We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Performance Tester, TestRail, and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, Microsoft, IDERA and others in Test Management Tools."Technical support is very good. I'm very satisfied with the assistance we've received so far."
"It can support both web applications and mobile applications, and in certain cases, it can also support testing of desktop applications or software-based applications. You can write web applications, mobile applications, and software-based applications."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the UI. The structure of test cases is easy to understand."
"I haven't faced any stability issues using the solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product helps us create test cases and reports."
"The solution is very stable. We've never had any issues with it."
"The most valuable features are the reporting in the dashboard and the general way in which we can create test runs is helpful."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility, ease of use for writing new test cases, the test plans, and the composition."
"This is a user friendly solution."
"I like the build management features and the integration with Jenkins and many other tools."
"Microsoft's technical team is supportive."
"Good branching and labelling features."
"It's is a very stable solution."
"The traceability is valuable. While managing the workflows, it was always nice to have that traceability from requirements and all the way through design. It integrates with Microsoft Test Manager, and you can have everything that is related to a requirement attached to it."
"Stability is okay."
"The interface is good with TFS."
"Build definitions and releases within the product. allow us to put our latest applications in the field."
"There are some features that Micro Focus LoadRunner provides, but they are not available in IBM Rational Performance Tester. They should include such features. It can also have more reports similar to what HP provides. It might also need some improvement in terms of the tools and support for other technology areas. Certain technologies are not supported by every tool. They need to support all sorts of technologies and platforms on which web applications and mobile applications are built. They need complete support for all sorts of technologies."
"The solution is not easily scalable. If you want to extend the solution, you need to purchase a different kind of license. You also have to work with the IBM team to assist in scaling."
"TestRail's user interface is not great. When you use it for the first time, you will be very uncomfortable and not know how to create test cases. It doesn't have a field for preconditions and post-conditions."
"With TestRail, the APIs are there, but they may not be able to easily integrate with the Jenkins."
"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 reports should be more user-friendly."
"There are a number of improvements that have been requested. While I don't have a list of these requests available, many can be found on Gurock's forum."
"It would be useful if it had its own issue management system. At the moment, it's purely a test management tool and you have to link to a defect management tool, like JIRA. It would be useful if there was an option to use its own defect management tool so that it's integrated and not two separate tools."
"TestRail should improve its pricing."
"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 project management side should be addressed and the project and release planning should be somewhat extended."
"The overall reports in TFS could improve. Additionally, there should be an easier way to migrate from an older version to a newer one."
"They have room for improvement in merging the source code changes for multiple developers across files. It is very good at highlighting the changes that the source code automatically does not know how to handle, but it's not very good at reporting the ones that it did automatically. There are times when we have source code that gets merged, and we lose the changes that we expected to happen. It can get a little confusing at times. They can just do a little bit better on the merging of changes for multiple developers."
"Merging branches is definitely one of the more challenging aspects for people new to TFS."
"TFS should allow more integration with different platforms."
"Its pricing could be improved."
"As an end-user, I expect the solution's performance to be faster while staying as stable as possible."
"Not all of the functionality, which is exposed by the command line interface (tf.exe) is available in the Visual Studio GUI."
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