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We performed a comparison between Jira and OpenText UFT One based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Q&A Highlights
Question: Can JIRA provide integration to SAP automation?
Answer: On my experience you can do this but through Jenkins or Bamboo and ALM plugin, and send the outcomes to Jira , the plugin can execute standalone QTP script.
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Pros
"The solution's most valuable features revolve around the dashboard view, which has a burndown chart indicating progress.""I can use Jira Query Language (JQL) to write queries to see the stories that are there for the current sprint. I can also sort them by assignment. I also use Jira is for burndown charts, which give an indication of how efficiently the squad is performing. I also use the Active Sprints function and a feature called Planning Poker.""The product's initial setup phase is easy.""It also works well with all the integrated tools that you buy.""The dashboards are useful.""The most valuable feature of Jira is the integration with all the different Atlassian tools. They all integrate very easily.""It was very easy to learn Jira. As a scrum master, I run daily stand-ups, and they are run directly from Jira. The feature that I really love in Jira is called Issue Navigator. It allows me to customize how I want to show the user stories within Jira to my squad.""The ability to design your own workflows is a great feature."

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"One advantage of Micro Focus UFT is that it is more compatible with SAP, Desktop ECC SAP, than S/4HANA.""I find UFT One to be very good for thick clients, which are non-browser applications.""It's not only web-based but also for backend applications; you can also do the integration of the applications.""We have used it for the web and Windows-based applications. It is very productive in terms of execution.""Micro Focus UFT One is a great tool and can be used in a variety of ways.""It is very simple to use, and the scripting language is even easier.""With frequent releases, using automation to perform regression testing can save us huge amount of time and resources.""The scalability of Micro Focus UFT One is good."

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Cons
"Pretty much 70% - 80% of the Next-Gen Projects features are still to be developed.""I have noticed a problem with Jira in the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are only a few companies that offer local support, which is alarming.""The integration of Jira could improve. The solution should be able to integrate easily with other solutions, such as ERPs. There are times the solution can be slow and we have to reset it over and over again.""It lacks features to cover all testing aspects, so we often integrate it with other plugins or tools like X-ray.""The features are not intuitive. It would be good if there were templates.""The solution can improve by including test management functionality in a native bundle without plugins.""I do know the initial setup was pretty complicated. The user interface could be better organized and easier. ​""When you first start to use the interface, it is confusing."

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"Object identification has room for improvement, to make it more efficient.""One of the drawbacks is that mobile performance testing is in need of improvement.""I would like Micro Focus to provide more information on their portal about their newer products. The information about UFT One was outdated. The image recognition features could also be better.""Technical support could be improved.""[Tech support is] not a 10 because what happens with some of our issues is that we might not get a patch quickly and we have to hold on to an application until we get a proper solution.""The overall design needs an entire overhaul. We prefer software designed to ensure the package isn't too loaded.""Sometimes, the results' file size can be intense. I wish it was a little more compact.""The product should evolve to be flexible so one can use any programming language such as Java and C#, and not just VB script."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It is very cheap if you forego the local instance and stick to the cloud."
  • "The licensing model is annoying. They nickel and dime you."
  • "It does not cost that much."
  • "Almost everybody uses JIRA nowadays because it is the most cost-effective solution."
  • "I understand JIRA is quite expensive."
  • "We feel that the product is a good value for the cost."
  • "Licensing is on a monthly basis, and it is based on what you use."
  • "To try this solution, use their cloud offering to get familiar. After that, it's in my view worth the money."
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  • "It took about five years to break even. UFT is costly."
  • "The licensing and pricing model is confusing."
  • "It's an expensive solution."
  • "For the price of five automation licenses, you simply would not be able to hire five manual testers for two years worth of 24/7 manual testing work on demand."
  • "The price is only $3,000. I don't know how many QA analysts you would have in any given company. Probably no more than five or 10. So if it's a large corporation, it can easily afford $15,000 to $25,000. I don't see that being an issue."
  • "The way the pricing model works is that you pay a whole boatload year one. Then, every year after, it is around half or less. Because instead of paying for the new product, you are just paying for the support and maintenance of it. That is probably one of the biggest things that I hear from most people, even at conferences, "Yeah, I would love to use UFT One, but we don't have a budget for it.""
  • "The pricing fee is good. If someone makes use of the solution once a day for a half hour then the fee will be more expensive. For continuous use and application of the solution to different use cases, the fee is average."
  • "The price is one aspect that could be improved."
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    Answers from the Community
    Anonymous User
    Idan Harel - PeerSpot reviewerIdan Harel
    Consultant

    If you are looking for advanced use cases for integrating JIRA with other systems, I suggest you look at products like zigiwave.com
    Their platform is rich, flexible, and support common use cases like ServiceNow, BMC and other integrations to monitoring and ITSM tools.

    it_user405573 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user405573 (Technical Test Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees)
    Real User

    Hi, why don't you try Selenium? It is open source and it supports automation for SAP, also you can integrate with jenkins or any other open source tools for your CI and CD pipelines. I wouldn't recommend QTP for this job because of these reasons below,

    1) The licensing cost of the tool is high, while there are many free tools out there to use like selenium, watir, capybara, sahi etc. depending on your requirements.
    2) Integration with other tools such as jenkins, jira is bit tricky in other words it is not straight forward as it involves lot of coding, customising, working with APIs and so on.
    3) I believe SAP automation is mostly UI and web based. QTP has improved now by their later versions with UFT, but still they lack integration with other tools. So for web automation testing it is not an ideal solution for standalone apps it might do better.

    I'm not a SAP tester but I have lots of experience in testing (with some knowledge on SAP). I have been in Software Testing for the past 11 years. So my advise to you would be to switch to complete open source platform for ease of process in the long run, as you get benefited by both cost reduction and easy implementation. The other thing is, if you want to stick with UFT/QTP due to lack of resources on selenium or other automation skill OR you have more budget you can spend without messing up existing process then go through blogs and links so you can get some idea of how to integrate. You can find many resources online to get help, so hopefully you will get right solution.

    autotestingtools.atlassian.net
    www.testautomationguru.com

    I wish you good luck with your implementation and search for solution.

    Regards
    Fayaz

    it_user240699 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user240699 (Automation Practice Lead - India at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees)
    Real User

    Hi,

    Yes, HP ALM is expensive but has tightly integrated with UFT due to native tools from HP.
    If you have already decided to go with JIRA, you need to consider following points which are based on my experience -

    1. JIRA is good tool for agile SDLC than HP ALM and cheaper.
    2. JIRA do not have out of the box integration with UFT scripts, but you can develop a script component to post your UFT automation test results using JIRA REST APIs
    3. JIRA cannot store UFT/QTP scripts unlike UFT. You need to look into software configuration tools like GIT or Perforce
    4. In CI/CD pipeline usually we use Jenkins tool to orchestrate CI/CD pipeline hence having HP ALM integrated with UFT still need to interact with Jenkins.
    5. You need to have good skilled engineers to develop and maintain CI/CD pipeline along with UFT automation scripts and posting results back to JIRA and Jenkins dashboards which usually should provide enough information to make decision on go/no go on builds in CI/CD pipeline. Otherwise automation engineers need to spend lot of efforts to analyze test results and manually push buld to next stage in CI/CD pipeline
    6. You need to use JIRA along with Zephyr to manage your test activities like, test cycles, test results etc.
    7. JIRA is not much scale-able as HP ALM. If you have large number of test case repository then response from JIRA is much slower.
    8. JIRA DB requires maintenance sometimes - like re-indexing

    That's it at high level. I can provide more details if required.

    -Praveen.

    it_user159375 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user159375 (Principal Program Manager at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees)
    Real User

    Probably not enough details to answer the question. One main advice is to focus on what JIRA can DO, instead of focusing on what it can NOT DO. There is a lot JIRA can not do, and I tend to see people focus on that, not very productive. Even with existing integrations with JIRA, there will be limitations. The only way to get everything (almost everything) you want is to do a custom integration (write your own java code), which would take a lot of effort, cost, and maintenance.

    Brian Le Suer - PeerSpot reviewerBrian Le Suer (Zeenyx Software)
    Vendor

    We recognize that many of our customers are trying to reduce their costs by using lower-cost or open source solutions for some of their ALM components. That is why we have built integration with Jira and Jenkins into AscentialTest.

    reviewer1348902 - PeerSpot reviewerreviewer1348902 (Works at Tech Mahindra Limited)
    Vendor

    Glad to see your post!!
    In the recent Microfocus version does Microfocus one UFT integration possible with Jira. If so How it is possible and how effective it is?

    principl247992 - PeerSpot reviewerprincipl247992 (Senior SAP Systems Architect at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees)
    Real User

    What kind of automation are you looking to achieve? in the deployment ? in the monitoring (we use Syslinkams.com for that)? or else?

    it_user360084 - PeerSpot reviewerit_user360084 (Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at KUKA Robotics)
    Real User

    Jira is a task tracker, you won't get far when you try to execute automation scripts with it. Automation scripts are triggered by the CI system, and Jira is none. What you want is probably Jenkins, it has plugins for everything every built.

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    Overview

    Jira is a powerful cloud- and subscription-based application lifecycle and issue management solution. It is designed to aid users both in project management and in resolving any issues that arise at any point in the software development process. It is especially concerned with easing the ability of developers to collaborate. 

    Jira Benefits

    Some of the ways that organizations can benefit by choosing to deploy Jira include:

    • DevOps lifecycle visibility and planning. Jira provides application developers with tools that enable them to track and visualize where they are in the development process. This means that a DevOps team can measure their progress at all times. Jira’s roadmapping feature also enables a DevOps team to work more efficiently by setting goals for their projects, keeping them on track. Additionally, they are able to track whether they are meeting the goals that they set for their projects.
    • Regular product updates. Atlassian is constantly updating Jira so that it is continuously evolving into an ever more powerful and user-friendly solution. Users can be sure that the product that they are using is always being tweaked so as to provide them with the best possible project management solution. 
    • Flexibility. Jira enables users to customize their workflows and dashboard so that the solution is operating in a way that best matches their needs. Jira can also integrate with more than 3,000 other applications and integrations. Organizations can use it to expand their project management and DevOps capabilities in many different ways. 

    Jira Features

    • Security capabilities. Jira is equipped with a number of useful security features. It gives administrators the ability to restrict access to certain tools so that only users who are authorized to complete certain tasks have access to the tools related to the completion of that task. Users can also set default permissions so that only particular users can work on new projects or particular projects.
    • Real-time notification feature. Users can set Jira so that it offers them notifications that contain critical information in real time. It can send users email notifications when pressing issues have been updated. They can also set it to notify them about tasks that may be due, or other similar events.

    • Activity log. Jira has the ability to track any and all changes that are taking place within the software framework. Users can keep a close eye on everything that is going on. This promotes a high level of visibility and can be leveraged to aid developers in their collaboration efforts. 

    Reviews from Real Users

    Jira is a powerful solution that stands out when compared to many of its competitors. Two major advantages it offers are its workflow engine and its highly customizable dashboard. 

    Bharath R., the tool implementation and project management lead at a financial services firm, writes, “I feel the strongest feature of Jira is its workflow engine. It empowers us to automate our workflows within our organization. It's the one characteristic of Jira which I think can help any organization, be it in any domain.”

    Uday J., a staff engineer at a computer company, says, “Another thing that I like a lot about Jira is that in the dashboard, you can plug the modules that you want. You can enable certain sections. For example, you can show trend history, open Jira tickets, etc. Some of the managers have created a dashboard for each engineer.” 

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    Buyer's Guide
    Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites
    April 2024
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    Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 265 reviews while OpenText UFT One is ranked 2nd in Functional Testing Tools with 89 reviews. Jira is rated 8.2, while OpenText UFT One is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Jira writes "A great centralized tool that has a good agile framework and is useful for day-to-day planning, task management, and work log efficacy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of OpenText UFT One writes "With regularly occurring releases, a QA team member can schedule tests, let the tests run unattended, and then examine the results". Jira is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, IBM Rational DOORS, OpenText ALM Octane, Rally Software and Polarion ALM, whereas OpenText UFT One is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, OpenText UFT Developer, Katalon Studio, SmartBear TestComplete and UiPath Test Suite.

    We monitor all Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.