Clarity
5.6/10Broadcom Clarity is an enterprise portfolio and project management platform for large organizations. It covers roadmaps, resources, timesheets, financial governance and portfolio reporting.
Data last updated November 2026 · Our methodology
Overview
Clarity, formerly CA Clarity PPM, is Broadcom's strategic portfolio and project management platform, sold under the ValueOps brand next to Rally and ConnectALL. It is built for PMOs and finance-led governance in large, often regulated organizations such as banks, telecoms and government agencies. Its core areas are roadmaps and top-down planning, investment hierarchies, resource and capacity planning, timesheets that feed cost and chargeback figures, and financial controls including multi-currency tracking and CapEx/OpEx categorization. Project teams get a task Gantt and timeline view, grids, a board view and calendar for to-dos, checklists and conversations on objects. Blueprints and business rules let administrators configure screens and validation. Clarity runs on premises under a perpetual license with annual maintenance, or as a SaaS subscription. Broadcom publishes no list prices. Deals are negotiated, and reviewers mention licensing complexity and price increases since Broadcom bought CA. Clarity connects to Rally and other tools through ConnectALL and the ValueOps platform, and partner connectors exist for Jira. Users still describe Jira and SAP integration as hard work. The biggest drawback is the weight of the platform. Implementations can take months and often need consultants. Reviewers call the interface and the Jaspersoft-based reporting hard to use, so Clarity rarely makes sense for small teams.
Our Rating
Who Clarity is best for
Good fit
PeerSpot reviewers report deployments of up to tens of thousands of users, and the governance and finance features target large regulated organizations.
Banks are named users and it offers chargebacks and audit trails.
Government agencies are named as typical users.
- Finance Teams7/10
It handles CapEx and OpEx categorization and multi-currency tracking.
Less suited
Timesheets feeding chargeback and Rally links serve IT portfolio management.
- Mid-Market4/10
Negotiated licensing, implementations measured in months and reliance on consultants make it heavy for mid-sized firms.
It is an enterprise-only negotiated license.
Reviewers describe the cost and complexity as poorly suited to smaller teams.
There is no self-serve plan or published price, and setup is heavy.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Deep financial governance, including chargebacks, multi-currency tracking, CapEx/OpEx categorization and audit trails, suits regulated industries.
- Reviewers report that it scales from small teams to tens of thousands of users.
- Roadmaps and investment hierarchies roll projects up into programs and portfolios, and reviewers name these as the most valuable features.
- Blueprints, business rules and configurable grids let administrators shape it to the organization's processes.
- Analysts recognize it in strategic portfolio management, with Broadcom reporting a Leader placement in the Forrester Wave for Q2 2024.
Cons
- No public pricing, and reviewers mention licensing complexity and rising costs after Broadcom acquired CA.
- Implementations can take months and often require consultants.
- Users often find the interface unintuitive and the Jaspersoft-based reporting hard to use.
- Jira and SAP integrations are described as difficult and sometimes unreliable for real-time tracking.
- Reviewers say it is less suited to agile delivery out of the box and point to Broadcom's separate Rally product for agile work.
Key Features
Clarity Pricing
Enterprise (SaaS or on-premises)
- Timesheets
- Quote-based pricing negotiated with Broadcom
- Roadmaps, portfolio, resource and financial management
- SaaS subscription or perpetual on-premises license with annual maintenance
Frequently Asked Questions
Broadcom publishes no list prices. Every deal is negotiated, and costs depend on licensing model, user roles and environments. Single user reports range widely and are not representative.
Yes. It is offered as SaaS on a subscription, or on premises with a perpetual license plus annual maintenance.
There is no simple native sync. Partner connectors, such as one from Albatroz, can import epics, stories and worklogs. Broadcom's ConnectALL product also connects tools. Reviewers say Jira integration takes extra work.
Yes. Projects have a task Gantt and timeline view. A board view and calendar for to-dos arrived in release 16.0.3.
The official product page offers demo requests and a contact form. It does not mention a free trial.
Yes. Timesheets can be created, reviewed and approved, time can be tracked from the mobile app, and logged time feeds cost calculations.
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