CucumberStudio vs SmartBear TestComplete comparison

The compared CucumberStudio and SmartBear TestComplete solutions aren't in the same category. CucumberStudio is ranked #23 in RADS , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 0.6% mindshare in the category. SmartBear TestComplete is ranked #6 in TAt , with an average rating of 8.5, and holds a 6.0% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of CucumberStudio users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of SmartBear TestComplete users who would recommend it.

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91% willing to recommend

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87% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CucumberStudio and SmartBear TestComplete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

CucumberStudio

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Rapid Application Development Software (23rd), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (11th)

SmartBear TestComplete

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (8th), Regression Testing Tools (5th), Test Automation Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. CucumberStudio is designed for Rapid Application Development Software and holds a mindshare of 0.6%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
SmartBear TestComplete, on the other hand, focuses on Test Automation Tools, holds 6.0% mindshare, down 6.1% since last year.

Rapid Application Development Software Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
CucumberStudio	0.6%
Microsoft Power Apps	9.5%
ServiceNow	6.5%
Other	83.4%

Rapid Application Development Software

Test Automation Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
SmartBear TestComplete	6.0%
Tricentis Tosca	14.1%
OpenText Functional Testing	6.6%
Other	73.3%

Test Automation Tools

Featured Reviews

Walter Wirch

Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.

Facilitates integration of test scenarios while needing modernization of components

CucumberStudio is primarily used for designing test scenarios and automating testing. We have implemented it in conjunction with our own routines for integration into our infrastructure CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing. It supports our product owners in designing…

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Prakhar Goel

Sr Test Lead at Emerson

Used for integration automation, user-based automation, and web automation

The solution's most valuable features are the drag-and-drop feature, keyword-driven approach, and reusability of the scripts. The solution has introduced a new feature that helps us identify objects we cannot normally identify. It gives you a fair idea of objects, resolving the object recognition issue. The solution can be used to perform different tests on different machines.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."

"The best thing is that a person without knowledge about the program can easily understand what happened in our testing process."

"The solution is stable."

"The data table that helps in converting a single script to multiple test cases is very helpful."

"CucumberStudio has a very user-friendly interface."

"The most valuable feature of CucumberStudio is its use of action words, which allows me to avoid writing test cases from scratch for the most common scenarios."

"The URL is very useful, and it has a very good UI for deploying information of the scenarios created."

"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with Azure DevOps."

"It works very fine. It is fast on almost any machine, and it is also very well organized. I like its object mapping and its capability to find and interact with almost everything that exists on Windows."

"When compared to other tools, it is very simple."

"It allows us to test both desktop and web applications."

"The solution is mainly stable."

"The solution helps improve the stability of our product. It also decreases the work of our manual quality assurance engineers."

"SmartBear TestComplete performs some self-healing and has a feature called OCR (optical character recognition)."

"Recording and playback of tests were easier with SmartBear TestComplete...It is a scalable solution."

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Cons

"Another kind of deployment might be useful, perhaps an option to install the tool in a local deployment."

"The reporting needs to be improved."

"I would like to see better customer support."

"I think it would be better if we could also do the reporting with CucumberStudio."

"A key area for improvement is to revamp outdated components such as HipTest publisher."

"CucumberStudio's API integration could be improved both in terms of reliability and design."

"There could be API interfaces with this tool."

"Right now, when you buy the solution, you need to pay for one solution. You receive one set up and you install it and it's just in that one machine. It would be ideal if they could offer one subscription where you can connect to different machines with a group subscription."

"Occasionally, image comparison results in failures, possibly due to issues with resolution or font size on the server side, which can be challenging to identify."

"I didn't use it very heavily. One issue that I found was that there wasn't a quick way or a button to move Visual Basic scripts to TestComplete. We have a lot of such scripts in our organization, and it would be very useful to have some option to easily move these scripts. It is currently possible to convert these scripts to TestComplete, but it is not easy. I have to write some code, but everything is not available immediately."

"The recording function, when using Python, could be improved, as it does not work well in recording testing."

"The licensing costs are a little bit high and should be reduced."

"Increased performance with less memory and CPU usage."

"TestComplete gives support to do requests to a SOAP web service but has no support to do HTTP requests on Restful services."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution's pricing is too high."

"This is a pay-per-use service that is not expensive, and cost-efficient if you have a small team."

"The solution's licensing cost has increased because it has moved to some new SLM-based licenses."

"The price of SmartBear TestComplete could be less. The main challenge is when it comes to node-locked. They should use a subscription model, such as a monthly-based subscription or, a quarterly-based subscription. Their floating license is very expensive, and this high price should be reduced or provide, at a minimum, a subscription model."

"The licensing costs are in the range of $1,000 to $3,000."

"The license price for a physical machine is cheap, and for virtual machine, it is very expensive."

"SmartBear TestComplete is an expensive tool."

"We have a TestComplete 12 license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

12%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	20
Large Enterprise	32

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Hiptest?

CucumberStudio's API integration could be improved both in terms of reliability and design. The API requires data to be sent in a specific format, which takes time to build. Additionally, the repor...

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What is your primary use case for Hiptest?

I use CucumberStudio as a test case repository. All of our test cases are stored there. It is also part of our test planning process. For every sprint, we plan the test cases in CucumberStudio and ...

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What advice do you have for others considering Hiptest?

For teams following a BDD style software development approach, CucumberStudio is a great collaborative tool that covers all the basic requirements of a test management tool. I would rate CucumberSt...

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What do you like most about SmartBear TestComplete?

TestComplete has strong reporting capabilities. The reports they generate are really good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SmartBear TestComplete?

I am not involved in pricing or licensing; our management team handles these aspects.

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What needs improvement with SmartBear TestComplete?

While using SmartBear TestComplete, we are fine with the current capabilities, however, it would be beneficial to improve some performance aspects, especially the image comparison feature. Occasion...

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Comparisons

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Compared 30% of the time

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Compared 26% of the time

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Compared 22% of the time

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Compared 24% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 6% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

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Overview

Formerly HipTest: CucumberStudio is the leading collaboration platform for BDD - an easy-to-use tool to define ideas, test code, and learn in production from real-time insight.

SmartBear

What is SmartBear TestComplete?

TestComplete is a reliable, sturdy automated testing platform created by SmartBear Software. SmartBear Software is a worldwide technological leader known for developing quality enterprise-class development and testing solutions.

TestComplete simplifies the process of creating tests for numerous applications, including, but not limited to; Desktop, Android, IOS, Web browsers, and Windows. Application tests can be manual, scripted, and even recorded by using keyword-driven or data-driven functionality. There are even additional options for error reporting and automated playback. The object repository is extremely accurate and is fully customizable. TestComplete can easily be used by experienced developers and even by manual novice testers to develop quality automated UI tests quickly.

TestComplete offers three different testing scenarios:

Desktop: Users can easily and quickly automate UI tests using today’s most popular desktop applications, such as; Windows, Java, Python,.Net, VBScript, and more.
Web: Users can effortlessly create renewable tests for all of today’s popular web applications, including JavaScript frameworks on 2000+ trusted browser and platform integrations.
Mobile: Users can safely build and automate serviceable UI tests on actual or virtual android or IOS devices, locally or in the cloud. Users can create code or codeless tests. TestComplete seamlessly integrates with many of today’s popular frameworks.

Key Features

Easily create automated UI tests: TestComplete offers scriptless Record and Replay or simple keyword-driven tests to quickly develop any type of UI test users may require. Tests can be recorded once, then replayed when needed across various applications on mobile, web, or desktop environments. TestComplete integrates with many different languages, such as Java, Python, C+, and more.
Keyword driven tests: Users can easily divide testing steps, actions, objects, and data with an integrated keyword-driven test structure. This makes it easy for every user to participate in the test automation process; there is no programming experience needed. Everything is made simple with easy-to-use point-and-click options.
Data driven tests: Easily distinguish data from test commands to keep administrative efforts simple. Users can improve overall coverage by running various automated mobile, desktop, or web UI tests.
Record and Replay: Users can reuse created automated tests across every environment as often as desired. This helps to expand overall test coverage and represents a huge cost and time savings.

Reviews from Real Users

Sandhiya T S., Sr Solutions Engineer at Lexington Soft, relates, “The record and replay aspects of the solution are quite useful for people. With them, you don't have to write any scripts. Basically, you can record your actions and play them back later. The initial setup is also very easy.”

Sai S R., Staff Test Architect at a tech services company, says, "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."

SmartBear

Sample Customers

Cisco, Cardinal Health, Intuit, Smartbox, Accenture, Deliveroo

Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit, and Thomson Reuters.

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