Oracle Application Testing Suite vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

Oracle and Microsoft are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. Oracle is ranked #22, while Microsoft is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.3. Oracle holds a 1.7% mindshare in FT, compared to Microsoft’s 1.6% mindshare. Additionally, 83% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and Oracle Application Testing Suite are competitive products in the software testing tools category, each providing unique advantages for particular environments. Visual Studio Test Professional stands out in Microsoft-centric environments due to its integration with other Microsoft tools and robust features like IntelliSense and code snippet support.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional is designed for seamless integration with Microsoft tools, providing rich support for C# and .NET. It offers IntelliSense, a powerful IDE, and features enhancing code development like code snippets and debugging capabilities. Oracle Application Testing Suite, on the other hand, supports comprehensive web and Oracle application testing and includes features like OpenScript for automating tests and Oracle Load Test for conducting performance evaluations, making it a strong choice for Oracle ERP-related testing scenarios.

Room for Improvement: Visual Studio Test Professional could enhance its integration with non-Microsoft databases, improve Git compatibility, and optimize performance for cloud and microservice environments. Oracle Application Testing Suite may need to enhance its reporting features, improve cross-browser support, and offer a more flexible user interface. Expanding its platform compatibility beyond Windows could also improve the user experience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both products offer on-premises and cloud deployment options. Visual Studio Test Professional is backed by a large user community with many resources, though some users report mixed experiences with technical support. Oracle Application Testing Suite is known for straightforward pricing negotiations and competitive rates but could benefit from faster support responses and better cloud environment integration.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional usually requires a yearly license fee, which some users find costly; however, its comprehensive development environment justifies the cost through improved development efficiency and ROI. Oracle Application Testing Suite offers flexible licensing based on usage and scope, making it a cost-effective choice for larger Oracle ecosystems, often perceived as less costly than similar tools with good returns on investment.

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Oracle Application Testing ...

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

22nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Performance Testing Tools (13th), Load Testing Tools (12th)

Visual Studio Test Professi...

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Oracle Application Testing Suite is 1.7%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 1.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Functional Testing Tools Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Visual Studio Test Professional	1.6%
Oracle Application Testing Suite	1.7%
Other	96.7%

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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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Payel Saha

Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integrated collaboration with automated test management has improved our agile workflows and continuously supports quality reporting

Visual Studio Test Professional could be improved as earlier we had flexibility in automation testing with TFS, which became a bit difficult moving to Azure DevOps. Additionally, in Visual Studio Code, we have an agent mode for GitHub Copilot, which is very helpful in testing or development phases, while Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot is a bit tricky and sometimes does not provide my desired output.For future improvements, I would like to see prompt fixing, as currently, if something goes wrong in Visual Studio, the fixing options are not always correct. If that intelligence is embedded, it would be very helpful.

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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

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

"This is the best tool I have used till today as it allows us to handle automation in variety of ways."

"We like that we don't need a separate management tool. This is a good feature. It also has an inbuilt performance tool which is on Flash. It has very good record and playback feature as well. The inspection tool is also very good. Overall, since it comes with all the three packages, it's very good."

"The most valuable feature is the object identification feature, the recording feature is the prime feature that open script has, and I also like the connectivity with Oracle Forms as it is very compatible."

"Implementation of Oracle Application Testing Suite package has increased the overall efficiency."

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

"For a few years, OATS was the only tool that allowed us to load test our Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) with Siebel."

"I like the functional testing. There's a product inside OATS called OLT, Oracle Load Testing. You can do the load testing without depending on any other tool"

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"Visual Studio Test Professional is great for the development of .NET and we use it both as a cloud solution and on-premises."

"Visual Studio is the easiest to use."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the speed of the application, it is a well-documented, complete product, and reasonably priced."

"The most valuable features are tools like IntelliSense and ReSharper."

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

"The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR."

"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."

"The product is very easy to use and we were able to scale up the automation solution quickly which was beneficial."

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Cons

"I would rate their technical support 2.5 out of ten."

"To provide test automation support for other products like SAP, Windows and Java Applications when it comes to Functional Test Automation testing."

"It does not provide easy diagnostics to ascertain end to end transaction monitoring."

"Room for improvement would be for the reporting features. If they could improve the dashboards, that would be helpful."

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

"There is one piece of functionality that is currently not offered and would be very good to have: Support for Digital Certificates authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO)."

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

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

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

"The data flow can be improved."

"The solution can improve the startup time."

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

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

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

"The interface should be made attractive."

"The solution’s stability could be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"Our company pays a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."

"It is a price-effective solution"

"I think that the pricing is quite good."

"The tool is affordable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

13%

Manufacturing Company

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

Marketing Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Construction Company

12%

Performing Arts

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	24

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Overview

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

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

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

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