What is Rally Software?
Easily coordinate every phase of your application development lifecycle—with our cutting-edge, continuous insight throughout the process. Our application lifecycle management solutions can get you where you need to go, from planning and development through deployment, management and beyond.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+93 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Rally Software?
Pros
- Acts with Integrity
- Saves Time
- Fair
- Client's Interest First
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Feature Ratings
Managed Artifact Repository
Visual Analysis Design
Bug Tracking & Issue Mgmt
Workflow Management
ALM Integration
Traceability
Resource Planning
Agile Work Management
Analytics and Reporting
Artifact Management
Automation
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Business Value Created
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Quality of Features
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of IT Administration
Usability and Intuitiveness
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Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Ease of Implementation
Rally Software Reviews
Melinda F.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2026
Aligning strategy with software delivery
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Rally Software from other similar products?
Rally Software distinguishes itself through enterprise-scale Agile and portfolio management. It offers deep support for planning, tracking, and aligning work from team backlogs up to program and portfolio levels. It also integrates widely with development, testing, and CI/CD tools, providing traceability from requirements to delivery, making it a comprehensive ALM solution.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I particularly like how it supports scaled Agile practices while still remaining practical for individual teams managing backlogs and sprints. This brings balance between strategic oversight and team-level usability, making Rally a powerful tool for us while managing complex software delivery environments.
What do you dislike most about this product?
While it excels at tracking work items and progress, it doesn’t offer built-in tools for things that stay tied to specific backlogs or stories.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Rally excels in organizations with multiple teams, interdependencies, and enterprise-level planning needs. One should be prepared to invest time upfront in training and configuration, especially for reporting and portfolio setup, to fully leverage its capabilities.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Arpita S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2026
Strong Agile focused ALM tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Rally Software from other similar products?
It feel less like a ticket system and more like a planning and execution hub for agile teams. Most ALM tools focus heavily on tracking like requirement, defects, report but Rally focuses on how work actually flows from idea to delivery.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I appreciate is the predictability and planning view. The iteration and release tracking along with clear capacity planning helps team commit realistically rather than over promising. It reduces last minute pressure and make sprint planning feel more grounded.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The UI isn't very intuitive and common actions like updating stories, navigating between views or configuring filters can take more clicks than expected.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need structures agile planning at scale and clear visibility across teams. Invest time in proper setup and training and be ready to follow its framework. It pays off in predictability but it's overkill for small or simple teams.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Performance Enhancing
- Inspires Innovation
- Caring
Cons
- Less Reliable
Somya A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2026
Best for scaling agile teams.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Rally Software from other similar products?
Rally isn't just a team level task tracker it is designed to scale across entire organizations. I can align work form individual engineers up through programs, portfolios and strategic OKRs without needing a bunch of plugins pr custom add-ons.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I really appreciate the built in angle metrics and dashboards. Things like velocity, burndown and dependency tracking are already there without needing a bunch of extra plugins.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can feel a bit heavy and overwhelming especially for engineers who just want a simple, fast tool to manage their sprint work. The interface isn't always the most intuitive and some common actions take more clicks than usual expect.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is a good choice if you manage work across multiple teams and need strong agile planning and reporting.
Pros
- Reliable
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
- Respectful
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
