Tricentis Tosca Reviews

• Automation of regressive test cases
• Entering process and risk structures as basis for test design
• Entering logical test cases as basis for meaningful executable test cases
• Using the same test tool now as well for manual business testing

Improves the software quality in production by finding more defects with automated test sets, before transporting developments to production.

Reduces the effort for acceptance testing by business colleagues by

1. Reducing the effort for manual regressive tests and by
2. Providing better pre-tested software for business acceptance testing.

Reporting.

About 10 years.

Sometimes new features do not work as shown on slides, in the first release.

No.

Not now. In previous versions yes, for more than 10,000 test cases.

Nine out of 10, and now further improving.

Eight out of 10. Sometimes too (ITIL) process focused and too little content focused.

We used, and still use, our test tools depending on the test focus. But we switch to Tosca whenever respective functionalities are stable, usable in our tests.

Recent upgrade went smoothly. Upgrades have gotten better over time.

Upgrades are done in-house, new features are done with vendor.

We have used Tosca for a long time now. Recent new projects on Tosca have a ROI between one and two years. The cost driver is less the tool than the project effort.

Start with a test version.

Start with a pilot project, have Tricentis or a partner support the setup, pilots and extensions.

Tricentis is very good in communicating and sharing test best practices and often ahead in offering new trends in development and testing.

• Multiple scanning engines to automate many different applications.
• Powerful ability to generate different test data combinations from test instances.
• Logical workflow (from requirements through to execution and reporting).
• GUI is easy to learn.

In my case I was able to rapidly construct several automation suites for a government organisation, that greatly enhanced their ability to cover all key areas of functionality in an efficient manner. The main implementation of Tosca was used for regression testing a major upgrade to an insurance claims processing application. It worked very well for this purpose.

At the time I was using the product, the reporting function was lacking in usability and detail. Detailed reporting was generally done outside of Tosca.

Seven months.

Not really, it's generally very stable. There were some occasions early on when the application crashed. However, this was more related to the network environment than the application itself.

No. It is pretty easy to add other users, roles, and control access to different areas of the application. In my case we didn't upscale to a great degree but I know this is possible. Large organisations would take advantage of Tosca's utilisation of the common repository with robust check-in/check-out procedures to eliminate the risk of unintended changes.

Excellent. I was often able to access their chat support instantly and resolved the bulk of my inquiries very rapidly.

No, Tosca was my first automation experience.

It was very straightforward. I didn't do the initial setup. It was via a colleague. He had it up and running, along with a "happy path test" within a morning.

Not my area, but contact Tricentis for this.

No, I was not involved in the choosing of this solution.

Give it a go. Having since used Selenium to build an automation suite in another organisation, I feel Tosca has clear advantages in both the scope of applications that it can automate (web, mobile, windows, and more) as well as the intuitive GUI and powerful generation of test data combinations. Having not come from an IT background, I was able to get up and running with Tosca far quicker than with Selenium.

Valuable features include generating data including ECP, BVC and risk-based opportunities:

• If the data is vast, we may miss a few scenarios. To avoid this, the Tosca tool provides an inbuilt feature.
• Classifying tests into two types: Equivalence partitioning (+.-) and boundary value tests (inbuilt feature of Tosca).
• Risk-based opportunities are identified based on customer weightage for the modules (inbuilt feature of Tosca).

It has decreased the time for generating test data and risk-based opportunities which has helped us to cover key areas.

The Support TDD and BDD could be improved.

We have been using the product for a year, but we have been using HPE products for seven years.

We encountered a stability issue with Tosca, but it was rectified.

We did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I would give technical support a rating of an eight out of 10.

We switched from Python for fast access of files.

The setup was straightforward.

The pricing of Tosca and HPE is high.

We evaluated SmartBear.

I prefer TDD with SpecFlow and Cucumber using a coded UI. These tools need to be integrated with Tosca to drive the TDD approach in automation.

The model-based scriptless automation is the most valuable feature because it needs less maintenance as compared to script-based automation.

Tricentis Tosca supports 35 technologies, such as web, mobile, Salesforce, Java, SAP, ServiceMax, and Flash applications.

Tosca follows the shift-left approach. A new resource can start automation on the first day of its project.

Parallel execution is not yet implemented for Tosca. This means you can't execute the same test case on multiple machines remotely. For execution, test cases have to be present on that machine. Even while, a test case is executed you can't perform any other activity; you end up sitting idle during execution.

I have used this solution for 18 months.

There were no stability issues.

There were no scalability issues.

Technical support is fair.

Previously, we were using Selenium. We switched to Tosca due to the less maintenance aspect and the wide technology support which it provides.

Configuration is easy.

No idea about the licensing cost.

Whilst selecting a vendor, we look for factors such as technical support and maintenance.

If you are looking for automation of the packaged application and less maintenance, then go for Tosca.

The most valuable feature is the UI-based interface for building modules and turning modules into test cases.

It greatly accelerated regression testing cycle via automated regression.

Upgrading from one version to another requires maintenance and rework in existing scripts. This is too much for my taste.

We have been using this since 2013.

There were no issues with stability.

We had to do extensive customization on top of their CI/Distributed Execution engine in order to integrate this into our Continuous Delivery pipeline.

Technical support is excellent.

This was my first automated testing tool.

The initial setup can be quite complex and training is required.

It's not cheap, but you get what you pay for.

We evaluated several other options which included all the most popular automated testing tools.

Be sure you are ready to support it earnestly with training and focus. If you do that, then it is worthwhile.

Ability to test Java Swing UI on business application.

It was the only way to organize and support automation testing process for our re-insurance tool for underwriters.

Browser compatibility (probably solved in the newest versions).

Version 8 of Tosca had weak compatibility with automation via browsers. Firefox and IE produced issues, unexpected quits during execution of automation test, and during automated clicks at elements. Also, execution of tests was possible at one thread only (at the same time other instruments for automation, like Selenium, allow using multiple threads). But probably some of mentioned problems are not actual for up to date versions of Tosca.

No issues.

Not all of UI elements were managed correctly by regular Tosca functions, we was forced to use Custom Controls for doing that.

Eight out of 10.

A bit complex.

We were forced to use a custom version of IBM Java and custom controls for managing of Java Swing UI elements. Some time was required to understand how to link all this stuff with Tosca (most of our questions were ultimately answered in Tosca documentation). Time for first setups was three to four hours, per employee’s laptop, but after some attempts it was shortened to one hour.

Yes I can recommend Tosca, especially for Java Swing applications.

AutoIt.

• Scriptless automation
• Ease of using
• Object Identification Wizard
• Business parameters
• Steering controls

• Our organization is completely based on automation of the activities.
• All the projects based on different technologies, such as SAP and Salesforce, are automated using Tosca.
• SMEs just need to run the scripts developed by automation testers to validate the intended behavior.
• We also use batches to schedule automation activities, which does not need any user attention.
• Hence, automation testers can run the scripts as well as work on the new work at the same time, resulting into increased productivity.

Security, UI, and basic performance improvements could be done to the product to enhance its use.

Six months.

No.

No.

Good.

Selenium WebDriver requires good skillset of coding. However, TOSCA is scriptless, hence anyone can learn it easily.

The online training material offered by Tricentis is very straightforward to get started with it.

The pricing is high, but altogether it offers you the ability to automate all sorts of applications: desktop, web, mobile, etc.

Yes. Selenium WebDriver and QTP.

I will recommend using TOSCA to all users who want to automate their applications or who want to work daily without any hassle.

Tosca Testsuite is a model based automation tool and it doesn't require an explicit framework, unlike other automation tools.

Tosca very efficiently helps us manage the time taken for automation, its very user-friendly and easy to work with.

I feel that the Tosca tool should be improved for handling Siebel applications. My team has tried the automation for a few different types of applications with Tosca. One of them was a Siebel application. We faced the most difficulties in the automation of that Siebel application. Tosca doesn't handle Siebel applications as well as it handles other platform applications. We had to try a lot of workarounds to complete the automation. That was one issue we faced when we worked with Tosca.

Almost 10 months.

There are very minor issues. They can be easily resolved.

Tosca Testsuite is very reliable and stable.

Not much. I Haven't faced any such issues until now.

The support team of Tricentis is really excellent. The support portal and the support teams work and help is really appreciated.

I prefer TOSCA over other tools.

The initial setup was not that easy or not that complex. I can say it was moderate.

It was in-house.

TOSCA Testsuite is a very good automation tool. It supports a wide variety of application automation. This tool provides a very efficient way of automation and also it is compatible with many other tools involved in the testing process like Quality Center, etc.