# aqua Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is aqua the right Application Lifecycle Management solution for you? Explore 28 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/172833/aqua-ALM/reviews --- aqua 4.7 (28) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of aqua Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.9 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews KM Kostiantyn M DevOpsInformation Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It was a pleasant surprise that the reporting functionality is much deeper yet intuitive than my experience with the free trial suggested.“ November 22, 2022 Rost R Technical WriterInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It couldn't integrate with some of the tools I'd need.“ April 18, 2024 AS Arthur S Frontend DeveloperComputer Software, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The integrations work really good, it saves us a lot of time“ October 12, 2022 KL Kevin L Solutions Quality AdministratorInformation Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “Lack of out-of-box reporting available with the lower tier pricing options“ May 20, 2020 JS Johannes S FachbereichsleiterInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Modern, sleek look and easy to use and great interface to use with other tools“ June 24, 2022 RB Roland B Senior ConsultantManagement Consulting, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “Selenium integration is also possible within the web client, windows must be underlaying for this, because powershell scripts control the interface to it.“ May 27, 2020 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 28 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Jossmely S. Especialista de Redes y Plataforma Tecnológica Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "So complete and mature tool for the management of tests in the market, " March 20, 2018 4.0 So complete and mature tool for the management of tests in the market, We had success impressive visibility over the whole QA. Pros aqua can be operated intuitively, administration is easily understandable. The reporting is conclusive and provides a good basis for decision making. After having used aqua, employees value the speed. Automating manual test cases is easier. A seamless integration environment with a set of test tools helps to do it. The tests can be run efficiently with different test data, thanks to possible sets of variables. Cons In my experience I have not had dissatisfaction with the application. the implementation of modules, generate report, was practical and simple. Review Source MA Marko A. Softwaretester Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Super program for test management and perfect connection to other tools" November 9, 2022 4.0 Our Experience are very good. We have build in 2,5 years a teststructure with more then 1000 Testcases. Pros This tool offers an own system structure, also you have a perfect individual overview. You can integrate a lot of tools with the free api. Cons The Performance can be fastersome little things can be better but these aren't test relevant things Alternatives considered [IBM Enterprise Content Management](https://www.capterra.com/p/119882/IBM-ECM/) Reason for choosing aqua We looks for a german product. We want German suport. Lower costs.Best experience in the test period. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer It Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect Bug tracking" February 23, 2024 5.0 Pros Easy to use, big set of functions, good reports Cons Everything is fine, I can do everything I need with it Review Source JM Josephine M. IT Test Manager Biotechnology Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Intuitive Sofware" June 3, 2020 5.0 Our users are glad to work with aqua! Pros Aqua is very easy to learn. It enables the management of manual and automated tests. The user and roles management as well as project configuration ensure an exact information management at projects. Additionally Andagon offers a great product support. Cons The documentation of SSO wasn't up to date, which caused us some issues. But Andagon helped out within a conference call. Alternatives considered [SpiraPlan](https://www.capterra.com/p/85433/SpiraPlan/) Reason for choosing aqua We needed a reliable partner in terms of support and availability of that support! Additionally the user experience of aqua is unbeatable. Review Source RB Roland B. Senior Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Complete Test Management Tool out of the SaaS Box" May 27, 2020 5.0 We looked for a test management tool without excessive infrastructure set up but with all features which are needed for every days testing. Crowd testing is also an option since aqua ALM can be made accessible for externals as well. Selenium integration is also possible within the web client, windows must be underlaying for this, because powershell scripts control the interface to it. Pros Intuitive operating without excessive training if you know such tools like HP-ALM. If training is needed e.g. for testers there are enough documents available for that. Cons Building test scenarios (=test sets) for a dedicated release is a bit tricky. You have to enter the target release in the requirements, set a filter to that target release and then display the related test cases and build a test scenario out of that. Alternatives considered [TestRail](https://www.capterra.com/p/128204/TestRail/) Reason for choosing aqua TestRail did not provide enough functionality. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We tried different tools and aqua is the best for test management" December 8, 2022 5.0 Aqua is an important tool in our team. It helps us to collect all the necessary information about requirements, test cases and bugs. We keep all the communication regarding that in aqua Pros I think we got a fair price for a solid mix of issue tracking, reporting, and even some agile functionality. Customer support is always answering very quickly and the product is often updated. Recently they added AI features in test case creation and it already saves us a lot of time. Cons I don’t know, I have nothing in mind Review Source MM Mohamed M. Application Manager Oil & Energy Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent ALM - great features, easy to use" February 28, 2024 5.0 Pros It really has everything an ALM tool should have and it's still getting better with every update. Price is reasonable and their support team is fast and reliable. Cons The desktop client has still a few more features than the web client Alternatives considered [SpiraTest](https://www.capterra.com/p/70008/SpiraTest/) Review Source JL Jennifer L. Senior Associate Quality Assurance ERP Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Personal assessment of Aqua " January 26, 2024 4.0 Pros Clear structure and handling for a test documentation. Cons I find the manual very complex. There are probably many other functions you could use Aqua for - but filtering them out takes a lot of time. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent help with test case management and bug tracking" October 18, 2022 5.0 Our team's work became more effective after we started using aqua. Visibility of test cases has increased since now not only QA can see the test cases, Dev team also can see the test cases covered for a given bug and see which test case has failed for the given bug. Pros It's a great tool that integrates seamlessly with Jira and simplifies communication between developers and testers in our team Cons Nothing special. We implemented it pretty quick in our company Review Source Dhimitri P. Senior Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very good experience with a very good testing tool" January 20, 2020 5.0 The experience with Aqua ALM was overall very positive. This tool, pretty much, exceeded our expectations since it's very complete and easy to use. Even with some limitations due to the trial version, the customer service was excellent and very fast to answer every doubt or request that we had and this was very much appreciated. Pros \-Friendly interface and easy to use. -A complete tool for testing. You can do pretty much any testing-related tasks. -Automatic testing. -Great customer service. -Fair prices. Cons \-At the beginning, maybe not 100% intuitive. -Limited trial version. It would be nice to have the experience of a user management system even during the trial period. Review Source SH Solomia H. Product designer Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "This tool helps us to keep our tasks organized" January 7, 2023 5.0 We use aqua for requirements engineering, communication with developers and testers and bug reporting. I would definitely recommend this product to any company looking to improve their communication process or find a better way of reporting bugs. Pros aqua is the best tool I've ever used for requirements and test case management. It's very easy to use, and has a convenient Google Chrome app that allows us to track bugs easily and create reports Automatically. The new beta AI features also save our time by allowing us to create test cases from requirements automatically and requiring only minor editing by our testers. Cons It would be nice if there were more videos during onboarding Review Source KM Kostiantyn M. DevOps Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best option on the market" November 22, 2022 5.0 We moved all our manual and automated QA effort to aqua. It was a pleasant surprise that the reporting functionality is much deeper yet intuitive than my experience with the free trial suggested. Pros Aqua gives us a great overview over all our testing activity, including test cases and test scenarios. Cons Views would sometimes get stuck and show no tickets, but that doesn't happen anymore. Review Source AS Arthur S. Frontend Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "aqua helped optimize our process" October 12, 2022 5.0 aqua is a great support to make switching to automated testing easier Pros aqua helps to gather all the data from automated and manual testing in one place. The integrations work really good, it saves us a lot of time Cons There is no test automation inside the tool, so we have to use test automation tools as integrations Review Source EW Elena W. Testmanager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "working with aqua is fun and easy" March 25, 2020 5.0 Pros I learned aqua intuitively, it was as if I had always known aqua! It is very easy to create complex data constellations for the test cases, for example in Excel and import them into aqua. When carrying out the test, you have the right conditions, the right data for every test step and the expected results for every test scenario! Reports and dashboards are easy to configure and you always get the data in real time, very useful to act quickly. Cons If you don't find something, refresh the view or delete the filters ;-) Review Source JC Jan C. Robot Creator Industrial Automation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Aqua " March 2, 2020 5.0 In general, we are happy with aqua and are increasing our usage. Pros The product is very easy to use, it comes with an office like UI and we were able to get started within hours. Aqua offers a number of options to optimize or filter certain aspects and hide a lot of complexity. Thus being easy to use for multiple people. We liked the reporting functionality and the comment functions to help improve our requirements and test process. Cons We ran into some minor issues which were mostly solved by the support team. We still have some issues with exporting to excel, since rtf export were not human readable. Review Source DS Daniel S. General Manager Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use tool for requirements engineering" April 27, 2020 5.0 Pros We use aqua primarily for requirements engineering and it works very good for us. Before we started with aqua we used text files for describing the requirements of our products. Especially the change-tracking was very complicated. With aqua it is now very easy to collect requirements from different sources and managed them. Cons The installation of new aqua-releases could be simplified and some pre-definied reports would be helpful. Review Source ZK Zoheil K. QA Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Fantastic Test Management Tool" April 16, 2020 5.0 Pros Very comprehensive tool that covers Test Management from A-Z. Sales/Customer Support was amazing. The option to add free users to work on Defect Management only is perfect for smaller teams and companies that work with externals. At the same time, the more expensive options give clients that can afford it all the extras they could need. Cons The layout/look is a little traditional (which some companies actually may prefer) and the lack of an agile/scrum board for Defect Management for free Users was an issue for us (but it's a free version so can't really complain) Review Source EM Erdmute M. Produktmanagement Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Hilfreiche Software mit Entwicklungspotential" May 31, 2022 4.0 Das Erstellen und wiederverwenden von Testspezifikationen ist mit ein wenig Übung wesentlich einfacher, übersichtlicher und schneller als mit Excellisten oder Worddokumenten. Die Testfälle lassen sich einfach in logische Reihenfolgen bringen, die dem Tester bei der Durchführung deutlich Zeit sparen. Pros Die Funktionen "Verwaltung der Anforderungen", "Verwaltung der Testfälle", "Verwaltung der Testszenarien" und "Verwaltung der Bugs" bauen logisch aufeinander auf und sind mit kurzer Einweisung gut zu benutzen. Die automatische Erstellung von Testfallvarianten aufgrund von Wertetabellen finde ich grandios. Das Durchführen der Testszenarios lässt bisher keine Wünsche offen. Cons Die Benuzterführung in der Weboberfläche ist nicht ganz einheitlich gestaltet und manchmal etwas umständlich, z.B. bei der Sortierung von Testfällen in den Testszenarien. Ich hoffe, dass in zukünftigen Versionen daran noch gefeilt wird. Review Source Rost R. Technical Writer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### " Easy Project Setup and Quick Test Case Creation" April 18, 2024 5.0 It helped us create test cases from requirements and solved all our test management problems. Pros Getting started with Aqua Cloud was quite easy thanks to its good web interface. I was able to set up projects and create test cases quickly. Really loved an AI test case generation feature. It generated test cases by analyzing requirements. Cons It couldn't integrate with some of the tools I'd need. Review Source SM Sergio M. Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great product: really easy to use and great support" April 7, 2020 5.0 We are using the testcases with teststeps and the testscenarios. That allowes us to give a great feedback about errors that occure. Pros It is really intuitive, has a great look and shows the results very visual. It is as well very easy to personalize with own fields and selections. And the support is very quick and helpful! Cons There is nothing bad I can say about this product, except that I still need to do the testing myself :-D Alternatives considered [TestRail](https://www.capterra.com/p/128204/TestRail/) Reason for choosing aqua \- the great support - the easiness of handling - the modern and intuitive frondend - the great visual overview Review Source JS Johannes S. Fachbereichsleiter Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Aqua ALM is a modern and easy to use Application Lifecycle Management Tool " June 24, 2022 5.0 Pros Modern, sleek look and easy to use and great interface to use with other tools Cons More interfaces for different tools would be great Review Source CS Clemens S. Qualitymanager Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Multifarious tool, with a lot of helpful functions for the test" March 5, 2020 5.0 Pros \- modern and clean surface - supports all phases of the fundamental test process -> helpful functions for the test planning -> promotes the control of the tests (transparent inspection trough the active test analysis and execution -> structured test design -> easy documentation of the test execution -> detailed reporting - individual and adaptable reports - helpful wiki Cons \- the abundance of functions is not only a blessing, it's also a curse -> at the beginning it's not easy to understand all the different Buttons, functions, tabs and so on Review Source OK Oliver K. Quality assurance Internet Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Fits perfectly to our needs" January 15, 2020 5.0 Super friendly staff, good on boarding and fast access Pros \- Desktop application / Web application - Functionality - Pricing - License management Cons More possibilities in the Jira Sync plugin Review Source VS Volker S. Testkoordinator Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Review Aqua" March 10, 2020 4.0 Pros The Product is easy to use. The Product is extensive Cons I Dont missing features. Integration Confluence. Testautomation is not so easy to implemated Review Source SR Steffen R. Project Manager Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good product" March 13, 2020 4.0 Pros Easy to use, intuitive approach from testcase to bugs an solutions Cons Difference between Desktop and WebClient in administrator mode Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Application Lifecycle Management](https://www.capterra.com/application-lifecycle-management-software/)[Requirements Management](https://www.capterra.com/requirements-management-software/)[Bug Tracking](https://www.capterra.com/bug-tracking-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.