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Zephyr

Composite Score

7.3 /10

CX Score

7.3 /10

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What is Zephyr?

Software Testing As Agile As You Need It to Be Spend less time testing and more time building. From agile development to predictive analytics, you'll achieve full Continuous Testing Agility.

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Zephyr 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.

80 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

79 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.

+76 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 Zephyr?

12% Negative

3% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Test Planning

Test Data Management

Artifact Traceability

Test Script Editor

Regulatory Compliance

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Case Generator

Audit Log

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Test Coverage Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Zephyr Reviews

Antonio L.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Apr 2021

Automated testing tool

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

It has an easy installation process

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It embeds into the development environment of your choice and your DevOps ecosystem

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have no problems to point out.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is an effective tool if you know how to make use of the all features.

Pros

Client Friendly Policies
Acts with Integrity
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Effective Service
Less Caring
Less Performance Enhancing

Gary S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Media
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Useful QA Tool, great Team!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

I have met with the zephyr team at a summit a couple of years back and they are extremely helpful and a fun group of people to be around. They were able to give relevant suggestions that helped our Organization's end users succeed!

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is the easy to use graphical interface. Also like how it easily integrates with Jira as we rely on it for our day to day work.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I honestly just dislike the price, hard to justify in my opinion.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Explore all other alternatives as there are many other QA tools that are around and have almost identical features.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Robert S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2021

Great cost and a killer tool for BI & analytics

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

Robust drill-down capacity for various testing and development functions

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The cost is much better suited to small businesses spooling up tan competing products.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The learning curve can be steep, but the training tools and customer support make up for this

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Plan for training time, then get ready to streamline development operations and spool up fast!

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Zephyr Ratings

80 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zephyr?

Pros

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

Test Planning Build test cycles and phases, define milestones to coordinate dependencies and releases, and then assign resources to execute the planned tests.

Test Data Management Secured management and access of test data.

Artifact Traceability Trace testing artifacts, such as test cases and scripts, forward to test runs and issues that need to be fixed, and backwards to the business process.

Test Script Editor Write and modify test scripts in a scripting languge (e.g. VBScript, JavaScript, Python) within a coding editor.

Regulatory Compliance Templated test cases for regulatory requirements and industry guidelines (e.g. GAMPS, SOX, HIPAA, OWASP, ISO)

Test Run Workflow Manager Script, configure, execute and manage automated testing workflows, including parallel testing. Automation is initiated internally by test management solution.

Test Case Generator Automatically generate test cases directly from requirements, the source code, recordings of user actions, and visual and graphical workflows and models.

Audit Log Complete record of all changes made to entities within the test management solution. Teams can monitor and trace every change.

Analytics and Reporting Aggregated visual reporting of testing progress, results and insights through real-time, dynamic dashboards with customizable reporting widgets.

Artifact Management Test artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed in a structured format, such as folder, heirarchical, and context-driven formats.

Test Coverage Analysis Pinpoint the sources of test failures and defects by granularly dissecting test runs, test cases and other testing artifacts and requirements.

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.

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.

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.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zephyr Reviews

Antonio L.

Automated testing tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Gary S.

Useful QA Tool, great Team!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Robert S.

Great cost and a killer tool for BI & analytics

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Test Planning

Test Data Management

Artifact Traceability

Test Script Editor

Regulatory Compliance

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Case Generator

Audit Log

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Test Coverage Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support