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Polarion

bySiemens
in
3.8
Market Presence: Enterprise Agile Planning Tools, Application Development Life Cycle Management (Transitioning to DevOps Platforms)

Overview

Product Information on Polarion

Updated 29th October 2025

What is Polarion?

Polarion is an enterprise-grade Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform designed to unify requirements, verification, test management, and regulatory compliance on a single source of truth. It enables teams to author, review, and approve specifications collaboratively while maintaining full traceability across requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, and change management. Polarion’s digital thread ensures every artifact is version-controlled and audit-ready, helping organizations meet standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 62304, DO-178C, and ASPICE. With built-in workflow automation, live dashboards, and extensibility through integrations with tools like Jira, Teamcenter, and Git, Polarion supports complex engineering programs and connects globally distributed teams to accelerate delivery with confidence and compliance.

Polarion Pricing

Polarion is available in a number of licensing models a subscription-based licensing model (Polarion X) and as on-prem Named User or Concurrent (Floating) license (Polarion ALM). Subscription fees include software updates, maintenance and technical support. Organizations can choose from base Polarion X product or with industry-specific solutions and templates for Automotive Functional Safety, Medical Compliance, and Agile at Scale (SAFe). Polarion ALM on-premises offers additional capabilities.

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Overall experience with Polarion

PRINCIPLE MDM SOFTWARE DEVELOPER II
250M - 500M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“It's a good tool for agile project planning and tracking”

4.0
Jul 26, 2024
We use this tool on a daily basis which helps us to plan track and keep the task updated which helps other teams to plan their work accordingly.
HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES
50M - 250M USD, Manufacturing
CRITICAL

“Extensive Requirements Traceability Present with Polarion in System Engineering Processes”

3.0
Jul 22, 2025
Polarion has a solid feature set for system engineering processes including strong capabilities in requirements engineering and requirements traceability.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 17th November 2023

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a technology company focused on automation and digitalization in process and manufacturing industries, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, smart mobility solutions for rail transport, and medical technology and digital healthcare services. Siemens AG includes the industrial businesses Digital Industries, Smart Infrastructure and Mobility. Siemens Financial Services supports the activities of our Industrial businesses and conducts its own business.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1847
Head office location
Munich, Germany
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
http://www.siemens.com

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Performance of Polarion Across Market Features

Polarion Likes & Dislikes

Like

The filters are good, the results can be exported in csv or excel which is helpful, searching for any task is easy.

Like

Polarion provides excellent traceability across the entire engineering lifecycle

Like

1) One great feature is defining documentation customized to our processes and workflows. 2) I like its automation ability to perform user testing , error tracking , resolution and connectivity between various systems. 3)I also like the clear stages and control of process and documents , visibility of status of any stage.

Dislike

UI, text formatting, user friendly

Dislike

Achieving an optimal setup needs considerable effort and expertise

Dislike

1) It can be a a bit difficult to operate at times due to extent of controls. 2)There is no free Trial period . 3) Live GUI and tree structure can be improved.

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Polarion Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 19 ratings and reviews for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools market. View all 34 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

3.8

(19 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
53%
4 Star
37%
3 Star
11%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.2

Integration & Deployment

4.1

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.4

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  • HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICES
    50M-1B USD
    Manufacturing
    Review Source

    Extensive Requirements Traceability Present with Polarion in System Engineering Processes

    3.0
    Jul 22, 2025
    Polarion has a solid feature set for system engineering processes including strong capabilities in requirements engineering and requirements traceability.
  • PRINCIPLE MDM SOFTWARE DEVELOPER II
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    It's a good tool for agile project planning and tracking

    4.0
    Jul 26, 2024
    We use this tool on a daily basis which helps us to plan track and keep the task updated which helps other teams to plan their work accordingly.
  • ACEDAMIC CENTER HEAD
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    One of the best ALM's in the market now.

    4.0
    Aug 6, 2022
    Polarion gave my organization one unified solution that delivered project transparency through real time aggregated management information.
  • SOLUTION ARCHITECT
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Polarion ALM - End to End Automotive System Product development Solution

    5.0
    Aug 8, 2022
    Excellent tool used by larger organizations for ALM capability. system and software product lifecycle managed well compliant with ASPICE
  • SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
    10B+ USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Polarion by Siemens Review

    5.0
    May 27, 2022
    It is a unified Application for Product Lifecycle management solution. It has easy to define, build, test and Manage complex software system capability. It is a 100% browser based solution.
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