Top 3 differences to Excel
Project structure
Hierarchical organization vs. tabular storage
Q12-TMT enables scalability for agile, classic, and hybrid test projects – ideal for growing teams and complex IT landscapes: While in Excel, test cases are often managed in multiple files and flatly organized spreadsheets, in Q12-TMT you benefit from project hierarchies with inheritance and domain-driven tree structures.
Q12-TMT enables scalability for agile, classic, and hybrid test projects – ideal for growing teams and complex IT landscapes: While in Excel, test cases are often managed in multiple files and flatly organized spreadsheets, in Q12-TMT you benefit from project hierarchies with inheritance and domain-driven tree structures.
Prioritization
Risk assessment at the push of a button vs. manual analysis
Q12-TMT integrates risk-based testing methods and multi-layered risk analyses directly into the tool: Unlike Excel, which does not offer methodological support for technical risk assessment, prioritization in Q12-TMT is data-driven and automated in order to identify critical test areas specifically and without manual effort.
Q12-TMT integrates risk-based testing methods and multi-layered risk analyses directly into the tool: Unlike Excel, which does not offer methodological support for technical risk assessment, prioritization in Q12-TMT is data-driven and automated in order to identify critical test areas specifically and without manual effort.
Software lifecycle support
Tool-based version management vs. table-based release management
Q12-TMT supports parallel software development threads through semantic versioning and intelligent links: Unlike Excel with duplicate files or table contents, in Q12-TMT you manage major, minor, and patch releases with integrated version management to always keep control over test coverage in all phases of your software lifecycle.
Q12-TMT supports parallel software development threads through semantic versioning and intelligent links: Unlike Excel with duplicate files or table contents, in Q12-TMT you manage major, minor, and patch releases with integrated version management to always keep control over test coverage in all phases of your software lifecycle.
Comparison
Q12-TMT
Excel
Project structure:
hierarchies, scalability
Test process:
creation, execution, reporting
Prioritization:
risk-based testing, multi-layered risk analysis
Software lifecycle support:
versioning, parallel releases
Teamwork:
protection against editing conflicts, editor assignment
Resource planning:
availability, calendar, scheduling
Onboarding & training:
user manual, free tutorial videos
Integration:
full-featured API, active integration of third-party systems
Security:
single sign on (SSO), multifactor authentication (2FA), authorization concepts
Migration:
legacy tools
Hosting:
software as a service, on-prem
Data sovereignty:
server location/cloud location in Europe
Jira plugin:
full range of functions
Feature request:
customer-specific functionality
Multilingual support:
standard: DE, EN | optional: FR, VN, ES, CZ, PT
Support desk/help center
standard: DE, EN | optional: FR, VN, ES, CZ, PT
Period of cancellation
after 6 months monthly
yearly
Prices
based on 20 users/month (Cloud)
1100 USD
from 130 USD
Legend:
Supported
Not Supported
Partially Supported
The evaluation of the presented software tools was carried out as of 2025-07-07. Functionalities, prices, or other characteristics of the tools may have changed since then. The tools and criteria listed do not claim to be exhaustive. For the most current and complete information, we recommend consulting the official websites and documentation of the respective providers.
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