SpiraTest Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users appreciate the ease of use in SpiraTest, finding it simple and well-designed for team collaboration. (2 mentions)

Users appreciate the simple user interface of SpiraTest, finding it intuitive and effective for team collaboration. (2 mentions)

Users appreciate the simple user interface of SpiraTest, which enhances team collaboration and overall usability. (2 mentions)

Users praise the excellent customer support of SpiraTest, enhancing their overall experience with the product. (1 mentions)

Users value the simple user interface of SpiraTest, which enhances team collaboration and efficiency. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of SpiraTest

1. Ease of Use

Users appreciate the ease of use in SpiraTest, finding it simple and well-designed for team collaboration.

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Eitan G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"All the features that you need for QA in one place"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

Simple user interface, good support team.

Raman d K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Maximizing Productivity"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

It is a good tool to help the teams, it's simple user interface. It's a well thought out and executed feature.

2. Simple

Users appreciate the simple user interface of SpiraTest, finding it intuitive and effective for team collaboration.

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Eitan G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"All the features that you need for QA in one place"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

Simple user interface, good support team.

Raman d K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Maximizing Productivity"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

It is a good tool to help the teams, it's simple user interface. It's a well thought out and executed feature.

3. User Interface

Users appreciate the simple user interface of SpiraTest, which enhances team collaboration and overall usability.

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Eitan G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"All the features that you need for QA in one place"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

Simple user interface, good support team.

Raman d K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Maximizing Productivity"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

It is a good tool to help the teams, it's simple user interface. It's a well thought out and executed feature.

4. Customer Support

Users praise the excellent customer support of SpiraTest, enhancing their overall experience with the product.

See 1 mentions

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Eitan G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"All the features that you need for QA in one place"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

Simple user interface, good support team.

5. Features

Users value the simple user interface of SpiraTest, which enhances team collaboration and efficiency.

See 1 mentions

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Raman d K.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4.5/5

"Maximizing Productivity"

What do you like about SpiraTest?

It is a good tool to help the teams, it's simple user interface. It's a well thought out and executed feature.

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S. Theodorus M.

QA Analyst

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/15/2018

"SpiraTest is excellent for scripting test cases"

4/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

Of all the test case tools I've used, SpiraTest is by far the best for scripting. It makes the cloning and linking of similar test cases very convenient. What really facilitates this feature is the Parameters functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

It would nice if the test case owner field would be updated automatically. Presently, this needs to be manually updated after the test case execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SpiraTest:

If you need a tool that will make the scripting of test cases much easier, you should definitely taka a look at SpiraTest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SpiraTest solving and how is that benefiting you?

SpiraTest is a very useful tool for capturing and maintaining test cases. It provides a convenient way to review old test cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Casper S.

Senior Test Engineer

Civil Engineering

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/14/2017

"Very versatile test management tool"

5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

It is very easy to sort requirement, tests and progress, so that only the desired elements are displayed. E.g. upcoming features in a planed release. Way easier for people that are not familiar with Spiratest to get an overview of the progress for current release when the entire backlog contains +100 requirement and tests.

For many years i have worked with requirements and test for medical and military equipment and I had previously used Word/Excel or Confluence to manage these. Spiratest is a dream to work with compared to the way i used to work, it is so easy to manage requirements and tests. And not forget the traceability options which is always required for medical or safety equipment release. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

As an Admin you cant delete existing users (also demo users). I wish i could build my own workflow, it is mostly renaming of flow elements that i miss. The crossreference between projects miss the last work, running a test across two projects will place the result in the project where the test is placed, but it should of course be placed in the project where you have requested to run the test. But i know they are working on the crossreference handling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SpiraTest:

I would recommend Spiratest for all that wants/require requirement and test traceability. It is so easy to get/display an overview of current progress to others. Test results can easily be compared to previous releases, since all data is stored. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SpiraTest solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used Spiratest (admin/tester) at my 2 last workplaces and hope to continue to use it in the future. I use Spiratest for requirement, release and test management for product release. This includes both SW and HW requirements.

Currently we have been using spiretest to manage Compliance demands such as EMC standards. The sort functionality of spiretest is very good at displaying differences between requirements. We used the "status" to set what state the individual standard was in. E.g "obsolete", "active" or "in progress" (meaning that it is a new incoming version, which in time will replace other standards). So even if Spiratest is mostly a software tool it can be very well adapted to other tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Victor S.

System Testing and Quality Assurance

Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/11/2017

"Best value for money in terms of test management"

5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

The value for money and the quality of the product that we are getting goes way beyond our expectations. also it integrates easily with Jira so it really assists in test management and bug tracking. maintenance and user support is easy they typically respond quickly and they always have answers for our queries. The best thing about them is that they take feedback very seriously and over the years i have seen improvements to the product from these feedback that they get. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

once a user is created there is no way of deleting them, you can only disable the user this is quit annoying as you can get a big list of users and half are inactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SpiraTest:

it is a cheaper option to other test management tools and the value gotten after implementation is the best in the market. The learning curve is not steep, you can have users adopting as early as one month after implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SpiraTest solving and how is that benefiting you?

Since 2014 we have been trying to move from the manual process of testing. We were using excel for bug tracking and reporting spiratest has made it very easy for us to track and manage our testing in house it has made life easier and we accomplish more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Charles T.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/11/2018

"SpiraTest is a great tool for managing test cases"

5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

The tool is easy to configure, and comes with robust features for storing and executing test cases. The tool has helped keep the team working efficiently. The migration from HP ALM to SpiraTest was easy when using the export tool provided by Inflectra. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

I ran into some small issues with the upgrade package that gave me some headaches. Support did end up getting me back on track. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/16/2018

"SpiraTest is on the right track"

4/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

I like the ease of creating manual test cases. I like the JIRA sync Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

I do not like having to scroll up to the top of the test case to select the buttons, such as add a step, add link, delete, clone, etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mike M.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/12/2018

"Spira Test Tool Review"

3.5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

Easy to Use, good UI experienced in writing test cases and creating folders for software releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

When we first started using Spira Test in our QA team there were several glitches like folders being deleted unintentionally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael F.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/11/2018

"Spira"

4/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

Excellent place to enter test cases and track testing. Reports after testing are great for sharing with the testing team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

To create traceability is not really user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

2/16/2018

"SpiraTest Review"

5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

It is very organised, and had lot of features like, Reporting, Graphs, and export to Word and Excel document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

When Integrated with JIRA, when the JIRA ticket is updated after creation, the updated comments are not updated in the corresponding SpiraTest Tesst case for that JIRA ticket. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/12/2018

"Spira Test Review"

5/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

Most cost effective

Easy to Add/Edit Test cases.

Customized reporting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

It's hanging while we are running reports.

It's not too user friendly.

Having difficulty to add the tests to the test sets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Guy L.

Testmanager

Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/22/2016

"A great value for money test management tool!"

4/5

What do you like best about SpiraTest?

SpiraTest is probably the best value for money test management tool. After an easy implementation the product was adopted fast by the users within our company. Maintaining the product is easy. User support is great. Questions are mostly answered the same day by Inflectra. They create a customer relationship that counts. Feedback that is given on their product is always taken into consideration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SpiraTest?

* After importing users from an LDAP it is not possible to delete them afterwards.

* Some things (automail content, workflow step names) are not customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering SpiraTest:

Because of the value you get for your money, SpiraTest is very interesting for companies who want to start with taking testing to a higher level. There is no need to use all features right from the beginning. By starting with, for example, defect management it gives your company a change to easy adapt the new way of working. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is SpiraTest solving and how is that benefiting you?

Since 2012 we're trying to take testing to a higher level within our organisation. After implementing SpiraTest defects are solved faster and logging them gives us the possibility to do root cause analysis. Logging our testcases and requirements and mapping them gives us certainty about test coverage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.