Collaborator Editions

Applies to Collaborator 14.5, last modified on March 26, 2024

Starting from version 10.0, Collaborator is distributed in three editions: Collaborator Community, Collaborator Team and Collaborator Enterprise.

Collaborator Community is the lightweight edition of Collaborator, designed especially for small development groups with simpler needs. Collaborator Community is offered free of charge and includes the basic features necessary for code review.

Collaborator Team is designed for medium development groups with moderate needs. Collaborator Team includes the majority of features necessary for code review without the extra cost of the enterprise level features found in Collaborator Enterprise.

Collaborator Enterprise is the full featured edition of Collaborator, designed especially for large development groups. In order to review Simulink models, you should have Collaborator Enterprise edition license, obtain Simulink integration licenses and assign them to particular users.

The remainder of this section will describe the differences between the three products.

Set Up and Licensing

All three editions of Collaborator are shipped within the same installer that can be found on our downloads page. The products are differentiated only by the license codes installed. During a trial installation, the product option will be given in the First-Run Initialization phase. After installation, you can easily switch from one edition to another, by changing out the license code with a new one provided by your account manager.

Collaborator Feature Summary by Edition

The table below will help you assess the functional differences between Collaborator editions:

System Administration

Feature

Collaborator Community

Collaborator Team

Collaborator Enterprise

Licenses

Fixed licenses only

Fixed licenses only

Fixed and concurrent licenses available

License Model

Perpetual

Subscription

Subscription or Perpetual

Database Back-Ends

Embedded

Embedded, MySQL

Embedded, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle

LDAP / ActiveDirectory Authentication

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Single Sign-On

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Number of users

Up to 10

Up to 25

Unlimited - Based on Licenses Owned

Technical support

No

Yes

Yes

File Type Support

Type

Collaborator Community

Collaborator Team

Collaborator Enterprise

Word Processing Documents

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Spreadsheets

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Presentations

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Visio Documents

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

PDF Documents

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Image Files

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Live URLs

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Simulink models

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported (with Simulink Integration license)

Server Configuration Options

Features

Collaborator Community

Collaborator Team

Collaborator Enterprise

Subscriptions

Supported

Supported

Supported

Bug Tracking Integration

Supported

Supported

Supported

User Statistics

Supported

Supported

Supported

Email Notifications

Supported

Supported

Supported

Server-Side Version Control Integrations

Supported

Supported

Supported

System Status

Supported

Supported

Supported

Groups

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Review and Uploads Access Restrictions

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Review Custom Fields

Not Supported

Limited. Only 2 fields.

Unlimited

Participant Custom Fields

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Defect Custom Fields

Not Supported

Limited. Only 2 fields.

Unlimited

Multiple Role Configurations

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Configurable Workflow

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Server-Side Triggers

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Customizable Notifications

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Automatic Links

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Archiving Reviews

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Review Checklists

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Electronic Signatures

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Server Branding

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Clients and Version Control Integrations

Client/VCS

Collaborator Community

Collaborator Team

Collaborator Enterprise

Web GUI

Supported

Supported

Supported

GUI Client

Supported

Supported

Supported

External Diff Viewer Launcher

Supported

Supported

Supported

Eclipse Plugin

Supported

Supported

Supported

Visual Studio Plugin

Supported

Supported

Supported

Command Line Client

Supported

Supported

Supported

Tray Notifier

Supported

Supported

Supported

Version Control Integration

Git, Subversion, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab

CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, Team Foundation Server, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab

CVS, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, Subversion, AccuRev, PTC Integrity, ClearCase, Rational Synergy, Rational Team Concert, Team Foundation Server, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab

Reports

The table below compares the fields and metrics available in different editions of Collaborator.

Reports

Column/Field

Collaborator Community

Collaborator Team

Collaborator Enterprise

Customizable Review Reports

ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Title

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Creation Date

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Completion Date

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Workflow

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Phase

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review is Private

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Author Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Author Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Moderator Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Moderator Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Reviewer Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Reviewer Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Observer Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Observer Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Defect Count

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Open Defect Count

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Overview

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Group

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Defects per Hour

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Comment Count

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Last Comment

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Idle for

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

File Count

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Changed

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Added

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Removed

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Modified

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Delta

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Wall-Clock Duration

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Total Person-Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Reviewer Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Author Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Number of Participants

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Average Participant Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Custom Fields

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Detail Reports

Overview

ID

Supported

Supported

Supported

Status

Supported

Supported

Supported

Title

Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator

Supported

Supported

Supported

Created On

Supported

Supported

Supported

Finished On

Supported

Supported

Supported

Wall-Clock Time

Supported

Supported

Supported

Number of Defects

Supported

Supported

Supported

Number of Comments

Supported

Supported

Supported

Overview

Supported

Supported

Supported

Total Person Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Total Reviewer Time

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC All Version (Uploaded/Changed)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Final Version (Uploaded/Changed)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Document Pages (Final)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Custom Fields

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Participants

Name

Supported

Supported

Supported

Role

Supported

Supported

Supported

Person-Hours

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Per Participant Custom Fields

Not Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Defect Log

ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

File

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Location

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Text

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Defect Custom Fields

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Materials Summary

Num Files

Supported

Supported

Supported

Num Code Files

Supported

Supported

Supported

Num Images

Supported

Supported

Supported

Num Other Binaries

Supported

Supported

Supported

Num Changelists

Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC (Uploaded)

Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC (Changed)

Supported

Supported

Supported

Num Documents

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Num URL's

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Document Pages

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Inspection Rate (Uploaded)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Inspection Rate (Changed)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Document Inspection Rate

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Image Inspection Rate

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

URL Inspection Rate

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Binary Inspection Rate

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Code Defect Density (Uploaded)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Code Defect Density (Changed)

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Document Defect Density

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Image Defect Density

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Materials Detail

Path

Supported

Supported

Supported

Version

Supported

Supported

Supported

Annotation

Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC

Supported

Supported

Supported

LOC Changed

Supported

Supported

Supported

# Comments

Supported

Supported

Supported

Defects

Supported

Supported

Supported

Overall Review Conversation

Speaker

Supported

Supported

Supported

Text

Supported

Supported

Supported

Customizable Defect Reports

Defect ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

State

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Title

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Creation Date

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Completion Date

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Created

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Creator Full Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

File

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

File Version

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Changelist ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Changelist Date

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Changelist Author

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Changelist Comment

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

SCM Type

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Location

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Comment

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Review Group

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Defect Custom Fields

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

User Reports

ID

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Name

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Email

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Phone

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Last Login

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Last Activity

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Last Logout

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

System Admin

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

Enabled

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

User Activity

Not Supported

Supported

Supported

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