Perforce
Company providing version control and enterprise DevOps tools.
Last updated August 31, 2026
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Overview
Perforce is an American software company founded in 1995, known for its version control system Perforce Helix Core, and later expanded into DevOps, test automation, and other areas.
Products and positioning
Version control and DevOps solutions for large enterprises
Product categories. Version control software · DevOps tools · Test automation tools · Version control and repository management · Code review and developer collaboration · Application lifecycle management · Agile planning · Static and dynamic code analysis · Debugging and high-performance-computing tools · Web, mobile, and application testing · API and application infrastructure tools · Infrastructure automation · Test-data management
Recent events
- 2024
Perforce acquires Delphix[1]
M&A
Perforce acquired Delphix, expanding into test-data management and data-management capabilities for development and testing workflows.
- 2022
Perforce acquires Puppet[1]
M&A
The acquisition brought Puppet's infrastructure-automation platform into Perforce's developer and operations software portfolio.
- 2021
Perforce agrees to acquire BlazeMeter[1]
M&A
Perforce agreed to acquire Broadcom's BlazeMeter testing platform, adding another performance and continuous-testing capability.
- 2020
Perforce acquires TestCraft and Methodics[1]
M&A
The acquisitions added Selenium-based web-application automation through TestCraft and semiconductor intellectual-property lifecycle management through Methodics.
- 2019
Francisco Partners becomes equal owner of Perforce[1]
M&A
Francisco Partners acquired a 50 percent stake in Perforce, joining Clearlake Capital as an equal private-equity owner.
- 2019
Perforce acquires Rogue Wave Software[1]
M&A
The transaction substantially broadened Perforce's portfolio with development, debugging, performance, API, web-server, visualization, and high-performance-computing products.
- 2019
Perforce receives a CEDEC Engineering Award[1]
Other
Perforce's P4 technology received the Engineering Award at the Computer Entertainment Developers Conference.
- 2018
Clearlake Capital acquires Perforce[1]
M&A
Clearlake Capital acquired Perforce from Summit Partners, continuing the company's expansion under private-equity ownership.
- 2018
Perforce acquires PRQA and Perfecto[1]
M&A
PRQA added static code-analysis technology, while Perfecto expanded Perforce's mobile and web application testing capabilities.
- 2017
Perforce acquires Hansoft and Deveo[1]
M&A
The acquisitions added agile planning and repository-management capabilities, including products that contributed to the TeamHub offering.
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