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Inflectra SpiraTeam vs TFS comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Inflectra SpiraTeam
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
25th
Average Rating
9.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TFS
Ranking in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites category, the mindshare of Inflectra SpiraTeam is 1.1%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TFS is 4.9%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TFS4.9%
Inflectra SpiraTeam1.1%
Other94.0%
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
 

Featured Reviews

it_user1241541 - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
PF
Angular C Full Stack Developer at Great American Insurance
Simplified task creation enhances seamless development workflow
We use TFS for our Agile board to handle our sprints, epics, stories, and tasks, tracking how work is progressing. It is also a repository for managing code changes TFS integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio and Azure Cloud, facilitating continuous integration and continuous deployment, which…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The support is even better than the tool. It's incredible. The technical support that they have wonderful."
"The initial setup and configuration are straightforward and relatively simple."
"The solution is fast and very accessible."
"The initial setup is really very easy, and the documentation provided by the solution is some of the best documentation that I've seen in the last years, with tutorials, videos, and step-by-step instructions that cover basically all of the situations that you can see when you are installing."
"This solution is stable and we have not had any crashes to this point."
"We have set up a centralized TFS server, and all the delivery projects are using it for code repository, ALMs, and DevOps implementation."
"It's an integrated system that includes all the information that we need to deliver our products smoothly and to track the progress of each piece of code."
"It is user-friendly with a straightforward drag and drop interface, which makes it easier for me to create builds and release pipelines without needing to program YAML files."
"The tool's installation is straightforward."
"The initial setup is fairly easy."
"The most valuable feature is having everything in a single interface, allowing quick and efficient browsing."
"This tool provides a complete solution for ALM."
 

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."
"The pricing could be lower."
"I would like to see the reporting features expanded so that I can see details on the users connected to all of the projects."
"This is the negative side of TFS; the price is expensive."
"As an end-user, I expect the solution's performance to be faster while staying as stable as possible."
"The test management interface is not very handy."
"Continuous integration in most of .NET developments (web and desktop applications) is easy to configure, but in case of other kinds of developments (SharePoint or Xamarin) it is not so easy, you have to spend a lot of time making customizations."
"They can improve the stability and merging features, especially with SSIS."
"Technical support is a challenge. It is a pain to get anything from Microsoft done."
"TFS should have capabilities similar to Git, like storing all types of artifacts in the repository."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Use the Microsoft recommended “seat-based” licensing model. This allows a single developer with multiple machines to consume only one client license."
"It is an expensive solution."
"The overall price of TFS is good."
"There are different prices depending on the configurations. There is a free version available. There is no extra cost for the solution. However, the hardware could be something that needs to be considered."
"I am not in a position to comment on the licensing terms, as we are talking about an enterprise arrangement."
"There is a yearly licensing fee that needs to be paid."
"TFS is not cheap."
"You will need to obtain server and account licenses."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

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Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
What needs improvement with TFS?
From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further.
 

Also Known As

SpiraTeam
Team Foundation Server
 

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Sample Customers

Cenduit, Maas Database Applications, DHHS Tasmania, Rota Yokogawa, ASI Business Solutions, ComputaCenter
Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP
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