With CucumberStudio, we can see the exact style of the project. For example, we don't see just the programming page in our project, but there is one page for scenarios. The scenario is readable for people that don't know programming. They can see and they can understand this best scenario The…

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George Mahlangu

Automation Tester at Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH)

Apr 18, 2024

Record and playback functionality makes it easier to script and create automated tests

Headless testing would be a big improvement. For example, when we run our regression suite, we need to start a virtual machine and run the tests interactively. There isn't a way to run the tests headlessly without logging into the virtual machine. That's the one feature I think would really take TestComplete to the next level. Another feature that would be a valuable addition is that instead of generating MHT files when you enter an incident in Azure DevOps, they should have a way to generate something like an HTML file. MHT files are an outdated technology that requires Internet Explorer to open. With current technologies and Microsoft's updates to Edge, you can end up with MHT files that you can't open. That's a feature they could improve upon. Each tool has its own way of generating reports. Maybe if you go open source with something like the Allure Report and add an Allure Report extension to Azure DevOps, that would provide clearer and nicer reports. I know TestComplete has its own way of implementing alerts, but the issue is that you don't see the screenshots in Allure report when you use it.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"CucumberStudio has a very user-friendly interface."

"The data table that helps in converting a single script to multiple test cases is very helpful."

"The best thing is that a person without knowledge about the program can easily understand what happened in our testing process."

"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."

"I like the cross browser compatibility. It saves a lot of time re-writing scripts to accommodate different browsers."

"The initial setup is pretty easy and it's quick to deploy."

"The product's initial setup phase was easy."

"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."

"It is very easy to maintain tests with this tool. It covers all necessary items in the test plan. The most painful item in testing is maintenance. When changes occur, the tests should be maintained."

"The ease-of-use and quality of the overall product are above average."

"The solution helps improve the stability of our product. It also decreases the work of our manual quality assurance engineers."

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Cons

"The reporting needs to be improved."

"I would like to see better customer support."

"I think it would be better if we could also do the reporting with CucumberStudio."

"This solution could be improved by making it easier to visualize where there is a failure without having to look at it in detail."

"SmartBear products generally have a weak link when it comes to integration with other test management tools like Inflectra."

"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."

"Right now, the product only supports Windows."

"The integration tools could be better."

"In scenarios where two of our engineers work on the same task, merging codes is a bit difficult."

"TestComplete gives support to do requests to a SOAP web service but has no support to do HTTP requests on Restful services."

"The solution needs to extend the possibilities so that we can test on other operating systems, platforms and publications for Android as well as iOS."

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"My advice so far, is that while it’s not quite as powerful and easy to use as UFT, its price tag more than makes up for it."

"It is approximately $6,000 a year."

"The price is less, compared to other products, such as QTP."

"The license price for a physical machine is cheap, and for virtual machine, it is very expensive."

"The pricing is a little above average — it could be lower."

"We have a TestComplete 12 license."

"Our ROI is about $10,000 a year."

"It comes with a high cost."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Hiptest?

The best thing is that a person without knowledge about the program can easily understand what happened in our testing process.

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What needs improvement with Hiptest?

I would like to see better customer support.

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What is your primary use case for Hiptest?

CucumberStudio is used to write test scenarios and implement codes.

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What do you like most about SmartBear TestComplete?

TestComplete has strong reporting capabilities. The reports they generate are really good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SmartBear TestComplete?

It's comparable to other similar tools, perhaps a bit less expensive than some of its competitors. So, the pricing is pretty reasonable.

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Overview

Formerly HipTest: CucumberStudio is the leading collaboration platform for BDD - an easy-to-use tool to define ideas, test code, and learn in production from real-time insight.

What is SmartBear TestComplete?

TestComplete is a reliable, sturdy automated testing platform created by SmartBear Software. SmartBear Software is a worldwide technological leader known for developing quality enterprise-class development and testing solutions.

TestComplete simplifies the process of creating tests for numerous applications, including, but not limited to; Desktop, Android, IOS, Web browsers, and Windows. Application tests can be manual, scripted, and even recorded by using keyword-driven or data-driven functionality. There are even additional options for error reporting and automated playback. The object repository is extremely accurate and is fully customizable. TestComplete can easily be used by experienced developers and even by manual novice testers to develop quality automated UI tests quickly.

TestComplete offers three different testing scenarios:

Desktop: Users can easily and quickly automate UI tests using today’s most popular desktop applications, such as; Windows, Java, Python,.Net, VBScript, and more.
Web: Users can effortlessly create renewable tests for all of today’s popular web applications, including JavaScript frameworks on 2000+ trusted browser and platform integrations.
Mobile: Users can safely build and automate serviceable UI tests on actual or virtual android or IOS devices, locally or in the cloud. Users can create code or codeless tests. TestComplete seamlessly integrates with many of today’s popular frameworks.

Key Features

Easily create automated UI tests: TestComplete offers scriptless Record and Replay or simple keyword-driven tests to quickly develop any type of UI test users may require. Tests can be recorded once, then replayed when needed across various applications on mobile, web, or desktop environments. TestComplete integrates with many different languages, such as Java, Python, C+, and more.
Keyword driven tests: Users can easily divide testing steps, actions, objects, and data with an integrated keyword-driven test structure. This makes it easy for every user to participate in the test automation process; there is no programming experience needed. Everything is made simple with easy-to-use point-and-click options.
Data driven tests: Easily distinguish data from test commands to keep administrative efforts simple. Users can improve overall coverage by running various automated mobile, desktop, or web UI tests.
Record and Replay: Users can reuse created automated tests across every environment as often as desired. This helps to expand overall test coverage and represents a huge cost and time savings.

Reviews from Real Users

Sandhiya T S., Sr Solutions Engineer at Lexington Soft, relates, “The record and replay aspects of the solution are quite useful for people. With them, you don't have to write any scripts. Basically, you can record your actions and play them back later. The initial setup is also very easy.”

Sai S R., Staff Test Architect at a tech services company, says, "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."

Sample Customers

Cisco, Cardinal Health, Intuit, Smartbox, Accenture, Deliveroo

Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit, and Thomson Reuters.

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