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OpenText Silk Central vs PractiTest comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Central
Ranking in Test Management Tools
14th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
2.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Test Design Automation (4th)
PractiTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
19th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (22nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Central is 1.6%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PractiTest is 3.0%, up from 2.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
OpenText Silk Central1.6%
PractiTest3.0%
Other95.4%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

ChrisWilliams1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Reporting efficacy and collaboration improve despite outdated features
I do this for my own benefit, and it has nothing to do with any company views. I work as a permanent employee for a government department. OpenText Silk Central is coming to the end of its support, so we will have to move to something else, but I do not know what the other solution will be. Automation is quite immature at our place. It has only really started, so there is no integration with OpenText Silk Central. I would give it a rating of 7 out of 10; it could be 7.5. It just lacks certain features that would make it a higher grade if it had more modern features.
DC
Flexible and intuitive with easy reporting, and good support that is instantly available through chat
It doesn't allow you to connect to multiple different bug tracking tools at the same time. This is not an issue if you only have one bug tracker but we can potentially use different tools for different projects. As an example, if you connect PractiTest to Jira for one project, that's the one you have to use for all projects. We had a requirement to connect with Jira for one project, and a different tool for another, project but it was unable to accommodate that unfortunately. I would therefore like to see it easier to integrate with bug tracking tools at project level which would give each project the opportunity to use a different bug tracker if required.

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."
"The reporting is probably the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the way the libraries are structured so that they were not folder driven."
 

Cons

"We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end."
"It can be a bit slow sometimes, and it has not got some of the modern features many of the other competitors have."
"It doesn't allow you to connect to multiple different tracking tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large."
"Pricing is probably in the middle, it's not the cheapest but it's not the most expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with OpenText Silk Central?
It can be a bit slow sometimes, and it has not got some of the modern features many of the other competitors have. I am talking about features such as traceability matrix; it is designed more for W...
What is your primary use case for OpenText Silk Central?
I could leave my opinion on some ALM that I have been working with lately. Recently, I have been working with Silk, Azure DevOps, but in the past, I have worked with ALM, QC, and all that kind of s...
What advice do you have for others considering OpenText Silk Central?
I do this for my own benefit, and it has nothing to do with any company views. I work as a permanent employee for a government department. OpenText Silk Central is coming to the end of its support,...
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Also Known As

Micro Focus Silk Central, Borland Silk Central, Silk Central
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Sample Customers

AmBank Group, Krung Thai Computer Services, Deakin University
Canonical, SAS, Amobee, Play Buzz, Abbott, Aternity, Zerto, Freeman
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