OpenText UFT One vs SmartBear TestComplete Mobile comparison

OpenText and SmartBear are both solutions in the Mobile App Testing Tools category. OpenText is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.1, while SmartBear is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0. OpenText holds a 24.0% mindshare in MTT, compared to SmartBear’s 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of OpenText users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SmartBear users who would recommend it.

OpenText UFT One

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

OpenText UFT One and SmartBear TestComplete Mobile compete in the software testing space, with SmartBear TestComplete Mobile having an advantage due to its mobile testing capabilities.

Features: OpenText UFT One provides cross-platform testing, integration options with other OpenText products, and a range of testing scenarios. SmartBear TestComplete Mobile has strong integration with various mobile devices, offers automated testing with scriptless options, and an intuitive automated environment.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenText UFT One supports on-premises deployment with various integration options and responsive customer support. SmartBear TestComplete Mobile offers a cloud-enabled deployment model, flexible and scalable solutions, and expert support for smoother transitions.

Pricing and ROI: OpenText UFT One offers competitive pricing to minimize initial setup costs, giving a solid return on investment. SmartBear TestComplete Mobile involves higher setup costs but offers superior long-term ROI through enhanced features and efficiencies focused on mobile testing.

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Categories and Ranking

OpenText UFT One

Ranking in Mobile App Testing Tools

2nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (2nd), Regression Testing Tools (3rd), API Testing Tools (6th), Test Automation Tools (2nd)

SmartBear TestComplete Mobile

Ranking in Mobile App Testing Tools

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Mobile App Testing Tools category, the mindshare of OpenText UFT One is 24.0%, down from 26.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SmartBear TestComplete Mobile is 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Don Ingerson

QA Automation Engineer at Global Fortune 500 Company

With regularly occurring releases, a QA team member can schedule tests, let the tests run unattended, and then examine the results

With certainty, the best feature of UFT is its compatibility with so many products, tools and technologies. It is a challenge currently to find a single tool on the market besides UFT that will successfully work for so many projects and environments. For example, UFT supports GUI testing of Oracle, PeopleSoft, PowerBuilder, SAP (v7.20), Siebel, Stingray, Terminal Emulator, Putty, and Windows Objects (particularly Dialog Boxes). Furthermore, UFT has the built-in functionality to import Excel input files. For Web browsers, UFT 12.54 supports IE9, IE10, IE11, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome (versions 31.0 to 54.9), Firefox (versions 27.0 to 49.0). Besides GUI testing, UFT supports database testing and API testing (Docker, WSDL, and SOAP). For the first time ever, HP started to expand the testing capabilities of UFT (QTP) beyond Windows beginning with UFT 12.00. A UFT user can now run tests on Web applications on a Safari browser that is running on a remote Mac computer.

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AhmedAllalen

Development team leader / APPR at a government with 501-1,000 employees

Clicking playback and detecting application needs improves functionality

There are complaints about not detecting all objects in the browser. I have to check and verify, and sometimes I have to bypass certain steps, which is a problem. I need to check the solution to understand why it's too detailed to detect or think of the browser. I use Chrome. Sometimes in Chrome, it doesn't detect certain elements in the web application. That's the problem. Also, when I run tests, I cannot export different types of logs in the same document. When I run different tests, it provides different logs, and these logs cannot be put in the same document. I have to compile them manually. Additionally, the tool can manage WinRamp scripts. I would say SilkTest also allows me to run tests, and I can challenge the sequencing, but it doesn't always do this correctly.

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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 production and the efficiency of making your test cases can be very high."

"The entire framework is very useful. It's easily integrable with Excel."

"UFT is very strongly built. It's widely used, so there's a lot of support."

"The scalability of Micro Focus UFT One is good."

"UFT has improved our ability to regression test."

"We have used it for the web and Windows-based applications. It is very productive in terms of execution."

"The inside object repository is nice. We can use that and learn it through the ALM connection. That's a good feature. The reporting and smart identification features are also excellent."

"The shared repositories can be used throughout all testing which makes jobs easier."

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"The features I find most valuable is the automatic remapping of aliases, because it is really helpful."

"I like that it offers internal methods for supported controls. It is very easy to code the tests. Object Spy is also a good feature."

"It is very effective for detecting breaks and also for verifying the needs of the application before deploying it or when introducing a new product."

Cons

"The artificial intelligence functionality is applicable only on the web, and it should be expanded to cover non-web applications as well."

"We'd like it to have less scripting."

"It doesn't support Telerik UI controls and we are currently looking for a patch for this."

"Object identification has room for improvement, to make it more efficient."

"Jumping to functions is supported from any Action/BPT Component code, but not from inside a function library where the target function exists in another library file. Workaround: Select search entire project for the function."

"The user interface could be improved"

"Micro Focus UFT One could benefit from creating modules that are more accessible to non-technical users. Without a developer background or at least basic knowledge of VBScript, using Micro Focus UFT One may not be feasible for everyone. This is something that Micro Focus, now owned by OpenText, should consider in order to cater to business professionals as well. While Micro Focus UFT One does have a recording function, it still requires a certain level of IT proficiency to create effective automation, which may be challenging for those outside of the technical field."

"I'd like to see UFT integrated more with some of the open source tools like Selenium, where web is involved."

More OpenText UFT One cons

"There are complaints about not detecting all objects in the browser."

"The mapping is pretty complicated because there are a lot of controls that are the same and if you have a long name with the object mapping it is easy to get confused."

"It is very difficult to use the aliases on old software."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price is one aspect that could be improved."

"The price is reasonable."

"It's a yearly subscription. There are no additional costs to the standard subscription."

"It took about five years to break even. UFT is costly."

"Compared to other tools in the market, UFT One is very competitive. The recent Covid pandemic situation also hit customer budgets significantly, so Micro Focus offered some discounted prices, which is definitely competitive."

"For the price of five automation licenses, you simply would not be able to hire five manual testers for two years worth of 24/7 manual testing work on demand."

"OpenText UFT One is a very expensive solution."

"The tool's price is high."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

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Questions from the Community

How does Micro Focus UFT One compare to Tricentis Tosca?

We reviewed MicroFocus UFT One but ultimately chose to use Tricentis Tosca because we needed API testing. MicroFocus UFT is a performance and functional testing tool. We tested it, and it was well...

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What do you like most about Micro Focus UFT One?

My company has not had an issue with OpenText UFT One since we have been using it for the past three to four years.

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What needs improvement with Micro Focus UFT One?

OpenText UFT One required knowledge of VBScript, which is a limited version of Visual Basic. We frequently encountered stability issues when the browser dependency caused Windows to consume memory ...

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What needs improvement with SmartBear TestComplete Mobile?

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What is your primary use case for SmartBear TestComplete Mobile?

The application is smaller than the transaction applications. It's a very delicate, complex application. Now I use it, however, it's just a test function for functional testing. I use TestComplete ...

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What advice do you have for others considering SmartBear TestComplete Mobile?

It's straightforward to use. I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Also Known As

Micro Focus UFT One, Micro Focus UFT (QTP), QTP, Quick Test Pro

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Overview

Our AI-powered functional testing tool accelerates test automation. It works across desktop, web, mobile, mainframe, composite, and packaged enterprise-grade applications.

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OpenText

AUTOMATE UI TESTING FOR ANY IOS OR ANDROID APP

Use script-free record and replay or choose from six languages, including Python and JavaScript, to create test automation scripts. Record repeatable and consistent gestures across any mobile device. Get full device control when creating automated UI tests. There is no modify or jail-break the app.

Separate the UI object identification from the test logic to build stable, easy-to-maintain automated tests. Seamless integration available with build server, source control systems, and defect management tools allows you to run automated mobile UI tests around the clock.

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Sample Customers

Sage, JetBlue, Haufe.Group, Independent Health, Molina Healthcare, Cox Automotive, andTMNA Services

Cisco, J.P. Morgan, Boeing, McAfee, EMC, Intuit

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