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We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Functional Tester and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Test automation is most valuable because it saves a lot of time.""The most valuable feature is the UI component tester.""IBM Rational Functional Tester is very contextual.""It is compatible with all sorts of Dark Net applications. Its coverage is very good."

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"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area.""The setup is easy and straightforward.""It's great for the development of .NET.""The solution is very stable.""The stability has always been very good.""Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work.""Easy to use and easily scalable.""The most valuable features of Visual Studio Test Professional are the IntelliSense and the ease of adding the NuGet packages."

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Cons
"As many of our products are moving from PC to mobile, the most important thing that this solution needs is mobile app support.""They need to do a complete revamp so that even a non-technical person can manage the tool.""If the solution is running on Linux, there are some issues around application compatibility.""The latest version has increased load time before testing can be run."

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"The solution can improve the startup time.""In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line.""Sometimes, the product is too complex to use.""The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier.""Over the years, I haven't identified any specific enhancements that I desire; Visual Studio has consistently met my requirements seamlessly and flawlessly.""The integration with Git needs improving because it is a bit disjointed and unpredictable.""Enhancing the support for web application testing and load performance would be an improvement.""I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing is good but the prices for the products are expensive. A single-user license may go for something like $10,000 to $30,000. There are no additional costs, and support is included within that price."
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  • "For the cloud services option, you buy a subscription per account or per user. This costs around $52 a month per person."
  • "I think that the pricing is quite good."
  • "The pricing is expensive."
  • "We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced."
  • "There is a paid version of the solution as well as a community version that is free."
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional is a very expensive solution."
  • "The tool is expensive in my region."
  • "We pay a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional, which is expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Test automation is most valuable because it saves a lot of time.
    Top Answer:The solution can be improved by removing the need for object matching in the framework. The latest version has increased load time before testing can be run. The reason is that changes were made to… more »
    Top Answer:The solution is used for test automation, and test data creation.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.
    Top Answer:Visual Studio Test Professional is not an expensive solution.
    Top Answer:The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution. There used to be references material that were incorporated in the solution, but most of it has moved to… more »
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    Also Known As
    Rational Functional Tester
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    Overview
    IBM Rational Functional Tester is an automated functional testing and regression testing tool. This software provides automated testing capabilities for functional, regression, GUI, and data-driven testing. Rational Function Tester supports a range of applications, such as web-based, .Net, Java, Siebel, SAP, terminal emulator-based applications, PowerBuilder, Ajax, Adobe Flex, Dojo Toolkit, GEF, Adobe PDF documents, zSeries, iSeries, and pSeries.
    Visual Studio Professional Edition provides an IDE for all supported development languages. As of Visual Studio 2010, the Standard edition was dropped. MSDN support is available as MSDN Essentials or the full MSDN library depending on licensing. It supports XML and XSLT editing, and can create deployment packages that only use ClickOnce and MSI. It includes tools like Server Explorer and integration with Microsoft SQL Server also. Windows Mobile development support was included in Visual Studio 2005 Standard, however, with Visual Studio 2008, it is only available in Professional and higher editions. Windows Phone 7 development support was added to all editions in Visual Studio 2010. Development for Windows Mobile is no longer supported in Visual Studio 2010; it is superseded by Windows Phone 7.
    Sample Customers
    Edumate
    Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Energy/Utilities Company7%
    Insurance Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Insurance Company7%
    Company Size
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    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise56%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    IBM Rational Functional Tester is ranked 21st in Functional Testing Tools with 8 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 8th in Functional Testing Tools with 46 reviews. IBM Rational Functional Tester is rated 7.2, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM Rational Functional Tester writes "Reliable test automation, and test data creation with efficient support". 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 ". IBM Rational Functional Tester is most compared with Selenium HQ, Katalon Studio, HCL OneTest, Tricentis Tosca and Worksoft Certify, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and OpenText UFT One.

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