IBM Rational Test Workbench vs OpenText UFT One comparison

IBM and OpenText are both solutions in the API Testing Tools category. IBM is ranked #13, while OpenText is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.2. IBM holds a 0.5% mindshare in APIT, compared to OpenText’s 12.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

IBM Rational Test Workbench

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

OpenText UFT One and IBM Rational Test Workbench compete in the test automation market. IBM Rational Test Workbench has the upper hand due to its advanced capabilities and comprehensive feature set.

Features: OpenText UFT One supports various automation technologies, integrates seamlessly with other OpenText tools, and is user-friendly. IBM Rational Test Workbench manages complex test environments, offers extensive reporting capabilities, and provides robust feature sets.

Room for Improvement: OpenText UFT One could improve its debugging process, provide better support for non-standard applications, and enhance its technical features. IBM Rational Test Workbench needs to improve its user experience, simplify the setup process, and streamline its interface.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText UFT One has an easy deployment process and responsive customer service. IBM Rational Test Workbench has a complex deployment but offers comprehensive support services.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText UFT One users find the setup cost reasonable with satisfactory ROI due to efficient testing processes. IBM Rational Test Workbench is more expensive, but its advanced features justify the higher cost, leading to excellent ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Rational Test Workbench

Ranking in API Testing Tools

13th

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

36th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (19th)

OpenText UFT One

Ranking in API Testing Tools

5th

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (2nd), Mobile App Testing Tools (2nd), Regression Testing Tools (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the API Testing Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Rational Test Workbench is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText UFT One is 12.4%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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IT Specialist, ITE at a government with 10,001+ employees

Good reporting and interface, but supports limited types of protocols and requires low-level script editing

It should have more interfaces. In terms of interfaces or protocols, what you can do with Rational is far limited as compared to other products out there. What it does, it does great, but it only gives you limited types of protocols. It supports between 8 to 15 types of protocols, whereas other test tools give you 20 to 30 types of protocols with which you can do testing and convert to script. It records Javascript-based scripts, and you got to know a little bit of Java to basically be able to edit them, but the level of editing you got to do is very low. I like that, but the ability to edit the script is not as good as Parasoft or LoadRunner, which have C-Script.

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Don Ingerson

QA Automation Engineer at Global Fortune 500 Company

With regularly occurring releases, a QA team member can schedule tests, let the tests run unattended, and then examine the results

With certainty, the best feature of UFT is its compatibility with so many products, tools and technologies. It is a challenge currently to find a single tool on the market besides UFT that will successfully work for so many projects and environments. For example, UFT supports GUI testing of Oracle, PeopleSoft, PowerBuilder, SAP (v7.20), Siebel, Stingray, Terminal Emulator, Putty, and Windows Objects (particularly Dialog Boxes). Furthermore, UFT has the built-in functionality to import Excel input files. For Web browsers, UFT 12.54 supports IE9, IE10, IE11, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome (versions 31.0 to 54.9), Firefox (versions 27.0 to 49.0). Besides GUI testing, UFT supports database testing and API testing (Docker, WSDL, and SOAP). For the first time ever, HP started to expand the testing capabilities of UFT (QTP) beyond Windows beginning with UFT 12.00. A UFT user can now run tests on Web applications on a Safari browser that is running on a remote Mac computer.

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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

"Reporting is pretty good. Its interface is also good. I'm overall pretty happy with the functionality and use of IBM Rational Test Workbench."

"This solution provides for API testing, functional UI testing, performance testing, and service virtualization."

"This product is easy to use, understand, and maintain."

"Micro Focus UFT One gives us integration capabilities with both API and GUI components. I like the user interface. It doesn't require that much skill to use and has automatic settings, which is useful for users who don't know what to select. It also has dark and light themes."

"It is a stable solution."

"One advantage of Micro Focus UFT is that it is more compatible with SAP, Desktop ECC SAP, than S/4HANA."

"The production and the efficiency of making your test cases can be very high."

"The solution is easy to integrate with other platforms."

"Has improved our organization by allowing us to obtain fast, detailed information about the behavior of our products and to supply this to the customer, enabling us to work together without the need for special programming knowledge."

"Record and Replay to ease onboarding of new users."

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Cons

"There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation."

"It should have more interfaces. In terms of interfaces or protocols, what you can do with Rational is far limited as compared to other products out there. What it does, it does great, but it only gives you limited types of protocols. It supports between 8 to 15 types of protocols, whereas other test tools give you 20 to 30 types of protocols with which you can do testing and convert to script. It records Javascript-based scripts, and you got to know a little bit of Java to basically be able to edit them, but the level of editing you got to do is very low. I like that, but the ability to edit the script is not as good as Parasoft or LoadRunner, which have C-Script."

"They need to reduce the cost because it is pretty high. It's approximately $3,000 per user."

"Scripting has become more complex from a maintenance standpoint to support additional browsers."

"[Tech support is] not a 10 because what happens with some of our issues is that we might not get a patch quickly and we have to hold on to an application until we get a proper solution."

"I would like Micro Focus to provide more information on their portal about their newer products. The information about UFT One was outdated. The image recognition features could also be better."

"Jumping to functions is supported from any Action/BPT Component code, but not from inside a function library where the target function exists in another library file. Workaround: Select search entire project for the function."

"It should consume less CPU, and the licensing cost could be lower."

"The solution does not have proper scripting."

"Sometimes UFT can take a while to open and sometimes will run slower than expected."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It doesn't really concern me. Licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is a little bit on the higher side, although it is really good."

"For the price of five automation licenses, you simply would not be able to hire five manual testers for two years worth of 24/7 manual testing work on demand."

"Compared to other tools in the market, UFT One is very competitive. The recent Covid pandemic situation also hit customer budgets significantly, so Micro Focus offered some discounted prices, which is definitely competitive."

"There are no additional costs involved apart from the standard license."

"The price is reasonable."

"The licensing and pricing model is confusing."

"It took about five years to break even. UFT is costly."

"The way the pricing model works is that you pay a whole boatload year one. Then, every year after, it is around half or less. Because instead of paying for the new product, you are just paying for the support and maintenance of it. That is probably one of the biggest things that I hear from most people, even at conferences, "Yeah, I would love to use UFT One, but we don't have a budget for it.""

"The tool's price is high."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

19%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

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How does Micro Focus UFT One compare to Tricentis Tosca?

We reviewed MicroFocus UFT One but ultimately chose to use Tricentis Tosca because we needed API testing. MicroFocus UFT is a performance and functional testing tool. We tested it, and it was well...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus UFT One?

My company has not had an issue with OpenText UFT One since we have been using it for the past three to four years.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus UFT One?

UFT still requires some coding. If it could move closer to a no-code or low-code solution, it might dominate the market again. Additionally, customer support could be improved as they take days to ...

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Also Known As

Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Performance Tester, IBM Functional Tester, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server

Micro Focus UFT One, Micro Focus UFT (QTP), QTP, Quick Test Pro

Overview

IBM Rational Test Workbench provides a comprehensive test automation solution for mobile applications, regression testing, integration technologies and performance and scalability testing. It helps you build intelligent and interconnected enterprise applications that can be deployed on traditional and cloud infrastructures. With Rational Test Workbench, you can significantly reduce test cycle times, moving integration testing earlier in the development lifecycle.

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