Pluralsight Flow vs. minware
Pluralsight Flow was one of the first to offer development analytics. but they now lack many of the features available elsewhere.
If you want to get better at planning, quality, and process efficiency with actionable metrics, Flow’s first-generation platform is inadequate.
The problem with first-gen platforms like Flow
Flow’s first-gen platform relies on existing data fields (PR cycle time, deployment count, etc.) They will get you in the right ballpark, but are:
Lagging, unactionable
They tell you what happened, but not what caused it. Why are cycle times slow – is it interruptions, bad estimates, large tickets? How do I get better?
Disconnected from impact
Flow’s metrics use arbitrary unit counts (tickets, PRs, etc.), which don’t tell you what matters.
Cumbersome and manual
If you want additional visibility (work type, tech debt, active dev effort, etc.), you have to painstakingly label tickets or log time by hand.
“Instead of AI replacing engineers, maybe it should help them get better.”
Kevin Borders
Founder & CEO, minware
minware’s AI & data platform offers insights without effort
minware uses modern methods to derive metrics with higher-level meaning (e.g., active development time per ticket) that are:
Actionable
See exactly where problems lie so you know where to improve.
Impact-Focused
Measure the effect on available engineering time instead of arbitrary unit counts.
Automatic
Compute high-level properties without having to log time, impose mandatory fields, or change the way you work.
minware answers real questions
CEOs don't ask about Flow metrics like cycle times. minware answers real questions like these (links go to live demo):
minQL and BI report builder let you customize anything
Flow provides extensive org configuration options for how your team develops software. However, the reports themselves are locked in place with only surface-level customization.
All minware reports are built on top of the minQL query language and fully editable. Access any field from any data source to create custom metrics with powerful formulas, including custom event cycle times.
Say goodbye to spreadsheets and SQL.
How Does Pluralsight Flow Stack Up?
Initial setup and onboarding with Flow offers self-service configuration, but even simple things like resolving duplicate identities are highly manual.
We've made minware work out of the box to deliver instant value with zero-effort setup, comprehensive prebuilt reports paired with limitless customization opportunities, and an AI chat analyst that makes insights accessible to everyone.
No story points? Crazy ticket statuses? No tickets in PRs? No problem, we’ll figure it out.
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Instant Data Connection
LLM-Powered AI Insights
AI Chat
Automatic active coding time analysis
Comprehensive prebuilt reports
Query anything in your dataset
Why choose Flow over minware?
This question may be the opposite of what you were expecting.
GitPrime has been around six years longer than minware, so you probably heard their name first and may even have friends who are using their software.
We heard about GitPrime (now Flow) a few years ago too. After thoroughly evaluating it and seeing the gaps, we decided to dedicate years of our lives and much of our own money to starting minware.
As the saying goes, “Nobody gets fired for buying IBM.” If this statement appeals to you, or if you still have an aol.com email address, then Flow might be a better choice. If not: