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Broadcom Service Virtualization vs OpenText Service Virtualization 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Service Virtualiza...
Ranking in Service Virtualization
1st
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 May 2026, in the Service Virtualization category, the mindshare of Broadcom Service Virtualization is 27.7%, down from 35.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Service Virtualization is 15.9%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Service Virtualization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Broadcom Service Virtualization27.7%
OpenText Service Virtualization15.9%
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

"One of the things I like about it is it actually does what it claims to do."
"We viewed CA Service Virtualization as a game changer, giving us the ability to add test environment virtualization in order to reduce test cycles for our clients."
"There are several areas that are easily configurable."
"CA provides very good support for their product, and was extremely helpful in both of the organizations where I installed the product."
"I think, wow, we can do a lot of stuff, save a lot of time, and save a lot of money."
"This helps my team in virtualizing responses so we are not dependent on the systems when they are down."
"Having a virtual service to rely on, we’re able to continue development even when one of their services fails."
"The features are really good in the middleware testing world; it supports lots of technologies and I would strongly recommend this tool for automation and virtualization."
"The most valuable feature is that it reduces the dependency so that the down time of the environment is not a major cost. That cost can be used for something else like the cloud."
"The purpose for this tool is very obvious and Micro Focus covers it very well."
"It is easy to use. This is what I tell my customers. The coding is easier to develop as well."
"Don't give up. It may sound very expensive at the beginning, but we have realized more than $15 million in savings at one of our major healthcare clients."
"With Service Virtualization, it's much less expensive and we can turn them off and on when we need to."
"We choose HPE servers because they're rock solid."
"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 is key."
 

Cons

"They can always work on usability and making simple things simple to do."
"It's not really meant for Services Testing and reporting functionality from the CA SV console - it's a very basic one."
"It could be easier to setup and to deploy."
"Initially, there were challenges. It has a heavy client."
"We have had issues when they moved it to a newer platform of a base platform a couple of releases back."
"The one main thing we want to see is more on the reporting side."
"It is not a stable solution."
"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."
"It could needs to be a lot more scalable."
"The data-driven model is painful at best."
"More support for different protocols. I would love to see more wizards rather than relying on some custom coding, which you can use C# as well as Visual Basic scripting."
"The monitoring feature is not impressive because they use Windows for so much monitoring."
"The current protocol needs to be updated to be much more flexible. The product needs more technical flexibility in implementation and customization."
"The developers area Performance testers"
"Sometimes it stops working after switching remote and local servers."
"I would like them to reduce the cost of the licenses."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a yearly licensing cost, and I would give it a four out of five."
"I think the pricing is quite fair because this solution provides a lot of functionalities, and is quite stable."
"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
2 out of 6 answers
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
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
25%
Construction Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Transportation Company
6%
 

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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