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OpenText ALM / Quality Center vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

OpenText and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. OpenText is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.1, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.5. OpenText holds a 13.2% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
OpenText ALM / Quality Center
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89% willing to recommend
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96% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center are two prominent software testing tools offering solutions for quality assurance and management. OpenText ALM / Quality Center holds the upper hand due to its extensive features, making it worth the higher price tag.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional has integration capabilities with various development tools, robust performance in managing test cases and suites, and support for collaborative testing. OpenText ALM / Quality Center offers advanced test automation features, risk management integrations, and extensive customization options. Users perceive OpenText ALM / Quality Center as offering a richer set of features.

Room for Improvement: Visual Studio Test Professional could improve its reporting capabilities, integration with non-Microsoft tools, and user interface. OpenText ALM / Quality Center could benefit from a more modern interface, enhanced workflow customization, and simpler licensing model.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Studio Test Professional receives positive feedback for its straightforward deployment and responsive customer support. OpenText ALM / Quality Center has a more complex deployment process but benefits from robust customer service that assists with complexities.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional attracts users with its competitive pricing and favorable ROI. OpenText ALM / Quality Center has a higher initial setup cost, but users find the investment justified by its extensive features and reliable performance.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText ALM / Quality Center
Ranking in Test Management Tools
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
205
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (5th)
Visual Studio Test Professi...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText ALM / Quality Center is 13.2%, up from 13.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 3.2%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Aphiwat Leetavorn. - PeerSpot reviewer
Has an initial setup phase that is easy to manage
The tool has some limitations for the dashboard, especially when it comes to 20 or 25 of them, which is sometimes not enough, and one may have to use a custom Excel to help extend the dashboard. The tool needs improvements since it is an old technology. OpenText ALM / Quality Center's improved version is ALM Octane but it does not support some of the traditional parts of the original product. Some of the traditional parts are missing in a lot of areas of OpenText ALM / Quality Center. It is difficult to directly transfer OpenText ALM / Quality Center to ALM Octane. Some of the classic OEMs have limitations, especially when used in an IDE network. There is a need for the tool to check where changes in UI or UX need to be made. The technology used for UI and UX are not user-friendly.
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Vince Corbin - PeerSpot reviewer
A collection of services to plan, build and ship applications faster, to any cloud or on-premises
I have utilized Microsoft's development environments extensively since their early inception, having been actively involved with Microsoft in the nascent stages, particularly during the development of Windows. I also collaborated with IBM on the original version of the IBM PC. The development environments at that time were vastly distinct from contemporary tools. I worked with assemblers and, in one instance, directly wrote in machine code, marking a significant contrast to the present landscape.
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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

"I love linking/associating the requirements to a test case. That's where I get to know my requirement coverage, which helps a lot at a practical level. So, we use the traceability and visibility features a lot. This helps us to understand if there are any requirements not linked to any test case, thus not getting tested at all. That missing link is always very visible, which helps us to create our requirement traceability matrix and maintain it in a dynamic way. Even with changing requirements, we can keep on changing or updating the tool."
"It is beneficial for managing testing data and has integration with Excel, allowing us to download reports easily."
"What they do best is test management. That's their strong point."
"The most valuable user feature that we use right now is the camera."
"Most of the features that I like the best are more on the analytics side."
"It has a brand new look and feel. It comes with a new dashboard that looks nice, and you can see exactly what you have been working with."
"Ability to customize modules, particularly Defect Tracking module on company specific needs"
"The best thing is that you can see your current status in real time... To see real-time updates, you just log in to ALM and you can see exactly what the progress is. You can also see if the plan for the day is being executed properly, and it's all tracked. From the management side, I find those features very valuable."
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"The setup is easy and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built support for C# and .NET projects."
"Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
"You can easily write code, test, and deploy within the same environment. It is a mature tool. It regularly receives new updates and versions. In my opinion, it's one of the best products by Microsoft for developers."
"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."
"The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."
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Cons

"There are always new features and more support for new and legacy technology architectures with each release. But the bad news is a growing list of long-standing issues with the product rarely gets addressed."
"Micro Focus is an expensive tool."
"Certain features are lousy. Those features can drag the whole server down. There are times that the complex SQL queries are not easy to do within this solution."
"Micro Focus ALM Quality Center could improve how the automation process works. Addiotnlally, the parallel execution needs to be optimized. For example, if multiple users, which are two or more users, are doing an execution, while we execute the cases, I have seen some issues in the progress."
"It's not intuitive in that way, which has always been a problem, especially with business users."
"ALM uses a waterfall approach. We have some hybrid approaches in the company and need a more agile approach."
"The support is not good and the documentation is not consistent."
"It is pricey."
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"The tool crashes and has high memory consumption."
"The data flow can be improved."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
"It is not good in terms of performance. When you open Visual Studio, you have to wait for a while to process your code. It uses a lot of resources and has a lot of features. If we could disable some of the features, it would be lighter and faster to use. Nowadays, for some of the projects, we use VS Code for JavaScript or Python. VS Code is very light and easy to use, whereas, in Visual Studio, we have to wait because it takes time to compile or run a project. It has a lot of competitors in terms of performance, such as Intelligent ID. Intelligent ID is very easy to use. It has many features, and it is lighter to use than Visual Studio. In terms of error handling, sometimes, it shows an error before you finish your code, which can be improved. It would be good if it has a version for Linux. I use VS Code on Linux, but I am not sure if Visual Studio has a version for Linux."
"The price is reasonable, but it's not the best."
"The solution's documentation could be improved for beginners."
"Visual Studio Test Professional should include more automation."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is expensive."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is very expensive as compared to other tools. We didn't get their premier version. It is a lesser version, and to upgrade, there will be an additional cost for us."
"I've never been in the procurement process for it. I don't think it is cheap. Some of the features can be quite expensive."
"The solution is priceed high."
"ALM Quality Center is a little bit costly."
"Most vendors offer the same pricing, though some vendors offer a cheaper price for their cloud/SaaS solution versus their on-premise. However, cloud/SaaS solutions result in a loss of freedom. E.g., if you want to make a change, most of the time it needs to be validated by the vendor, then you're being charged an addition fee. Sometimes, even if you are rejected, you are charged because it's a risk to the entire environment."
"Only major companies that can afford it use OpenText ALM."
"Sure, HP UFT is not free. But consider what you get for that cost: A stable product that is easy to use; the kitchen sink of technology stack support; decades of code (which in many cases actually is free); a version that is a stepping stone to an easier Selenium design; and a support base that is more that just the kindness of strangers."
"We have divided our licenses between Micro Focus ALM and ALM Octane. It works for us."
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"Users have to pay a licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."
"It is a price-effective solution"
"For the cloud services option, you buy a subscription per account or per user. This costs around $52 a month per person."
"The pricing is expensive."
"I think that the pricing is quite good."
"We have licensing for Visual Studio Community edition."
"The tool is expensive in my region."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is not an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
63%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
The most valuable feature is the ST Add-In. It's a Microsoft add-in that makes it much easier to upload test cases into Quality Center.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
The cost is a bit high and this could be improved as there are new players with better pricing.
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What needs improvement with Micro Focus ALM Quality Center?
Costing is an area that needs improvement. It is a bit on the higher side and can be managed better as there are new players with better pricing. Aside from this, there are no other challenges and ...
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What do you like most about Visual Studio Test Professional?
The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Studio Test Professional?
The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.
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What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?
There are not any specific areas for improvement since there are so many libraries and frameworks already available, and we have not even touched everything yet.
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Also Known As

Micro Focus ALM Quality Center, HPE ALM, Quality Center, Quality Center, Micro Focus ALM
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OpenText
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Overview

OpenText ALM/Quality Center serves as the single pane of glass for software quality management. It helps you govern application lifecycle management activities and implement rigorous, auditable lifecycle processes.
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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