for SysML functionalities."
"Cradle provides around 15 modeling notations (e.g. Data Flow Diagrams, State Transition Diagrams, Use Case Diagram, etc.); however, SysML and DoDAF are not included."
"Everything but the licensing was straightforward. The licensing is extremely complex."
"It is not scalable anymore. It's not scalable because it doesn't support Kubernetes for making scalability, so I'm just going to increase memory and storage on the same machine."
"At present, there is no option for test data parameters from ARD for virtual databases. We have to create them in TDM and push them as well. Virtual database connectivity needs to be improved. They need to come up with some areas where they can create synthetic data parameters easily from the test cases that have been designed."
"CA ARD is lagging in competing with these tools."
"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."
"We struggled a bit with the initial setup. It could be easier."
"The solution could improve security and authentication."
"The only thing CA does not have today is a testing engine."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."
"At present, Broadcom works through partners rather than dealing directly with the consumer. When there are discounts given, it's up to the partner as to whether they want to give that discount to the customer. Sometimes, the partners decide to take the discount themselves. Pricewise, I would give ARD's price a rating of three out of five."
"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."
"We were able to scale down some resources to basically self-fund our ability to purchase the tool."
"​The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."
"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."
"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
21%
University
13%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise21
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
It's not affordable; it's very expensive. It would be suitable only for large customers, and a large customer will think twice before making a deal with Broadcom.
What needs improvement with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
Integration with AI is an area that needs to be improved quickly. To be clear, this relates to how to use AI to improve use cases, break down applications, and review designs, as this area needs to...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer?
This solution saves a lot of time in the software testing cycle because, with Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer specifically, I am doing a flowchart, and I can extract test cases and use cases t...
 

Also Known As

Cradle
Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer
 

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Sample Customers

NASA, In-Depth Engineering Corporation, Avibras
Williams, Rabobank
Find out what your peers are saying about 3SL Cradle vs. Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
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