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Perforce offers a more productive, cost-effective, and easier to use alternative to ClearCase for version control. ClearCase requires high licensing fees and multiple highly skilled administrators due to its slow performance and complex tooling, resulting in lost developer productivity. In contrast, Perforce has proven to be dramatically faster and less expensive to administer with minimal staff. Many companies have migrated from ClearCase to Perforce and recouped their initial investment quickly through faster software delivery and lower operating costs.

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WHY SWITCH TO PERFORCE TODAY? PERFORCE CLEARCASE VS PERFORCE CLEARCASE ClearCase is expensive. Even a small installation requires multiple highly skilled administrators. Given its slow performance and complex tooling, ClearCase is even more expensive in terms of lost developer productivity. Perforce offers a compelling solution for those looking to regain lost productivity and move toward Agile and continuous styles of software delivery. Perforce’s professional services teams ensure that your migration to Perforce is as low impact as possible. PERFORMANCE Proven to be dramaticaly faster COST OF OWNERSHIPCosts less and requires minimal staff to administer and support Uses a propriety file system that slows down Expensive in both licenses and the workforce for administration PRODUCTIVITY Fast and easy to use and maintain with little administrative overhead Complex system requiring lots of training and support by administrators NATIVE GIT Supports both central workflow and distributed workflow Offers only traditional central workflow GLOBAL REACH Perforce offers a filtered replication to enable fast global access MultiSite is pricey and complex to set up and maintain INVESTMENT PROTECTIONActively developed and evolving Only maintained with no major upgrades in years. CONCLUSION ClearCase is a legacy system with large costs due to high licensing and support fees, administrative overhead, and lost productivity. Many companies have migrated from ClearCase to Perforce and repaid their initial investment within a short time thanks to faster delivery of their products and lower operating costs. We invite you to try Perforce for free (for up to 20 users) at www.perforce.com. Copyright © 2014 Perforce Software Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks or registered trademarks used herein are property of their respective owners.

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Infographic: Perforce vs ClearCase

  • 1. WHY SWITCH TO PERFORCE TODAY? PERFORCE CLEARCASE VS PERFORCE CLEARCASE ClearCase is expensive. Even a small installation requires multiple highly skilled administrators. Given its slow performance and complex tooling, ClearCase is even more expensive in terms of lost developer productivity. Perforce offers a compelling solution for those looking to regain lost productivity and move toward Agile and continuous styles of software delivery. Perforce’s professional services teams ensure that your migration to Perforce is as low impact as possible. PERFORMANCE Proven to be dramaticaly faster COST OF OWNERSHIPCosts less and requires minimal staff to administer and support Uses a propriety file system that slows down Expensive in both licenses and the workforce for administration PRODUCTIVITY Fast and easy to use and maintain with little administrative overhead Complex system requiring lots of training and support by administrators NATIVE GIT Supports both central workflow and distributed workflow Offers only traditional central workflow GLOBAL REACH Perforce offers a filtered replication to enable fast global access MultiSite is pricey and complex to set up and maintain INVESTMENT PROTECTIONActively developed and evolving Only maintained with no major upgrades in years. CONCLUSION ClearCase is a legacy system with large costs due to high licensing and support fees, administrative overhead, and lost productivity. Many companies have migrated from ClearCase to Perforce and repaid their initial investment within a short time thanks to faster delivery of their products and lower operating costs. We invite you to try Perforce for free (for up to 20 users) at www.perforce.com. Copyright © 2014 Perforce Software Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks or registered trademarks used herein are property of their respective owners.