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OpenText Silk Central vs PractiTest comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

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)
PractiTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
18th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (21st)
 

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 PractiTest is 2.5%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

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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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 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 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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Computer Software Company
23%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Also Known As

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

 

Sample Customers

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