OpenText Silk Central vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

OpenText and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. OpenText is ranked #20, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.6. OpenText holds a 1.6% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 2.6% 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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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

20th

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

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

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Functional Testing Tools (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Central is 1.6%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 2.6%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Test Governance at Poste Italiane

A powerful platform and strong technical support help us to make the right decisions

We are primarily interested in improving the flexibility to customize parts of the tool. At this point, we feel that the customization is bad. For example, we would like to be able to automatize internal projects. We would like like to see the visibility improved, and want to perform certain tests faster. We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end. This is very important to us. In terms of usability and the interface, a few small improvements can lead to a lot of benefits. The interface is good but can be improved. The section on managing requirements for testing has to be improved. This is an old feature that has not been updated at the same rate as the rest of the tool.

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CharlesChang

Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry

Valuable performance and libraries but needs compatibility improvements

We use Visual Studio Test Professional to develop our internal applications for our company The performance of Visual Studio Test Professional is valuable. Additionally, there are many libraries that I can use, and it supports cross-platform functionality. Visual Studio Test Professional is…

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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."

"Visual Studio Test Professional is highly valuable because it provides extensive extensions and plugins that assist in measuring code quality."

"One of the best documentation in the world."

"The tool is flexible and easy to manage. We use it since it is scalable and easy to use. It integrates with solutions."

"The stability has always been very good."

"It is a very common and strong product. A lot of support is available for this product."

"Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."

"What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."

"The most valuable features are the SSIS reports, the deployment models, and the ability to interact with other Microsoft tools."

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Cons

"We would also like to manage the integration testing end-to-end."

"The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface. Currently, I need to search online to find out how to use certain functions."

"There are too many features with the product and I would like there to be less."

"It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."

"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."

"The solution's documentation could be improved because it keeps disappearing from the solution."

"The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface."

"The vendor must release a lightweight version of the solution."

"The price is reasonable, but it's not the best."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of this tool, in terms of licensing, is not large."

"For the cloud services option, you buy a subscription per account or per user. This costs around $52 a month per person."

"We use the solution’s community version, and the solution’s pricing could be cheaper."

"Users have to pay a licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."

"We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced."

"There are two versions of Visual Studio Test Professional: Community and Professional. We are currently using the Community version, but if we start working on a commercial product, we will consider upgrading to the Professional version. We need to identify how we will proceed with our projects, and based on that, we will decide on our licensing."

"The tool is expensive in my region."

"The tool is affordable."

"I think that the pricing is quite good."

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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.

Microsoft

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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