We performed a comparison between TFS and Zeenyx AscentialTest based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, Microsoft, IDERA and others in Test Management Tools."The tool's installation is straightforward."
"I have found almost all of the features valuable because it integrates well with your Microsoft products. If a client is using the entire Microsoft platform, then TFS would be definitely preferable. It integrates with the digital studio development environment as well."
"Build definitions and releases within the product. allow us to put our latest applications in the field."
"The API for managing TFS programmatically is very powerful, you can listen on work items changes by TFS events."
"It has great functionality: work items, backlogs, source code, build releases, and it's easy to use."
"The most valuable features are the dashboard and task-selection capability."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"The biggest value-add is the solution integrates well with most Microsoft products."
"AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows."
"It’s been really easy to automate the same application TestComplete struggled with. I have been able to automate two of our key applications in just a few months. I haven’t even taken their training."
"The most valuable feature of AscentialTest for us is that it fully supports PowerBuilder."
"If you use the PowerBuilder application, do choose AscentialTest without thinking twice."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
"Its pricing could be improved."
"There should be management of the project built-in."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"Since the TFS was an on-prem solution, the private network accessibility was restricted."
"One of the areas that could be improved is to have an effective full lifecycle management."
"TFS should allow more integration with different platforms."
"The overall reports in TFS could improve. Additionally, there should be an easier way to migrate from an older version to a newer one."
"Classes are not as object-oriented as I would like, but I am a programmer and not QA so I expect a lot."
"I would like to see an improvement in the User Interface."
"The only thing I can't wait for is for Zeenyx to add automating Mobile apps."
"Streamlining the retrieval of results from individual test set runs would be beneficial."
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TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews while Zeenyx AscentialTest is ranked 25th in Test Management Tools with 13 reviews. TFS is rated 8.0, while Zeenyx AscentialTest is rated 9.4. 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 Zeenyx AscentialTest writes "Robust automation with reusable steps and seamless integration". TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center, whereas Zeenyx AscentialTest is most compared with Tricentis Tosca and SmartBear TestComplete.
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