Rational ClearCase Reviews & Product Details

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.

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 The GUI is old-looking and outdated.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 company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.

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.

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.

IBM Rational ClearCase was one of the best version control tools when it came out. Its 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. Later versions also introduced UCM (Unified Change Management) which provided an out-of-the-box branching strategy to further simplify the development process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At the time I would say nothing. However, as time has progressed, IBM Rational ClearCase is no longer a viable solution for a development team, especially as there are 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.

Clearcase is customizable according to the business 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cost (understand that for so many features need to pay) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.

Dynamic views, winking for faster compilation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

High licensing cost, not decentralized like git Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

I sometimes feel it is a bit slow. Also the GUI is a little harder than other competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.