Ranorex Studio pros and cons

I'm from a UFT background, so Ranorex Studio has a similar feel in terms of how it handles objects. It just felt familiar even though I'd never seen it before. However, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of UFT, but it's a pretty good start, and it's cost-effective.

This is a powerful, reliable and versatile all-around application testing suite.

The solution is intuitive and pretty self-sustaining. You don't need a lot of help with it in terms of setup or assistance.

The most valuable feature of Ranorex Studio is its user-friendly interface.

Object identification is good.

The solution is fast and includes built-in libraries that record and playback.

The most valuable feature of Ranorex Studio is the capture and replay tool. You don't need to do script testing. When you launch any application from Ranorex Studio it automatically captures these test case steps. The next time you can replay the tool the flow automatically happens again. For example, when you do the logging and all the activity will be captured by the tool, and re-execute the same step by using automatization.

I like the recording function and Ranorex Spy.

Part of the challenge is that Ranorex's support is over in Europe, so we can't get responses on the same day. If we had support in the United States that was a bit more timely, that would be helpful.

For our purposes it requires integration with other products to get out the results in the format we want them. Adding this to the product could improve it.

I'd like to know their testing strategies and to know what they can automate and what they can't. It can become pretty frustrating if you're trying to automate something that changes on a monthly or weekly basis.

When we have updated the solution in the past there have been issues with the libraries. They need to make it clear that the libraries need to be upgraded too.

The automation of the SAP application could perhaps be improved to make it much simpler.

The solution does not support dual or regression testing.

We are mainly working for manufacturing OEMs but the integration is not available. It would be a benefit if they built one integration tool for all the Teamcenter home servers and software as the main PLM data source. It is a simple process at this time, the integration could be made easier.

I would like to be able to customize the data grids. They are currently written in Visual Basic and we are unable to get down to the cell level without hard-code.