Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Wide variety of workflows from simple to formal |
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Support for only one type of workflow |
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Five years in the field, 30,000 users, case-studies, white papers |
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Relatively new, no case studies available |
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Supports synchronous and asynchronous chat |
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Only provides notification - no live chat |
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Custom fields & workflow |
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Only one custom field |
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Review & defect metrics collected automatically |
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Missing key metrics such as defect density |
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Does not do up-front indexing of your version control repository |
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Requires lengthy index of entire repository |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Support for Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X |
Yes | Yes |
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Comes with installer, runnable as a GUI |
Yes | No |
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Comes with installer, runnable from command-line |
Yes | No |
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Has a user's manual |
Yes | Yes |
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Command-line user interface |
Yes | No |
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Web-based user interface |
Yes | Yes |
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Rich-client user interface |
Yes | No |
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Eclipse plug-in integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Visual Studio plug-in integration |
Yes | No |
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SSL Support |
Yes | Yes |
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Works with any editor or IDE |
Yes | Yes |
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Serverless over LAN networks |
No | No |
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Supports distributed developers over WAN networks |
Yes | Yes |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Perforce Integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Perforce P4Win/P4V Plugin |
Yes | No |
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Perforce Triggers |
Yes | No |
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Optionally enforces Perforce ACL |
Yes | No |
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ClearCase Integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Subversion Integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Subversion Triggers |
Yes | No |
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CVS Integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Team Foundation Server Integration |
Yes | No |
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Vault Integration |
Yes | No |
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MKS Integration |
Yes | No |
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AccuRev Integration |
Yes | No |
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Surround Integration |
Yes | No |
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Git Integration |
Yes | Yes |
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Mercurial Integration |
Yes | No |
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Vault Integration |
Yes | No |
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Visual SourceSafe Integration |
Yes | No |
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Rational Synergy Integration |
Yes | No |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Supports reviews of local changes not yet committed to version control |
Yes | Yes
Only if you generate the differences yourself or use an Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA plugin |
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Supports reviews of changes already committed to version control |
Yes | Yes |
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Scalable to large files and large reviews |
Yes | Yes |
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Can attach arbitrary files to the review, not just source code |
Yes | No |
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Can review file differences rather than complete file inspections |
Yes | Yes |
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Can perform whole-file inspections |
Yes | Yes |
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Automatically detects local file changes |
Yes
Via version control integration | No |
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Packages local file contents and differences for delivery |
Yes | No |
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Supports document review |
Yes | No |
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Review any URL |
Yes | No |
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Can search for completed reviews based on file name or type |
Yes | No |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Supports multiple simultaneous review participants |
Yes | Yes |
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Tracks comments made during code review |
Yes | Yes |
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Tracks defects found during code review without adding an entry to an issue-tracking system |
Yes | Yes |
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Can view proposed code changes in color-coded before/after view |
Yes | Yes |
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Can leave comments on individual lines of code |
Yes | Yes |
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Can export proposed changes on reviewer's machine for testing |
Yes | No |
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Supports review checklists |
Yes | No |
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Supports configurable review participant roles for workflow and reporting |
Yes | No |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Builds audit trail of review communication |
Yes | Yes |
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Saves audit trail along with actual file changes |
Yes
Audit trails and review metrics available in database | No |
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Automatically collects metrics for man-hours/kLOC, defects/kLOC, and man-hours/kLOC |
Yes | No |
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Built-in reporting |
Yes
Reporting system built-in; external report tools can use database | No |
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Custom reports |
Yes
In-product custom reports as well as 3rd-party tools against the database | No |
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Sophisticated searching, e.g. finding all reviews of a certain file, or done by a certain user, or searching within comment or defect text |
Yes | No |
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Smart Bear
CodeCollaborator |
Atlassian/Cenqua
Crucible
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Allows custom fields for defects to track e.g. severity, type, or phase-injected |
Yes | No |
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Allows custom fields for reviews to track e.g. project, phase, or relevant bug ID's |
Yes | No |
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Admin option preventing developers from checking in code before it is reviewed |
Yes
Using supplied SCM server triggers | No |
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Permits only certain users to have access to administer server configuration |
Yes | No |
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Can restrict viewing reviews to certain users |
Yes | Yes |
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Can track and administrate all current reviews |
Yes | Yes |
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Can administer user lists |
Yes | Yes |
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Can authenticate from LDAP/ActiveDirectory instead of maintaining user list |
Yes | Yes |
Code Collaborator
Product Details
When we introduced Code Collaborator, it was like someone broke the ice in our group...now we collaborate more often to design and test features as well as review them.
