It is a good one as far as I have studied it. It covers a lot of platforms and gives testers a good opportunity to automate. Since I have studied its coverage and I have not used it in detail. So, in terms of coverage, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. It covers many platforms.
Around 15 technical staff members are required for the solution's deployment and maintenance. Users must do a POC before using Eggplant Test. Overall, I rate Eggplant Test a seven out of ten.
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2022-11-15T14:30:56Z
Nov 15, 2022
Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence is the market leader in AI automation. They independently worked across every technology. My approach while identifying the tool to use is simple. If you want to see the performance, and you want to improve productivity, then it would be best to choose the commercial tool. If you don't want to improve productivity and want to stay on the same line, it is best to use an open-source solution, such as Selenium. Selenium requires skilled people to use it. Which is very difficult to find in the market at this time. Additionally, it requires a lot of time for maintenance. To reduce all these costs, you should choose a commercial tool. My advice to others is to understand the solution very well. Understand your use cases and try to fit them. It is important to see whether your use cases fit into the tool which you are looking for and based on that you can go ahead and use it. I rate Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence an eight out of ten.
QA Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2022-10-26T09:49:15Z
Oct 26, 2022
I'm not sure of the exact version number I'm using. Their website is really good, and there is so much information on their website. They have many examples, and then there are many ways to solve problems. There are tutorials for every level of user. Before you buy the tool, you can watch the lectures, and then you can ask them for a POC. For us, they sent us the pilot tools for weeks or months. If you are skilled in UI or function testing, you can try it out. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
When I started programming in Eggplant, everybody who looked at my screen just saw a lot of code. But when I activated it by pressing play, and that code was working in the background and started doing all the tests that a human would do, everybody said, "Hey, Eggplant is doing it. Cool." Everybody liked it. But the processes behind that, which needed to be programmed, was the part nobody liked. Right now, I'm totally convinced about Eggplant, and I try to convince others in my company about it. There are some other tools I have to evaluate, and to give my opinion about, but no doubt Eggplant will still be my favorite.
My advice would be try it before you buy it. They offer a trial copy and you have plenty of time to build some prototypes. The speed at which you can actually be up and running is great, so that during the trial period you can very quickly find out how well the solution is going to meet your needs. See if you can build a prototype that meets your needs quickly and if you can do that, then you're going to be in good shape. We use the basic, core functionality of Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence, where we develop tests in the user interface and usually execute them via the command line. We're developing those tests manually to serve our needs. We've had some exploratory sessions on the solution's AI features and that's something that I'm sure we'll be diving into further in the near future. But we have been able to meet most of our needs with the more core functions of the software. If someone who is not using Eggplant said to me, “We are comfortable with automating 70 percent of our linear paths," I would say that we had a similar quote from our QA manager, seven years ago when I decided to look for a solution. The QA manager was satisfied with what was being done and didn't want to really put forth the effort to look for an additional or different solution from what he had. With a little bit of work, I was able to discover Eggplant as a solution and build a prototype and automate the work that was being done. It was very eye-opening to our company and was received very well. You're doing yourself a disservice if you're not constantly looking for better solutions and improvements in your current processes. The biggest lesson that I've learned from using Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence is that it pays to do your research and look for solutions. When you've got a use case or an issue that is presenting itself, do your research and find out what other people are doing and what else is out there that may help with solving the problem at hand. In most cases, you're not the only one who has that problem. Doing some research to see who's doing what and the experiences that others have had with the different solutions out there is a great way to find a good solution like Eggplant. We've been using this product for quite a while and we've found that it's able to address the use cases that we throw at it. We haven't run into any situations that I'm aware of where we earmarked Eggplant for a solution but were unable to apply it.
Automation Software Development Analyst 3 at Northrop Grumman
Real User
2021-08-12T21:36:00Z
Aug 12, 2021
My advice is to make sure you have the budget for it. That's the only advice. It just goes with technology. Would you buy Beats headphones or would you buy some headphones at the gas station or the petrol station down the street? You'd probably go for the Beats, right? You'd probably go there because it's what you get. The money you pay is what you get, it's that type of investment. Here's the thing, Eggplant is pretty awesome. It is the best tool out there. TestComplete can still do the same thing, but with TestComplete, you've got to have junior developers for it. You can get it cheaper, but if you have some developers that know how to write object oriented languages, then you could step in and be very effective with it. QF-test and Katalon are cheap software. But at the same time, they have a learning curve that requires calls to their support. And then their support will bill you in the end so it's money out of your pocket. When you go into GUI automation, you have to ask yourself, "How much money do I have and what is the best return on an investment that I'm going to get?" I have to say that if you don't have a lot of money, then maybe QF-test or Katalon would be your way to go. And you're still looking for a GUI solution. If you have developers that are skilled, then maybe you go with TestComplete or you step into Appium or Selenium, depending on your application. There is a tool for everything, but there's one tool that rules them all. And I have to say that it's Eggplant. I'm not going to lie, Eggplant is not only a tool for people that don't know what they're doing with automation it is also a tool for developers, because I've seen developers pull it right out of the box and slay it on the first five minutes. Like, "Oh. Yeah, I know how to do this." On a scale of 1 to ten, I would give Eggplant Functional a 10 out of 10, even with some of the issues. Like I said, it's the dog's bollocks. It's what I would pick every time if the finances and everything were there, boom, all the time, any day, every day.
Senior Technical Support Analyst at Kaeppel Consulting, LLC
Real User
2021-08-10T00:32:00Z
Aug 10, 2021
If you're trying to automate something you do on a daily or monthly basis, I would recommend this solution. But if it's something that you want to do right now, one time and only one time, then it's not a suitable solution. I rate the solution nine out of 10.
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I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
It is a good one as far as I have studied it. It covers a lot of platforms and gives testers a good opportunity to automate. Since I have studied its coverage and I have not used it in detail. So, in terms of coverage, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. It covers many platforms.
Around 15 technical staff members are required for the solution's deployment and maintenance. Users must do a POC before using Eggplant Test. Overall, I rate Eggplant Test a seven out of ten.
Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence is the market leader in AI automation. They independently worked across every technology. My approach while identifying the tool to use is simple. If you want to see the performance, and you want to improve productivity, then it would be best to choose the commercial tool. If you don't want to improve productivity and want to stay on the same line, it is best to use an open-source solution, such as Selenium. Selenium requires skilled people to use it. Which is very difficult to find in the market at this time. Additionally, it requires a lot of time for maintenance. To reduce all these costs, you should choose a commercial tool. My advice to others is to understand the solution very well. Understand your use cases and try to fit them. It is important to see whether your use cases fit into the tool which you are looking for and based on that you can go ahead and use it. I rate Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence an eight out of ten.
I'm not sure of the exact version number I'm using. Their website is really good, and there is so much information on their website. They have many examples, and then there are many ways to solve problems. There are tutorials for every level of user. Before you buy the tool, you can watch the lectures, and then you can ask them for a POC. For us, they sent us the pilot tools for weeks or months. If you are skilled in UI or function testing, you can try it out. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
I would recommend it based on the project. I would rate it a six out of 10.
When I started programming in Eggplant, everybody who looked at my screen just saw a lot of code. But when I activated it by pressing play, and that code was working in the background and started doing all the tests that a human would do, everybody said, "Hey, Eggplant is doing it. Cool." Everybody liked it. But the processes behind that, which needed to be programmed, was the part nobody liked. Right now, I'm totally convinced about Eggplant, and I try to convince others in my company about it. There are some other tools I have to evaluate, and to give my opinion about, but no doubt Eggplant will still be my favorite.
My advice would be try it before you buy it. They offer a trial copy and you have plenty of time to build some prototypes. The speed at which you can actually be up and running is great, so that during the trial period you can very quickly find out how well the solution is going to meet your needs. See if you can build a prototype that meets your needs quickly and if you can do that, then you're going to be in good shape. We use the basic, core functionality of Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence, where we develop tests in the user interface and usually execute them via the command line. We're developing those tests manually to serve our needs. We've had some exploratory sessions on the solution's AI features and that's something that I'm sure we'll be diving into further in the near future. But we have been able to meet most of our needs with the more core functions of the software. If someone who is not using Eggplant said to me, “We are comfortable with automating 70 percent of our linear paths," I would say that we had a similar quote from our QA manager, seven years ago when I decided to look for a solution. The QA manager was satisfied with what was being done and didn't want to really put forth the effort to look for an additional or different solution from what he had. With a little bit of work, I was able to discover Eggplant as a solution and build a prototype and automate the work that was being done. It was very eye-opening to our company and was received very well. You're doing yourself a disservice if you're not constantly looking for better solutions and improvements in your current processes. The biggest lesson that I've learned from using Eggplant Digital Automation Intelligence is that it pays to do your research and look for solutions. When you've got a use case or an issue that is presenting itself, do your research and find out what other people are doing and what else is out there that may help with solving the problem at hand. In most cases, you're not the only one who has that problem. Doing some research to see who's doing what and the experiences that others have had with the different solutions out there is a great way to find a good solution like Eggplant. We've been using this product for quite a while and we've found that it's able to address the use cases that we throw at it. We haven't run into any situations that I'm aware of where we earmarked Eggplant for a solution but were unable to apply it.
My advice is to make sure you have the budget for it. That's the only advice. It just goes with technology. Would you buy Beats headphones or would you buy some headphones at the gas station or the petrol station down the street? You'd probably go for the Beats, right? You'd probably go there because it's what you get. The money you pay is what you get, it's that type of investment. Here's the thing, Eggplant is pretty awesome. It is the best tool out there. TestComplete can still do the same thing, but with TestComplete, you've got to have junior developers for it. You can get it cheaper, but if you have some developers that know how to write object oriented languages, then you could step in and be very effective with it. QF-test and Katalon are cheap software. But at the same time, they have a learning curve that requires calls to their support. And then their support will bill you in the end so it's money out of your pocket. When you go into GUI automation, you have to ask yourself, "How much money do I have and what is the best return on an investment that I'm going to get?" I have to say that if you don't have a lot of money, then maybe QF-test or Katalon would be your way to go. And you're still looking for a GUI solution. If you have developers that are skilled, then maybe you go with TestComplete or you step into Appium or Selenium, depending on your application. There is a tool for everything, but there's one tool that rules them all. And I have to say that it's Eggplant. I'm not going to lie, Eggplant is not only a tool for people that don't know what they're doing with automation it is also a tool for developers, because I've seen developers pull it right out of the box and slay it on the first five minutes. Like, "Oh. Yeah, I know how to do this." On a scale of 1 to ten, I would give Eggplant Functional a 10 out of 10, even with some of the issues. Like I said, it's the dog's bollocks. It's what I would pick every time if the finances and everything were there, boom, all the time, any day, every day.
If you're trying to automate something you do on a daily or monthly basis, I would recommend this solution. But if it's something that you want to do right now, one time and only one time, then it's not a suitable solution. I rate the solution nine out of 10.