If you want to control bugs, MantisBT is the best solution.

Pros

Suitable software to track errors, inform the team through fault reports. It is important to highlight that MantisBT has a free license that allows multiple options to carry the day to day of the software that is already in the test stage. For the user, it has a nice interface and the team can be notified of each stage of the test cycle.

Cons

Your options are limited when it comes to customizing and creating new reports and more accurate tracking of manual test cases. Does not allow direct interaction between users.

Great for tracking features, bugs and managing a distributed team.

Have been using it consistently, does the job and is great price for a small team.

Pros

Easy to customise system, could add workflow and structure to it suited to our specific use case and set up. Works well with easy customisation.

Cons

Notification and feature management through pipeline doesn't have the best visibility - at least not obviously out of the box.

A customizable issue tracker, but requires advanced setup

This software was our very first option to manage our company's tasks. As our business grew, we needed to fit the program into our business logic. Each customization of this software lasted a couple days until it fit. It was a permanent time-consuming task.

Pros

The flexibility of the issue tracker is powerful. It can fit all logic business only with the core features, and it can be hooked to external applications that may exists in the company environment.

Cons

The installation and customization process can be very complex. If the company needs special workflows or external integrations, it may lead to write own add-ons or modify the program at code level to accomplish it.

MantisBT, basic control for basic dev teams

We needed a basic bug tracker system, based on that and we actually work using the predefined workflow: if your needs fits with ours, MantisBT is a very solid, stable and easy to use BTS. Included Workflow:

Pros

Version 2.x came with a bunch of much needed UI changes. Now MantisBT has a modern look and feel. Also, it maintains its core functionality, so create and manage tickets for your projects is a breathe as always.

Cons

Even in version 2.x, you still have to setup your development workflow using text files, which is not optimal and a very dated way of doing this and makes you take the setup a little longer.

Keeps my world running smoothly

I've been using the product for over five years and it does the job.

Pros

I use this product daily to manage all tasks involved in multiple online development projects. It is easy to use, keeps everything organized in one place and is easy to update and customize to my needs.

Cons

It currently meets my needs so no critique at this time. It would be great to have additional training on features we may not be aware of.