Comparison Guide

HP Application Lifecycle Management and HP

Quality Center significant feature differences
by version and product
Includes the following products and versions:
HP ALM 11.52
HP ALI 2.6
HP ALM Essentials 11.52
HP QC 11.52

Additional Feature s by version/offering

Management

HP ALM Essentials
11.52

HP QC Enterprise
11.52

HP ALM

Limited

Included

Included

11.52

Dashboard Module
Reporting
Release & Cycle Management
Cross-project Reporting
Project Planning & Tracking
Business Views (Excel reporting)
Requirements Management

Limited

Req. to Req. Traceability

Version Control
Multiple Requirement Types
Business Process Models
Baselining
Risk-based Quality Management
Requirements Sharing/Reuse
Requirements Templates
Shared Customization
Requirements-Only license
Requirements Traceability to Source Code &
Build

Available

Available

Additional Feature s by version/offering

HP ALM Essentials
11.52

HP QC Enterprise
11.52

HP ALM

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

Available

11.52

Test Management
Test Plan
Test Lab

Test Resource Management

Test Configurations

Version Control
Baselining
HP Sprinter

HP Business Process Testing

HP Service Test Management

HP QA Inspect

Available

Lab Management

AUT Topology

Continuous Delivery Automation (CDA)

Integration Available
Test Assets Sharing / Reuse
Test Planning based on Build Health & Risk
Defect Management

Additional Feature s by version/offering

HP ALM Essentials
11.52

HP QC Enterprise
11.52

HP ALM

Available

Available

11.52

Defect Tracking and Management

Workflow Customization
Defect Mgmt only License
Process Enablement Shared Customization

Defect Sharing
Defect Traceability to Source Code & Build
Mobile App Access

Other Key Features

3-Way Traceability

4-Way Traceability

Shared Platform of ALM & Performance

Center

Available

Optimized Repository

QC Sense
Open APIs/ALM Synchronizer
Enterprise Collaboration

Integration to PPM

Synchronization with Agile Manager

Available

Additional Feature s by version/offering

HP ALM Essentials
11.52

HP QC Enterprise
11.52

HP ALM
11.52

Development Collaboration
Plug-in for SCM Systems

Available

Plug-in for Build Systems

Traceability to Unit Tests, Coverage, Success

Rate
Traceability to code changes (# lines, Kh)
Change Impact Report

Build Success Rate

Build Content & Coverage

IDE Plug-in

Available

Available

Other Licensing Options

Max Concurrent Users

Unlimited

Unlimited

Unlimited

Geographical Licensing

Named Users Only

Site, Area, Global

Site, Area, Global

High Availability Server

Available

Upgrade from previous version

Available

Term Licensing

Available

Available

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Created July 2013