| Documentation | Need for Detailed Documentation in the waterfall model is Necessary. | The need for Detailed Documentation in the incremental model is Necessary but not too much. |
| Planning | In the waterfall model, early stage planning is necessary. | In an incremental model, early-stage planning is also necessary. |
| Risk | There is a high amount of risk in the waterfall model. | There is a low amount of risk in the incremental model. |
| Waiting Time for Running Software | There is a long waiting time for running software in the waterfall model. | There is a short waiting time for running software in the incremental model. |
| Handling Large Projects | The waterfall model can't handle large projects. | The incremental model also can't handle large projects. |
| Flexibility to Change | Flexibility to change in the waterfall model is Difficult. | Flexibility to change in incremental model is Easy. |
| Cost | The cost of the Waterfall model is Low. | The cost of the incremental model is also Low. |
| Testing | Testing is done in the waterfall model after the completion of the coding phase. | Testing is done in the incremental model after every iteration of the phase. |
| Returning to Previous Phases | Returning to the previous stage/phase in the waterfall model is not possible. | Returning to the previous stage/phase in the incremental model is possible. |
| Team Size | In the waterfall model, a large team is required. | In an incremental model large team is not required. |
| Phases Overlapping | In the waterfall model overlapping of phases is not possible. | In incremental model overlapping of phases is possible. |
| Development Cycles | There is only one cycle in the waterfall model. | Multiple development cycles take place in the incremental model. |
| Customer Involvement | The customer is involved only at the beginning of development. | In incremental model, customer involvement is intermediate. |
| Framework Type | The linear framework type is used. | Linear with iterative framework type is used. |
| Customer Control | The customer is having least control over the administrator. | The customer has more control over the administrator in comparison to the waterfall model. |
| Reusability | Reusability is the least possible. | Reusability is possible to some extent. |