Inflectra SpiraTeam vs Polarion ALM comparison

Inflectra and Siemens are both solutions in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category. Inflectra is ranked #22, while Siemens is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. Inflectra holds a 0.9% mindshare in ALM, compared to Siemens’s 6.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Inflectra users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Siemens users who would recommend it.

Inflectra SpiraTeam

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Polarion ALM

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88% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Polarion ALM and Inflectra SpiraTeam compete in the Application Lifecycle Management domain. Inflectra SpiraTeam seems superior in terms of features, as they justify its pricing despite Polarion ALM's advantages in pricing and customer support.

Features: Polarion ALM includes tools for requirements management, change tracking, and quality assurance, known for integrated traceability and collaboration. Inflectra SpiraTeam provides advanced test management, customizable dashboards, and agile project management, making it preferred for feature-rich environments.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Polarion ALM offers cloud and on-premise deployment options with strong customer service. Inflectra SpiraTeam is straightforward to deploy with user-friendly configuration, and its responsive technical support enhances rapid implementation.

Pricing and ROI: Polarion ALM requires a higher initial investment, providing solid ROI through extensive features and scalability. Inflectra SpiraTeam is more budget-friendly upfront, offering competitive ROI by maximizing agile efficiency and adaptability.

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Categories and Ranking

Inflectra SpiraTeam

Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites

22nd

Average Rating

9.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Polarion ALM

Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of Inflectra SpiraTeam is 0.9%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Polarion ALM is 6.1%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Polarion ALM	6.1%
Inflectra SpiraTeam	0.9%
Other	93.0%

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites

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it_user1241541

Quality Management Office (QMO) Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Flexible and stable with excellent technical support

I am the end user. I have a contract to provide testing for customers, however, ultimately the owner of the tool is the customer. For this reason, we're not direct customers. I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I don't like to put 10 due to the fact that I'm sure that something can be improved. That said, if the customer gave me the option to select a product, I'd select SpiraTeam over other tools. The facilities of the tool are more or less the same as the facilities of the ALM or other tools that are in the market. However, the customer support from Inflectra makes you feel like they are working with you. That is the gap in the quality that other options lack. They fix any issue very quickly.

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LasseMikkonen

CEO at byte

Has provided mature traceability and configuration features while supporting complex product development for mid-to-large companies

Polarion ALM can learn from Atlassian tools a lot, as the usability is not the best, and it is really narrowly focused on requirements management only. For example, if you want to do testing and test result management with it, it is very limited. Jama Connect has similar limitations, and both should really focus on developing the integrations and extendability. For example, Jama Connect does not even have an extension marketplace, whereas Polarion has a small one. However, compared to the Atlassian Marketplace where you can get whatever applications for whatever price, it is a totally different ballgame. I would highly recommend Polarion ALM add more AI features to it. I know they have started to do something, but for example, I have been developing widgets for IBM DOORS Next, AI widgets, so that you can write and analyze requirements with the AI, and I have also done the same for Jira, creating a couple of Jira applications in the marketplace as well.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is fast and very accessible."

"The initial setup and configuration are straightforward and relatively simple."

"The software is stable."

"I am impressed with the solution’s stability."

"The technical support is quite good."

"Polarion ALM is excellent for tracking who is working on what and how many people are involved in a project."

"We had a nice experience with technical support."

"It's extremely flexible. Configuring items is straightforward and doesn't require involving the supplier each time. We find the requirement management, test management, documentation, and dashboards very effective."

"The best feature of Polarion ALM to me is its traceability link."

"Polarion ALM has some valuable tools for managing our targets and requirements. I think that's its best feature."

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Cons

"It would be great if they worked more closely with other solutions. There needs to be better integration with the platform for development purposes."

"They need to continue improving the interface with the third-party options."

"Polarion ALM can learn from Atlassian tools a lot, as the usability is not the best, and it is really narrowly focused on requirements management only."

"As Polarion ALM is a development-oriented tool, easy support or easy access is provided by default, but if I want to use detailed features, I need to write the script, particularly the VM script, and this is its area for improvement. I want Polarion ALM to have a graphical user interface that doesn't need scripting. In the next release of the tool, I'd like for it to not require scripting and programming because needing to run script language is time-consuming."

"Based on my understanding, the tool's integration capabilities with multiple tools is an area of concern that Polarion needs to focus on more."

"I also recently suggested that CMS consider incorporating generative artificial intelligence into the system."

"Nowadays, the dashboard is too complex to be created."

"The ease-of-use could be improved a little."

"The solution can be improved by making it more user-friendly, and a server-based application rather than client based."

"The most important thing for them to improve should be platform-independent features. They should also provide extensive pipelines and release pipelines that we can define and we can work on."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The license model is okay for large companies but would be quite expensive for smaller enterprises."

"It is an expensive product."

"Software for medical devices is always expensive."

"You have to pay around 50-60 euros per user."

"The solution is expensive."

"Our license for Polarion ALM is yearly. And it's not the cheapest tool that we've looked at. So if we had made our decision purely based on the licensing cost, we wouldn't have selected Polarion."

"If the pricing would come down and it was more affordable then we wouldn't have to switch."

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Manufacturing Company

29%

Computer Software Company

11%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

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Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	12

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What needs improvement with Polarion ALM?

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What is your primary use case for Polarion ALM?

We are in our product development using Polarion ALM's functionalities. I am a power user, partly responsible for configuring the tool. We are using it for many things. The idea was to go for a req...

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What advice do you have for others considering Polarion ALM?

The pricing of Polarion ALM and IBM ELM is pretty much aligned. They are not at the same level, but I would say aligned according to the capabilities of the tools, with DOORS being more expensive b...

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Overview

Need to manage your entire project lifecycle? From requirements and test cases, to tasks and code SpiraTeam has you covered. Powerful, straightforward, and flexible, SpiraTeam helps you get started fast. With SpiraTeam, manage your tasks and bugs quickly and easily, sync them with your team, and get back to developing. Integrated version control, testing (manual and automated), and customizable reporting, help you track it all.

Inflectra

The world’s first 100% browser-based ALM enterprise solution, which enables seamless collaboration across disparate teams, multi-directionally linked work items, full traceability, accelerated productivity and automated proof of compliance.

Siemens

Sample Customers

Cenduit, Maas Database Applications, DHHS Tasmania, Rota Yokogawa, ASI Business Solutions, ComputaCenter

Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, IBS AG, Zumtobel Group

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