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We performed a comparison between OpenText Silk Test and OpenText UFT One 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.
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"The statistics that are available are very good.""The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities.""The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature.""The feature I like most is the ease of reporting.""The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to.""A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing.""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."

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"The initial setup is relatively easy.""One advantage of Micro Focus UFT is that it is more compatible with SAP, Desktop ECC SAP, than S/4HANA.""The stop automation is a great feature.""My company has not had an issue with OpenText UFT One since we have been using it for the past three to four years.""The scalability of Micro Focus UFT One is good.""Has improved our organization by allowing us to obtain fast, detailed information about the behavior of our products and to supply this to the customer, enabling us to work together without the need for special programming knowledge.""The production and the efficiency of making your test cases can be very high.""The solution is easy to integrate with other platforms."

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"They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration.""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.""Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side.""The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies.""Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are.""The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve.""The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."

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"It could work with more browsers other than Internet Explorer, and could better handle new things like Ext JS.""I'd like to see UFT integrated more with some of the open source tools like Selenium, where web is involved.""Sometimes, the results' file size can be intense. I wish it was a little more compact.""The price is very high. They should work to lower the costs for their clients.""Jumping to functions is supported from any Action/BPT Component code, but not from inside a function library where the target function exists in another library file. Workaround: Select search entire project for the function.""They should include AI-based testing features.""It should consume less CPU, and the licensing cost could be lower.""The overall design needs an entire overhaul. We prefer software designed to ensure the package isn't too loaded."

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  • "Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."
  • "We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."
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  • "It took about five years to break even. UFT is costly."
  • "The licensing and pricing model is confusing."
  • "It's an expensive solution."
  • "For the price of five automation licenses, you simply would not be able to hire five manual testers for two years worth of 24/7 manual testing work on demand."
  • "The price is only $3,000. I don't know how many QA analysts you would have in any given company. Probably no more than five or 10. So if it's a large corporation, it can easily afford $15,000 to $25,000. I don't see that being an issue."
  • "The way the pricing model works is that you pay a whole boatload year one. Then, every year after, it is around half or less. Because instead of paying for the new product, you are just paying for the support and maintenance of it. That is probably one of the biggest things that I hear from most people, even at conferences, "Yeah, I would love to use UFT One, but we don't have a budget for it.""
  • "The pricing fee is good. If someone makes use of the solution once a day for a half hour then the fee will be more expensive. For continuous use and application of the solution to different use cases, the fee is average."
  • "The price is one aspect that could be improved."
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    Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test
    Micro Focus UFT One, UFT (QTP), Micro Focus UFT (QTP), QTP, Quick Test Pro, QuickTest Professional, HPE UFT (QTP)
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    Overview
    SilkTest is robust and portable test automation for web, native, and enterprise software applications. Silk Test's portability enables users to test applications more effectively with lower complexity and cost in comparison to other functional testing tools on the market. Silk Test's role based testing enables business stakeholders, QA engineers, and developers to contribute to the whole automation testing process, which drives collaboration and increases the effectiveness of software testing.
    Our AI-powered functional testing tool accelerates test automation. It works across desktop, web, mobile, mainframe, composite, and packaged enterprise-grade applications. Read white paper
    Sample Customers
    Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies
    Sage, JetBlue, Haufe.Group, Independent Health, Molina Healthcare, Cox Automotive, andTMNA Services
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Comms Service Provider6%
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    Financial Services Firm32%
    Computer Software Company16%
    Insurance Company10%
    Healthcare Company10%
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    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Government6%
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise60%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise70%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    OpenText Silk Test vs. OpenText UFT One
    May 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText Silk Test vs. OpenText UFT One and other solutions. Updated: May 2024.
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    OpenText Silk Test is ranked 26th in Functional Testing Tools while OpenText UFT One is ranked 2nd in Functional Testing Tools with 89 reviews. OpenText Silk Test is rated 7.6, while OpenText UFT One is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Silk Test writes "Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText UFT One writes "With regularly occurring releases, a QA team member can schedule tests, let the tests run unattended, and then examine the results". OpenText Silk Test is most compared with Selenium HQ, OpenText UFT Developer, Apache JMeter, froglogic Squish and Katalon Studio, whereas OpenText UFT One is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, OpenText UFT Developer, Katalon Studio, SmartBear TestComplete and Oracle Application Testing Suite. See our OpenText Silk Test vs. OpenText UFT One report.

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