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Visual Studio Test Professional is the #4 ranked solution in top Quality Management Tools and #11 ranked solution in top Functional Testing Tools. PeerSpot users give Visual Studio Test Professional an average rating of 8.8 out of 10. Visual Studio Test Professional is most commonly compared to Apache JMeter: Visual Studio Test Professional vs Apache JMeter. Visual Studio Test Professional is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 71% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 22% of all views.
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What is Visual Studio Test Professional?
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 Development for Windows Mobile is no longer supported in Visual Studio 2010; it is superseded by Windows Phone 7.
Visual Studio Test Professional Customers
Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
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What users are saying about Visual Studio Test Professional pricing:
"There is a paid version of the solution as well as a community version that is free."

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Roger_Morera - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer Lead at Yuxi Global
Real User
Top 10
Customization is a key feature as is the ability to integrate with third-party services
Pros and Cons
  • "Customization is the most powerful feature of this product."
  • "The documentation is limited."

What is our primary use case?

We used this product for developing an automation tool for workflow operations, and for customizing activities in the automation process. This included sending emails, searching or extracting data from work applications, and using OCR technology. I'm a full-stack technical leader and we were customers of Visual Studio.  

What is most valuable?

Customization is the most powerful feature of this product because you can mold and design to your requirements. It's possible, for example, to build an OCR test from PDF or work files or build your own component based on OCR provisions and obtain the data required to process. If you extract a bill you can get the identification of the vendor or IT of the product, its quantity, value, unit, and additional information. Test Professional has the advantage of being able to integrate with any kind of third-party service which is very useful for the programming phase. It also has the ability to integrate without programming or the need for developing any APIs or services to integrate with robots. A regular user can do it.

What needs improvement?

We found the documentation to be limited and we had problems with the vendor who delivered it which added to the complexity. I'd like to see improvement in the dashboard which currently lacks visibility regarding the working process of the solutions.

For how long have I used the solution?

I used this solution for three years, up until a couple of months ago when I moved to a different company. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is generally stable although it depends on the third-party systems, which in the case of the AS-100 system or APIs, there may be some risk to stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, whether it's adding an additional server, working with two users and two robots, or switching to another user account if you're not using the total server capacity. 

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft provides great support. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We had previously used other solutions such as UI pod, Blue Prism and Bucket Bot. Visual Studio proved to be the most cost-effective for our needs. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was relatively easy. Deployment time really depends on the complexity of the project but we were able to implement in-house. If you have Windows knowledge and net experience, you can deploy without too many problems. Without that, implementation would be more complicated. We had five people involved in the deployment and 10 users involved in development and analysis. 

What was our ROI?

We had a good return on our investment in terms of the efficiency the solution provided. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing costs are reasonable in comparison to other solutions. One license costs close to $1,300. With five people programming on one license, the cost is around $6,000 per year. With other vendors, that expense could reach $50,000. The server and obviously IT infrastructure is an additional expense.

What other advice do I have?

I think this is an accurate and customizable product with the advantage of being able to integrate easily. It's very useful when it comes to programming.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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VenkateshK4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Transformation Specialist at Technovert
Real User
Top 5
Straightforward environment and flexible
Pros and Cons
  • "User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable."
  • "It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve."

What is our primary use case?

Test Professional is a versatile solution that can be utilized for a wide range of projects such as integration, analysis, reporting, development, and BIS or data-related projects that are based on Microsoft technologies. While it is a useful tool for many purposes, we primarily use it for security testing as it excels in this area.

What is most valuable?

User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable. We can integrate it with other platforms and even use Python. So, it's not limited to just one platform and has good coding capabilities.

What needs improvement?

One significant issue is when there are multiple annual updates, and we are developing a project, it should be compatible. We may need to either upgrade or downgrade the project, depending on the package. That can be a difficult and bothersome task. We need to maintain the same version of the environment. So compatibility should be improved.

For additional features, it can also support the Python language. We can develop using Python features in Visual Studio. It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve. Visual Studio is very open, and we can develop in no time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for five to six years, primarily for community, enterprise, and solution projects. I am using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable enough, I would rate it nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It has good scalability. We have six to seven users currently working with it.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward. The deployment process can be executed quickly. Once it's in our system, we can use it for any development project based on the project we need. The deployment can be done in-house without any technical team necessary.

What about the implementation team?

Deployment usually takes about ten minutes, and I can do it myself in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's costly, but not too much, and it's just within our budget. One good thing is we can make use of community relations.

There aren't any additional costs, like extra system integration or something. However, there may be some differences in the pricing since the PS will be different. As a standard version, it will have most of the capabilities.

What other advice do I have?

The environment is straightforward and user-friendly, so there's not much of a learning curve. I used it for my project, and it worked well, and I definitely recommend it for future use.

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

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Head of .NET Department at Evozon Systems
MSP
Top 5Leaderboard
It's a highly powerful tool for custom software development
Pros and Cons
  • "Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market."
  • "Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine."

What is our primary use case?

Visual Studio is for custom software development.

What is most valuable?

Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market.

Some of the features appreciated by our teams that work with VS are:

IntelliSense, rename functions (classes, methods, variables), move definition to file, error navigation, search in files (match case, regex), NuGet package manager, GIT experience (especially at solving merge conflicts and view history on a specific file, compare with the previous file to see changes in time), watch list and the fact it can be pinned for the variable you are monitoring, conditional breakpoints, moving execution line up when debugging, shortcuts to arrange elements in the page and remove unused namespaces, possibility to chose the Thread you want to monitor when you have multiple threads, code snippets, easy navigation to the definition and to other classes/methods/properties that refer them, and configuration of code cleanup on multiple profiles and with a lot of options.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been selling Visual Studio for more than 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It depends on what you mean by scalability. Only one person uses Visual Studio at a time, but it's scalable in terms of project size. We have
70 users. We will grow usage as we grow the department and the company. We're expecting between 5 and 10 percent growth in usage next year.

How are customer service and support?

Microsoft support could be faster. It took a while to get to a knowledgeable person in some cases, but we got the answer that we were looking for in the end.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up Visual Studio is straightforward. Each developer configures their own environment.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We have both options. Some licenses are paid yearly. Others are monthly subscriptions.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional nine out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Kevin McAllister - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Manager at Hexagon AB
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Highly stable solution with a rich IDE
Pros and Cons
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional is a little pricey."

What is our primary use case?

We do a lot of test-driven development and acceptance test-driven development, so we write all our test cases for our .net development through Visual Studio Test Professional. 

How has it helped my organization?

Visual Studio Test Professional has allowed us to increase the quality of one of our web portal products drastically. We went two years with only one regression in our software because of the automated testing we built with Visual Studio Test. 

What is most valuable?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Visual Studio Test Professional for as long as I can remember.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I'd rate Visual Studio Test Professional's stability eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate Visual Studio Test Professional's scalability nine out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

What was our ROI?

We've seen an ROI because the IDE is much richer than others we've used.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Visual Studio Test Professional is a little pricey - I would rate its pricing six out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend anybody thinking of implementing Visual Studio Test Professional to go for it. I'd give Visual Studio Test Professional a rating of eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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PALAK SURI - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Eurofins
Real User
Top 5
Integrated testing solution that stores a broad range of packages and offers scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR."
  • "The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us."

What is our primary use case?

When using Visual Studio, we have two type types of reports that we use including TFS and Git. I use TFS to open the solutions, make any changes and to complete tests for quality program production.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for almost a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is not that stable. The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

We have our own tech support in the office so we do not use their customer support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. We have partial scripts and we used them to run the setup using Octopus.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others to save changes in their repository or it might get lost.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Process Manager at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Easy to quickly scale up automation and user friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "Easy to use and easily scalable."
  • "The solution is quite expensive."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case of this solution is for UA automation. I'm a process manager and we are customers of Visual Studio. 

What is most valuable?

The product is very easy to use and we were able to scale up the automation solution quickly which was beneficial.

What needs improvement?

It's an expensive solution which is an issue for us. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and we get upgrades every couple of years. Most of our developers use Visual Studio; we have around 150 users in total.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward, it took us around four to five hours and we were able to do it by ourselves with our own three-person IT team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay an annual licensing fee. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We took a look at Tricentis Tosca and SmartBear TestComplete a few months ago but nothing has been finalized. We're looking for an alternative to Visual Studio Test Professional. 

What other advice do I have?

If cost is not an issue then I would recommend this solution. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Software Developer at Politecnico di Milano
Real User
Top 10
A stable, reasonably priced, and quick-to-install solution
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is very stable."
  • "The solution can improve the startup time."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is a development environment that is used by developers to write applications.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of this solution are the speed of the application, it is a well-documented, complete product, and reasonably priced.

What needs improvement?

The solution can improve the startup time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for over 20 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution does not need to be scaled because it is for individual use. We currently have 20 people using the solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward and was completed in one hour. The deployment and maintenance require little support.

What about the implementation team?

The deployment is completed in-house by our developers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution a ten out of ten.

The solution is only for developers and is not for the end user.

I have always used Visual Studio Test Professional and it is a perfect solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Sr. Network Administrator at ACMC
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A secure solution with an easy deployment
Pros and Cons
  • "It's great for the development of .NET."
  • "The solution should be cheaper."

What is our primary use case?

It's great for the development of .NET.

What needs improvement?

The solution should be cheaper. But unfortunately, Microsoft products are usually expensive.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using this solution for several years and have used Visual Studio 10, 12 and 13. We use it both as a cloud solution and on-premises.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. It is secure because most of our applications are in .NET.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was not complicated, and our developers completed the deployment. Only those two developers use the solution, and we don't plan to increase usage at this time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Visual Studio Test Professional has an annual license.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. I recommend Visual Studio Test Professional, primarily if you work with .NET. If we are developing something in .NET or C++, we use Visual Studio. But if we are developing something in Java, we have to use Java.

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