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OpenText Silk Test pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
3.8 out of 5
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OpenText Silk Test Pros review quotes

MM
Sep 21, 2020
The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities.
SB
Jan 6, 2021
Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts.
SrinivasPakala - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 6, 2020
The statistics that are available are very good.
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RA
Aug 18, 2019
The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature.
CA
Feb 6, 2020
The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to.
SB
Oct 12, 2021
A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing.
Arno Krause - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 25, 2019
The feature I like most is the ease of reporting.
JG
Jul 2, 2024
It's easy to automate and accelerate testing.
 

OpenText Silk Test Cons review quotes

MM
Sep 21, 2020
The support for automation with iOS applications can be better.
SB
Jan 6, 2021
We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important.
SrinivasPakala - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 6, 2020
Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are.
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RA
Aug 18, 2019
They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration.
CA
Feb 6, 2020
The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies.
SB
Oct 12, 2021
Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side.
Arno Krause - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 25, 2019
The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve.
JG
Jul 2, 2024
The pricing could be improved.