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CucumberStudio vs SmartBear TestComplete 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

CucumberStudio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (25th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (12th)
SmartBear TestComplete
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
76
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (7th), 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 0.8%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
SmartBear TestComplete, on the other hand, focuses on Test Automation Tools, holds 5.3% 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 TestComplete5.3%
Tricentis Tosca10.5%
OpenText Functional Testing7.8%
Other76.4%
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

"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 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."
"CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing."
"The most valuable feature is the re-usability of action words."
"The URL is very useful, and it has a very good UI for deploying information of the scenarios created."
"Hiptest is a great test management tool for agile teams."
"The solution is stable."
"The best thing is that a person without knowledge about the program can easily understand what happened in our testing process."
"Object spy and object recognition are working very well, giving us a lot of possibilities."
"TestComplete is a good product compared to other options that are on the market."
"To me, the Object Browser has proven to be the most valuable feature of this product."
"My advice to others is: If you're looking for speed, configuration consistency, and accuracy of tests with fantastic results, go get TestComplete."
"TestComplete is much more flexible, light, and easy to use."
"If a user is testing behavioral actions, then SmartBear is a very good product to go to."
"It is value for money, and different licensing options are available."
"We already have the UI smoke test and have integrated to our build system, which runs each day for multiple versions of the product and saves us a lot of time."
 

Cons

"I think it would be better if we could also do the reporting with CucumberStudio."
"Copy-pasting something directly from JIRA requires too much modification and formatting."
"A key area for improvement is to revamp outdated components such as HipTest publisher."
"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."
"The reporting needs to be improved."
"Another kind of deployment might be useful, perhaps an option to install the tool in a local deployment."
"More tutorials and examples."
"The recording function, when using Python, could be improved, as it does not work well in recording testing."
"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."
"They have some benefits which TestComplete doesn't have, but in general TestComplete overcomes them."
"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."
"This tool is also very expensive compared to the similar tools in the market. Price needs to be affordable."
"TestComplete gives support to do requests to a SOAP web service but has no support to do HTTP requests on Restful services."
"LoadComplete could be a little more user-friendly, but is still better than LoginVSI."
"TestComplete had problems during long hours runs. In some cases it could crash without leaving any logs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"It costs a few hundred per year, but I am not sure. It is not at all expensive as compared to other tools."
"The price is less, compared to other products, such as QTP."
"Our ROI is about $10,000 a year."
"It is approximately $6,000 a year."
"The solution's licensing cost has increased because it has moved to some new SLM-based licenses."
"The product is becoming more and more expensive."
"The pricing is pretty reasonable."
"We have a TestComplete 12 license."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
16%
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

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 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
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