Adaptavist Test Management for Jira vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

Adaptavist and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. Adaptavist is ranked #11 with an average rating of 7.0, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. Adaptavist holds a 2.5% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 2.8% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Adaptavist users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and Adaptavist Test Management for Jira are two robust tools competing in the testing tools category. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira seems to have the upper hand due to its seamless Jira integration and advanced test management features.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional offers broad functionality within Microsoft's suite, streamlined software development lifecycle phases, and comprehensive integration with Microsoft's ecosystem. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira provides seamless Jira integration, effective tracking and management of test cases, and specialized test management capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Visual Studio Test Professional needs better reporting features, simplified workflows, and enhancements tailored to unique user needs. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira requires improved documentation, better support for complex test scenarios, and user feedback leveraging for specific tool refinements.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Studio Test Professional features a straightforward deployment process, particularly for Microsoft ecosystem users, and responsive customer service. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira has an easy deployment process, strong customer support for Jira teams, and high satisfaction with customer service similar to Visual Studio Test Professional.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional users indicate high setup costs but justified ROI due to integrated toolset benefits. Adaptavist Test Management for Jira offers competitive pricing, strong ROI, and high value from its Jira-oriented test management capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

Adaptavist Test Management ...

Ranking in Test Management Tools

11th

Average Rating

7.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

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Ranking in Test Management Tools

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (10th)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is 2.5%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 2.8%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Test Management Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Visual Studio Test Professional	2.8%
Adaptavist Test Management for Jira	2.5%
Other	94.7%

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Ramakanta Sahu

Director of Product at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Has dashboard and reporting features that help us identify and address red flags

I would like to see some improvements in Adaptive Test Management for Jira. First, having a recommendation engine or feature that guides handling risks more intuitively rather than relying on manual processes would be helpful. Second, enhancing the connectivity with third-party tools like Teams or Slack would be valuable. One challenge with integrating Adaptavist Test Management for Jira into workflows is ensuring it accurately tags and incorporates all relevant stories and epics. Sometimes, it’s unclear if the tool considers all dependencies and backlog items, which can affect how risks are assessed. However, it sometimes seems to miss this high-level perspective, which can be a limitation based on how the product is designed. This has been a concern for those who use it regularly, although I don’t manage these aspects personally.

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Payel Saha

Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integrated collaboration with automated test management has improved our agile workflows and continuously supports quality reporting

Visual Studio Test Professional could be improved as earlier we had flexibility in automation testing with TFS, which became a bit difficult moving to Azure DevOps. Additionally, in Visual Studio Code, we have an agent mode for GitHub Copilot, which is very helpful in testing or development phases, while Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot is a bit tricky and sometimes does not provide my desired output.For future improvements, I would like to see prompt fixing, as currently, if something goes wrong in Visual Studio, the fixing options are not always correct. If that intelligence is embedded, it would be very helpful.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It is a scalable solution."

"We don't use technical support. We have an office in Austria that provides us with solutions. Also, this solution is pretty simple and user-friendly. We don't really need help with it."

"Our software development process primarily uses Adaptive Test Management for Jira to monitor real-time risks across all stories and sprint planning. Additionally, we use it to create action plans for high-priority risks."

"The program is very stable and scalable."

"You can group test cases together and track the execution of them."

"Easy to use and easily scalable."

"The performance of Visual Studio Test Professional is valuable."

"One of the best documentation in the world."

"This product is a nine out of ten."

"The tool has highly detailed debugging features."

"The most valuable features are tools like IntelliSense and ReSharper."

"The user interface is very friendly."

"The most valuable feature of Visual Studio Test Professional is its ease of use."

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Cons

"They should work on integrating the solution with AI."

"I don't like that you need to use a lot of tabs. One test case takes 15-20 minutes and on Zephyr is take about 5-10 minutes."

"Lacking visual gadgets that go on a dashboard, pie charts, bar charts and histograms."

"I would like to see some improvements in Adaptive Test Management for Jira. First, having a recommendation engine or feature that guides handling risks more intuitively rather than relying on manual processes would be helpful. Second, enhancing the connectivity with third-party tools like Teams or Slack would be valuable."

"The data flow can be improved."

"The Git extensions are very basic and can be more extensive compared to other software focused on Git, like GitTower or SmartGit."

"The pricing of this solution should be lowered."

"The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier."

"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."

"The solution’s stability could be improved."

"It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."

"Enhancing the support for web application testing and load performance would be an improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing is rather expensive for those that have many users."

"The tool's pricing is a bit expensive, considering the kind of risk analysis and visibility we want, given that it's built on top of the Jira platform and other Atlassian products. It's priced slightly higher than similar products, maybe five to ten percent more."

"The tool is affordable."

"Users have to pay a licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."

"There are two versions of Visual Studio Test Professional: Community and Professional. We are currently using the Community version, but if we start working on a commercial product, we will consider upgrading to the Professional version. We need to identify how we will proceed with our projects, and based on that, we will decide on our licensing."

"We use the solution’s community version, and the solution’s pricing could be cheaper."

"We have licensing for Visual Studio Community edition."

"We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced."

"The pricing is expensive."

"I positioned it at a mid-range level. It isn't an inexpensive solution, but considering its capabilities, it represents excellent value for the functionalities it offers."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

34%

Computer Software Company

22%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

15%

Performing Arts

13%

Financial Services Firm

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	24

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Adaptavist Test Management for Jira?

The tool's pricing is a bit expensive, considering the kind of risk analysis and visibility we want, given that it's built on top of the Jira platform and other Atlassian products. It's priced slig...

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What needs improvement with Adaptavist Test Management for Jira?

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What advice do you have for others considering Adaptavist Test Management for Jira?

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten.

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What do you like most about Visual Studio Test Professional?

The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Studio Test Professional?

The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

Adaptavist Test Management for Jira is the full, featured, enterprise ready test management solution directly in Jira. It offers full traceability across issues, requirements, test cases, and execution. The tool allows for flexibility and customisation for test plans and runs. It offers a free and flexible REST API, includes the ability to automate bulk tests, and enables seamless integration with most continuous integration tools. The in-depth reporting capability gives users the ability to analyse and share test data results between development and business teams. It’s the single source of truth to track, manage and optimise your whole test lifecycle right inside Jira software.

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Benefits:

Drive reusability across Jira with cross-project hierarchical repositories for all test assets
Improve collaboration with flexible workflows between traditional and Agile development teams
Enhance coverage with end-to-end traceability across all test artifacts
Eliminate duplication to increase efficiency with versioning, test data parameters and shared step features
Improve visibility and functionality with 70 cross-project reports and gadgets
Reduce management time and effort, with rich APIs for integration with test automation and DevOps tools
Allows teams to seamlessly collaborate and manage multiple versions of test cases in parallel while providing an audit history of changes

Features:

Easy drag and drop organisation, planning and execution
Hierarchical folders to manage and reuse assets across Jira projects, releases and sprints
Test case libraries including versioning, shared steps and test data parameters
Test plans and runs to manage and track test execution cycles
Full traceability of test cases, requirements, test execution results and defects
70 cross-project reports, gadgets and Confluence Macros to track the coverage of your tests with advanced cross project reporting
Global and project level settings for customisation and standardisation
Custom fields for test cases, test steps, test plans and test runs
Migration function to import test cases from files or legacy test management tools
REST APIs for integration with test automation and DevOp tools

Use Cases:

Integrate CI tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis CI or other development applications like Github, Bitbucket, Datadog via the REST API for end-to-end integration across test case management, execution, and reporting
Automate testing at scale, whilst maintaining traceability inside Jira. Scaled to 10,000+ tests across multiple configurations, publishing results in Jira in under 30 minutes
Increase efficiency by significantly reducing time spent on test case specification and management
Benefit from reusability across Jira projects and single points of maintenance when reusing and organizing test cases
Improved visibility of software testing process and quality with 70 out-of-the-box reports, including real-time dashboards
Clear end-to-end traceability of requirements, tests, and defects ensuring that the delivered software meets requirements.

Adaptavist

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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Sample Customers

IBM, John Lewis, Trip Advisor, Netgear, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Sapient

Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa

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