We performed a comparison between IBM Rational Performance Tester, OpenText ALM / Quality Center, and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, IDERA, Microsoft and others in Test Management Tools."It can support both web applications and mobile applications, and in certain cases, it can also support testing of desktop applications or software-based applications. You can write web applications, mobile applications, and software-based applications."
"Technical support is very good. I'm very satisfied with the assistance we've received so far."
"The ability to integrate this solution with other applications is helpful. If there is automation, it comes with improved quality and speed."
"I like the traceability, especially between requirements, testing, and defects."
"The enhanced dashboards capabilities are useful for senior management to view the progress of releases under the portfolio in one go and also drill down to the graphs."
"Business process management is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Defect management is very good."
"You can do your development from start to finish: starting with the requirements, ending with defects, and testing in-between."
"We can get an entire project into a single repository where we can view all the data in detail. This is where we keep all our test cases where everyone can reference them. This provides everyone access to the test cases and artifacts via the cloud. There is no need to contact anyone."
"The most valuable feature of Micro Focus ALM Quality Center is the alignment of the test to the execution and the linking of the defects to the two. It automatically links any issues you have to the test."
"The most valuable feature is the in-built support for C# and .NET projects."
"The whole suite is made for .NET development."
"Code testing is the most valuable feature of this solution for developing software."
"Customization is the most powerful feature of this product."
"The tool has highly detailed debugging features."
"The solution is very useful for compiling existing projects and developing new projects."
"The user interface is very friendly."
"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."
"There are some features that Micro Focus LoadRunner provides, but they are not available in IBM Rational Performance Tester. They should include such features. It can also have more reports similar to what HP provides. It might also need some improvement in terms of the tools and support for other technology areas. Certain technologies are not supported by every tool. They need to support all sorts of technologies and platforms on which web applications and mobile applications are built. They need complete support for all sorts of technologies."
"The solution is not easily scalable. If you want to extend the solution, you need to purchase a different kind of license. You also have to work with the IBM team to assist in scaling."
"The session timeout time needs to be longer in my opinion."
"Requirements management could be improved as the use is very limited. E.g., they have always stated that, "You can monitor and create requirements," but it has its limitations. That's why companies will choose another requirements management solution and import data from that source system into Quality Center. Micro Focus has also invested in an adapter between Dimensions RM and ALM via Micro Focus Connect. However, I see room for improvements in this rather outdated tool. I feel what Micro Focus did is say, "Our strategy is not to improve these parts within the tool itself, but search for supported integrations within our own tool set." This has not been helpful."
"We cannot rearrange the Grid in the Test Lab. It is in alphabetical order right now. But sometimes a user will want to see, for example, the X column next to the B column. If they came out with that it would be useful for us. They are working on that, as we have raised that request with Micro Focus."
"The uploading of test scripts can get a little cumbersome and that is a very sensitive task. They could improve on that a lot. It's really important that this gets better as I'm loading close to a thousand test scripts per cycle."
"We would like to have support for agile development."
"I'm looking at more towards something more from a DevOps perspective. For example, how to pull the DevOps ecosystem into the Micro Focus ALM."
"We operate in Sweden, and there are not so many Swedish people that know the product."
"I'd like to be able to improve how our QA department uses the tool, by getting better educational resources, documentation to help with competencies for my testers."
"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."
"Sometimes, the solution hangs, so its performance could be improved."
"It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it."
"The documents on the Microsoft website are not very useful, and they ought to make it easier to find answers."
"It needs more integration with other tools for monitoring. Microsoft also needs to make it more modern to make it work with microservices and the cloud. It is a bit outdated currently."
"There are too many features with the product and I would like there to be less."
"The documentation is limited."
"Visual Studio Test Professional should include more automation."
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