We performed a comparison between SmartBear TestComplete and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Functional Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of the SmartBear TestComplete are self-healing, they reduce the maintenance required. The different languages SmartBear TestComplete supports are good because some of our libraries are written in Python, JavaScript, and C#. It's very easy to put them all under one project and use them. The are other features that SmartBear TestComplete has but the competition widely has them as well."
"The product is stable for what we are currently using it for, and it is sufficient for us."
"It's cross platform automation capabilities specially ranging across web, UNIX (via putty), and other systems."
"The solution is great as a record and playback tool. It also has valuable regression testing."
"I like the cross browser compatibility. It saves a lot of time re-writing scripts to accommodate different browsers."
"TestComplete fits almost perfectly with a large amount of stacks, such as Delphi, C#, Java and web applications."
"The ability to run a whole suite of tests automatically (which we did overnight)."
"The solution is mainly stable."
"The whole suite is made for .NET development."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"The interface is easy to use."
"Performance-wise, it is a great tool."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability."
"Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
"If that engine could better identify more XPaths automatically and make the process more flexible, that would be better."
"At times, identifying or locating an element can be somewhat challenging. However, in a recent test update, they introduced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capability. This introduction has reduced the challenges to some extent, as we can now utilize OCR if the normal method doesn't work. Nevertheless, there is still significant potential for improvement in TestComplete's ability to identify various object elements. I don't have any specific concerns to mention. I have observed significant improvements in TestComplete over the past few years, especially in its support for highly dynamic object elements used in products like Salesforce Dynamics 365. In earlier versions, there were numerous challenges, but the current version is far superior to its predecessors."
"To bring it up to a 10, I would be looking for the addition of some key functional API testing."
"Name Mapping feature should be clearer. Whenever I use it, I do not really know what will work and what will not work."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"Product is not stable enough and it crashes often."
"Error handling features in the tool are a little limited."
"We would like to be able to easily integrate this solution with our continuous integration tools, such as Jenkins."
"The performance could be faster."
"It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."
"Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases."
"The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it."
"I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options."
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SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 10th in Functional Testing Tools with 72 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 48 reviews. SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio and OpenText UFT One, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, Tricentis Tosca and TestRail. See our SmartBear TestComplete vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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