IBM Rational Policy Tester vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

IBM and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. IBM is ranked #31, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. IBM holds a 0.9% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Rational Policy Tester

Ranking in Test Management Tools

31st

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Visual Studio Test Professi...

Ranking in Test Management Tools

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Rational Policy Tester is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 2.8%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Test Management Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Visual Studio Test Professional	2.8%
IBM Rational Policy Tester	0.9%
Other	96.3%

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Payel Saha

Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integrated collaboration with automated test management has improved our agile workflows and continuously supports quality reporting

Visual Studio Test Professional could be improved as earlier we had flexibility in automation testing with TFS, which became a bit difficult moving to Azure DevOps. Additionally, in Visual Studio Code, we have an agent mode for GitHub Copilot, which is very helpful in testing or development phases, while Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot is a bit tricky and sometimes does not provide my desired output.For future improvements, I would like to see prompt fixing, as currently, if something goes wrong in Visual Studio, the fixing options are not always correct. If that intelligence is embedded, it would be very helpful.

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Manufacturing Company

16%

Performing Arts

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	24

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Overview

IBM Rational Policy Tester audits websites for issues impacting compliance and effectiveness. Policy Tester drives significant cost out of the online operation by automating manual processes and identifying and prioritizing issues for immediate resolution.

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Visual Studio Professional Edition provides an IDE for all supported development languages. As of Visual Studio 2010, the Standard edition was dropped. MSDN support is available as MSDN Essentials or the full MSDN library depending on licensing. It supports XML and XSLT editing, and can create deployment packages that only use ClickOnce and MSI. It includes tools like Server Explorer and integration with Microsoft SQL Server also. Windows Mobile development support was included in Visual Studio 2005 Standard, however, with Visual Studio 2008, it is only available in Professional and higher editions. Windows Phone 7 development support was added to all editions in Visual Studio 2010. Development for Windows Mobile is no longer supported in Visual Studio 2010; it is superseded by Windows Phone 7.

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Sample Customers

Ilmarinen, Brazilian Lymphoma and Leukemia Society, Government of South Australia Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Swiss Export Risk Insurance, The Motorists Insurance Group, Nuance Communications Inc.

Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa

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