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Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer vs ConformIQ Creator comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Agile Requirements...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
8th
Ranking in Test Design Automation
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Application Requirements Management (6th)
ConformIQ Creator
Ranking in Test Management Tools
17th
Ranking in Test Design Automation
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
AI-Augmented Software-Testing Tools (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer is 3.1%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ConformIQ Creator is 2.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer3.1%
ConformIQ Creator2.8%
Other94.1%
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Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer1518657 - PeerSpot reviewer
QE Manager at Capgemini
Feature-rich stable tool with multiple options to control output, good integration with other tools, and knowledgeable support team
The core functionality of the tool is automated test generation of optimized test suite; the tool has extensive list of options for the same. The product's integration with other tools sets it apart. It has integrations with many upstream (for requirements mapping) and downstream (export of test cases to various tools) products. It is like "plug-and-play". For any customized downstream tool, like our proprietary automation framework, support is provided for custom development. It is has features - Business AD - to use in Agile implementations. The latest version seems to have support for BDD/Gherkin as well, which we have not used much.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It helped us to move from manual testing to automation testing."
"The optimization technique helps in giving us the minimum number of test cases with maximum coverage."
"The ability to create models/diagrams at multiple levels (nest/embed them) helps in taking models from high-level business requirements and building them into detailed requirements models and test models. Plus, it helps reuse lower level models. It also allows maintaining models at appropriate levels, even for very complex systems/solutions."
"We deliver test cases ten times faster and automate in hours vs. days or weeks."
"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."
"Integration with TDM, test data management tool, provides the ability to generate data or use identified (preset or parametrized) test data. It allows significant expansion of test coverage and flexibility, without creating new tests and needing to maintain them."
"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."
"The cost of the tool was well worth the benefit that we saw on the back-end."
"Conformiq integrates well with various automation tools and auto-generates between 60% and 80% of the automation scripts."
"Though optimized and automated test generation is the core functionality, the product's integration with other tools sets it apart."
"The tool has the ability to integrate with various requirement management, test management, and version control tools."
"This product helps with understanding the design tool for the test case generation without manual writing of test cases in Excel."
"Conformiq generates a unique and optimized set of test cases, maintains them to the current application version by removing those for obsolete functionality, and, with proper integration to the automation framework, has enabled in-release and in-sprint automation for us."
 

Cons

"Data flexibility is something which I would like to see, along with more integration with App Test."
"The biggest thing for us is the effort required to create the workflows."
"Adding more connectivity to outside applications and the amount of detail we can export to systems of record could be improved."
"On a scale from one to ten, I would rate technical support at four. This is because not all staff are knowledgeable."
"Broadcom Agile Requirements Designer could improve the UI. Other solutions have a much better UI. The new UI should have a new modern framework."
"CA ARD doesn't provide integration with Tosca. The possibility of creating a test case and exporting it into Tosca is not available. Integration with end-to-end automation tools, like Worksoft or Tosca, is not provided by CA ARD as of now."
"Needs improvement in aligning models so they look clear and readable without having to move boxes around."
"A template in App Test should be created in advance. This has proven to be time consuming. The process is not fully automated, because there is a lot of manual intervention is required."
"We have limited widgets available in the tool to design UI flow."
"Even though the 4.1 version is a far-improved version from its earlier avatars, the performance of test generation is still an issue on real-time models we have."
"It would be helpful to have a feature in the tool's UI to map object locators within the system."
"I would like to see the output data optionally used as input for the model, as further action in the flow."
"Improvements on the List item widget and Table widget are needed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing model is based on how many people are using it. We have an annual license. There are not any additional costs."
"This tool reduces the cost associated with test cases, automation script generation, and maintenance costs."
"Recommendation is to go with concurrent licenses as oppose to seat license; this gives more flexibility."
"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."
"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."
"It is less costly when compared to other tools on the market."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Performing Arts
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise21
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Questions from the Community

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...
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Also Known As

Grid Tools Agile Designer, CA ARD, CA Agile Requirements Designer
Conformiq Creator, Conformiq Transformer
 

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Sample Customers

Williams, Rabobank
Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Daimler, Ericsson
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