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OpenText Corporation

OpenText ALM Octane

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

44 Reviews Write a Review

What is OpenText ALM Octane?

OpenText™ ALM Octane includes integrated planning, continuous integration, test management, and release management. With these capabilities, Agile teams and DevOps toolchains deliver high-quality software with insight, traceability, analytics-focused end-to-end visibility, and continuous quality.

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Awards & Recognition

OpenText ALM Octane won the following awards in the Software Testing category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021

OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+97 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love OpenText ALM Octane?

0% Negative

6% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Test Script Editor

Test Environment Management

Test Planning

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

ALM Integration

Test Data Management

Test Case Generator

Artifact Traceability

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Coverage Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

Brian F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

OpenText ALM Octane is a good, very useful program

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

If you have experience with ALM products, you should use it for DevOps. How well this works with Jenkins and other DevOps tools is something else I'm interested in.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Everything needed for a Product Development Lifecycle is right here in this tool. If you want the best value and service for your clients, we can interface with any industry leader. We get prompt responses from the Consultants to our questions. The application's user interface is highly responsive, making it compatible with nearly all devices.

What do you dislike most about this product?

New installations and settings have a dearth of available tutorials.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its ability to work with DevOps technologies for continuous testing makes it a top pick in my book for making sure that builds are of high quality.

Pros

Reliable
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Saves Time

Mohammad S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Open Text ALM Integration : Seamlessly Connectivit

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

It's easy to use and interface is awesome

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This easily occupied and very unique

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing yet

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

People use for easy to implement and Integration part

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Dixit R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Easy to use but need Maximized Collaboration

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates OpenText ALM Octane from other similar products?

OpenText ALM Octane boasts enterprise scalability, end-to-end visibility, predictive analytics and insights, and a user-friendly interface as its key distinguishing features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspects for this products are predictive analytics and insights.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Improving Integration: OpenText ALM Octane's Connectivity with Jira and Confluence

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I must recommed this software to others for testing and managing day to day task.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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OpenText ALM Octane

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

OpenText ALM Octane Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love OpenText ALM Octane?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Test Script Editor Write and modify test scripts in a scripting languge (e.g. VBScript, JavaScript, Python) within a coding editor.

Test Environment Management Provision, monitor, refresh, and tear down test environments. Teams can track all environment resources from a centralized dashboard and repository.

Test Planning Build test cycles and phases, define milestones to coordinate dependencies and releases, and then assign resources to execute the planned tests.

Artifact Management Test artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed in a structured format, such as folder, heirarchical, and context-driven formats.

Analytics and Reporting Aggregated visual reporting of testing progress, results and insights through real-time, dynamic dashboards with customizable reporting widgets.

ALM Integration Real-time integration with 3rd party ALM and other software delivery tools such as Build, Deploy, Test and Requirements Management.

Test Data Management Secured management and access of test data.

Test Case Generator Automatically generate test cases directly from requirements, the source code, recordings of user actions, and visual and graphical workflows and models.

Artifact Traceability Trace testing artifacts, such as test cases and scripts, forward to test runs and issues that need to be fixed, and backwards to the business process.

Test Run Workflow Manager Script, configure, execute and manage automated testing workflows, including parallel testing. Automation is initiated internally by test management solution.

Test Coverage Analysis Pinpoint the sources of test failures and defects by granularly dissecting test runs, test cases and other testing artifacts and requirements.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

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OpenText ALM Octane Reviews

Brian F.

OpenText ALM Octane is a good, very useful program

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohammad S.

Open Text ALM Integration : Seamlessly Connectivit

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dixit R.

Easy to use but need Maximized Collaboration

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Test Script Editor

Test Environment Management

Test Planning

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

ALM Integration

Test Data Management

Test Case Generator

Artifact Traceability

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Coverage Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration