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CucumberStudio vs SmartBear TestComplete 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

CucumberStudio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (24th), 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 (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 0.7%, up 0.1% compared to last year.
SmartBear TestComplete, on the other hand, focuses on Test Automation Tools, holds 6.1% mindshare, up 5.9% since last year.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CucumberStudio0.7%
Microsoft Power Apps8.3%
ServiceNow5.4%
Other85.6%
Rapid Application Development Software
Test Automation Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SmartBear TestComplete6.1%
Tricentis Tosca12.0%
OpenText Functional Testing6.3%
Other75.6%
Test Automation Tools
 

Featured Reviews

AK
Manager in Quality and Processes at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Action words streamline test case management and boost integration with project tools
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. Moreover, CucumberStudio's support for code integrations and API calls is excellent. The platform provides the benefit of unlimited read-only accounts, enabling various roles like engineers and product managers to review test cases and results. The structure of CucumberStudio is also commendable, as it supports BDD style Gherkin syntax, which is useful for our test management processes.
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

"Hiptest is a great test management tool for agile teams."
"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."
"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."
"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 solution is stable."
"Scenarios, since is a really easy way to create and control your test cases."
"CucumberStudio has a very user-friendly interface."
"The power of Hiptest is its test cases and campaign management."
"My advice to others is: If you're looking for speed, configuration consistency, and accuracy of tests with fantastic results, go get TestComplete."
"It helped to automate all the possible functional test cases which I previously used to do by manual testing."
"TestComplete has strong reporting capabilities. The reports they generate are really good."
"Complete works perfectly with CUTE. That includes all dialogues, right-click menus, or system dialogues, etc., which are handled well."
"We were able to run tests on daily promotions of software so all software was tested every night, making any bugs instantly visible the next morning."
"Complete works perfectly with CUTE."
"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."
"TestComplete is a good product compared to other options that are on the market."
 

Cons

"The reporting needs to be improved."
"The reporting and metrics can be improved. E.g.: If we wanted to have metrics across all projects."
"More tutorials and examples."
"Yes, it is not stable when you create a data table that includes more than 30 elements, so it can lose your data."
"A key area for improvement is to revamp outdated components such as HipTest publisher."
"I would like to see better customer support."
"It needs some improvement when exporting scenarios into automation code, to make it easier to manage the repeatable action words and tests."
"Another kind of deployment might be useful, perhaps an option to install the tool in a local deployment."
"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."
"What is currently missing from this solution is better support for mobile testing."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"This solution could be improved by making it easier to visualize where there is a failure without having to look at it in detail."
"We did not maximize our ROI until we put somebody full-time on our TestComplete endeavours. The tool does have a learning curve, and it wasn't until we had an in-house expert on it that we began to see the benefits of automated testing over traditional QA roles."
"The test object repository needs to be improved."
"Product ungracefully crashes or hangs sometimes."
"The solution needs more training manuals or some form of online forum for learning. It needs more documentation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"Our ROI is about $10,000 a year."
"Buy modules on demand. If you have a four-person team and they will each automate tests only 25% of the time, it's better to buy a floating licence and share the tool during the work day."
"The product is becoming more and more expensive."
"The solution's pricing is too high."
"It is approximately $6,000 a year."
"The license price for a physical machine is cheap, and for virtual machine, it is very expensive."
"The solution's licensing cost has increased because it has moved to some new SLM-based licenses."
"We have a TestComplete 12 license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
22%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Construction Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
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 do you like most about SmartBear TestComplete?
TestComplete has strong reporting capabilities. The reports they generate are really good.
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...
 

Also Known As

Hiptest
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