We performed a comparison between Appium and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Regression Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Appium's best feature is that it supports multiple frameworks."
"The way Appium server interacts with mobile apps is fantastic. It provides all the information about the elements inside the app, Android as well as iOS. I can interact with the element quickly, just type some text or get some text values from the element - whether it's a drop-down, or web text, or a native element."
"The latest versions of the solution are stable."
"The most valuable feature is that it's easy to launch applications. Appium has everything that Selenium has. So many good tools support Appium. We can take some Excel sheets and use them to fill out the text box that's in there. We can also take screenshots of failures."
"It has great documentation and excellent community support."
"We get a list that shows all devices that are connected to the system."
"It runs completely flawlessly and seamlessly every day."
"The automation part is extremely helpful in streamlining our processes."
"The debugging feature is valuable."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a scalable solution."
"The most valuable features are tools like IntelliSense and ReSharper."
"User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable."
"Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
"The solution is very useful for compiling existing projects and developing new projects."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability."
"Customization is the most powerful feature of this product."
"We previously worked with native applications, and there weren't any good mobile app testing tools. We started working with React Native, which works well with Appium, but it would be good to see better integration; the way elements are displayed can be messy. React Native is very popular nowadays, so it's essential to have that compatibility."
"The user interface needs improvement because there are issues when setting up environment variables."
"One thing which can be really helpful is that there is some kind of a recorder made available rather than scripting everything."
"We need some bug fixes for nested elements."
"The setup and installation were a problem for us at first."
"If it had more facility for configuration it would be a spectacular solution."
"The challenging part with Appium is that installation can be a bit tricky. It can be challenging to set up in Android versus iOS environments."
"They should add an in-built framework."
"I would like to see more integration in the solution."
"The integration with Git needs improving because it is a bit disjointed and unpredictable."
"The documentation is limited."
"The price could be improved."
"The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."
"The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier."
"The documents on the Microsoft website are not very useful, and they ought to make it easier to find answers."
"Its UI could be better."
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Appium is ranked 5th in Regression Testing Tools with 25 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. Appium is rated 8.0, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Appium writes "It's easy to launch applications". 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 ". Appium is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Perfecto, Xamarin Platform and Apache JMeter, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and TestRail. See our Appium vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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