# P4 Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 P4 Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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P4

## What is P4?

Perforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is version control and collaboration management software designed to help businesses streamline source codes and digital assets management operations via a unified portal. The platform enables development teams of all sizes to collaborate on different projects and share files. P4 enables enterprises to simultaneously process multiple transactions, send files across different remote servers, and store information about assets and version history in a centralized repository for future reference. The application includes multi-factor authentication functionality, which allows users to provide secure access to authorized users. Administrators can also facilitate role-based permissions to members across departments by IP address and users.

## What is P4 used for?

[Product Data Management](https://www.capterra.com/product-data-management-software/)[Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/)[Game Development](https://www.capterra.com/game-development-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 31 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

94%

Neutral

6%

Negative

0%

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Free trial  
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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### P4

4.5 (31)

VS.

[4.4 (2,883)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76113/Wrike/reviews/)

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Starting Price

$10

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.9 (31)

Ease Of Use

4.2 (839)

Value For Money

4.2 (26)

Value For Money

4.2 (642)

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

Customer Service

4.3 (579)

## P4 alternatives

[4.4 (15,308)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/)

Starting price

$7.91

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

91%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.5 (195)](https://www.capterra.com/p/118128/New-Relic/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

92%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.8 (60)](https://www.capterra.com/p/204945/Octopus/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[5.0 (2)](https://www.capterra.com/p/190831/Cycloid-DevOps/#reviews)

Starting price

$29.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/174325/Helix-Core/alternatives/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Access Controls/Permissions

3.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Collaboration Tools

4.5 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

3D Games

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create 3-dimensional games

Data Storage Management

4.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage and store data in a database

Graphical User Interface

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus

IT Asset Management

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Managing inventories and tracking changes to hardware and software configurations

P4 15 features

Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions

Create 3-dimensional games

Define levels of authorization for access to specific files or systems

Verify the identity of users/devices to enable secure access

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

A process to automatically release code changes from repository to production environment

A process to automatically integrate code changes from multiple contributors into a shared repository

Manage and store data in a database

A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus

Managing inventories and tracking changes to hardware and software configurations

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Development of software programs

Tracks every modification made to source code

Track revisions and updates made to files and navigate between different versions

Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser

Features

4.4 (31)

4.4

Based on 31 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.2 (26)

### Starting price

Contact vendor  
for pricing

Free trial  
available

Value for money

4.2 (26)

4.2

Based on 26 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.2 (26)

4.2

Based on 26 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 31 reviews

Filter by rating

5(18)

4(11)

3(2)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

NZ

Nazifa Z.

Patient care advocate

Hospital & Health Care

### "Made more work like very handy."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

February 6, 2025

Helix helped me to find the profiles I need to work on our company whole system basically works on helix. it means the requirements of our company to work on efficiently. It helps to work efficiently under accompany regulations. It helps to manage create and prioritize tasks accordingly overall I’m very satisfied with the app.

Pros

Very easy to navigate and understand even for beginners with zero training It’s back in the strong and efficient Faster compared to other similar software

Cons

Sometimes it is very slow and a lot of bugs They can make it better and more user They can provide more online training videos on how to use it German concepts, which are unclear and training would make it much more easier and efficient to use

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YM

Yogesh M.

Game Artist

Computer Games

### "Essential but lacks user-friendly set-up process"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

1/10

January 13, 2025

Pros

It's one of the essencial part of the workflow and a useful tool to manage the game project.

Cons

It's very difficult to set-up and manage.

Review source

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SN

Steve N.

Programmer

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "Good software but not easy to setup"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

June 23, 2022

Pros

The GUI use is well done. You don't have to use a third party software to connect to this server and start using source control.

Cons

We had somme weird behavior while using this code source control. Probably cause by us but it was desapointing.

Switched from

[Alienbrain Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/34217/Alienbrain-Studio/)

Review source

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AU

Anonymous User

SoC Design Engineer

Semiconductors

### "Good version control system for code collaboration etc."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 23, 2022

Pros

Helps to organize and mange project database and share it with others. Ease of use and also UI version makes it more easy to use.

Cons

crashes at time and also has issues connecting to server at times.

Review source

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MC

Matthew C.

Senior Software Engineer

Biotechnology

### "Solid easy to use source control"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

August 12, 2021

We use Helix Core to store everything related to software - source code, artifacts, design documents, tests, test results, etc. It handles everything we throw at it with ease. In over 15 years of using Helix Core, we have not had any issues with data integrity, speed or storage.

Pros

The software is hosted by our company, is easy to manage, easy to maintain and does it's job. The primary focus for the tool is source control. While Helix Core allows for integration with other applications, it has remained true to being first and foremost a world-class source control management tool.

Cons

Remote depots were slow and confusing, though that has seen much improvement in the past few years. Setting up the remote depots was not difficult in the final analysis, but getting our remote contractors to manage Helix was problematic. We would use remote depots again if the need arose, but internet speed increases, remote clients can just VPN into our network.

Alternatives considered

[Git](https://www.capterra.com/p/177211/Git/)

Reasons for choosing P4

Simplicity and check-in control. We migrated from VSS to Helix with no issues. A decade later, we tried TFS and were shocked by the complexity. We have a small team using source control (about 20) and do not have the resources for a full time SCM admin. Git was not difficult, but Helix was faster with the benefit of being network hosted.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Realtor

Real Estate

### "Easy to use website"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 12, 2021

Pros

Easy to set up a free trial and start using. Website is very detailed to navigate and throughly explains the product.

Cons

Not very useful for real estate which is the field we're in at this time. Product seems great but not for us.

Review source

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Dominic C.

Quality Assurance

Computer Games

### "Hard to master"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

May 12, 2020

Perforce is great, when you master it. It becomes a very powerful and useful tool once you know how to use it.

Pros

Perforce is the perfect software if you want to work with a team remotely on the same project. In video game development, you could have 500 people working on the same game at the same time. Perforce allows everyone to work on specific things within the project from their own computers.

Cons

Perforce's user interface is very complicated to understand and to master. Many people that I know, including me, make a lot of mistakes after and there is not enough information online to figure it out.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

3d artsit

Computer Games

### "Helix"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

May 11, 2020

Helix is used in the main big studios to share files in a project. And is very important to learn and understand well this software before working in the industry.

Pros

Perforce is used in a lot and studios and also used in many 3D animation school. You can share large document/ modify them and post them back in the project

Cons

It could get confusing , there aren't tutorials and you can easily erase files in a important project. without a good internet connection transfering file could take alot of time

Reasons for choosing P4

Helix is used in the main big studios to share files in a project.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Owner

Computer & Network Security

### "best source control software around"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

May 26, 2019

i've been using this product for almost 20 years, and i'm not planning to change any time soon. it does what i want. it's pretty easy to use. it can do just about anything you need it to do. the company stands behind their product, and they support it very well. what more needs to be said.

Pros

i have been using this product (both as Helix and Perforce) since 2000, and it's wonderful. it has just about every feature you could want. on those rare occasions when i had to contact their support department, i got answers immediately, and whatever the problem was, it was resolved very quickly. over the years, there was only one thing i wanted that the software couldn't do, but i easily created a workaround that did exactly what i needed.

Cons

several years ago there was a feature called "windows explorer integration". that feature has gone away in the more recent versions, which is too bad, as it was quite useful. there are other ways to do the same thing, but it was a nice feature to have around.

Review source

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Wesley C.

Tool Support Specialist

Computer Games

### "A powerful tool once you learn how to use it"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

December 5, 2018

My overall experience has been both using it for testing and software development. On on hand, I will occasionally be tasked to look at previous revisions to locate when a bug was introduced in our software. On the other hand, I also upload my own work to our repository, as a part of the project.

Pros

What I like most is how powerful it is when it comes to moving between revisions. Even in huge projects, it is not difficult to revert back to and older, or newer, version of your project.

Cons

While this software is powerful, it is also difficult to use. It can take a lot of time and practice, and even some mistakes, before you fully grasp what the software can do.

Review source

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[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/174325/Helix-Core/reviews/)

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