We performed a comparison between Automation Anywhere (AA) and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Object Cloning command is the most useful feature. Through the use of this command, between 30% and 40% of the process automation is complete."
"The ability to find objects easily through the 'Capture' option saves your time most significantly."
"The graphical user interface (GUI) is very useful, since I don't know any coding languages. I have been able to be a developer with Automation Anywhere without knowing the technical background. I am a business user, and not needing the technical knowledge to use the system has been useful for me."
"Automation Anywhere is excellent for integrating with other solutions. It provides the ability to leverage the APIs of third-party solutions. We use some of the already built-in MetaBots to then scrape the data and manipulate independent data that we need in order to integrate with other third-party solutions."
"Having a cloud-based deployment provides more flexibility because we just need an internet connection for connecting the agent into the AA cloud."
"We spend less time preparing data."
"Features such as MetaBot and IQ Bot are very advanced and capable as compared to reading PDFs using OCR."
"The capacity to use Automation Anywhere in the cloud is the most valuable feature."
"User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
"The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"The user interface is very friendly."
"Easy to use and easily scalable."
"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."
"PDF extraction and cognitive automation need improvement."
"The IQ Bot could use improvement."
"Our users would like more online community forums where they can exchange information. I would also like a better way to monitor and manage all the automations we have running within our systems because our CoE governance must be robust so we are always aware of what's happening."
"The main things I've found that could be better are small things that can be annoying when you're using them a lot. I would recommend they add a feature where, if you mark the start of an "If" sentence it will highlight the end of the "If" sentence. That would make it easier to get a better overview."
"Automation Anywhere has to be integrated with machine learning and AI systems to read images and videos, then put the information into another format."
"There is an issue with security where users can see the values in the credential vault."
"We have been looking at processes which can easily transition into a large scale environment, where you can have cloud or hybrid model. However, being a bank, some of our processes are critical and we would like to hold those on-premise. This limits us with our usage of Automation Anywhere."
"The inclusion of word packages would help us to extract data from Word and automate word-related activities easily."
"Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine."
"The price could be improved."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."
"One of the problems with this solution is you need to be highly technically skilled to operate it, it is not for everyone."
"The interface should be made attractive."
"The database administration could be better; you should be able to choose new tools with the development environment in Visual Studio. It could be easier to use."
"The performance could be faster."
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Automation Anywhere (AA) is ranked 3rd in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with 485 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 7th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. Automation Anywhere (AA) is rated 8.4, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Automation Anywhere (AA) writes "Automation Co-Pilot enables us to present details from CRM for business management on one page". 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 ". Automation Anywhere (AA) is most compared with UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, Blue Prism, IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Tricentis Tosca, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and OpenText UFT One. See our Automation Anywhere (AA) vs. Visual Studio Test Professional report.
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