TFS vs. Visual Studio Test Professional
TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 28 reviews vs Visual Studio Test Professional which is ranked 12th in Test Management Tools with 1 review. The top reviewer of TFS writes "Can Provide A Centralized Place To Store All Source Code And Build Information For Entire Organization". The top reviewer of Visual Studio Test Professional writes "It needs to be independent and user-friendly". TFS is most compared with JIRA, Micro Focus ALM and CA Agile Central. Visual Studio Test Professional is most compared with Katalon Studio, LoadRunner and Apache JMeter.
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It is pretty expensive compared to other project management tools. If running TFS on-premise is expensive, maybe you could consider moving to the Cloud and use the Visual Studio Team Services. Use the Microsoft recommended “seat-based” licensing model. This allows a single developer with multiple machines to consume only one client license. TFS is on the higher side, but if you intend to use the tool as a complete ALM tool, it will reduce your costs in the long run. It's just as expensive as HPE ALM, without many of the features, best used for development tool only to avoid higher costs. | Information Not Available |
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| Team Foundation Server | |
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| Microsoft | Microsoft |
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| Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the collaboration platform at the core of Microsoft's application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. TFS supports agile development practices, multiple IDEs and platforms locally or in the cloud and gives you the tools you need to effectively manage software development projects throughout the IT lifecycle. | 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. |
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| Vendex KBB IT Services, Info Support, Fujitsu Consulting, TCSC, Airways New Zealand, HP | Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa |
Top Industries | |
Financial Services Firm43% Manufacturing Company14% Software R&D Company10% Retailer10% Financial Services Firm25% Manufacturing Company16% Insurance Company8% Healthcare Company5% | No Data Available |
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Small Business14% Midsize Enterprise23% Large Enterprise63% Small Business10% Midsize Enterprise18% Large Enterprise72% | No Data Available |
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