Tricentis Tosca vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Tricentis Tosca
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Mobile App Testing Tools (1st), Regression Testing Tools (1st), API Testing Tools (2nd), Test Automation Tools (1st)
Visual Studio Test Professi...
Ranking in Functional Testing Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Test Management Tools (5th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the market share of Tricentis Tosca is 20.0% and it increased by 27.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Visual Studio Test Professional is 0.4% and it decreased by 57.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Functional Testing Tools
Unique Categories:
Mobile App Testing Tools
35.0%
Regression Testing Tools
29.5%
Test Management Tools
1.0%
 

Featured Reviews

SG
May 29, 2022
It's flexible enough to work with multiple areas, like web, API, database, and retail automation
Tosca is flexible enough to work with multiple areas, like web, API, database, and retail automation. Tricentis team supports all these areas regardless of your operating system Recently, I've been working on an automation application. To date, I've designed almost 10,000 scripts. In addition ETL and AP automation, we are using Tosca API to automate web services. We can also create customized functions. For example, if something isn't supported in Tricentis Tosca Commander, we can create our own function to integrate it with Tosca Commander, so we can utilize it and integrate with the macros. We create macros in the Excel DVS, and I created multiple tools via VBA as part of the ATL automation to compare source data to the target. We just need to schedule it. We schedule that via Postcard, so the macros we created will compare the source data versus the target data.
TA
Sep 3, 2021
Easy to quickly scale up automation and user friendly
Our primary use case of this solution is for UA automation. I'm a process manager and we are customers of Visual Studio.  The product is very easy to use and we were able to scale up the automation solution quickly which was beneficial. It's an expensive solution which is an issue for us.  I've…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I face no challenges or stability issues."
"The most valuable feature of Tricentis Tosca is the Tosca Commander. Functionality is another thing I find most valuable in the solution."
"Software testing tool that has multiple features. It's good to use for SAP testing, and it helps reduce test execution time."
"Very user-friendly and the low code automation is really helpful."
"The most valuable features of Tricentis Tosca are the Salesforce scanning. There are two scanning for Salesforce applications. There is Salesforce scanning and normal application scanning. Object identification has been really useful in Tricentis Tosca."
"I am impressed with the product's script test."
"To me, what stands out the most about Tricentis Tosca is that even if I'm not a technical tester, I could pick up on how to use it very quickly because of the mechanisms of the tool, for example, its scanning mechanism. I'm not so technical, but I'm able to maneuver through Tricentis Tosca and derive capability. It's a user-friendly tool. It's not very complex."
"Multiple scanning engines to automate many different applications."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a user-friendly solution."
"I was satisfied with the support given by customer service."
"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."
"Customization is the most powerful feature of this product."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"The tool has highly detailed debugging features."
"The debugging feature is valuable."
"The whole suite is made for .NET development."
 

Cons

"Primarily I'm dealing with customers looking for a cheap solution, and they are willing to try open-source automation solutions. So from this perspective, the price of Tosca is not as competitive."
"The solution needs to improve its simulation of mobile environments. Right now, that aspect is really lacking."
"The document object model or some aspects of it has a bit of a learning curve."
"More and more artificial intelligence (AI) is coming in. So, some amount of AI to create natural language processing (NLP)-based test cases and manage defects would be very helpful. This is because the technologies have evolved in the last five to six months, so there is a potential opportunity there."
"I would like to be able to manage different projects in one repository or have better data exchange between repositories."
"Setup wasn't that straightforward; it was more complex. It all depends on the environment, because there were a lot of errors on our applications. Therefore, it wasn't an easy setup for us."
"What needs to be improved in Tricentis Tosca is its centralized repository mechanism because it's not as flexible. The repository in the solution where you store the data and the script for test automation is quite an old-fashioned mechanism that could be improved."
"It is quite difficult to integrate the solution with other tools."
"The interface should be made attractive."
"There are too many features with the product and I would like there to be less."
"Visual Studio Test Professional needs to improve its stability."
"The price is reasonable, but it's not the best."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"The documentation is limited."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
"One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are two licenses: single user and multiple user. A multiple-user license means that several people can work together on one project and collaborate on code stored in a central location. A single-user license is for people working alone on a one particular application. It's much cheaper than a multi-user workspace. If you are getting a large volume of licenses for an enterprise, you can probably negotiate a discount, but I'm not sure about that."
"We have around 200 [concurrent] licenses and the cost around $1.4 million a year."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"Tosca is expensive. I don't see small and medium customers going for it. It's always large enterprises that have a big pocket. It is very expensive as compared to the other tools that we have in the market. They should reduce the price by half, and if they do that, they would do better business. From the competition perspective, other solutions are at a pretty similar level. UiPath is also very expensive. One thing that I always wanted was a short-term consumption license. With Tricentis, the biggest challenge is that you have to go for a minimum of one year license, and they also try to sell you a three-year license. It would be good if people can get a three-month or four-month consumption license."
"Tricentis Tosca is an expensive solution and there is an annual license required. The whole licensing process is confusing and it could be made easier."
"The licensing cost for Tricentis Tosca is expensive. It has multiple features, but to use all of its features, you have to pay for additional licenses."
"Although the product is slightly more expensive than tools, its automation capabilities and reduced scripting needs justify the cost."
"I would like to see better costing packs. There are several features but USD $11,000 for one license is expensive."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is not an expensive solution."
"The pricing is expensive."
"We have licensing for Visual Studio Community edition."
"The tool is expensive in my region."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional, which is expensive."
"Users have to pay a licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."
"The product is very expensive."
"I think that the pricing is quite good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How does Micro Focus UFT One compare to Tricentis Tosca?
We reviewed MicroFocus UFT One but ultimately chose to use Tricentis Tosca because we needed API testing. MicroFocus UFT is a performance and functional testing tool. We tested it, and it was well...
How does Tricentis Tosca compare with Worksoft Certify?
Tosca fulfills our business needs better because it is an end-to-end solution across technologies. We like that it is scriptless, so even non-experienced staff can use it. To put it simply, with To...
What do you like most about Tricentis Tosca?
For beginners, the product is good, especially for those who are interested in the quality side of software testing.
What do you like most about Visual Studio Test Professional?
The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.
What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?
The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution. There used to be references material that were incorporated in the solution, but most of it has moved...
 

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