We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere (AA) and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Automation Anywhere was easier to learn for the developers. It has a lot of out of box features when it comes to SAP, Excel, and others."
"In 2018, we looked at some other products on the market, but Automation Anywhere was a perfect fit. We didn't have any issues that Automation Anywhere couldn't solve. The critical factor for us was its ease of use. We liked the drag-and-drop interface and the low-code capabilities."
"It has definitely helped automating a lot of processes, but it is very difficult to build resilient bots. It is very difficult to find skilled developers in the market, who actually build resilient bots with appropriate error handling. Maintaining the bots is another challenge as the applications keep changing."
"They can build an end-to-end solution with Automation Anywhere."
"The standout qualities of Automation Anywhere were the ease of automation and that it is an intuitive tool. After a simple walkthrough, a couple of hours or two, you would be able to hit the ground running."
"Its user interface is very understandable. Even a non-technical person can understand it. Everything in the user interface is self-explanatory. It is quite good."
"A user can easily adopt this technology and utilize it, when compared to the other available resources in the market."
"The solution's primary benefit is improved efficiency. Automation Anywhere enabled us to enhance many processes that were previously done manually. It helps save time while improving compliance by keeping the data clean. We've also increased visibility for our end-users because we use the data from Automation Anywhere to build dashboards."
"Visual Studio is an exemplary integrated development environment that stands out due to its exceptional features. It allows for the seamless selection of the appropriate programming language for the specific development tasks at hand. This facilitates a swift and effortless transition between languages, providing a highly efficient development experience."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very scalable solution."
"Easy to use and easily scalable."
"Its initial setup process is easy."
"The tool has highly detailed debugging features."
"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."
"The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"I would like to see web and cloud-based platforms for future releases."
"When comparing the code under version checks, although there is a change done, it doesn't say so because the change is done at the variable level and not in the line of code."
"Most of the Excel commands such as filtering and removing duplicates are not available."
"The GUI can be improved by making it more user-friendly."
"There is still a way to go for Automation Anywhere where we can see improvement. Mostly, we want to see more artificial intelligence and machine learning. Now, I can see only this mostly in the IQ Bot where we construct the data from PDFs. I also want to see more features where we can use the artificial intelligence in automating tasks as well."
"I would like to see them expand the service catalog with RCA add-ons to the current RPA package."
"Giving access to our internal websites was not simple during the initial setup."
"They want to get more accuracy in handwritten forms, which might take some time."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"The solution can improve the startup time."
"The documentation is limited."
"The tool crashes and has high memory consumption."
"Visual Studio Test Professional needs to improve its scalability."
"It needs more integration with other tools for monitoring. Microsoft also needs to make it more modern to make it work with microservices and the cloud. It is a bit outdated currently."
"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."
"Sometimes, the solution hangs, so its performance could be improved."
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Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 491 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 48 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Automation Anywhere (AA) writes "Automation Co-Pilot enables us to present details from CRM for business management on one page". 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 ". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, UiPath, Blue Prism, Tricentis Tosca and IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA), whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis Tosca. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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