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Scalability and easy administration.
Amazing serverside data compression.
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There could be even more integrations to other systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Perforce is the most fully-featured versioning system I've worked with. You can resolve pretty much any scenario you can think of. The shelving feature is extremely useful on occasion. It's very stable - never had it hang or crash. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It has a steep learning curve. Taking advantage of all the features requires putting some serious time and effort. It's a tool for the tech savvy. "Checking out" files is confusing when you're coming from SVN. Programmers on our team, as well as IT, are routinely asked for help with using even the visual client. Overall it's great for large projects where most people on the team have in-depth knowledge of how to use it. I would still use SVN for small projects where conflicts are less likely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Helix is a great alternative to other git services because any project you make is private and free. My team and I had gone through at least four other services and had left them either because of the limits in file size uploads, or we had simply hit the storage cap way too fast.
Perforce Helix in my opinion is the best solution short of renting your own server for indie game devs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
My only real complaint about helix is that their versioning client (P4V) tends to act up. When setting up my repo for the first time it decided to send it to System32 instead of the destination I had specified. P4V also seems to dislike stashing or discarding changes which can make it hard to consistently have new data from your project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Perforce Helix is much more than the version control you are used to, be it Git, SVN or even Dropbox. It brings much more features than you expect: history, branching, reviews, locks. Everything in a unified platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Don't expect to use it like Dropbox, it's not as easy as dropping files on a directory. The same goes for developers used to other VCS. Coming from git was not smooth.
All the features bring complexity for the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Having the repository centrally controlled, without having a .svn or .git folder on your drive is a huge boon. Another feature is the ability to mark files as "one copy on server" only so that binaries can be kept in sync quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The integration with game engines like Unity leave a bit to be desired. there doesn't appear to be support for the "p4config" file which we rely on for maintaining multiple servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I enjoy the fact that minimal adoption is simple, still using git and the tooling around the base code repository management that most developers are used to. All the other tooling on top is amazing, when used properly. The integrations with the design tool and the office tools looked like they did the job well, although I never had direct hands on with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Without a proper adoption or internal champion, the software gets mistreated and used only for git repo usage. This isn't a fault of the software per-se, but the adoption process of the software. I would love to see more integrations with 3D modeling and audio tooling, as I work in video games. Additionally, the GUI visual merge tools could do with a little more polish - but I generally use the command-line for my interactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I like best about Helix is the centralized features, full support of Git, and user-friendly and intuitive UI. It's easy for non-technical users to understand which is critical to small and large teams alike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The P4V versioning client seems to have problems from time to time which can cause delays in production. 3rd party tools integration support would be nice to see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Setting up a depot in Helix Cloud is simple and only takes a few minutes. The web interface gives non-technical team members access to the depot without having to deal with the normal perforce client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Helix Cloud's web interface is great for basic operations but there is still a lot that you have to do through a client. I would like to see it's functionality expanded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best part of this software is how elegantly it handles merges and easy it is to use. Shelves are awesome to allow others to look at your work and everything else just makes sense. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The interface is not the most attractive, but it works. It can be confusing to understand how workspaces and streams work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Perforce comes with a user-friendly and feature-rich GUI client. Keeping the learning curve low is very important for big production teams, which usually consist of people with different technical background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Version control systems should not make use of the read-only flag on files to keep track of open-for-edits. The server only runs on Windows, and there is no straightforward way to backup the depots. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
