# codebeamer Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is codebeamer the right Requirements Management solution for you? Explore 31 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/92177/codeBeamer/reviews --- codebeamer 4.1 (31) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/92177/codeBeamer/alternatives/) 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 codebeamer Ease of use 3.8 Customer Service 4.1 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 31 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer R&D Engineer Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerful and Extendible, but needs configuration" December 3, 2018 4.0 We're using codebeamer to support the requirement management, risk management, and software development processes for medical device development. We also run Scrum in codebemaer. Pros Codebeamer is very powerful, because it's very flexible. Cons With great flexibility come a great many settings. Some of those (such as role permissions) are very tedious (and error-prone) to set up. A few buttons with macros, or a text-based interface would have been nice. Also, automation across trackers (say, tasks in user stories) can be tricky/not satisfactory. Review Source MH Mohamed H. Jr. Consultant Automotive Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Powerfull tool " February 16, 2025 5.0 Pros very inovative and important to improve the tasks and Performance in Requierement Engineering. Cons the Complexity of the Platform and some times some bugs needs alot of time to be resolved. Alternatives considered [IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS](https://www.capterra.com/p/238454/IBM-Engineering-Requirements-Management-DOORS-Next/)[Windchill](https://www.capterra.com/p/124676/Windchill-Quality-Solutions/) Reason for choosing codebeamer CodeBeamer is much Faster compared to Windchill and Doors for requierement engineering. Review Source MS Michael S. Systems Engineer Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CodeBeamer is the worst software tool ever created." January 23, 2024 1.0 Flat out terrible. Worst software tool I have ever experienced. JUNK!!!! Pros Absolutely Nothing. Cons The instructional videos look nothing like the actual tool. The instructional videos and the help feature for CodeBeamer are worthless. Just garbage. I can't follow any of the instructions. Reason for choosing codebeamer Not sure. The decision was made before I starting working here. Review Source AS Alan S. Senior Director of Software Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "We invested significant effort to configure codeBeamer and realized significant benefit in return!" August 1, 2017 5.0 Pros Very flexible and powerful platform that can be adapted in a variety of ways to align to your process and practices for managing your application lifecycle. Expect to invest time and effort to configure the platform to meet your needs and expect significant return on your investment. Over a 6 month window we rolled out codeBeamer capabilities for: 1) Requirements Management 2) Risk Management 3) Architecture and Design Management 4) Test Management 5) Defect Management 6) Scrum Team Rituals (Sprints, Stories, Tasks, ...) codeBeamer is now our single digital system of record for the full Application Lifecycle. Cons It can be challenging to debug why a user is unable to execute a task given the intersection of 1) license constraints 2) project permissions 3) tracker permissions 4) field permissions Review Source ZT Zoran T. SW Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "codeBeamer keeps one's promise other ALM's don't even dare to give" December 6, 2018 5.0 Before I joined the codeBeamer world, I worked with other ALM tools. It was really a hard time, lots of things didn't come together or were poor in performance. I remember my first steps in codeBeamer. It was like an epiphany - suddenly everything makes sense and it's really that easy to accomplish. Actually the tool supports you in collaboration and structured workflow. Pros Simply: it works! Seriously. I worked with other ALM tools. Either the tools didn't cover (understand) the ALM universe, or the tools were glued together resulting in diminished functionality or even failure. Supected links. Traceability browser. Test coverage. Those tools work perfectly in codeBeamer. Cons Sometimes it's difficult to handle WYSIWYG. Implementation is done with a third party tool (Froala) and codeBeamer is bound to its limitations and drawbacks. Usually I get my ideas realized within the HTML editor, but sometimes you have to struggle a little. Review Source MS Matthias S. Project Manager Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great ALM solution for managing large number of projects" May 2, 2017 4.0 Pros Good agile development features including Kanban board and Scrum process artefacts Easy management of integrated SCM repositories (Git, SVN) Good handling of project templates to specify and provide organisation specific development process templates REST API for a flexible integration of CodeBeamer with other tools Improved dashboard functionalities for project and user dashboards Cons It would be great to get more out-of-the-box integrations with other popular parts of a development toolchain like: Slack, IntelliJ Review Source NK Nikolaus K. Requirements Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "codeBeamer is very good to use it for handling/tracking requirments and to create specifications." March 14, 2018 4.0 Pros Tracking the requirements Tracability between requirements Create and use the libraries Baslining of the specifications Ajust the workflows of each Tracker/department Release management SW-test reuse Change management for the requirements/test Cons There are tree ways to create the authorization/user-management and this is sometimes difficult because of the roles for each project. If in our template project is create a new role we have to make the input in each prject manually. Review Source LK Lukas K. Software Engineering Support Consumer Goods Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Well working Application Lifecycle Management Tool" April 12, 2019 4.0 Pros \+ Everything in one tool + interfaces to other tools + flexibility to adopt to own needs Cons user experience. one example is 3 different spots for "Save" buttons. The GUI can be confusing... Review Source CW Christian W. IT-Consultant Insurance Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very good ALM tool with best features of many other tools." May 5, 2017 4.0 Pros \* adaptability \* large scale of functionality (from requirements to implementation, to testing, releasemanagement and Support) \* very good documentation about codebeamer \* webinars from intlant \* full-text search Cons \* too many posibilities for filtering or reporting of issues with too different features (the one you use allways needs a feature of another search functionality) \* too less posibilities for dashboards (maybe changes with 8.1) \* project management (ok its not the focus of this tool, but it would be nice) Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Requirements Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool" May 14, 2019 5.0 Pros \- Easy to use - Great UI and easy to learn - Rest API Cons \- User Management with rights and roles. - Import Export of ReqIf files. Review Source RJ Robert J. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Once you start using codeBeamer you can't be without it " November 13, 2020 5.0 all in all, it is a system which contains all of you documentation, design, requirements, development tracking, testing tracking, release tracking, and in fact all of your activity, whatever it may be; all recorded permanently forever, even if you delete something you can trace who deleted it, when, etc. Pros I like the flexibility, i.e., that it is completely configurable to suit your particular workflow; also like constant tracking, i.e., I like ability to see what a release consists of and if it is fully covered by testing, as well as every test run which has made the release to pas QA; I like attention to details when it comes to covering testing a QA plans, there are Test Cases, Test Sets, Test Runs, etc., I like abilities to track Bugs, also ability to have Change Request, etc.; I also like ability to assess and track Risks; I like that you access codeBeamer via web interface so working together with a team distributed around the globe is not an issue at all; I like the ability to link codeBeamer with Apache Subversion or Git, etc.; you can have repository for the documents; there is a Review Hub; there are various, customisable, Reports, which can help you get out info you would need Cons may be configure wrongly, i.e., that you make a mistake in your workflow, but that is your own responsibility Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Ingeniero de automatizacion Automotive Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Herramienta para desarrollo de software y ALM" March 18, 2023 4.0 Pros Me parece que tiene una interfaz altamente modificable que te ayuda en el proceso de la elaboración y desarrollo de un software. Cons En general no tengo nada en contra de la aplicación..por poner una pega sería que la gestión de usuarios es algo complicada. Review Source MM Manuel M. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good for the whole software development lifecycle with documentation" October 8, 2020 5.0 Overall I liked the product very much and it did grow very good in regards to modern UI over the time I used it. In regards of feature richness it had been very mature already when I started using it. Pros Highliy flexible and customizable. You can define your own processes and lifecycles and have a huge Roles & Permissions system where you can configure anything you can think of (even better than in Jira). Also you can document everything in the integrated Cons At least back in 2006-2012 (when I used it) the prices were made for bigger companies only (100+ employees) as the cheapest price was still very high. Review Source DT Dominic T. Systemmanager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good usedfull tool to manage a complete product development." March 14, 2018 4.0 Pros This software offers a lot of functions which we use for product development. I use it for development of automotive products. Due to the huge amount of options it is easy to customize the software for your needs. Cons Sometimes it is not easy to find all options in the software. The menu can be interleaved so you need some time to find the option. Review Source NK Nikolaus K. Requirements Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Using of codeBeamer ALM " March 14, 2019 3.0 We are working with codeBeamer to fullfill the requirements from Automotive Spice and for this usecase the tool is very good for. Also we are working for medical products and with codeBeamer it is very simple to change the workflows from automotive projects to medical projects. Pros The easy way to create a traceability from the requirements to the tests. Cons The user management is not so easy to handle with Review Source PD Patrick D. Head of IT Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Tool for all your needs. From document exchange to requirements engineering." March 20, 2018 4.0 All Informations and almost all processes needed for business in one software. Pros Multiple features along ALM and customizeability of the product. The integration of the multiple features in one product. Cons Features leave the product and information about that is missing. Qualtity of the .0-releases could be better. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Customer Support Specialist Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good management system for software development tickets." June 14, 2018 4.0 Pros I appreciate the ability to link entries. We have FRS, development, and testing tickets all linked for product releases and it does a great job of helping organize that information. Cons I find it cumbersome to assign certain attributes. The pick lists can be difficult to search and sometimes it is hard to determine the correct choice based on those lists. It can be frustrating. Review Source NH Norbert H. Testmanager Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "codeBeamer Review" December 6, 2018 4.0 Complete coverage of our software development process with full traceability in a strongly regulated medical environment Pros The generic approach which more or less allows to define any object or artefact needed along the software development lifecycle in the tool Cons It is a very good tool for IT minded users, but other users may struggle with the usability and the complexity Review Source RD Romesch D. Testmanager Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The codeBeamer is a great ALM tool, which difficulty lies in the first steps, a proper project setup" March 23, 2018 4.0 Pros It's a browser based tool and for almost every funktion a GUI or WYSIWYG is available. It includes all necessary parts for complex development project; therefore you can avoid a tool break between a classic requirement management tool such as DOORS and a test management tool. This is one advantage use codeBeamer compared to other tools on the market. Cons The complexity you're faced with during the first setup of a complex project. The user interface itself is easy to handle, but the working process behind the UI is not self explained. Dashboards, Reports and Trackers are loaded every time they are opened. For elements with big data this lasts quite some time. Therefore it is not helpful for newcomers to codeBeamer that the customer support only works with a ticket system. It would be appreciated also to provide a german speaking customer support. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Associate Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "I use it to document generation and life-cycle management(documents>review>release)." May 1, 2018 4.0 Can used to work on a real -time project even a free trial Pros Simple core design Easily generate documents based on trackers Integration with wiki and managing bugs Cons UI needs some improvement(performance) Does not support inline documents for live docs Ajax unable to handle large datasets Review Source CW Christine W. Learning Solutions Specialist Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Codebeamer offers a creative and thorough environment for us to creat and manage projects and tasks." June 9, 2017 4.0 The ability to collaborate with my team and others, working towards the completion of tasks and projects of all sizes. Pros I very much appreciate the flexibility of the Codebeamer structure. The option to group items by project or by type figures greatly into our staff's needs. The ability to sort by type of item (and task) allows our team to save time and increase productivity. Cons I have utilized Codebeamer for several years and have yet to stumble on a hurdle or work-staller. I think it works great - as designed. Review Source SB Slawomir B. Software Develooer Automotive Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Useful tool with week spots" March 4, 2020 4.0 Pros Good for requirement management. Integration with OFFICE, DOORS and JIRA helps a lot. Integration with GIT. Great review hub functionality. Very flexible and configurable. Stable with new featuers comming fast. Good support from Intland. Documentation available and helpful. Cons User interface far from good - partially confusing, partially just ugly. Reason for choosing codebeamer Price (you get a lot of functionality for your money). Review Source WG Wolfgang G. Leiter Automotive Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "lots of possibilities need to be configured first, which is almost not feasible for a new user" March 22, 2018 4.0 Pros a: CodeBeamer is browser based, that is very convinient b: a GUI or WYSIWYG is available for almost every function Cons a: unfortunately there is no german speaking customer support I can explain my problems b: dashboards, reports and trackers are loaded every time after opening - this lasts very long for elements with big data Review Source PF Paul F. Embedded SW Engineering Manager Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very powerful, a bit complicated" May 31, 2017 4.0 Pros I like this for our requirements management that mates with test cases for a full requirements to test result traceability. Cons At times the interface seems a bit "clunky" and not as intuitive as desired. There are arrows in some spots and pull-downs in other spots. Once you figure out the interface things go smoothly Review Source EC Eugen C. Software Engineer Medical Devices Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to Use and customizeable Tool" November 30, 2018 4.0 Pros \- Ease of Use - Service and Support available - Customizeable Tool - Variety of Functionalities - Reporting possible - Versioning System and Audit Trail Cons \- Not possible to adapt Codebeamer to some special company's processes - Few Useability Bugs 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/) ## 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.