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CucumberStudio vs TFS comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

CucumberStudio
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (25th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (12th)
TFS
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
99
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (9th), Test Management Tools (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Quality Assurance solutions, they serve different purposes. CucumberStudio is designed for Rapid Application Development Software and holds a mindshare of 0.8%, up 0.2% compared to last year.
TFS, on the other hand, focuses on Test Management Tools, holds 5.6% mindshare, down 6.4% since last year.
Rapid Application Development Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
CucumberStudio0.8%
Microsoft Power Apps7.6%
Oracle Application Express (APEX)5.0%
Other86.6%
Rapid Application Development Software
Test Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
TFS5.6%
OpenText Application Quality Management9.6%
TestRail5.7%
Other79.1%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Walter Wirch - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Expert at Bertelsmann SE & Co.
Facilitates integration of test scenarios while needing modernization of components
CucumberStudio is primarily used for designing test scenarios and automating testing. We have implemented it in conjunction with our own routines for integration into our infrastructure CucumberStudio aligns with our strategy for data-driven testing. It supports our product owners in designing…
PF
Angular C Full Stack Developer at Great American Insurance
Simplified task creation enhances seamless development workflow
We use TFS for our Agile board to handle our sprints, epics, stories, and tasks, tracking how work is progressing. It is also a repository for managing code changes TFS integrates seamlessly with Visual Studio and Azure Cloud, facilitating continuous integration and continuous deployment, which…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution is stable."
"The data table that helps in converting a single script to multiple test cases is very helpful."
"The most valuable feature is the re-usability of action words."
"Hiptest is a great test management tool for agile teams."
"Hiptest allowed us to clean up our test campaigns and standardize the way we write test cases and structure our BDD approach."
"The most valuable feature of CucumberStudio is its use of action words, which allows me to avoid writing test cases from scratch for the most common scenarios."
"Scenarios, since is a really easy way to create and control your test cases."
"Using HipTest makes the testing process easy and its support for Behavior Driven Development helps align all the team members, whether technical or non-technical."
"In terms of usability, JIRA might provide a better user experience but from an organizational and stability point of view, TFS wins hands-down."
"Customer Service: It's very good."
"Code annotations and code review is the most valuable feature of this product platform."
"It's an integrated system that includes all the information that we need to deliver our products smoothly and to track the progress of each piece of code."
"A notable feature of TFS is its ease of creating user stories and tasks, which simplifies the process of adding and editing them."
"You can use it for the entire software development process, from the user story to the code and the integration and deployment — the whole nine yards."
"TFS's best features include user-friendly test management, bug reporting, and ID assignment."
"I like its MTM (Microsoft Test Manager) section which gives us options to create various test plans and add test cases into it."
 

Cons

"It needs some improvement when exporting scenarios into automation code, to make it easier to manage the repeatable action words and tests."
"Support with In-App chat is great. However, it would be awesome to have real time support also for PT timezone."
"Copy-pasting something directly from JIRA requires too much modification and formatting."
"The reporting aspect can be improved."
"The reporting needs to be improved."
"More tutorials and examples."
"CucumberStudio's API integration could be improved both in terms of reliability and design."
"The reporting and metrics can be improved. E.g.: If we wanted to have metrics across all projects."
"It has been really dated. When you start to work more in an agile environment, it is not really that flexible. They tried to replicate the look and feel of Jira, but it is not quite there. It was nice to use in the past, but it is not as flexible now with the changing development environments and methodologies."
"Agile metrics/reporting (if you compare it to JIRA's functionality), as well as more/better customizable widgets to create richer dashboards."
"It would be better if we could bring it out on the cloud."
"Even with VS Code as an open source ID, TFS at the backend as a repository is difficult and integration is complex."
"There are many things that I cannot do, and I have a lot of bugs."
"They can improve the stability and merging features, especially with SSIS."
"The project management side should be addressed and the project and release planning should be somewhat extended."
"There might be some complexity in its off-cloud versions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"You will need to obtain server and account licenses."
"The overall price of TFS is good."
"We pay subscription fees on a yearly basis and the price is reasonable."
"The solution is expensive."
"We are using the open-source version."
"Use the Microsoft recommended “seat-based” licensing model. This allows a single developer with multiple machines to consume only one client license."
"If running TFS on-premise is expensive, maybe you could consider moving to the Cloud and use the Visual Studio Team Services."
"I believe we pay on a yearly basis. I don't know the current costs of them. We outsource all that to a third party. Each of the developers gets a Microsoft Visual Studio Azure DevOps license, which gives them access to the TFS server as well. We probably pay on average about 1,800 Canadian Dollars a year for every developer, but that covers a lot more than just TFS."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Construction Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise64
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Hiptest?
CucumberStudio's API integration could be improved both in terms of reliability and design. The API requires data to be sent in a specific format, which takes time to build. Additionally, the repor...
What is your primary use case for Hiptest?
I use CucumberStudio as a test case repository. All of our test cases are stored there. It is also part of our test planning process. For every sprint, we plan the test cases in CucumberStudio and ...
What advice do you have for others considering Hiptest?
For teams following a BDD style software development approach, CucumberStudio is a great collaborative tool that covers all the basic requirements of a test management tool. I would rate CucumberSt...
Which is better - TFS or Azure DevOps?
TFS and Azure DevOps are different in many ways. TFS was designed for admins, and only offers incremental improvements. In addition, TFS seems complicated to use and I don’t think it has a very fri...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TFS?
While I do not know the exact pricing, TFS is likely more expensive than GitLab.
What needs improvement with TFS?
From a testing perspective, while the build and deploy automation capability and pipeline integration are already present to a great extent, these are areas where TFS can improve further.
 

Also Known As

Hiptest
Team Foundation Server
 

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