OpenText Silk Test's most valuable features include ease of GUI mapping, distributed test run support, object-oriented approach, multi-language support, OCR recognition, seamless IE integration, and Visual Studio compatibility. Users appreciate its ease in script modification, reporting, capturing functional testing, cross-browser capabilities, and handling application states. The recording feature allows fast learning for business users. With robust reporting, SAP functional testing support, and test cycle management, users find it user-friendly and efficient for accelerated and continuous testing.
- "The Silk4J feature is the solution's most valuable aspect."
- "The statistics that are available are very good, the solution offers very good detailed reports, and it's excellent for testing an application's performance levels."
- "The feature I like most is the ease of reporting, as you get a single frame of reporting across all the various tests and the program is very user-friendly."
OpenText Silk Test requires improvements in GUI simplicity for non-developers and better integration with IntelliJ IDEA and Git. Enhancements are needed for browser testing, especially with Firefox and Chrome. The system could benefit from compatibility with newer technologies and better performance monitoring. Pricing and initial setup complexity pose challenges. Improving community support and expanding documentation would be advantageous, alongside better automation for iOS applications and object library integration. Users express difficulty in using some commands and desire more intuitive scheduling and API integrations.
- "At the moment, when we are trying to use this tool, we are finding quite a few compatibility issues between the tool and the applications on the test. We wouldn't consider it perfectly stable for that reason."
- "Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are."
- "The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive."
