We performed a comparison between SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis NeoLoad based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tricentis, OpenText, Katalon Studio and others in Test Automation Tools."TestComplete has strong reporting capabilities. The reports they generate are really good."
"I like the cross browser compatibility. It saves a lot of time re-writing scripts to accommodate different browsers."
"This company offers end-to-end capabilities for test suite creation and execution. One feature that I particularly appreciate is the tagging system. Tags are highly valuable, as they allow you to assign tags to your test cases. When there's an impact in a specific area, you can search for and run all test cases associated with that tag. I find this functionality very useful."
"The most valuable features are the desktop and mobile modules."
"It's cross platform automation capabilities specially ranging across web, UNIX (via putty), and other systems."
"Test items, project variables helps in managing automation suite and scheduling execution."
"It is a strong automation tool for desktop, browser, and API testing."
"The product is stable for what we are currently using it for, and it is sufficient for us."
"NeoLoad offers better reporting than most competing tools. It is effortless to analyze and measure the reported data. It's also simple to generate a report that most people can read and management can understand. NeoLoad helps you figure out the main issues inside the application."
"Learning-wise, it's pretty straightforward and flexible because if the person has little knowledge of performance testing and the process, they can definitely easily grab the knowledge from NeoLoad."
"It is a good source for load, stress and performance testing."
"It offered us an easy to use, limited code option for end-to-end performance testing."
"NeoLoad is best tool for testing in production without making many changes to the script or solution."
"It helped in achieving the testing of on-premise applications, as well as cloud-based applications, without much difficulty."
"The licensing cost is very less for NeoLoad. It is user-friendly and easy to understand because they have created so many useful functionalities. When I started working with this tool, we just had to do the initial assessment about whether this tool will be able to support our daily work or not. I could easily understand it. I didn't have to search Google or watch YouTube videos. In just 15 to 20 minutes, I was able to understand the tool."
"The test cases are quite easy to build and to maintain. This is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us. It's the reason why they changed from JMeter to NeoLoad."
"The test object repository needs to be improved. The hierarchy and the way we identify the objects in different applications, irrespective of technology, needs adjustments. The located and test objects are not as flexible compared to other commercial tools."
"In SmartBear TestComplete the integration with Jenkins could be easier. Additionally, some of the controls could have better customization options. For example, if a grid is used and it contains multiple controls within it, it can be a checkbox, radio button, or any kind of control, the way the Object Spy is operating currently there is a lot of room for improvement."
"Headless testing would be a big improvement."
"The initial setup of SmartBear TestComplete was complex."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
"Error handling features in the tool are a little limited."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"In the cross-browser domain, it has a few snags with Microsoft Edge and Chrome; although, these problems are not critical."
"I would like to see support for auto-correlations."
"It needs improvements in the UI. It's currently not as friendly as it should be."
"The debugging part of Tricentis NeoLoad takes time."
"The product must improve the features that allow integration with CI/CD pipelines."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution can be improved by introducing a secure testing feature."
"It needs improvement with post-production."
"The protocol support area could be improved."
SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 7th in Test Automation Tools with 71 reviews while Tricentis NeoLoad is ranked 3rd in Performance Testing Tools with 62 reviews. SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6, while Tricentis NeoLoad is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tricentis NeoLoad writes " Maintenance will be easy, pretty straightforward to learn and flexible". SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One and froglogic Squish, whereas Tricentis NeoLoad is most compared with Apache JMeter, OpenText LoadRunner Professional, OpenText LoadRunner Cloud, Tricentis Tosca and BlazeMeter.
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