PractiTest vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

PractiTest and Microsoft are both solutions in the Test Management Tools category. PractiTest is ranked #18, while Microsoft is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.6. PractiTest holds a 2.7% mindshare in TMT, compared to Microsoft’s 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of PractiTest users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and PractiTest are popular test management tools. PractiTest appears to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive feature set and excellent customer support.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional integrates well with Visual Studio and Azure DevOps, facilitating seamless workflows. It also enhances the development process within the Microsoft ecosystem. PractiTest provides customizable dashboards, full traceability, versatile investigation and debugging tools, and supports extensive reporting and project overview.

Room for Improvement: Visual Studio Test Professional needs better test case management and improved integration capabilities. Users recommend enhancements for smoother workflows. PractiTest requires improvements in automation features and better CI/CD integration. Feedback also points to increasing the robustness of automated testing processes.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Studio Test Professional offers straightforward deployment within Microsoft environments but has a steep learning curve. PractiTest is highlighted for its intuitive setup and excellent customer support, offering detailed documentation and responsive helpdesk assistance.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional users indicate satisfaction with initial setup costs but have mixed feelings about long-term ROI due to licensing costs. PractiTest is perceived as offering good value for money, with a positive ROI due to enhanced productivity and feature robustness. PractiTest's cost structure is seen as more transparent and justified by its comprehensive features.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

PractiTest

Ranking in Test Management Tools

18th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites (21st)

Visual Studio Test Professi...

Ranking in Test Management Tools

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Functional Testing Tools (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of PractiTest is 2.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 2.6%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Dave Carter

Test Team Lead at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Flexible and intuitive with easy reporting, and good support that is instantly available through chat

It doesn't allow you to connect to multiple different bug tracking tools at the same time. This is not an issue if you only have one bug tracker but we can potentially use different tools for different projects. As an example, if you connect PractiTest to Jira for one project, that's the one you have to use for all projects. We had a requirement to connect with Jira for one project, and a different tool for another, project but it was unable to accommodate that unfortunately. I would therefore like to see it easier to integrate with bug tracking tools at project level which would give each project the opportunity to use a different bug tracker if required.

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CharlesChang

Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry

Valuable performance and libraries but needs compatibility improvements

We use Visual Studio Test Professional to develop our internal applications for our company The performance of Visual Studio Test Professional is valuable. Additionally, there are many libraries that I can use, and it supports cross-platform functionality. Visual Studio Test Professional is…

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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 most valuable feature is the way the libraries are structured so that they were not folder driven."

"The interface is easy to use."

"The integrated unit testing and extensive search features have made things easier."

"Customization is the most powerful feature of this product."

"The setup is easy and straightforward."

"The solution is very useful for compiling existing projects and developing new projects."

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

"It is very easy to use. You can handle a lot of things together at once in one package, which is a good point for us."

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

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Cons

"It doesn't allow you to connect to multiple different tracking tools."

"The solution is quite expensive."

"The solution’s stability could be improved."

"The Git extensions are very basic and can be more extensive compared to other software focused on Git, like GitTower or SmartGit."

"The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."

"We would like to be able to easily integrate this solution with our continuous integration tools, such as Jenkins."

"It is not good in terms of performance. When you open Visual Studio, you have to wait for a while to process your code. It uses a lot of resources and has a lot of features. If we could disable some of the features, it would be lighter and faster to use. Nowadays, for some of the projects, we use VS Code for JavaScript or Python. VS Code is very light and easy to use, whereas, in Visual Studio, we have to wait because it takes time to compile or run a project. It has a lot of competitors in terms of performance, such as Intelligent ID. Intelligent ID is very easy to use. It has many features, and it is lighter to use than Visual Studio. In terms of error handling, sometimes, it shows an error before you finish your code, which can be improved. It would be good if it has a version for Linux. I use VS Code on Linux, but I am not sure if Visual Studio has a version for Linux."

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

"The integration with Git needs improving because it is a bit disjointed and unpredictable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is probably in the middle, it's not the cheapest but it's not the most expensive."

"For the cloud services option, you buy a subscription per account or per user. This costs around $52 a month per person."

"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."

"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."

"The pricing is expensive."

"There is a paid version of the solution as well as a community version that is free."

"The product is very expensive."

"I think that the pricing is quite good."

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

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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Computer Software Company

10%

Performing Arts

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Midsize Enterprise

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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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The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.

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What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?

The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface. Currently, I need to search online to find out how to use certain functions. This feature would save time by providing direct assi...

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Overview

Manage your QA and Testing process, controlling your testing tasks while getting complete visibility into your results, and most importantly releasing your products in a professional way

Professional end to end QA management for your manual and automation testing.

Create your manual tests and organize them based on cycles, sprints, etc.
Seamlessly integrate your manual testing with your automation and CI processes.
Reuse tests and correlate results across different releases and products.
Release your products with confidence and control.

PractiTest

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.

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Sample Customers

Canonical, SAS, Amobee, Play Buzz, Abbott, Aternity, Zerto, Freeman

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

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