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."You can record your actions and play them back later."
"In TestComplete, I saw a conformed package of a tool that kept everybody in consistency. The team was able to regenerate further tests without having to manipulate more code because the record feature is great."
"The solution is mainly stable."
"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."
"TestComplete is simple, it's a very easy-to-use tool."
"Recording and playback of tests were easier with SmartBear TestComplete...It is a scalable solution."
"The product has many features."
"The ease-of-use and quality of the overall product are above average."
"The debugging feature is valuable."
"Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
"The most valuable feature of Visual Studio Test Professional is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability."
"It's great for the development of .NET."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a scalable solution."
"Headless testing would be a big improvement."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"The code editor, though following eclipse-style, is still a work in progress and gives a very poorly formatted code once viewed via other editing tools."
"The licensing costs are a little bit high and should be reduced."
"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."
"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."
"I didn't use it very heavily. One issue that I found was that there wasn't a quick way or a button to move Visual Basic scripts to TestComplete. We have a lot of such scripts in our organization, and it would be very useful to have some option to easily move these scripts. It is currently possible to convert these scripts to TestComplete, but it is not easy. I have to write some code, but everything is not available immediately."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
"The solution's documentation could be improved for beginners."
"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 service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."
"There are too many features with the product and I would like there to be less."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
"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."
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SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 10th in Functional Testing Tools with 71 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 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, TestRail and Tricentis Tosca. See our SmartBear TestComplete vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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