OpenText UFT One vs SmartBear TestLeft comparison

"It's simple to set up."

"The scalability of Micro Focus UFT One is good."

"The most valuable feature for me is that it works on multiple platforms and technologies."

"For traditional automation, approximately half of our tests end up automated. Therefore, we are saving half the testing time by pushing it off to automation. That gives it an intrinsic benefit of more time for manual testers and business testers to work on possibly more important and interesting things. For some of our applications, they don't just have to do happy path testing anymore, they can go more in-depth and breadth into the process."

"Hidden among the kitchen sink of features is a new Data Generation tool called the Test Combinations Generator."

"One advantage of Micro Focus UFT is that it is more compatible with SAP, Desktop ECC SAP, than S/4HANA."

"With frequent releases, using automation to perform regression testing can save us huge amount of time and resources."

"I find UFT One to be very good for thick clients, which are non-browser applications."

"The most valuable features are test executor and development."

"The price is very high. They should work to lower the costs for their clients."

"Object identification has room for improvement, to make it more efficient."

"They need to reduce the cost because it is pretty high. It's approximately $3,000 per user."

"They should include AI-based testing features."

"I'd like to see UFT integrated more with some of the open source tools like Selenium, where web is involved."

"One of the drawbacks is that mobile performance testing is in need of improvement."

"Micro Focus UFT One could benefit from creating modules that are more accessible to non-technical users. Without a developer background or at least basic knowledge of VBScript, using Micro Focus UFT One may not be feasible for everyone. This is something that Micro Focus, now owned by OpenText, should consider in order to cater to business professionals as well. While Micro Focus UFT One does have a recording function, it still requires a certain level of IT proficiency to create effective automation, which may be challenging for those outside of the technical field."

"There could be improvements in report export features similar to SmartBear."

"TestLeft captures a lot of space in terms of memory, which is one issue that can be improved."

"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 solution is priced reasonably for what features it is providing. However, it might be expensive for some."

"The price is reasonable."

"HPE recently extended the demo license period from 30 days to 60 days which was a very wise and popular decision to give potential customers more time to install it and try it for free. Even if your company has a salesperson come in and demo UFT, I would highly encourage at least one of your developers or automation engineers to download and install it to explore for themselves the functionality and features included during the demo trial period."

"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."

"It's a yearly subscription. There are no additional costs to the standard subscription."

"The licensing cost is high. There are no additional costs to the standard license."

"It took about five years to break even. UFT is costly."

"The cost should be reduced."