We performed a comparison between TestRail and TFS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Test Management Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The features that I have found most valuable are that there are various test case templates and test artifact maintenance."
"The ability to time test runs gives the tester the ability to compare calculated times to actual times it takes for a test case to run."
"This is a user friendly solution."
"Most valuable features are the ease of organizing test cases and a great API for sending results from automated test run results into the database."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the UI. The structure of test cases is easy to understand."
"The product helps us create test cases and reports."
"The solution is very stable. We've never had any issues with it."
"I use the solution for test management."
"It is a stable solution."
"The most valuable feature is simplicity."
"Version Control: TFS offers both the centralized “TFVC” version control technology as well as the distributed “Git” version control technology."
"The interface is easy to navigate."
"The most valuable features are the dashboard and task-selection capability."
"The most valuable feature of TFS is the central repository, and you can see what changes other developers did from which branch."
"I feel that the test plan and test tools are more manageable in TFS."
"The most valuable features are test case writing and bug tracking."
"There are a number of improvements that have been requested. While I don't have a list of these requests available, many can be found on Gurock's forum."
"It would be nice to have a description section when creating the test scenario itself so I can indicate what the configuration should be."
"TestRail by Gurock could improve by adding a defect management module tool. It would add a lot of value if I want to install it and I don't have Jira or an isolating team. For example, if I am providing a service it's separated from the development team, it then would be better to have defect management included with the test management. However, as it is now I need to be integrated with Jira or another defect management tool to complete the testing process."
"It's not easy to create a custom report. It's not straightforward. A good improvement would be if there was a way to report and create a custom report without using a plugin or scripting language."
"It would be nice if they would add an export to Word."
"With TestRail, the APIs are there, but they may not be able to easily integrate with the Jenkins."
"The product is not focused on synthetic data creation. I would also like to see more integrations with other platforms."
"Their customer support could be improved. Sometimes we struggle with that. It could be faster. Whenever we raise any query, they get back to you but the turnaround time is very slow."
"The tool needs improvement in stability."
"TFS's CI/CD, project pipelines, and management development could be improved."
"The solution is stable but could improve."
"TFS is scalable with different Microsoft tools for test management but it is not scalable with other third-party tools."
"The dashboard needs more enhancements."
"The solution should have better dashboards."
"The overall reports in TFS could improve. Additionally, there should be an easier way to migrate from an older version to a newer one."
"In the next release, I would like them to include integration for various projects, similar to what JIRA has, and they could create this feature on the dashboard."
TestRail is ranked 3rd in Test Management Tools with 21 reviews while TFS is ranked 2nd in Test Management Tools with 93 reviews. TestRail is rated 8.0, while TFS is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of TestRail writes "A tool that provides effective test management and real-time reporting capabilities". 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". TestRail is most compared with Zephyr Enterprise, Tricentis qTest, Tricentis Tosca, Sealights and PractiTest, whereas TFS is most compared with Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally Software, Visual Studio Test Professional and Zephyr Enterprise. See our TFS vs. TestRail report.
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