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Automation Anywhere vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.2
Automation Anywhere yields mixed ROI results, with substantial cost savings, efficiency improvements, and ROI in 6-18 months for many.
Sentiment score
7.3
Visual Studio Test Professional boosts efficiency and reduces development time, enhancing ROI, though effectiveness varies by company needs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Automation Anywhere's support is responsive with quick resolutions and helpful guidance, though documentation and response consistency need improvement.
Sentiment score
7.1
Visual Studio Test Professional's customer service is effective but can improve, with community support supplementing Microsoft's varied response times.
Our internal COE provides support, and if needed, Automation Anywhere engineers are involved directly.
Technical support is quite good, offering silver, gold, and diamond levels depending on the license.
Sometimes, the documentation is not readable, being too long or too detailed and not connected to my problem.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.5
Automation Anywhere is praised for its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness, despite challenges with infrastructure and complex processes.
Sentiment score
7.5
Visual Studio Test Professional is praised for scalability, supporting various team sizes and extensive projects despite licensing cost concerns.
Automation Anywhere is highly scalable for both horizontal and vertical expansions.
For Windows-based applications, it provides UI interface automation, which enhances its scalability.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Automation Anywhere's stability varies; newer versions improve performance, but infrastructure and skilled development are crucial for optimal results.
Sentiment score
7.9
Users generally find Visual Studio Test Professional stable and reliable, though occasional slowdowns or crashes may occur with third-party systems.
With the latest applications, there are no significant issues like freezing or crashing.
 

Room For Improvement

Automation Anywhere needs improvement in integration, usability, scalability, and support while users seek better AI and training resources.
Visual Studio Test Professional needs improvements in usability, performance, affordability, and features like automation, platform support, and cloud integration.
When I use a multi-structure with conditions to switch from one bot to another, successful debugging of the entire process is not feasible.
Although Automation Anywhere is a GUI-based platform with drag-and-drop functionality, non-technical business users struggle to implement it due to the complexities of operationalizing automation within a business context.
Sometimes, the library version is not compatible with other libraries, causing errors in my application.
The Git extensions are very basic and can be more extensive compared to other software focused on Git, like GitTower or SmartGit.
 

Setup Cost

Automation Anywhere is expensive yet scalable and cost-effective for enterprises, offering flexibility with negotiation and bundled deals.
Visual Studio Test Professional offers value with extensive features, despite being costly at $52 monthly or $1,300 annually.
This means an initial investment may not yield returns for a year, which is often not feasible due to budget constraints.
The price is expensive.
 

Valuable Features

Automation Anywhere excels with its intuitive interface and feature-rich tools, offering efficient automation for technical and non-technical users.
Visual Studio Test Professional is valued for its user-friendly interface, extensive features, and seamless integration with Microsoft tools.
The OCR feature in Automation Anywhere is the best I have encountered, even better than Google.
Automation Anywhere has a drag-and-drop feature eliminating the need for extensive coding.
It supports cross-platform functionality.
 

Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
526
Ranking in other categories
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (3rd), Process Mining (1st)
Visual Studio Test Professi...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (5th), Test Management Tools (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Automation Anywhere and Visual Studio Test Professional aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Automation Anywhere is designed for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and holds a mindshare of 11.4%, down 15.4% compared to last year.
Visual Studio Test Professional, on the other hand, focuses on Functional Testing Tools, holds 0.6% mindshare, down 1.0% since last year.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Functional Testing Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Vaishnavi Suresh - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlines processes, reduces manual work, and is user-friendly
Automation Anywhere is easy, but the Automation Anywhere courses are not so easy. All RPA tools have their own academy where business users can go and learn the solution and do things themselves. Automation Anywhere courses are a little bit complex to understand. You need a little bit more time, and accessibility is also a little bit of an issue. They should focus a bit more on the academy and learning materials on their portal. The content should be easy to understand. It is not easy to grasp for a non-technical person. It should be easy for citizen developers. Also, their certification is very costly. There should be more visibility as an RPA product. Every organization is trying to stick with certain tools. I like Automation Anywhere, and I would like to work with it, but I am not getting an opportunity. Automation Anywhere is not promoting itself to other organizations. Organizations are moving towards Power Automate and UiPath. It could be because Automation Anywhere is not reaching out to companies. Their community events are also less. There are not many developer events in the cities where IT is there. In Bangalore, India, most of the IT companies are there, so we get to go to a lot of conferences. We get to hear a lot from other vendors, but Automation Anywhere's events are very limited. They should take care of their presence in the community and companies. They should introduce videos for the new features. They should promote new features. They should be known to people. They should be accessible to people. Only then developers or companies will know about it. Only then, it will get used. There are probably plenty of good features, but they are not known or explored.
Roger_Morera - PeerSpot reviewer
Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services
Customization is the most powerful feature of this product because you can mold and design to your requirements. It's possible, for example, to build an OCR test from PDF or work files or build your own component based on OCR provisions and obtain the data required to process. If you extract a bill you can get the identification of the vendor or IT of the product, its quantity, value, unit, and additional information. Test Professional has the advantage of being able to integrate with any kind of third-party service which is very useful for the programming phase. It also has the ability to integrate without programming or the need for developing any APIs or services to integrate with robots. A regular user can do it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is very good in certain situations but lacks in others. For me, it's more the team tha...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applications that AA has limitations for, such as the Oracle. For web-based applicatio...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Studio Test Professional?
The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?
There are not any specific areas for improvement since there are so many libraries and frameworks already available, and we have not even touched everything yet.
 

Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
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