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P4 Overview

What is P4?

P4 (formerly Helix Core) is enterprise-class version control for faster, more collaborative development for teams of any size. With P4, developers can use their preferred tools — like Git and Visual Studio — while enjoying lightning-fast workflows, support for all file types, and faster builds from a single source of truth. Organizations around the globe rely on Helix Core to build and deliver complex digital products faster and with higher quality. P4 is trusted by the world’s most innovative brands, including Pixar, NVIDIA, Scania, EA, Ubisoft, and VMware.

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Product Description

P4 is an industrial-strength version control and collaboration platform that supports flexible workflows. P4 eliminates the complexity of large-scale, distributed product development – allowing you to build products faster while protecting your valuable IP.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Helix Core — version control from Perforce — helps teams deliver more, fast. Complex products, massive repos, interdependent teams, and dispersed contributors, can all be seamless managed. Helix Core creates a single source of truth across your entire toolchain, enhancing global collaboration between developers and creatives, on-premises or in the cloud.


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Perforce

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The best-run DevOps teams in the world choose Perforce. Powered by advanced technology, including powerful AI that takes you from AI ambition to real results, the Perforce suite is purpose-built to handle complexity, maintain speed without compromise, and ensure end-to-end integrity across your DevOps toolchain. With a global footprint spanning more than 80 countries and including over 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce is the trusted partner for innovation. Harness the power of AI and accelerate your technology delivery without shortcuts. Build, scale, and innovate with Perforce-where efficiency meets intelligence.

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Recent P4 Reviews

SR
Sadaf R.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Helix Core"
Easy to track changelists and file history.
PB
Paul B.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great product, especially with Swarm"
The upgrade service cost next to nothing and the upgrade to latest version, with Swarm added, is much more stable than my previous version.
Vincent B.
VB
Vincent B.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"P4V"
Nothing special, I am just used to it and I find it pretty easy to use now

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

1 month

Return on Investment

14 months

Average Discount

8%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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P4 Media

P4 Demo - P4 Code Review Page
P4 Code Review (formerly Helix Swarm) — free code review with P4 — allows you to review more, no matter your team's size. For organizations with five to 50,000 employees, P4 Code Review can organize your code reviews to make sure nothing slips through the cracks.
P4 Demo - Stream Graph View Filtering
P4 Streams helps you visualize branches, keeping your developers organized. The Stream Graph guides users to branch and merge, avoiding costly conflicts.
P4 Demo - P4 Sync with Illustrator
Version any digital asset with P4 Sync (formerly Helix Sync). You can create and modify files using Adobe Illustrator, Maya, 3ds Max, and more. Then simply drag and drop into the P4 Sync desktop tool.
P4 Demo - P4 Merge Tool Syntax Highlighting
P4 Merge Tool (formerly Helix Merge Tool) supports syntax highlighting when diffing files and when merging files.
P4 Demo - Revision Graph in P4 Visual Client (P4V)
The Revision Graph tool in P4 Visual Client (P4V) enables you to visualize the branching structure and code migration of any file.
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SR
Senior Design Engineer
Semiconductors
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

Easy to track changelists and file history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

Managing multiples workspaces is very difficulty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Heliz Core makes easy to track changelists and file history. We can identify the code changes snap very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PB
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

The upgrade service cost next to nothing and the upgrade to latest version, with Swarm added, is much more stable than my previous version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

I could not be more happy with how the upgrade was run so professionally and with all questions answered as we went along. The gentleman that helped me was superb. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering P4:

Great product, at least give it a test drive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Stability and addition of Swarm. Great products Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vincent B.
VB
Principal Software Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

Nothing special, I am just used to it and I find it pretty easy to use now Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

When he fails to rename/move and when it freezes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Not typing p4 commamd Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faraji B.
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IT Administrastor/Junior Visual Effects Artist
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

I love the interface! It's extremely simple to find what you are looking for and use it to complete tasks and the ability to easily track assets makes it one of the best products available for version control on the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

Not a fan of how licenses are limited based on purchasing (given 6 for a standard license - others MUST be purchased in groups of 5 and not individually). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits are being able to use the software thru its UI and not having to write lines of code to submit continually, check out, or modify assets. It makes working on projects with users who are not familiar with the software easier based on the ease of the UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Colleen C.
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Director of US Support Operations
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

The ability to have multiple versions of source stored at one time has helped us accurately keep track of our releases. Functionality which allows more than one developer to have the code checked out and still update all versions properly has eliminated the issues we had with bugs or incompatible code getting released to the field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

We found that because of the resources required, it was most efficient to have the developers run their own development environment locally instead of on the network. We had to work out how to do periodic backups of their PCs to ensure that we didn't lose any code before check-ins were done. Once we got this worked out, we were able to ensure that all of their work was retained. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

We code in COBOL, and our biggest challenge was having incompatible code released to the field... and not being able to have more than one developer working on a single program. Both of these issues have been resolved with Perforce Helix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Daniel H.
DH
Chief Executive Officer and Lead Engineer
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What do you like best about P4?

P4 Helix Core is a battle-tested solution that supports large file systems. All of the standard and advanced features are here including branching, merging, diffing, file locking and more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

GUI Client is too basic and won't detect local file changes automatically. This makes missing file checkins or misunderstandings about latest version vs. local version very confusing, especially for non-engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Complete and reliable file version control solution for our software project that supports small and large teams. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about P4?

Robust archive and versioning solution that is scalable with our business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

Lack of a defined workflow for streams cost us time to develop and is difficult to train and onboard our specific use of the Helix Core software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Code starage time is greatly reduced ad it is now part of a Unfied workflow. We now have confidence that we have a backup of the deployed version of our code and configuration for every system we deploy. Searching for files is lightning fast compared to just using a network shared drive. This is also totally scalable as our team of coders grow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kaylee B.
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What do you like best about P4?

The ease of use and support documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

It's a little glitchy when dealing with large amounts of files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering P4:

Do it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a large server for worldwide use and this is perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Animation
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What do you like best about P4?

The initial setup is relatively easy and you'll be up and running in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

For artists, it's a little bit difficult to get their heads around how it works. It also requires some more complicated steps to set up additional (sometimes necessary) features. It would be great if there was a floating license option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

Unreal integration and version control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
UM
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What do you like best about P4?

The easy and quick access to files is most helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about P4?

It needs to be debugged occasionally. We have ran across minor glitching Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering P4:

The product was great for team use. A multi-user interface helps make our integration process faster.

HC provides good access to cloud-based files.

HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.

The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is P4 solving and how is that benefiting you?

The benefits are that we can have multiple users, especially with cloud supported integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.