No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

CucumberStudio vs SmartBear TestComplete comparison

Why PeerSpot?
 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

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

CucumberStudio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (25th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (13th)
SmartBear TestComplete
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (6th), Regression Testing Tools (5th), Test Automation Tools (5th)
 

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 0.8%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
SmartBear TestComplete, on the other hand, focuses on Test Automation Tools, holds 5.4% mindshare, down 5.9% since last year.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CucumberStudio0.8%
Microsoft Power Apps7.6%
Oracle Application Express (APEX)5.0%
Other86.6%
Rapid Application Development Software
Test Automation Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SmartBear TestComplete5.4%
Tricentis Tosca10.5%
OpenText Functional Testing8.2%
Other75.9%
Test Automation Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Walter Wirch - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
Prakhar Goel - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"The power of Hiptest is its test cases and campaign management."
"The most valuable feature is the re-usability of action words."
"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."
"Hiptest allowed us to clean up our test campaigns and standardize the way we write test cases and structure our BDD approach."
"Integration with automation frameworks, keywords, and tags allows for saving time writing test cases and implementing automation."
"Using HipTest makes the testing process easy and its support for Behavior Driven Development helps align all the team members, whether technical or non-technical."
"The URL is very useful, and it has a very good UI for deploying information of the scenarios created."
"I changed because I did not have any solutions as close to the real thing as this."
"Object spy and object recognition are working very well, giving us a lot of possibilities."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with Azure DevOps."
"The solution has saved a lot of human resources by running full regression tests prior to each release, and over the years many major bugs have been detected by the tool, saving us the big expense of fixing problems after a release."
"If a user is testing behavioral actions, then SmartBear is a very good product to go to."
"It's very helpful that, when you have a recording in one application, in one navigator, you can replay every step in different applications."
"It's a great tool that covers many features and is straightforward with logs."
"TestComplete is a good product compared to other options that are on the market."
 

Cons

"A key area for improvement is to revamp outdated components such as HipTest publisher."
"Copy-pasting something directly from JIRA requires too much modification and formatting."
"The reporting needs to be improved."
"Yes, it is not stable when you create a data table that includes more than 30 elements, so it can lose your data."
"It needs some improvement when exporting scenarios into automation code, to make it easier to manage the repeatable action words and tests."
"I would like to see better customer support."
"The reporting and metrics can be improved. E.g.: If we wanted to have metrics across all projects."
"Another kind of deployment might be useful, perhaps an option to install the tool in a local deployment."
"More APIs could be added."
"The solution needs more training manuals or some form of online forum for learning. It needs more documentation."
"TestComplete had problems during long hours runs. In some cases it could crash without leaving any logs."
"Often crashes with large projects. File check-in takes too much time in TFS."
"It is very hard to read the test log generated by TestComplete Executor if the log file is very big. TestComplete Executor is a small tool for just running the TestComplete test framework (not for developing)."
"The solution doesn't have a very flexible pricing model."
"The tool sometimes seems a little unstable and crashes sometimes on Windows 10."
"Stability issues occurred only when connecting to the SourceSafe. Sometimes, after getting the latest version, the tool hangs and it should be reopened in order to recover."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Our ROI is about $10,000 a year."
"The product is becoming more and more expensive."
"This is a pay-per-use service that is not expensive, and cost-efficient if you have a small team."
"The solution's pricing is too high."
"The option we chose was around $2,000 USD."
"The licensing costs are in the range of $1,000 to $3,000."
"Overall, for us, the cost of the TestComplete platform and the three extra modules is around $8,000."
"The license price for a physical machine is cheap, and for virtual machine, it is very expensive."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Rapid Application Development Software solutions are best for your needs.
917,382 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
19%
Construction Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise32
 

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...
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 ...
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...
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.
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...
What is your primary use case for SmartBear TestComplete?
We are using SmartBear TestComplete ( /products/smartbear-testcomplete-reviews ) for automation over applications.
 

Also Known As

Hiptest
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Cisco, Cardinal Health, Intuit, Smartbox, Accenture, Deliveroo
Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit, and Thomson Reuters.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, ServiceNow, Oracle and others in Rapid Application Development Software. Updated: October 2026.
917,382 professionals have used our research since 2012.