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Cradle

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Cradle by 3SL is a requirements management and software / systems engineering tool for agile and phase-based projects including MBSE, agile development, document & project management. Cradle supports small or large teams, either co-located or distributed.

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Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
4.3 / 5 Avg rating (3)
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Features

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  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Requirements management
  3.  Model Based Systems Engineering
  4.  Manage requirements
  5.  Configuration Management
  6.  Create UML entities
  7.  Links requirements to SBS
  8.  Document templates
  9.  Test case management
  10.  Document structure management
  11.  Document tracking
  12.  SysML
  13.  Links SBS to tests
  14.  Links models to requirements
  15.  Scan documents

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    usegravity added Cradle as alternative to Userbook
    2 months ago
  • Guest reviewed Cradle  
    3 months ago

    I like Cradle because it offers support for the full product lifecycle. It has features of major tools at a much keener price. The support is very responsive

  • Guest added Ad-free as a feature to Cradle
    3 months ago
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    tewinkeltjm added Cradle as alternative to Doorstop
    3 months ago
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Cradle information

  • Developed by

    GB flag3SL
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase ranging between $449 and $679, and / or subscription ranging between $75 and $186 per month.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.3
  • Alternatives

    23 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Cradle, and it has gotten 2 likes

Cradle was added to AlternativeTo by Mark Walker on Apr 17, 2019 and this page was last updated Aug 3, 2022.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Theseus Zhang
Apr 19, 2019
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Long live software. Deep support!

Guest
Mar 20, 2025
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I like Cradle because it offers support for the full product lifecycle. It has features of major tools at a much keener price. The support is very responsive

What is Cradle?

Cradle by 3SL is a requirements management and software / systems engineering tool for agile and phase-based projects including MBSE, agile development, document & project management. Cradle supports small or large teams, either co-located or distributed. It can support part or all of your entire systems development process, from initial requirements definition through analysis, architecture and detailed design, to test, deployment, acceptance and commissioning. It provides user-controllable levels of access control, change history tracking, and includes a full configuration management and control system with formal change control, reviews, baselines, version management and user-defined workflows. Cradle can be linked into any number of external tools for specific engineering disciplines. Cradle has user-defined and user-configurable non-web and web UIs. Cradle is available for in-house deployment or as a variety of SaaS solutions. Common uses of Cradle:

  • Capture and manage requirements, assumptions, justifications…
  • Create models of use cases, functions, classes, data relationships
  • Build system-of-systems, system or subsystem architectures
  • Identify and manage system / subsystem interfaces
  • Allocate functions to subsystems and equipments
  • Define performance, AR&M (Availability, Reliability, Maintainability) and effectiveness
  • Manage System, Product, Work and Cost Breakdown Structures (SBSs, PBSs, WBSs and CBSs) and link to project management data
  • Perform test management at all levels
  • Automate project documentation
  • Create traceability across the entire lifecycle
  • Collect metrics across the entire lifecycle
  • Configuration manage and control the project
  • Track all formal changes and/or individual edits
  • Management information from dashboards, KPIs, burn-down / earned-value charts
  • Integrate with desktop and specialist tools
  • Provide customised web environments to project groups

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