OpenText UFT Developer vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

OpenText UFT Developer

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between OpenText UFT Developer and Visual Studio Test Professional based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Functional Testing Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed OpenText UFT Developer vs. Visual Studio Test Professional Report (Updated: July 2024).

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OpenText UFT Developer vs. Visual Studio Test Professional

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText UFT Developer

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

16th

Average Rating

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Automation Tools (15th)

Visual Studio Test Professi...

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (5th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2024, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText UFT Developer is 2.4%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 0.3%, down from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Test Automation Tools

2.3%

Test Management Tools

1.2%

Featured Reviews

Eitan Gold

SQA Manager at Elmo Motion Control Ltd.

Mar 9, 2023

Integrates well, has LeanFT library, and good object detection

We use Micro Focus UFT Developer to perform functional testing on both a desktop application and a web application One aspect that I like about Micro Focus UFT Developer is the ability to integrate it into a testing framework as a library. They have LeanFT Library. This is the reason we choose…

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Kevin McAllister

Executive Manager at Hexagon AB

Jan 18, 2023

Highly stable solution with a rich IDE

We do a lot of test-driven development and acceptance test-driven development, so we write all our test cases for our .net development through Visual Studio Test Professional. Visual Studio Test Professional has allowed us to increase the quality of one of our web portal products drastically. We…

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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

"This tool is really good. We don't need to write any code, but it writes the code itself, only record and play. And it is simple, and it is not heavy; I mean, it doesn't have a large footprint, and it works well for us."

"It is quite stable, and it has got very user-friendly features, which are important in terms of maintaining our scripts from a long-term perspective. It is very stable for desktop-based, UI-based, and mobile applications. Object repositories and other features are also quite good."

"It's a complete pursuit and it's a logical pursuit working with HPE."

"The most valuable features are the object repository."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the number of plugins for object recognition. The predefined libraries allow us to automate tasks."

"Integrates well with other products."

"The most valuable feature is stability."

"The most valuable feature is the Object Model, where you can directly pull up the object as a global or a local."

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"Visual Studio is an exemplary integrated development environment that stands out due to its exceptional features. It allows for the seamless selection of the appropriate programming language for the specific development tasks at hand. This facilitates a swift and effortless transition between languages, providing a highly efficient development experience."

"The debugging feature is valuable."

"One of the best documentation in the world."

"Visual Studio Test Pro is super helpful for my Microsoft app work."

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

"The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability."

"The solution is easy to use and they have also integrated with Microsoft."

"Its initial setup process is easy."

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Cons

"It is unstable, expensive, inflexible, and has poor support."

"The pricing could be improved."

"The support for .NET Framework and Visual Studio in Micro Focus UFT Developer is currently limited. At present, only Visual Studio 2019 is supported, despite the release of a newer version (2022). Similarly, the tool only supports up to .NET Framework version 4.3.8, while there have been six newer versions released. This is an area that could be improved upon, particularly in the Windows environment."

"Object definition and recognition need improvement, especially with calendar controls. I faced challenges with schedulers and calendars."

"It's now too heavy and they should be making it faster. We do an attempt at automatic regression testing. We schedule a test to start at a certain time. It takes a lot of time to download the resources and start UFT. Competitors in this area have tools that start faster and run the test faster. For example, if the test at our side will take 10 minutes, another tool will do that in one minute."

"With Smart Bear products generally, you can have only one instance of the tool running on a machine."

"Integration with other tools can become a costly exercise."

"I have to keep the remote machine open while the tests are running, otherwise, it leads to instability."

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"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."

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

"It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it."

"Enhancing the support for web application testing and load performance would be an improvement."

"The solution is quite expensive."

"In Visual Studio we still don't have anything which can pinpoint memory leaks on a certain code line."

"Visual Studio Test Professional needs to improve its scalability."

"The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the solution could be lowered. The cost is approximately $25 per year for a subscription-based license."

"It is quite expensive and is priced per seat or in concurrent (or floating) licenses over a period of months."

"It is cheap, but if you take the enterprise license, it is valid for both software items."

"If I would rate it with one being inexpensive and ten being expensive, I would rate pricing an eight out of ten."

"The pricing is quite high compared to the competition."

"When we compare in the market with other tools that have similar features, it may be a little bit extra, but the cost is ten times less."

"The cost of this solution is a little bit high and we are considering moving to another solution."

"The licensing is very expensive, so often, we don't have enough VMs to run all of our tests."

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

"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very expensive solution."

"The pricing is expensive."

"I positioned it at a mid-range level. It isn't an inexpensive solution, but considering its capabilities, it represents excellent value for the functionalities it offers."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional, which is expensive."

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

"The tool is affordable."

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Micro Focus UFT Developer?

There are many good things. Like it is intuitive and scripting was easy. Plus the availability of experienced resources in India due to its market leadership.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Micro Focus UFT Developer?

The pricing is competitive. It is affordable and average.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus UFT Developer?

Object definition and recognition need improvement, especially with calendar controls. I faced challenges with schedulers and calendars.

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What do you like most about Visual Studio Test Professional?

The most valuable features of the solution are its ease of use and availability.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Studio Test Professional?

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

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What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?

The solution’s stability could be improved.

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Comparisons

OpenText UFT One vs OpenText UFT Developer

Compared 57% of the time

Tricentis Tosca vs OpenText UFT Developer

Compared 20% of the time

OpenText Silk Test vs OpenText UFT Developer

Compared 5% of the time

Original Software TestDrive vs OpenText UFT Developer

Compared 4% of the time

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Apache JMeter vs Visual Studio Test Professional

Compared 18% of the time

TFS vs Visual Studio Test Professional

Compared 17% of the time

Tricentis NeoLoad vs Visual Studio Test Professional

Compared 11% of the time

SmartBear TestComplete vs Visual Studio Test Professional

Compared 11% of the time

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Also Known As

Micro Focus UFT Developer, UFT Pro (LeanFT), Micro Focus UFT Pro (LeanFT), LeanFT, HPE LeanFT

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Overview

With OpenText UFT Developer, you get object identification tools, parallel testing, and record/replay capabilities.

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.

Sample Customers

Walmart, Hitachi, American Airlines, PepsiCo, AT&T, Ericsson, United Airlines

Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa

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OpenText UFT Developer vs. Visual Studio Test Professional

July 2024

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