Siemens Digital

Polarion ALM

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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What is Polarion ALM?

Connect teams and projects, and improve application development processes with a single, unified solution for requirements, coding, testing, and release.

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Awards & Recognition

Polarion ALM won the following awards in the Requirements Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

0 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

Polarion ALM Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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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.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

76 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.

+86 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 Polarion ALM?

2% Negative

9% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Traceability

Generative AI

Version Management

Change Management

Task Prioritization

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

Visual Analysis and Design

Collaboration

Agile Work Management

Prototyping and Mockups

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

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Application Lifecycle Management

Score 7.5

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Polarion ALM Reviews

Glorious A.

Role: Finance
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2024

Great integration options, but expensive licensing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

Polarion ALM stands out due to its strong integration capabilities with other tools, its comprehensive traceability features, and its flexibility to support both traditional and agile methodologies, making it suitable for a wide range of projects.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Polarion ALM is its robust requirements management capabilities. It allows for real-time collaboration and provides excellent traceability from requirements to testing, which is crucial for project success.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I dislike most about Polarion ALM is the steep learning curve for new users. The interface can be overwhelming initially, making it challenging to fully utilize all its features.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend investing in comprehensive training for your team before implementation. Also, consider the long-term costs associated with licensing and support, as they can be significant compared to other tools on the market.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Syed M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2023

The tool is very user friendly for business users.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

It has lots of integration support. The application is very user friendly such that even the business users can do the requirement configuration or Customisation.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

User friendly

What do you dislike most about this product?

We should be able to easily modify the UI / theme of the application according to the requirement.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Know the possibilities and limitations of the tool.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Dileep C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Feb 2023

Simple Sweet and Future Proof

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Polarion ALM from other similar products?

The Simplistic UI of this cloud helps to distinguish between others.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cloud Integration and the Data Extract

What do you dislike most about this product?

Communicating between the client is not available

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Yes, would recommend everyone who wants a simplistic view of the Cloud Integration Module

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Client Friendly Policies
Over Delivered
Includes Product Enhancements

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Polarion ALM Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

95 Plan to Renew

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Polarion ALM?

Pros

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

Traceability ALM artifacts can be traced from ideation to requirements, design, develop, test, and implementation including identifying gaps and the impact of changes.

Generative AI Generate content for optimization and integration to perform product matching, categorization, or competitor analysis.

Version Management Ability to create and view multiple versions of a content asset through iterative edits in accordance with pre-defined limitations.

Change Management Ability to manage the approval of and changes to requirement artefacts.

Task Prioritization Ability to assign a priority to tasks.

Artifact Management Unique identification and management of individual requirements or by-products of requirements.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Visual Analysis and Design Provides the ability to build (not import) various business or technical models that capture an application's alignment to business capabilities etc.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Agile Work Management Multiple backlogs, backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and estimation, and a multi-level agile artifact hierarchy (Epics, User Stories, etc.)

Prototyping and Mockups Ability to create prototypes or mockups within the tool that show how the tool is expected to look and be used.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Polarion ALM Reviews

Glorious A.

Great integration options, but expensive licensing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Syed M.

The tool is very user friendly for business users.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dileep C.

Simple Sweet and Future Proof

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Traceability

Generative AI

Version Management

Change Management

Task Prioritization

Artifact Management

Analytics and Reporting

Visual Analysis and Design

Collaboration

Agile Work Management

Prototyping and Mockups

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training