--- title: Rational ClearCase Reviews meta\_title: 'Rational ClearCase Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 40 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Rational ClearCase works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 2.9 review\_count: 40 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # Rational ClearCase Reviews & Product Details IBM Rational ClearCase is a software configuration management solution that provides version control, workspace management, parallel development support, and build auditing. * * * Seller [IBM](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ibm) Discussions [Rational ClearCase Community](https://www.g2.com/products/rational-clearcase/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/rational-clearcase/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Git](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Git") Git 4.7/5(539) ](https://www.g2.com/products/git/reviews) [ ![Azure DevOps Server](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Azure DevOps Server") Azure DevOps Server 4.2/5(200) ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-devops-server/reviews) [ ![Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform") Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 4.6/5(377) ](https://www.g2.com/products/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/rational-clearcase/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 40 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ML Mathieu L. Intern Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/30/2022 "A powerful and robust version control software, but with a complicated and old-looking GUI." 3/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? ClearCase is very robust and adapted to large and complex company projects. This tool provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that can be helpful for non-command-line interface users. ClearCase has been released for a long time and is reliable, the software is stable and documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? Although ClearCase is powerful and reliable, the learning curve is slow and users shall take a lot of time to master this software. The GUI is old-looking and outdated. A lot of pop-ups and complicated views can be confusing. Integration and automation are not easy without the help of ClearCase experts in the comOnce pany. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: Ask senior people that have been using ClearCase for years in the company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? ClearCase solves the version control of multiple projects in my company and provides a reliable history of source code. Once installed, the software is stable and adapted to large companies with a long software development history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") UA Verified User in Automotive Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/8/2022 "ClearCase an easy way for compilation and version tracking of changes." 4/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Version tree in the ClearCase is more useful to understand the changes between previous and current version of code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? UI and page look like too old like using in 1960s. Need to update UI more colorful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Compilation can be easily done for whole project source files. Beside we have time benefits to work more efficiently with this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Hospital & Health Care](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Hospital & Health Care") UH Verified User in Hospital & Health Care Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/3/2021 "Even champion race horse are put to pasture eventually." 1.5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Clearcase does have some good features. File level branching is very useful. The security in Clearcase is extensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? It's slow. It takes a lot of work to configure and maintain. It's not really designed for super large repositories. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: Look at other solutions, be prepared to write big checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? We are able to manage the software versioning on many of our smaller projects with Clearcase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Amandeep S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Amandeep S.") AS Amandeep S. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/24/2020 "The best version control software back in the day" 0.5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? IBM Rational ClearCase was one of the best version control tools when it came out. It ability to provide Dynamic and Snapshot views was cutting edge at the time. Branching and merging code was very simple using the built-in tools. It also provided the ability to geo-replicate the repository to different sites using an addon product called Multisite. Policy management is performed by using "triggers", which can be run using simple scripting languages to allow for extra policy checks. Latter versions also introduced UCM (Unified Change Management) which provided an out of box branching strategy to further simplify the development process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? At the time I would say nothing. However as time has progressed IBM Rational ClearCase is not longer a viable solution for a development team, especially as there is so many open source alternatives (Git, Subversion). It has now become quite a niche product with very few developers knowing how to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Software Configuration Management is the main issue that Rational ClearCase resolves - however as stated above there are competitor products , most of which are open source that can surpass its abilities now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Aswin Kumar N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aswin Kumar N.") AN Aswin Kumar N. Technical Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/4/2020 "One of the best in market user friendly proprietary version control system from IBM" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Cleasecase is customizable according to the buniess area and easy to implement in a software integration environment. The GUI is quite user friendly and is easily understandable. It could easily be implemented with the other IBM software tools for requirement handling, change management and defect tracking to make a unique tool chain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? It is a bit expensive with the license and could have more features for the price charged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: If you need a stable, reliable, user friendly and an easily understandable version management tool, then definitely Clearcase is one good option and if you have the IBM tool chain for all other stuffs like change management, defect management and so it adds to the value Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Clearcase solves many problems with the database maintenance of the software, easy to create a new build environment from scratch. I have realized that Clearcase has always been user friendly in terms of understanding the version trees, branching and so on. It gives a good view of the files version controlled and their status of usage in a multi-user environment. Clearcase is a quite stable tool to rely on for future build implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Government Administration](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Government Administration") UG Verified User in Government Administration Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/6/2020 "Legend version control in early times" 4/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? One big benefit is that intellectual property is always in the corporate Network. So it is more secured. another is the instant access of source files without downloading Dynamic Views. Must admire a fully functional translucent file system. One big benefit is that the Intellectual Property is always in the corporate network. A laptop can be lost/stolen and no source code in jeopardy. Another is the instant access to source code and changed files, no time is ever spent downloading anything. It serves well for the purpose it has. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? The support is terrible. We've had tickets open for years. Our eclipse guru actually fixed a bug in their eclipse plugin locally in about 30 minutes by disassembling the java file. But the ticket still hasn't got past level one support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Outdated technology Non-intuitive GUI Expensive Resource monster Sellout to Microsoft Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vishal S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vishal S.") VS Vishal S. Deputy General Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/5/2020 "Most Effective Configuration Management Tool" 5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Powerful configuration Management of all files, source code. Graphic representation. Merge facilities for branches. Lock feature to avoid overwriting. Dynamic view allows easy management of files Static view to work at remote locations where no server connections available. Easy creation of workspace. Easy and effective to manage incremental changes. Very user friendly HMI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? Cost (understand that for so many features need to pay) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: Very effective and powerful tool. Will recommend everyone to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Creation of branches and workspace easily using Graphical interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") UA Verified User in Automotive Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/7/2019 "Detailed process with little interest for the end user" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Process, process, process: every step of the development phase is perfectly described and easy to check. The UI is also, although a bit too old fashioned, quite clean and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? Excessive amount of data makes this software definitely not user friendly. It's also prone to slow down or just getting stuck for minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: Consider asking for a serious training period: CC is not exactly the most user friendly software out there Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Didn’t really impact my work in a particularly positive way although the version control was usually fairly well designed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 11/15/2019 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Suneesh M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Suneesh M.") SM Suneesh M. Technical Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/29/2019 "Manage large codebase with ease" 4/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? Dynamic views, winking for faster compilation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? High licensing cost, not decentralized like git Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? Management of large source code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite AH Anna H. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/19/2018 "Good for Version Control" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Rational ClearCase? I used CC for version control of codes in my company. I found it very useful because many a times a project would be divided into multiple sub projects and would be given to us for implementation. We can load the latest version and make our changes and merge to the mother branch once done. This gives good visibility and tracking of each individual's work. I also liked the functions like we could compare two version side by side. This was useful in reviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Rational ClearCase? I sometimes feel it s a bit slow. Also the GUI is a little harder than other competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Rational ClearCase: It is very powerful and can mange huge repositories. It is suitable for big enterprises and multinationals where development happens across countries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Rational ClearCase solving and how is that benefiting you? We mainly used CC for version control and to manage document repositories. Also CC facilitated to provide a particular employee access to only document he needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Rational ClearCase? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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