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Oracle Application Testing Suite pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Oracle Application Testing Suite includes a management tool, eliminating the need for a separate test management tool.
It features an inbuilt performance testing tool, supporting comprehensive testing capabilities.
The record and playback features in Oracle Application Testing Suite are highly effective.
Oracle Application Testing Suite's functional testing and central repository enhance testing efficiency.
Oracle Application Testing Suite offers robust automation and load-testing capabilities through Oracle Load Testing.

CONS

Oracle Application Testing Suite lacks comprehensive support for SAP, Windows, and Java applications in functional test automation.
The tool's pathfinding and performance require improvements.
Oracle Application Testing Suite struggles with lag, especially during recording.
Licensing policies could be more intuitive and better defined.
Oracle Application Testing Suite needs better compatibility with all browser types and operating systems.
 

Oracle Application Testing Suite Pros review quotes

it_user6204 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 22, 2016
This is the best tool I have used till today as it allows us to handle automation in variety of ways.
it_user79980 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Expert at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2014
For a few years, OATS was the only tool that allowed us to load test our Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) with Siebel.
it_user181500 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager with 51-200 employees
Jan 14, 2015
This tool did a much better job recording the http requests during web load testing than other open source tools.
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it_user37545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 14, 2015
I can organize test scripts pretty well.
it_user181566 - PeerSpot reviewer
OATS Engineer-Onsite Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 14, 2015
The Product as a whole is an integrated package with excellent co-relation with all Oracle Applications and any web-based application.
it_user347697 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 29, 2015
The best feature of this and Load Test is simplicity.
it_user348036 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior QA Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
Implementation of Oracle Application Testing Suite package has increased the overall efficiency.
it_user348147 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
It helped in running performance testing cycles and identifying the bottlenecks of the application, helping our clients to run their application successfully and smoothly.
it_user365259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal and Owner at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jan 5, 2016
OATS provides the functionality to institute a corporate-wide standardized method and approach for all types of application testing.
it_user372546 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Consultant at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2016
This product can facilitate the lowering of test execution times for operational people, as the bulk of the repeating test steps can be taken away by automating the EBS regression set in OpenScript every release.
 

Oracle Application Testing Suite Cons review quotes

it_user6204 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Aug 22, 2016
Performance is slow as compared to other tools like QTP.
it_user79980 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Expert at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jan 29, 2014
OATS has some promising features that frankly we wish we could utilize, but so far we haven’t had much luck doing so.
it_user181500 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Manager with 51-200 employees
Jan 14, 2015
The tool runs out of memory when the recording flows are long and involve many screens despite increasing the memory settings for OpenScript.
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it_user37545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Assurance at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 14, 2015
The test installation pretty much destroyed my computer’s laptop performance.
it_user181566 - PeerSpot reviewer
OATS Engineer-Onsite Consultant at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jan 14, 2015
There are certain bugs which were present but was cleared in subsequent releases of application, but still there is room for improvement in the Functionality testing tool when automating form-based applications.
it_user347697 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Performance Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 29, 2015
Transaction handling was very simple and I’d say quite primitive.
it_user348036 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior QA Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
OTM Test Report – We needed to develop custom reports as there is less flexibility.
it_user348147 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Test Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
Improvements can be made in a number of protocol support areas, including enhanced Citrix support.
it_user365259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal and Owner at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Jan 5, 2016
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).
it_user372546 - PeerSpot reviewer
Test Consultant at a government with 501-1,000 employees
Jan 19, 2016
WebForms works fine, but scripting in the EBS forms option isn't very consistent and stable.