OpenText Silk Test vs Oracle Application Testing Suite comparison

OpenText and Oracle are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. OpenText is ranked #19 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #25. OpenText holds a 1.0% mindshare in FT, compared to Oracle’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

OpenText Silk Test and Oracle Application Testing Suite compete in automated testing solutions. OpenText Silk Test has an advantage in pricing and support satisfaction, while Oracle Application Testing Suite is considered superior due to its comprehensive feature set, justifying its higher cost.

Features: OpenText Silk Test offers advanced functional testing, cross-platform capabilities, and mobile application support. Oracle Application Testing Suite provides comprehensive testing, including performance and load testing, with seamless integration into Oracle systems and a wide range of support for different Oracle applications.

Room for Improvement: OpenText Silk Test could benefit from expanded Oracle integration, better load testing capabilities, and enhanced reporting tools. Oracle Application Testing Suite might improve ease of use, simplify deployment for non-Oracle environments, and refine its user interface for greater accessibility.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Silk Test is known for its simple deployment, enhancing customer satisfaction through user-friendliness. Oracle Application Testing Suite offers extensive support and versatile deployment options, though these can increase the complexity of initial setup.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Silk Test typically involves lower setup costs, leading to quicker ROI. In contrast, Oracle Application Testing Suite demands a larger initial investment, with a longer ROI timeline, justified by its comprehensive capabilities and enhanced environment integration.

To learn more, read our detailed OpenText Silk Test vs. Oracle Application Testing Suite Report (Updated: April 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Test

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

19th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Regression Testing Tools (8th), Test Automation Tools (19th)

Oracle Application Testing ...

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

25th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (14th), Load Testing Tools (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Test is 1.0%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Application Testing Suite is 1.2%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SrinivasPakala

Director Consulting Expert at Cgi Deutschland KG

Stable, with good statistics and detailed reporting available

While we are performance testing the engineering key, we need to come up with load strategies to commence the test. We'll help to monitor the test, and afterward, we'll help to make all the outcomes, and if they are new, we'll do lots and lots of interpretation and analysis across various servers, to look at response times, and impact. For example, whatever the observations we had during the test, we need to implement it. We'll have to help to catch what exactly is the issues were, and we'll help to see how they can be reduced. Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are. The solution needs better monitoring, especially of CPU.

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Rishabh-Sharma

Senior Engineer at Cignity Technology

Requires little maintenance, is stable, and easy to deploy

Oracle Application Testing Suite can improve by covering more browsers as compared to other solutions because they're considering the Edge browser as well, but the solution is working on different Windows operating platforms. For example, in our current Windows 2012 R2 server, if I want to automate the Edge browser, I need to upgrade that particular Windows to Windows 10.1 or some other Windows platform, because it's not supported in Windows 2012 feature. That is an issue. If cross-browsers can be incorporated, then support should be provided. There should be a single operating system where everything can be incorporated. I have faced issues with some indexing items. For example, the solution is able to derive some properties from the screen, such as button locations or text locations, but there are some elements, for example, unnamed buttons or text, where there is no name or ID or any other identifying information. Indexing doesn't always work, and we have to go to those elements manually and inspect them to determine their class, and then input that information into the system.

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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 scalability of the solution is quite good. You can easily expand the product if you need to."

"A good automation tool that supports SAP functional testing."

"The feature I like most is the ease of reporting."

"The major thing it has helped with is to reduce the workload on testing activities."

"It's easy to automate and accelerate testing."

"The ability to develop scripts in Visual Studio, Visual Studio integration, is the most valuable feature."

"Scripting is the most valuable. We are able to record and then go in and modify the script that it creates. It has a lot of generative scripts."

"The statistics that are available are very good."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite's most valuable feature is it works very smoothly with all Oracle Java-based applications."

"We do not need a separate test management tool because we have there is a management tool. That is a very good feature. Secondly, it has an inbuilt performance testing tool, which is on flash. It has very good record and playback features as well. And apart from that, there is a good inspection feature. Since it comes with all of the packages, it's very good."

"OpenScript has many features that make it useful, including the ability to record and playback."

"The function test feature is valuable."

"The most valuable features are functional testing and the central repository that contains various scripts."

"The most valuable feature is the object identification feature."

"User friendly UI / Tree view to work with adding steps."

"We find the front-end interface of this solution to be very user-friendly, meaning easy navigation even for novice users."

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Cons

"They should extend some of the functions that are a bit clunky and improve the integration."

"The pricing could be improved."

"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive. That is something that can improve."

"Everything is very manual. It's up to us to find out exactly what the issues are."

"The solution has a lack of compatibility with newer technologies."

"We moved to Ranorex because the solution did not easily scale, and we could not find good and short term third-party help. We needed to have a bigger pool of third-party contractors that we could draw on for specific implementations. Silk didn't have that, and we found what we needed for Ranorex here in the Houston area. It would be good if there is more community support. I don't know if Silk runs a user conference once a year and how they set up partners. We need to be able to talk to somebody more than just on the phone. It really comes right down to that. The generated automated script was highly dependent upon screen position and other keys that were not as robust as we wanted. We found the automated script generated by Ranorex and the other key information about a specific data point to be more robust. It handled the transition better when we moved from computer to computer and from one size of the application to the other size. When we restarted Silk, we typically had to recalibrate screen elements within the script. Ranorex also has some of these same issues, but when we restart, it typically is faster, which is important."

"The support for automation with iOS applications can be better."

"Could be more user-friendly on the installation and configuration side."

"We would like to see the instruction documentation made into video or audio formats, to help new users get used to the modules."

"I would like to see better dashboards."

"The dashboards need to be simplified and made more user-friendly."

"Lacks patches for new OS systems and doesn't work on a Mac."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite could improve by offering desktop-based application automation. It is lacking in this area at the moment."

"Oracle Application Testing Suite does encounter some lag. When I am trying to record something, the tool gets stuck."

"I have faced issues with some indexing items."

"If there's a feature we want in OATS that's missing and we report that to Oracle, it takes a long time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Our licensing fees are on a yearly basis, and while I think that the price is quite reasonable I am not allowed to share those details."

"We paid annually. There is a purchase cost, and then there is an ongoing maintenance fee."

"Customers need to negotiate properly to get the tool at a lower price."

"The price of the Oracle Application Testing Suite is not expensive. It is less expensive than other solutions."

"There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"ORACLE is giving at a very competitive rates to all its customers, and its a simple licensing process."

"The complete package, including load testing and performance analysis, has a licensing fee."

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

21%

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

17%

Computer Software Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Silk Test?

The pricing depends on the license used. The pricing is similar to others in the market.

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What needs improvement with Silk Test?

The pricing could be improved.

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What is your primary use case for Silk Test?

The product is used for manual, functional, and performance testing. I'm using the tool for loading data into ERP systems.

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Also Known As

Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test

OATS

Overview

SilkTest is robust and portable test automation for web, native, and enterprise software applications. Silk Test's portability enables users to test applications more effectively with lower complexity and cost in comparison to other functional testing tools on the market. Silk Test's role based testing enables business stakeholders, QA engineers, and developers to contribute to the whole automation testing process, which drives collaboration and increases the effectiveness of software testing.

OpenText

Application Testing Suite is a comprehensive, integrated testing solution that ensures the quality, scalability, and availability of your Web applications, Web Services, packaged Oracle Applications and Oracle databases.

Oracle

Sample Customers

Krung Thai Computer Services, Quality Kiosk, Mªller, AVG Technologies

Comic Relief UK, The Forestry Commission, TAFE SA, Silentnight Group, Victorian Department of Primary Industries

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