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."The solution has a very nice interface."
"The reporting is ready to use and doesn't require any setup."
"The solution is great as a record and playback tool. It also has valuable regression testing."
"The solution is mainly stable."
"It's cross platform automation capabilities specially ranging across web, UNIX (via putty), and other systems."
"I like the cross browser compatibility. It saves a lot of time re-writing scripts to accommodate different browsers."
"The ability to run a whole suite of tests automatically (which we did overnight)."
"The initial setup is pretty easy and it's quick to deploy."
"The solution is very stable."
"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
"The whole suite is made for .NET development."
"The setup is easy and straightforward."
"The documentation is easy, and it helps us solve our problems."
"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."
"Visual Studio is an exemplary integrated development environment that stands out due to its exceptional features. It allows for the seamless selection of the appropriate programming language for the specific development tasks at hand. This facilitates a swift and effortless transition between languages, providing a highly efficient development experience."
"Visual Studio is the easiest to use."
"One notable drawback is the absence of native integration with Git."
"SmartBear products generally have a weak link when it comes to integration with other test management tools like Inflectra."
"Name Mapping feature should be clearer. Whenever I use it, I do not really know what will work and what will not work."
"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."
"In SmartBear TestComplete the integration with Jenkins could be easier. Additionally, some of the controls could have better customization options. For example, if a grid is used and it contains multiple controls within it, it can be a checkbox, radio button, or any kind of control, the way the Object Spy is operating currently there is a lot of room for improvement."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
"Headless testing would be a big improvement."
"The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier."
"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."
"Sometimes, the solution hangs, so its performance could be improved."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."
"The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"The performance could be faster."
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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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