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We performed a comparison between Parasoft Development Testing Platform and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is code coverage.""It really helps developers execute scenarios through DTP and share reports/results across the teams."

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"We are satisfied with technical support. Communicating with them is very simple. We also have a lot of online resources to check and to study and to train our team with. The documentation is very clear and readily available.""The ability to quickly make your own components has been valuable.""One of the best documentation in the world.""Performance-wise, it is a great tool.""The most valuable feature of Visual Studio Test Professional is its ease of use.""The most valuable features of Visual Studio Test Professional are the IntelliSense and the ease of adding the NuGet packages.""The documentation is easy, and it helps us solve our problems.""The initial setup is easy. It's easy to configure."

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Cons
"The solution's speed has room for improvement.""Parallel execution: It would help it multiple executions could be done at the same time."

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"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution.""The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us.""The solution can improve the startup time.""I would appreciate some enhancements in the interface, maybe adding more color options.""The interface should be made attractive.""Its UI could be better.""Enhancing the support for web application testing and load performance would be an improvement.""The integration with Git needs improving because it is a bit disjointed and unpredictable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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:The most valuable feature is code coverage.
    Top Answer:The solution's speed has room for improvement.
    Top Answer:We use the Parasoft Development Testing Platform to verify code coverage for static analysis in our unit tests.
    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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    8.0
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    Also Known As
    Parasoft Concerto, Parasoft DTP
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    Overview

    Parasoft DTP aggregates the results from across testing practices, providing intelligent and continuous monitoring of the testing outcomes for greater visibility into what is working — and what isn’t.  Includes:

    - Comprehensive Reports & Dashboards

    - Preconfigured compliance reporting

    - Customized Advanced Analytics

    - Interactive Navigation of Results

    - Traceability

    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
    General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Qualcomm, AAI Textron, Boeing, Fidelity, Johnson & Johnson, CIBC, Penske, Thales, Dell, 
    Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Insurance Company7%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Parasoft Development Testing Platform is ranked 18th in Test Management Tools with 4 reviews while Visual Studio Test Professional is ranked 5th in Test Management Tools with 46 reviews. Parasoft Development Testing Platform is rated 8.6, while Visual Studio Test Professional is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Parasoft Development Testing Platform writes "Provides 100 percent code coverage, is stable, and scalable". 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 ". Parasoft Development Testing Platform is most compared with Codebeamer, whereas Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with TFS, Apache JMeter, Tricentis NeoLoad, SmartBear TestComplete and TestRail.

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