Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

Bugzilla

88
125
+ 1
7
FogBugz

39
39
+ 1
0
Add tool

Bugzilla vs FogBugz: What are the differences?

Bugzilla: Server software designed to help you manage software development. Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous licensing fees. Despite being "free", Bugzilla has many features its expensive counterparts lack; FogBugz: The world's easiest bug tracking system. FogBugz tracks bugs, issues, and customer support tickets through every stage of the development process. We built it to be quick and easy to use, so that your developers will actually use it. Over 20,000 teams from the world's best software companies use FogBugz because it keeps their developers productive and happy.

Bugzilla and FogBugz belong to "Issue Tracking" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Bugzilla are:

  • Optimized database structure for increased performance and scalability
  • Excellent security to protect confidentiality
  • Advanced query tool that can remember your searches

On the other hand, FogBugz provides the following key features:

  • Issue and Bug Tracking- Effortless Bug Reporting, Customizable Case Lists, and Full Case Histories
  • Project Management- Wikis, Evidence-based Scheduling, Task Outlining, and Reporting
  • Customer Support- Email Management, AutoSort, and Snippets

ebay, PayPal, and Foursquare are some of the popular companies that use FogBugz, whereas Bugzilla is used by Wikipedia, Grooveshark, and Mozilla. FogBugz has a broader approval, being mentioned in 11 company stacks & 5 developers stacks; compared to Bugzilla, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

Get Advice from developers at your company using StackShare Enterprise. Sign up for StackShare Enterprise.
Learn More
Pros of Bugzilla
Pros of FogBugz
  • 2
    Detailed
  • 2
    Free
  • 2
    Open source
  • 1
    Easy to use
    Be the first to leave a pro

    Sign up to add or upvote prosMake informed product decisions

    What is Bugzilla?

    Bugzilla is a "Defect Tracking System" or "Bug-Tracking System". Defect Tracking Systems allow individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively. Most commercial defect-tracking software vendors charge enormous licensing fees. Despite being "free", Bugzilla has many features its expensive counterparts lack.

    What is FogBugz?

    FogBugz tracks bugs, issues, and customer support tickets through every stage of the development process. We built it to be quick and easy to use, so that your developers will actually use it. Over 20,000 teams from the world's best software companies use FogBugz because it keeps their developers productive and happy.

    Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

    Jobs that mention Bugzilla and FogBugz as a desired skillset
    What companies use Bugzilla?
    What companies use FogBugz?
    See which teams inside your own company are using Bugzilla or FogBugz.
    Sign up for StackShare EnterpriseLearn More

    Sign up to get full access to all the companiesMake informed product decisions

    What tools integrate with Bugzilla?
    What tools integrate with FogBugz?

    Sign up to get full access to all the tool integrationsMake informed product decisions

    Blog Posts

    JavaScriptGitHubGit+33
    20
    2078
    What are some alternatives to Bugzilla and FogBugz?
    Jira
    Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work. Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster.
    Redmine
    Redmine is a flexible project management web application. Written using the Ruby on Rails framework, it is cross-platform and cross-database.
    GitLab
    GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.
    Mantis
    It is a free web-based bug tracking system. It provides a delicate balance between simplicity and power. Users are able to get started in minutes and start managing their projects while collaborating with their teammates and clients effectively.
    Trac
    It is an open-source, Web-based project management and bug tracking system. It has been adopted by a variety of organizations for use as a bug tracking system for both free and open-source software and proprietary projects and products.
    See all alternatives