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IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server [EOL] vs Parasoft Virtualize comparison

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IBM Rational Test Virtualiz...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Parasoft Virtualize
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
12
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Service Virtualization (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

RC
IT Analyst at Tata Consultancy Services
Using service virtualization, we are able to accelerate the testing and development activity
As per my working experience over the last three and half years with RIT/RTVS, I would consider the two following areas of improvement: * Reporting: In the recent release of RCPT, the "Usage graph" feature is included, but that still needs improvements in terms of UI and timeline filtering criteria. * Implementing custom functions is a bit of a tedious job, as ECMAscript does not support some of the standard JavaScript functions. Also, the Script editor window is not user-friendly .
SP
Solutions Architect at InfoStretch
Easy to set up and scale but needs more data virtualization capabilities
I'm working with a service organization and I'm working for a client and that client requires this solution. That's why we use it. Basically, we are just a customer and end-user. The solution is easy to set up and a good tool for the service virtualization so far. I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. If the product could do more things, I'd give it higher marks.

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

Pros

"It has very easy and good validation techniques used for SWIFT, XSD, and WSDL validations."
"It is very stable, rock-solid, and there is a possibility of about 20-32% cost savings."
"We have improved productivity about 90%."
"As we have used most of the MQ stub, "MQ recording" is the most useful feature."
"IBM RTVS has many useful features, but support for IBM MQ over this tool is unbeatable."
"Indeed, I would recommend it; one major reason being that this product not only has a robust infrastructure implementation, it also has good technical support supporting standards from IBM."
"The technical support is very good, with short lines and short response times from well-skilled technical employees."
"Service Virtualization has provided a way to move forward where we do not find any way to go."
"Parasoft Virtualization allowed us to create a simulated environment and test the code before entering the testing cycle."
"The solution is easy to set up and a good tool for the service virtualization so far."
"We decided to use the Parasoft solution because it's more powerful and very easy to use."
"We now have the ability to test our complex applications completely detached from integration middleware, which improves the reliability, speed, cost, and simplicity of testing."
"Parasoft Virtualize helped us in accelerating application delivery by allowing us to test early."
"Easy testing environment creation. No need to have deep development/infrastructure knowledge."
 

Cons

"Reporting: In the recent release of RCPT, the "Usage graph" feature is included, but that still needs improvements in terms of UI and timeline filtering criteria."
"User friendliness: I would rate it somewhere around 5/10 in terms of user-friendliness. It can be simpler to build stubs and middle-ware based test cases compared to the solution given by RTVS."
"However, some peripheral features need vast improvement, namely the reporting and the dashboard areas."
"One of the biggest disappointments for me and my team was dependency on various patches, or so call clients for every single technology."
"They need to move it to the cloud."
"This product is too expensive when scaling."
"It would be ideal if the product offered more in terms of data virtualization or have a separate product that could be combined with this one that could offer a bit more in order to cover more of our requirements."
"It is somewhat complex regarding its configuration setup with different technologies."
"JMS Queue Monitoring: When deploying the TIBCO JMS monitor, we saw an approximately 50% failure rate in detecting the desired event."
"Performance enhancement for large payloads."
"Only about the memory, if you don't meet the minimum RAM required, performance is not stable."
"When Virtualize is running on a (virtual) machine with limited memory, over time it might consume more and more memory and (worst case) stall."
"It should have more fine-grained authorization."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product has a free trial available, which has saves on the initial investment costs."
"IBM RTVS is not that expensive compare to other giants, but it is still much ahead of some other tool having less features."
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Financial Services Firm
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Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

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Also Known As

Green Hat, IBM RTVS
Parasoft Service Virtualization
 

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