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We performed a comparison between OpenText Silk Test and SmartBear TestLeft based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature.""The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to.""Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts.""The feature I like most is the ease of reporting.""The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities.""The statistics that are available are very good.""A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing."

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"The most valuable features are test executor and development."

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Cons
"The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies.""We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important.""The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve.""Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are.""Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side.""The support for automation with iOS applications can be better.""They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration."

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"TestLeft captures a lot of space in terms of memory, which is one issue that can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."
  • "We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."
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    Also Known As
    Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test
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    Overview
    SilkTest is robust and portable test automation for web, native, and enterprise software applications. Silk Test's portability enables users to test applications more effectively with lower complexity and cost in comparison to other functional testing tools on the market. Silk Test's role based testing enables business stakeholders, QA engineers, and developers to contribute to the whole automation testing process, which drives collaboration and increases the effectiveness of software testing.
    SmartBear TestLeft a functional testing tool fully embedded in standard IDEs. TestLeft is a powerful yet lean functional testing tool for dev-testers working in Agile teams. It fully embeds into standard development IDEs. A built-in access to object and method library is also available with TestLeft. Dev-testers can thereby easily and quickly create robust functional automated tests without leaving their favorite IDEs such as Visual Studio. It also works well with other tools in dev eco-systems such as source control or continuous integration systems.
    Sample Customers
    Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, MÂȘller, AVG Technologies
    American Red Cross, CISCO, HONDA, ADIDAS, TBC bank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Retailer6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise60%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    OpenText Silk Test is ranked 25th in Functional Testing Tools while SmartBear TestLeft is ranked 32nd in Functional Testing Tools. OpenText Silk Test is rated 7.6, while SmartBear TestLeft is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of OpenText Silk Test writes "Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SmartBear TestLeft writes "Simple to set up and the test execute feature is helpful, but the cost could be reduced". OpenText Silk Test is most compared with Selenium HQ, OpenText UFT One, Apache JMeter, OpenText UFT Developer and SmartBear TestComplete, whereas SmartBear TestLeft is most compared with SmartBear TestComplete.

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