We performed a comparison between TestRail and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You don't need to follow complex procedures to create a test run, test case, etc."
"The integration with Jira and the ability for extra configurations are the most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, ease of use for writing new test cases, the test plans, and the composition."
"The ability to time test runs gives the tester the ability to compare calculated times to actual times it takes for a test case to run."
"I was on the lookout for automation testing on the browser and I believe this tool is very interesting in that matter. The solution is useful for UI testing. You just need to add the URL that is to be checked."
"The solution is very stable. We've never had any issues with it."
"The most valuable features of TestRail by Gurock are the user experience, it's very easy to learn. There is no learning curve needed to work on projects and manage the test cases, it is easy. Exporting and importing are simple."
"Reliable and stable. It is important that TestRail be up and running 24/7 as we have users around the world using it."
"I feel that the test plan and test tools are more manageable in TFS."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"The tool's installation is straightforward."
"Stability is okay."
"Good branching and labelling features."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is integration."
"It is a stable solution."
"It is a stable solution."
"Reporting could be more flexible regarding repeating reports."
"Better prediction of text."
"There are a number of improvements that have been requested. While I don't have a list of these requests available, many can be found on Gurock's forum."
"The product is not focused on synthetic data creation. I would also like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"It would be useful if it had its own issue management system. At the moment, it's purely a test management tool and you have to link to a defect management tool, like JIRA. It would be useful if there was an option to use its own defect management tool so that it's integrated and not two separate tools."
"With TestRail, the APIs are there, but they may not be able to easily integrate with the Jenkins."
"Their customer support could be improved. Sometimes we struggle with that. It could be faster. Whenever we raise any query, they get back to you but the turnaround time is very slow."
"The reports should be more user-friendly."
"It would be better if we could bring it out on the cloud."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"The price could be cheaper."
"I only use 1% of the functionality, so I am not familiar enough to know what needs to be improved."
"I'd like to see some kind of visualization tool for TFS that would make life much easier."
"More options could be provided from the perspective of requirements management, which would help product owners to use the tool effectively."
"There's not automatic access to test case management and execution."
TestRail is ranked 3rd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. TestRail is rated 8.0, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of TestRail writes "A tool that provides effective test management and real-time reporting capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". TestRail is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Tricentis qTest, Tricentis Tosca, Sealights and PractiTest, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and Zephyr Enterprise. See our TFS vs. TestRail report.
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