IBM Rational Test Workbench vs OpenText Silk Test comparison

IBM and OpenText are both solutions in the Test Automation Tools category. IBM is ranked #37, while OpenText is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.0. IBM holds a 0.3% mindshare in TAt, compared to OpenText’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of OpenText users who would recommend it.

IBM Rational Test Workbench

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100% willing to recommend

OpenText Silk Test

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

OpenText Silk Test and IBM Rational Test Workbench compete in the realm of automated testing solutions. OpenText Silk Test has the upper hand due to its pricing and support, whereas IBM Rational Test Workbench is superior with its extensive features that justify its price.

Features: OpenText Silk Test offers robust functionalities such as cross-platform testing, script reusability, and simplified operations for quick performance. IBM Rational Test Workbench excels in comprehensive test automation, integration capabilities with IBM solutions, and detailed test case management.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Silk Test can improve on providing more detailed reports, expanding integration with third-party applications, and enhancing its scripting flexibility. IBM Rational Test Workbench may improve by simplifying its deployment process, reducing its complexity for beginner users, and offering more competitive pricing options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Silk Test is recognized for its straightforward deployment and reliable customer service. IBM Rational Test Workbench's deployment is more intricate, requiring more setup time but is supported by robust IBM customer service.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Silk Test is appealing due to its lower setup costs, leading to a quicker ROI. IBM Rational Test Workbench requires higher initial investment but offers substantial long-term ROI due to its extensive feature set, providing substantial value over time.

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IBM Rational Test Workbench vs. OpenText Silk Test

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Rational Test Workbench

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

37th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (21st), API Testing Tools (16th)

OpenText Silk Test

Ranking in Test Automation Tools

20th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (20th), Regression Testing Tools (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Test Automation Tools category, the mindshare of IBM Rational Test Workbench is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OpenText Silk Test is 0.8%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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KashifJamil

CEO at Xcelliti

Good integration with other tools, stable, scales easily

There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation. This includes the workbench as well as the other tools. In the future, I would like to see the other types of tests supported, that are not already covered in the DevOps approach. This would include, for example, penetration testing.

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SrinivasPakala

Director Consulting Expert at Cgi Deutschland KG

Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available

While we are performance testing the engineering key, we need to come up with load strategies to commence the test. We'll help to monitor the test, and afterward, we'll help to make all the outcomes, and if they are new, we'll do lots and lots of interpretation and analysis across various servers, to look at response times, and impact. For example, whatever the observations we had during the test, we need to implement it. We'll have to help to catch what exactly is the issues were, and we'll help to see how they can be reduced. Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are. The solution needs better monitoring, especially of CPU.

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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

"This solution provides for API testing, functional UI testing, performance testing, and service virtualization."

"Reporting is pretty good. Its interface is also good. I'm overall pretty happy with the functionality and use of IBM Rational Test Workbench."

"A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing."

"The statistics that are available are very good."

"The scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to."

"Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts."

"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting."

"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."

"The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities."

"It's easy to automate and accelerate testing."

Cons

"It should have more interfaces. In terms of interfaces or protocols, what you can do with Rational is far limited as compared to other products out there. What it does, it does great, but it only gives you limited types of protocols. It supports between 8 to 15 types of protocols, whereas other test tools give you 20 to 30 types of protocols with which you can do testing and convert to script. It records Javascript-based scripts, and you got to know a little bit of Java to basically be able to edit them, but the level of editing you got to do is very low. I like that, but the ability to edit the script is not as good as Parasoft or LoadRunner, which have C-Script."

"There are a number of things that they can do to simplify the tools, but the most important thing that they need to do is simplify the installation."

"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."

"Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side."

"The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies."

"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve."

"Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are."

"They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration."

"The pricing could be improved."

"We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It doesn't really concern me. Licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The pricing is a little bit on the higher side, although it is really good."

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."

"We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Non Profit

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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The pricing depends on the license used. The pricing is similar to others in the market.

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The pricing could be improved.

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The product is used for manual, functional, and performance testing. I'm using the tool for loading data into ERP systems.

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Also Known As

Rational Test Workbench, IBM Rational Performance Tester, IBM Functional Tester, IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server

Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test

Overview

IBM Rational Test Workbench provides a comprehensive test automation solution for mobile applications, regression testing, integration technologies and performance and scalability testing. It helps you build intelligent and interconnected enterprise applications that can be deployed on traditional and cloud infrastructures. With Rational Test Workbench, you can significantly reduce test cycle times, moving integration testing earlier in the development lifecycle.

IBM

SilkTest is robust and portable test automation for web, native, and enterprise software applications. Silk Test's portability enables users to test applications more effectively with lower complexity and cost in comparison to other functional testing tools on the market. Silk Test's role based testing enables business stakeholders, QA engineers, and developers to contribute to the whole automation testing process, which drives collaboration and increases the effectiveness of software testing.

OpenText

Sample Customers

Financial Insurance Management Corp.

Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies

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