OpenText Silk Test vs Zeenyx AscentialTest comparison

OpenText and Zeenyx are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. OpenText is ranked #20 with an average rating of 8.0, while Zeenyx is ranked #17 with an average rating of 10.0. OpenText holds a 1.7% mindshare in FT, compared to Zeenyx’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Zeenyx users who would recommend it.

OpenText Silk Test

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Zeenyx AscentialTest

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OpenText Silk Test

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

OpenText Silk Test and Zeenyx AscentialTest compete in the test automation space. OpenText Silk Test has an edge in integration capabilities, while Zeenyx AscentialTest stands out with comprehensive testing features, appealing to those seeking robust solutions.

Features: OpenText Silk Test offers broad integration with various platforms, supports Java and C#, and features a powerful 4Test language. It excels in browser testing for JavaScript applications and supports distributed test runs. Zeenyx AscentialTest provides easy test script authoring, drag-and-drop test creation, and strong PowerBuilder support. It uniquely captures snapshots for object recognition and includes built-in Subversion for file management.

Room for Improvement: For OpenText Silk Test, user documentation could be more detailed, support for newer browser versions could improve, and the learning curve for beginners might be steep. Zeenyx AscentialTest could enhance integration with non-standard databases, improve its script debugging capabilities, and offer broader language support outside of its current options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText Silk Test provides flexible deployment and solid technical support, ensuring quick setup across environments. Its customer service is reliable, though it can be enhanced with more personalized interactions. Zeenyx AscentialTest is notable for a straightforward deployment process and highly personalized customer service, easing initial setup and reducing implementation time.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText Silk Test has a significant initial cost, potentially offset by its integration capabilities that promise substantial ROI in complex environments. Zeenyx AscentialTest offers cost-effective setup with pricing models that ensure quicker ROI due to its efficient feature set. The decision may depend on balancing the initial budget against long-term integration needs.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText Silk Test

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

20th

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Regression Testing Tools (8th), Test Automation Tools (17th)

Zeenyx AscentialTest

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

17th

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (12th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText Silk Test is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zeenyx AscentialTest is 1.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Functional Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Zeenyx AscentialTest	1.4%
OpenText Silk Test	1.7%
Other	96.9%

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Jose Alfredo Garcia

Manager of Central Excellence at Alpura

Easy to set up with good documentation and easy management of testing cycles

The solution allows for a complete test cycle. The management of testing cycles are easy. We have good control over test cases. We can capture functional testing very easily. We're actually able to accelerate testing now and have end-to-end cycles for testing. We didn't used to have these capabilities. It's easy to automate and accelerate testing. The product offers very good cross-browser testing capabilities. We can do continuous testing and regression testing.

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Tobias Roth

Software developer at Weiss GmbH Softwarelösungen

Robust automation with reusable steps and seamless integration

The concept of reusable steps in Zeenyx AscentialTest has significantly enhanced our test automation efficiency. Encapsulating common actions into modular steps reduces redundancy in test scripts and ensures consistency across scenarios. This approach streamlines maintenance efforts, allowing updates to be applied universally, making our test suite more agile and adaptable to evolving project requirements. The concept of reusable steps is a key factor in maximizing reusability and maintainability in our test automation strategy. AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows. This capability ensures precise interaction with various components of an application's interface, further enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of our automated tests.

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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 feature I like most is the ease of reporting."

"The statistics that are available are very good, the solution offers very good detailed reports, and it's excellent for testing an application's performance levels."

"SilkTest is best for desktop applications and good for web applications also with the Open agent."

"The statistics that are available are very good."

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

"Not many performance Testing tool provides end to end response times for scripts running on the page, this tool is capable of providing end to end real time browser response times."

"It is a fine product; it is a powerful tool, and it needs commitment."

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

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"Customer Service: Zeenyx team provides a wonderful customer support for any kind of issues we face and they worked along with us and provided solutions as early as possible too."

"It's been really easy to automate the same applications TestComplete struggled with."

"Great support, powerful tool, easy enough for entry-level staff to use."

"I have been working with different vendors in my role, I can say without hesitation that the Zeenyx Support Staff are the best group I've worked with."

"The most valuable feature of AscentialTest for us is that it fully supports PowerBuilder."

"As a platform corporation a primary strategic goal is to develop coherent tests across platforms, and this is where Ascential Test shines."

"If you use the PowerBuilder application, do choose AscentialTest without thinking twice."

"Productivity increased by almost 10 times after using AT for test automation as manually it was taking almost a day or three days (sometimes a week) effort to do data verification of expected and actual excel files with huge number of columns and rows (approximately 50 columns and thousands of rows)."

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Cons

"SilkTest has to improve on Firefox and Chrome as their versions change."

"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."

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

"The pricing is an issue, the program is very expensive."

"At the moment, when we are trying to use this tool, we are finding quite a few compatibility issues between the tool and the applications on the test. We wouldn't consider it perfectly stable for that reason."

"Implementing a better integration with Git. It was extremely painful to implement the link from Silk Central to Git."

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

"GUI interface could be simpler for non-developers."

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"The only thing I can't wait for is for Zeenyx to add automating Mobile apps."

"It would be better if the support for Web Tables and Siebel Tables are readily available and made more simpler as they are encountered quite often while automating the apps."

"The product can be improved a little bit with regards to the UI as the panels are too many."

"The product does have limitations on how certain project files are locked (checked-out)."

"It would be great if AscentialTest supported the license server being in the cloud."

"I would like to see an improvement in the User Interface."

"Limitations are found to be primarily in the ux of the tool; for example when in doubt one often right clicks in an unfamiliar product to get unstuck, and AscentialTest lacks some of these fineries."

"Classes are not as object-oriented as I would like, but I am a programmer and not QA so I expect a lot."

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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."

"Once it starts generating ROI, which for us took between three and six months, one will not even think about the investment."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

Construction Company

Insurance Company

Healthcare Company

17%

University

11%

Construction Company

Performing Arts

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	10

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	7
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	4

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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What do you like most about Zeenyx AscentialTest?

AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows.

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What needs improvement with Zeenyx AscentialTest?

While Zeenyx AscentialTest has proven to be a valuable asset in our testing processes, there are areas where improvements could enhance the overall user experience. One notable aspect is the user i...

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What is your primary use case for Zeenyx AscentialTest?

We use AscentialTest for automated testing of Powerbuilder applications via CI/CD pipeline with GitLab. We have fully integrated all tests in our CI/CD pipeline. Thanks to the integration, much wor...

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Also Known As

Segue, SilkTest, Micro Focus Silk Test

AscentialTest

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.

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AscentialTest™ by Zeenyx Software is an enterprise level Test Management System that encompasses Test Planning, Development, Data Management, Execution and Defect Tracking for applications running on Windows, the web, java, dotNet, terminals and PowerBuilder. This “next generation” testing solution allows users to build robust automated and manual tests from reusable components created by its powerful object recognition engine without recording or scripting. Our patented ‘snapshot’ technology generates graphical representations of the application under test which allows users to build ‘Steps’ by dragging and dropping objects in a visual test editor. Reusable Steps are combined to form a multitude of automated and manual tests that are easy to create and maintain. With AscentialTest, companies realize a dramatic reduction in test creation and maintenance times, resulting in increased productivity and lower costs.

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Sample Customers

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

TJX Companies, Nuance Communications, Ericsson Inc., Transatlantic Reinsurance Company, Accenture, Nutrition Coordinating Center, Univ. of MN, iConectiv, Fortress Software, and LMP Corp.

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