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OpenText Silk Central vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

OpenText and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. OpenText is ranked #22, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.4. OpenText holds a 1.5% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 2.5% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.
OpenText Silk Central
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80% willing to recommend
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96% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText Silk Central are leading tools in test management. OpenText Silk Central appears to have an edge overall due to its robust features despite fewer users reporting satisfaction with its pricing and support.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional users value its integration with other Microsoft products, its automation capabilities, and its user-friendly interface. OpenText Silk Central users highlight its comprehensive test management features, scalability, and extensive reporting capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Users of Visual Studio Test Professional see a need for better documentation, greater integration with third-party tools, and enhancements in testing scope. Silk Central users seek improvements in user experience, performance consistency, and streamlined navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Studio Test Professional is noted for its seamless integration within the Microsoft ecosystem and responsive customer service. OpenText Silk Central is known for its complex initial setup but strong customer support post-deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional users perceive its pricing as competitive, though some question its long-term ROI. OpenText Silk Central users find its higher setup costs justified by superior scalability and feature set, reflecting in a higher perceived ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Central
Ranking in Test Management Tools
22nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Test Design Automation (4th)
Visual Studio Test Professi...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Central is 1.5%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 2.5%, down from 4.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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it_user685080 - PeerSpot reviewer
We have many possibilities to customize the utilization and we can also work easily at database level for custom reporting and to manage additional information and integration.
We manage more than 400 users and 120,000 test cases / year in our Test and Defect Management solution based on Silk Central, in an enterprise multi-company environment (postal, banking, insurance, telco, mobile, government, business), so for us the most valuable feature is flexibility. With Silk Central we have many possibilities for customizing the utilization and we can also work easily at database level for custom reporting and to manage additional information and integration. In addition we have great support from Micro Focus and real collaboration to drive future direction and new features. The other valuable feature is the easy to use and immediate onboarding of manual testers and general users and test managers.
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ALFONSO LORENZO-RODRÍGUEZ - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides extensive extensions and plugins for seamless AI product development
Our primary use case for Visual Studio Test Professional is as a development tool. We develop software primarily in Python, specifically for applications related to artificial intelligence. We use frameworks like PyTorch for training models and developing applications using these models. This tool…
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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

"The stability of this solution is very good. In our experience it is approximately ninety-nine percent."
"Performance-wise, it is a great tool."
"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."
"It's great for the development of .NET."
"The setup is easy and straightforward."
"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
"The product is good to create big or small projects fastly. It is one of the leaders in the area."
"Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
"The solution is very stable."
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Cons

"We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end."
"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."
"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."
"Visual Studio Test Professional needs to improve its stability."
"The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large."
"Our company pays a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."
"The product is very expensive."
"We have licensing for Visual Studio Community edition."
"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very expensive solution."
"Users have to pay a licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."
"For the cloud services option, you buy a subscription per account or per user. This costs around $52 a month per person."
"The tool is affordable."
"The pricing is expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

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What do you like most about Visual Studio Test Professional?
The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.
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The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.
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What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?
The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface. Currently, I need to search online to find out how to use certain functions. This feature would save time by providing direct assi...
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Also Known As

Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
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Overview

Silk Central is an open test management solution which unifies all test assets into one easy-to-use planning, tracking, reporting and execution hub. Silk Central enables you to gain control, collaboration and traceability across all areas of your software testing, whether your methodology is Agile, Traditional or hybrid. Silk Central provides integration of requirements, manual and automated tests, defect tools and your test execution, giving full traceability of the quality of your software testing regardless of role.
OpenText
Visual Studio Professional Edition provides an IDE for all supported development languages. As of Visual Studio 2010, the Standard edition was dropped. MSDN support is available as MSDN Essentials or the full MSDN library depending on licensing. It supports XML and XSLT editing, and can create deployment packages that only use ClickOnce and MSI. It includes tools like Server Explorer and integration with Microsoft SQL Server also. Windows Mobile development support was included in Visual Studio 2005 Standard, however, with Visual Studio 2008, it is only available in Professional and higher editions. Windows Phone 7 development support was added to all editions in Visual Studio 2010. Development for Windows Mobile is no longer supported in Visual Studio 2010; it is superseded by Windows Phone 7.
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Sample Customers

AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
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