We performed a comparison between TFS and Tricentis Tosca based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Regression Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It's is a very stable solution."
"The tool's installation is straightforward."
"Complete integration with VS IDE and Office tools: This give us a possibility of high-level automation, thus minimizing human error."
"I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools."
"The most valuable feature from my point of view is project management, which includes user stories as well as task management."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"The API for managing TFS programmatically is very powerful, you can listen on work items changes by TFS events."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is its compatibility with Microsoft Windows systems. We have predominantly Microsoft solutions and TFS work well."
"Good use in Agile workshops, where the person needs to conceptualize the tests before the developer provides the complete application interface."
"The mainframe testing and UI automation are the most valuable aspects of the solution."
"The product enables codeless automation."
"To me, what stands out the most about Tricentis Tosca is that even if I'm not a technical tester, I could pick up on how to use it very quickly because of the mechanisms of the tool, for example, its scanning mechanism. I'm not so technical, but I'm able to maneuver through Tricentis Tosca and derive capability. It's a user-friendly tool. It's not very complex."
"What I find valuable is that Tricentis is always refining the test methodology. They listen to feedback from the analysts about what the testing tool should do, and then Tricentis always implements it. So all the necessary testing functions are already implemented in their tools."
"The tool's most valuable feature is Tosca Commander."
"The most important feature is its ability to support the technical automation of specific clients that we cannot use with other tools."
"It can provide all levels of testing from design to execution to reporting."
"Integration from Visual Studio could be improved."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"Microsoft should discontinue the use of SharePoint as I don’t really see any value add to TFS, document management features can be included in TFS web portal itself, if required!"
"The execution of test cases could stand improvement."
"Since the TFS was an on-prem solution, the private network accessibility was restricted."
"The solution's server for deployment needs to be improved."
"This solution is quite old and it is already being bundled as Azure DevOps Server."
"The dashboard and the customization of dashboards is an area they have to work on."
"The source controls that are in Tricentis Tosca have some problems. For example, if you use Selenium or use Java-based application, it's easy to match code from two developers. However, if you're a developer and going to look at Tricentis Tosca, it's very difficult to use the source control measure."
"In Tosca, I see that there are no user guides."
"I think the downside would be licensing costs which are very high."
"Tricentis Tosca could improve on the ease of use. There is a steep learning curve. The reporting section could be better and some of the new features could be simplified. Additionally, the user management of the client and the server are confusing. There should not be two."
"It needs better integration with JIRA."
"Tricentis Tosca could improve on its mobile automation solution."
"The solution is expensive compared to other tools in the market."
"I would like to be able to manage different projects in one repository or have better data exchange between repositories."
TFS is ranked 3rd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews while Tricentis Tosca is ranked 1st in Regression Testing Tools with 98 reviews. TFS is rated 8.0, while Tricentis Tosca is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tricentis Tosca writes "Does not require coding experience to use and comes with productivity and time-saving features ". TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and Jama Connect, whereas Tricentis Tosca is most compared with Katalon Studio, OpenText UFT One, Worksoft Certify, Postman and Testim. See our TFS vs. Tricentis Tosca report.
See our list of best Regression Testing Tools vendors.
We monitor all Regression Testing Tools reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.