We performed a comparison between SmartBear TestComplete and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Automation Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It works very fine. It is fast on almost any machine, and it is also very well organized. I like its object mapping and its capability to find and interact with almost everything that exists on Windows."
"The initial setup is pretty easy and it's quick to deploy."
"Recording and playback of tests were easier with SmartBear TestComplete...It is a scalable solution."
"The ease-of-use and quality of the overall product are above average."
"Selenium integration."
"The product is stable for what we are currently using it for, and it is sufficient for us."
"The solution is great as a record and playback tool. It also has valuable regression testing."
"The database checkpoints detect problems which are difficult for a human resource to find."
"It is very user-friendly."
"It is a stable solution."
"We use TFS for forecast management."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"It is easy to push our changes from quality to pre-prod and prod."
"TFS’s test management capability without the expensive licensing has large gaps. Users will be unable to access performance testing and coded UI testing capabilities."
"This solution enables us to link all items usefully, in the way we use Agile."
"The most valuable feature is integration, particularly if you have a .NET application."
"The way objects are added and used when utilizing descriptive programming could be improved. It is a little unwieldy, compared to UFT."
"Right now, when you buy the solution, you need to pay for one solution. You receive one set up and you install it and it's just in that one machine. It would be ideal if they could offer one subscription where you can connect to different machines with a group subscription."
"To bring it up to a 10, I would be looking for the addition of some key functional API testing."
"The integration tools could be better."
"The solution needs Mac OS support. Right now, the solution has only been developed to accommodate Windows OS."
"The initial setup of SmartBear TestComplete was complex."
"I didn't use it very heavily. One issue that I found was that there wasn't a quick way or a button to move Visual Basic scripts to TestComplete. We have a lot of such scripts in our organization, and it would be very useful to have some option to easily move these scripts. It is currently possible to convert these scripts to TestComplete, but it is not easy. I have to write some code, but everything is not available immediately."
"The test object repository needs to be improved. The hierarchy and the way we identify the objects in different applications, irrespective of technology, needs adjustments. The located and test objects are not as flexible compared to other commercial tools."
"Since it is Microsoft, it is technology agnostic, thus it does not really fit into various different technologies in the organization."
"The program and portfolio planning facility can be improved."
"They should have design patterns in TFS for the development team, and design patterns for the QA."
"The tool needs improvement in stability."
"The solution is stable but could improve."
"The user interface could be improved to make it simpler and increase usability."
"The manageability and performance of the product are areas of concern where improvements are required."
"TFS on-premise does not support integration with SharePoint Online."
SmartBear TestComplete is ranked 8th in Test Automation Tools with 70 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. SmartBear TestComplete is rated 7.6, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SmartBear TestComplete writes "A stable product that needs to improve its integration capabilities with other test management tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of TFS writes "It is helpful for scheduled releases and enforcing rules, but it should be better at merging changes for multiple developers and retaining the historical information". SmartBear TestComplete is most compared with Tricentis Tosca, Katalon Studio, Ranorex Studio, OpenText UFT One and froglogic Squish, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and OpenText ALM / Quality Center. See our SmartBear TestComplete vs. TFS report.
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