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."The most valuable features are the reporting in the dashboard and the general way in which we can create test runs is helpful."
"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."
"I use the product to create test cases and share them with my team and manager."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, ease of use for writing new test cases, the test plans, and the composition."
"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."
"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."
"This is a user friendly solution."
"From a testing perspective, the management is awesome. I am able to do testing and then add the reporting and the evidence. It is fair in terms of the price that you're paying. You get what you're paying for."
"Work item management integration with source control."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is that it keeps the code secure while working collaboratively in a team of four or five individuals."
"This solution enables us to link all items usefully, in the way we use Agile."
"Team Foundation Server (TFS) is easy to use, and we have a complete trail and traceability. We also like the access control part."
"It's is a very stable solution."
"Stability is okay."
"The most valuable features are the dashboard and task-selection capability."
"Microsoft's technical team is supportive."
"It would be nice to have a description section when creating the test scenario itself so I can indicate what the configuration should be."
"This solution has room for improvement. For example, some particular projects need to adjust access or add additional members and this isn't always possible. Role-based access would improve this."
"The platform needs improvement regarding performance and creating links."
"The TestRail API to integrate reporting of automated tests is complete, but requires many requests to identify the appropriate entry."
"I have faced some issues with the integration between TestRail and Jira, which haven't been permanently resolved yet."
"With TestRail, the APIs are there, but they may not be able to easily integrate with the Jenkins."
"I do see room for lots of improvement in it. In terms of usability, duplication with test cases and constant creation of projects isn't easy. There is also too much API integration into automation tools, which is not there in ALM with UFT. Instead of setting it up as a project and using it, we set it up as a system for usability. It also lacks in the traceability aspect. For traceability, you need to use the JIRA plugin and drag traceability on JIRA, but the functionality is still quite limited. The biggest gap is mainframe testing. It would be good if I could start with mainframe testing. Manual granting of access is another issue. There is no API that I could use with another system where it is automated. There is an API for loading somebody to a project but not for adding to the application."
"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."
"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."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"The manageability and performance of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"The interface can be improved and made more user-friendly."
"There are many things that I cannot do, and I have a lot of bugs."
"The price could be cheaper."
"One of the areas that could be improved is to have an effective full lifecycle management."
TestRail is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews while TFS is ranked 3rd 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 OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our TFS vs. TestRail report.
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