We performed a comparison between TestRail and Visual Studio Test Professional 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."The product’s most valuable feature is the UI. The structure of test cases is easy to understand."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, ease of use for writing new test cases, the test plans, and the composition."
"The API to support integration of the homemade automated testing tool."
"The most valuable features are the reporting in the dashboard and the general way in which we can create test runs is helpful."
"Most valuable features are the ease of organizing test cases and a great API for sending results from automated test run results into the database."
"The solution is very stable. We've never had any issues with it."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that there are various test case templates and test artifact maintenance."
"I use the solution for test management."
"The tool is flexible and easy to manage. We use it since it is scalable and easy to use. It integrates with solutions."
"User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable."
"We are satisfied with technical support. Communicating with them is very simple. We also have a lot of online resources to check and to study and to train our team with. The documentation is very clear and readily available."
"The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR."
"The setup is easy and straightforward."
"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."
"Easy to use and easily scalable."
"I've encountered at some point, some difficulties on the administration side, but I don't remember exactly what they were."
"It would be nice if they would add an export to Word."
"The platform needs improvement regarding performance and creating links."
"The test suite management has room for improvement as well as better reporting."
"TestRail by Gurock could improve by adding a defect management module tool. It would add a lot of value if I want to install it and I don't have Jira or an isolating team. For example, if I am providing a service it's separated from the development team, it then would be better to have defect management included with the test management. However, as it is now I need to be integrated with Jira or another defect management tool to complete the testing process."
"The reports should be more user-friendly."
"It's not easy to create a custom report. It's not straightforward. A good improvement would be if there was a way to report and create a custom report without using a plugin or scripting language."
"The TestRail API to integrate reporting of automated tests is complete, but requires many requests to identify the appropriate entry."
"The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution."
"The solution's documentation could be improved for beginners."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The documentation is limited."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."
"The interface should be made attractive."
"The documents on the Microsoft website are not very useful, and they ought to make it easier to find answers."
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TestRail is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 5th in Test Management Tools with 46 reviews. TestRail is rated 8.0, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. 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 Visual Studio Test Professional writes "Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services ". TestRail is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Tricentis qTest, TFS, Tricentis Tosca and SpecFlow, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and Tricentis Tosca. See our TestRail vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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