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Broadcom Service Virtualization vs OpenText Service Virtualization comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OpenText Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Service Virtualization category, the mindshare of Broadcom Service Virtualization is 27.1%, down from 31.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Service Virtualization is 16.5%, up from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Service Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Service Virtualization27.1%
OpenText Service Virtualization16.5%
Other56.4%
Service Virtualization
 

Q&A Highlights

it_user142806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation QA Specialist at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 06, 2014
 

Featured Reviews

DM
Senior Project Manager at Infosys
Can be used for the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party terminal insurance
We use it for the virtualization of third-party APIs for performance testing. Our second use case is related to the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party terminal insurance, which is used for insurance clients In the case of the virtualization of TCP/IP protocols for third-party…
Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Marco Technology
Is scalable and easy to use, but the monitoring feature needs improvement
The support for Micro Focus Service Virtualization is better than that for other products. The technical support staff are highly skilled. Sometimes, we don't have to open a ticket. We can just go into the community and then talk to them directly. I would rate technical support at seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It has helped our organization in term of its availability and being able to create systems immediately."
"I think it definitely helps us reduce time to market, and in terms of dollar savings it helps us quite a bit."
"There is a range of different kinds of simulations that we can create – capture/replay up to creation of real, elaborate simulations of the back end."
"Specifically, service virtualization has reduced infrastructure costs by close to 40% and helps in early problem detection and early fix, leading to early product release."
"There are several areas that are easily configurable."
"CA Service Virtualization is totally number one in the market, no one comes close to this."
"The most valuable feature is that it supports so many protocols. We, being a large bank, have almost all the protocols, and it supports all of them, so that's one good thing."
"For us, the most valuable feature is that it gives us the ability to virtualize a lot of our integrated systems."
"We used technical support once in a while. The support is fantastic."
"With this solution, you don't have to use your production services for implementing other software uses."
"We have a number of end points in the environment that are not terribly reliable, and with Service Virtualization we can replace them with something that is much more stable while gaining commonality, a high level of compliance, and reducing the likelihood of different problems being caused by different issues in multiple test environments."
"Service virtualization enables our teams to create, develop, and test software against virtual services that simulate real service behavior with no constraints, available anytime."
"Teams have reduced the amount of delayed development effort it takes to roll out a new product by leveraging a virtual service for development and then meeting up for a final integration test when it is complete."
"The feature which is most valuable in this solution is the ease of use; the product is very easy to use and implement, and we can adjust the performance level to simulate the best service, normal services, or bad situations in many possible ways."
"The purpose for this tool is very obvious and Micro Focus covers it very well."
"Service Virtualization is key."
 

Cons

"The overall installation architecture should be simplified."
"The biggest challenge I've had is upgrading."
"I think the biggest improvement can come in usability. It's still very complex to use."
"Stability’s one area that needs work; it's good, but the challenge is that scaling at a very high level is slightly problematic at this point in time."
"For our current needs, it's doing what we need right now, although it should automatically generate tests to further make our development to implementation process more efficient."
"CA actually releases a new version every year. We had issues with the upgrade prior to the latest one."
"A more stable client-side application would be a big thing – their server side application is pretty solid."
"The solution required a lot of CPU memory, but using enough PC OZU fixed the problems."
"A lot of technology, a lot of Microsoft services, a lot of support to the functionality aspect of it - they need to mature a lot."
"The monitoring feature is not impressive because they use Windows for so much monitoring."
"The developers area Performance testers"
"The data-driven model is painful at best."
"HPE products are good, but they never make a product for a specific use."
"I think the biggest issues that I've seen, and this is a personal view of mine, is that most of the HPE products have a common look and feel to them."
"I’m rating it a 7 because it is not a fully evolved virtualization tool compared to other tools offering the same service."
"HP should work on providing better scripting support and include more communication and transport protocols."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"There is a yearly licensing cost, and I would give it a four out of five."
"There are additional fees for advanced-level technical support."
"I don't have the exact dollar amount, but we have spent close to $1,000,000 for a three-year agreement, for an enterprise level."
"It's an expensive solution, but you can get discounts. You have to buy one server and one designer together, for example, and it may cost 15 million Thai Baht."
"Micro Service Virtualization is very expensive. The pricing of this product is in line with all of the other big name-brand products."
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Answers from the Community

it_user142806 - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation QA Specialist at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014
Check out the comparison of CA Lisa and HP Service Virtualization at http://www.itcentralstation.com/products/comparisons/hp-service-virtualization_vs_ca-lisa
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it_user137409 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2014
Hello, Unfortunately, I don’t have experience in CA Lisa SV. However, I have evaluated HP SV and have an opinion about it – I can share my thoughts if you need, but I don’t think that it will help you to answer the question. “What needs to be considered when comparing them?” Of course a lot is depends on your necessities, but for the most of cases it doesn’t matter what tools you are going to compare – I believe that all the needs are the same because of the domain area (SV in this case). - Number of Protocols supported - Record and Reproduce possibility - Create virtual services from scratch - Easiness of installing, configuring and using - Extended possibilities for creation more complex virtual endpoints (db support, data stores, team using, etc.) - Other deeper criteria Thank you. Best Regards, Dzianis Sushko EPAM Integration Competency Center
it_user105102 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 30, 2014
HP Service Test and CA Lisa are not comparable products. HP Service Test is comparable to Soap UI- create scripts/tests that drive data to a web service. HP Service Test is one of three products in the HP Unified Functional Testing Suite: what used to be Quick Test Professional, Service Test and Service Test Manager.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
15%
Marketing Services Firm
6%
Financial Services Firm
23%
Outsourcing Company
16%
Construction Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise98
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise14
 

Also Known As

ITKO LISA, CA LISA, CA Service Virtualization
Micro Focus Service Virtualization, HPE Service Virtualization
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Union Bank, Swisscom, Autotrader, KPN, ING Bank, Best Buy, American Family Insurance, TESCO, Telefonica, Molina Healthcare, California DMV, Aktia, City Index, Con-way, DirecTV, GRU Airport, Liquidnet, NAB, Nordstrom, T-Mobile, TIM Brasil, 
Virgin Media, TTNet
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