We performed a comparison between SmartBear TestComplete and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Functional Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of the SmartBear TestComplete are self-healing, they reduce the maintenance required. The different languages SmartBear TestComplete supports are good because some of our libraries are written in Python, JavaScript, and C#. It's very easy to put them all under one project and use them. The are other features that SmartBear TestComplete has but the competition widely has them as well."
"The ease-of-use and quality of the overall product are above average."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is regression testing tools."
"The database checkpoints detect problems which are difficult for a human resource to find."
"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 reporting is ready to use and doesn't require any setup."
"You can record your actions and play them back later."
"Selenium integration."
"The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR."
"Visual Studio is the easiest to use."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very scalable solution."
"Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."
"User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable features are tools like IntelliSense and ReSharper."
"The solution is easy to use and they have also integrated with Microsoft."
"The pricing is the constraint."
"The way objects are added and used when utilizing descriptive programming could be improved. It is a little unwieldy, compared to UFT."
"It is very hard to read the test log generated by TestComplete Executor if the log file is very big. TestComplete Executor is a small tool for just running the TestComplete test framework (not for developing)."
"Stability issues occurred only when connecting to the SourceSafe. Sometimes, after getting the latest version, the tool hangs and it should be reopened in order to recover."
"We were testing handheld barcode scanners running WindowsCE with many menus of warehouse functions, and our biggest problem was the timing between input and responses."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"Increased performance with less memory and CPU usage."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"The integration with Git needs improving because it is a bit disjointed and unpredictable."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Sometimes, the solution hangs, so its performance could be improved."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"The interface should be made attractive."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"It could be available for multiple platforms and other operating systems like Mac with a native port."
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SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 10th in Functional Testing Tools with 72 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 6th in Functional Testing Tools with 48 reviews. SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. 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 Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio and OpenText UFT One, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, Tricentis Tosca and TestRail. See our SmartBear TestComplete vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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