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This topic provide details on the availability of features according to editions.
ALM editions summary
| ALM Edition | Description |
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| QC Community |
Available for: on-premises only. Provides a subset of ALM functionality |
| QC Express |
Available for: on-premises only Provides a subset of ALM functionality and is designed for simple and small projects that have up to 20 concurrent users. |
| QC Enterprise |
Available for: both on-premises and SaaS Provides a unified quality management platform that efficiently scales from a single project to multiple, enterprise-wide projects and releases. It enables mature quality practices, test automation, and advanced integrations and processes. |
| QC Team |
Available for: SaaS only The QC Team edition for SaaS offers the same set of features as the QC Enterprise edition for SaaS. However, the latter provides higher SaaS service levels. For details, see SaaS-specific features and services. |
| ALM |
Available for: both on-premises and SaaS Provides a full set of ALM functionality. A unified platform for managing and automating processes, activities, and assets for building, testing, delivering, and maintaining applications. It includes modules for requirements, test, defect, and development management, and overall release and project planning. ALM helps organizations drive consistent processes, shared best-practices, and asset sharing across projects. |
Features available in each edition
The following table lists the features available in each edition:
General
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Release and Cycle Management |
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| Project Planning and Tracking |
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| Dashboard |
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| Reporting |
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| Business Views |
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| Business Views Excel Reporting |
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| Cross-project Business Views Excel Reporting |
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Requirements
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Single Document View for Authoring |
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| Requirement to Requirement Traceability |
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| Version Control (for Requirements) |
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| Multiple Requirement Types |
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| Business Process Models |
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| BPMN 2.0 Support |
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| Baselining |
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| Risk-Based Quality Management |
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| Requirements Sharing/Reuse |
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| Requirements Templates |
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| Requirements Traceability to Source Code and Build (ALI) |
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Testing
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Test Plan |
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| Test Lab |
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| Test Resource Management |
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| Test Configurations |
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| UFT Integration |
GUI test only. API test not supported. |
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| Version Control (for Tests) |
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| Baselining |
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| Sprinter Integration |
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| Service Virtualization Integration |
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| Business Process Testinga |
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| Lab Management |
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| AUT (Application Under Testing) Topology |
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| Test Assets Sharing or Reuse |
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| Test Planning based on Build Health and Risk |
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| Test execution scheduling |
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| Automatic Provisioning of Cloud Test Hosts |
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Note: a: Business Process Testing relies on the integration between ALM and UFT One. To use it, you need additional licenses — a BPT license for ALM and a license for UFT One. |
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Defects
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Defect Tracking and Management |
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| Defect Sharing |
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| Defect Traceability to Source Code and Build |
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Other key features
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Cross Project Customization (Shared Customization) |
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| Workflow Customization |
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| Optimized Repository |
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| QC Sense |
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| Single Sign-On (SAML 2.0 and OpenID) |
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| Single Sign-On (SiteMinder and Common Access Card) |
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| Open platform support for REST and OTA API |
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| QoT—Offline test execution client |
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| QoT—Cross-project execution |
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| Web Client |
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| Site Administration (web-based) |
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| ALM Client Launcher |
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| Build Systems Integration (Jenkins, Microsoft TFS) |
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| Traceability to Unit Tests, Coverage, Success Rate |
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| Traceability to code changes (# lines, Kh) |
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| Change Impact Report |
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| Build Success Rate Report |
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| Build Content & Coverage |
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| IDE Integration |
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Integrations
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Application Automation Tools Jenkins Plugin |
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| BI and ETL tool integration using OData |
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| Microsoft Teams integration |
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| ALM Octane (On-Premises and SaaS) Integrationa |
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| License sharing with ALM Octane |
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| Test runs injection to ALM Octane |
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| Migrating data to ALM Octane |
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| Atlassian JIRA Integrationa |
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| Microsoft Azure DevOps Integrationa |
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| SAP Solution Manager Integrationa |
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| Other integrations using OpenText Connecta |
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Note: a: These integrations are subject to some limitations on SaaS. See OpenText SaaS service description for details, and contact OpenText for further questions. b: QC Team offering does not include a OpenText Connect instance hosted in SaaS. Set up your own OpenText Connect instance, or purchase SA-AC010 to get an instance hosted in OpenText SaaS. |
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License options
| Features | QC Community | QC Express | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Max Concurrent Licenses | Limit of 5 | Limit of 20 per instance | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Max Named User Licenses | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Term Licensing | N/A | N/A | 3, 6, 12 months | 3, 6, 12 months | 3, 6, 12 months |
| Additional licenses for Requirements Management |
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| Additional defects manager licenses |
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| Upgrade from previous version |
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| AutoPass License Server (APLS) integration |
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SaaS-specific features and services
The following table lists the features available for SaaS only:
| SaaS-specific Features | QC Team | QC Enterprise | ALM |
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| Application Management | |||
| Self-service Administration (SaaS Management Interface) |
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| Modifying site parameters | Optional | Optional | |
| Provisioning Time (5 Business Days) |
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| Solution Availability Service Level Objective | 99% | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Monitoring |
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| 24x7 Support |
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| Project Entitlementa | 2 projects per user | 3 projects per user | 5 projects per user |
| Integrations | Sprinter, UFT One, ALM Octane | OpenText testing tools | OpenText testing tools (including ALI) |
| Application Security |
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| OpenText Connect Core | Optional |
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| Archiving Services | Optional | Optional | Optional |
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| LDAP Integration | Optional | Optional | |
| Access Controls | Optional | Optional | |
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| VPN | Optional | Optional | |
| Data Encryption (in storage) |
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| ISO27001 Compliance |
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| Periodic Security and Risk Assessment |
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| Secured data centers and workspaces |
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| Reporting / OData (Customized) | Optional | Optional | |
| My Account Access |
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| Incident Notification |
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| Asset Management (DataCenter Level) |
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