We performed a comparison between Galen Framework and SmartBear TestComplete based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Tricentis, OpenText, Perforce and others in Functional Testing Tools."What I like most about Galen Framework are its advantages, particularly its spec language and the spec file feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is regression testing tools."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ability to integrate with Azure DevOps for continuous integration and deployment."
"The initial setup is pretty easy and it's quick to deploy."
"The solution has a very nice interface."
"It works very fine. It is fast on almost any machine, and it is also very well organized. I like its object mapping and its capability to find and interact with almost everything that exists on Windows."
"You can record your actions and play them back later."
"It is very easy to maintain tests with this tool. It covers all necessary items in the test plan. The most painful item in testing is maintenance. When changes occur, the tests should be maintained."
"When compared to other tools, it is very simple."
"There don't seem to be functions available for automatically generating Galen values based on the specifications in the spec file, and this could be a potential improvement for Galen Framework."
"Name Mapping feature should be clearer. Whenever I use it, I do not really know what will work and what will not work."
"What is currently missing from this solution is better support for mobile testing."
"To bring it up to a 10, I would be looking for the addition of some key functional API testing."
"Right now, the product only supports Windows."
"During the distribution of our regression test cases, the control IDs are not always recognized correctly."
"If that engine could better identify more XPaths automatically and make the process more flexible, that would be better."
"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."
"The test object repository needs to be improved. The hierarchy and the way we identify the objects in different applications, irrespective of technology, needs adjustments. The located and test objects are not as flexible compared to other commercial tools."
Galen Framework is ranked 24th in Functional Testing Tools with 2 reviews while SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 10th in Functional Testing Tools with 70 reviews. Galen Framework is rated 8.6, while SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Galen Framework writes "Scalable with strong reporting capabilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". Galen Framework is most compared with , whereas SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One and froglogic Squish.
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