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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Appium

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A

    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Pragmatic Workbench Enterprise was a suite that combined four Pragmatic Works products: BI xPress, DBA xPress, DOC xPress and LegiTest. It was acquired by SentryOne in April 2018, and has reached its EOL phase. After the summer of 2022 it will likely no longer be available, and unsupported.

    $2,490

    per seat

    TestComplete

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATestComplete is a GUI test automation tool that enables users of all skill levels to test the UI of every desktop, web, and mobile application. TestComplete is best suited for testers, automation engineers, and QA teams in any industry.

    $2,256

    per license

    Pricing
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Workbench Client Edition
    2,490
    per seat
    Workbench Server Edition
    8,995
    per server
    Workbench Enterprise Edition (Client + Server)
    9,995
    1 user / 1 server
    Node-Locked Base
    2,256
    per license
    Node-Locked Pro
    3,950
    per license
    Float - Base
    5,077
    per license
    Float - Pro
    7,901
    per license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWorkbench Enterprise combines all of the functionality within Workbench Client (local install) and Workbench Server (server install).Pay for only the modules needed. TestComplete Pro includes all three modules: desktop, web, and mobile, at a bundled price point, as well as access to the parallel testing engine, TestExecute. TestComplete has additional add-ons, including TestExecute and the Intelligent Quality Add-On.
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    Community Pulse
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Considered Multiple Products
    JS Foundation
    Chose Appium
    Appium is one of the most valuable fully featured open-source tools with good support for iOS and Android mobile automation which cannot be matched even by enterprise tools.
    Incentivized
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    SmartBear
    Chose TestComplete
    Selenium provides the best speed of testing.
    Incentivized
    Chose TestComplete
    TestComplete was expensive as compared to the other tools that we used and did not live up to the expectation. Only good thing with TestComplete is that the test integration for multiple platform is pretty good and works well as compared to these individual tools as these are …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    22 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    22 Answers
    Features
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Database Development
    Comparison of Database Development features of Appium and Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued) and TestComplete
    Feature
    Appium
    -
    Ratings
    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued)
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    TestComplete
    -
    Ratings
    Test data generation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Xamarin
    Score6 out of 10
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
    OpenText UFT One
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Swiftify
    Score9 out of 10
    DBeaver
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppiumPragmatic Workbench (discontinued)TestComplete
    Likelihood to Recommend
    JS Foundation
    1. It's open source which supports range of languages, operating systems and languages. Well suited for Android and IOS mobile automation. Supports all kinds of apps, which makes it flexible and robust mobile testing tool 2. It is less appropriate where we need intercept network call to verify the API calls. Extensive coding experience is required to work Appium
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Workbench Enterprise is consistent across devices and users so far. It works the same, and access is easy. I have a problem with its security. If you use an enterprise password to access databases, it's very easy to click the show password on the connection page and expose the enterprise password. You shouldn't allow users to use the same accounts to access the database because that means all users are sharing the same password.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    Best suited to smaller unit test or tests broken up, couple of forms at a time Not suited - larger regressions test involving multiple systems. - my main regression involving payments has been unsuccessful for the last 3 years despite all working fine separately and while being watched
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    Pros
    JS Foundation
    • It uses WebDriver API so it makes it easy to use for former web test automation engineers.
    • It can be managed via the command line via an extensive set of parameters.
    • It handles implicit waits at the server side that is especially valuable in distributed infrastructure.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Querying is easy and quick.
    • Updating tables is very easy.
    • It gives us very accurate error messages.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • Identifying UI objects and application structure
    • Expandability of tests through scripts and script extensions/plugins
    • low barrier of entry (you can get started quickly, and other's don't need much explanation to contribute on a basic level)
    • Possibility of Jira integration for reporting
    • Relatively few (and usually easy to solve) git conflicts when working simultaneously
    • easy handling of test data, also for iterative tests
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    JS Foundation
    • Element browser sometimes is unreliable and has sporadic fails.
    • Appium running is a bit slow, compared to tests written with Appium and with Espresso or XCTest.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has autocompleted, but I find it difficult to use or get to use.
    • It doesn't automatically complete table names or field names.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    • TestComplete could stand to have a simplified view for different types of users. For instance, as a manager/architecture guy, I'm not so interested in getting into the code and am more interested in file-based interactions.
    • TestComplete could use more integration with reporting for things like TeamCity to improve test status visibility.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    JS Foundation
    I am rating 10/10 because Appium can use with multiple programming languages with multiple Test engines. Also, it works for both Android and iOS.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    SmartBear
    We have bigger test automation pack using test complete at the same time we also think this is not good performing tool for large number of test automation scripts.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    JS Foundation
    I would like to give 9/10 rating to Appium because of it can easily integrate with popular frameworks and CI/CD tools, as well as it is reliable, flexible and easy to use. The setup can bit complex in initial step, but once on configured it's very easy to use and enables stable and scalable mobile automation for real and cloud devices.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    It is usable when you become accustomed to its quirks. Not using it for two months and then you need to re-learn the quirks for some features (but some quirks are so awful that they will never fade from your memory). So, when using it regularly, it is possible to be quite productive, if no big correction in name mapping is needed.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    JS Foundation
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Our team does the support for us. Sometimes we see download related issues that can easily be fixed by our team. Most issues you will see with one user in your org will probably happen to others, so keep a log and track those issues. Then have a fix for them somewhere that everyone has access to. This will save you a lot of time troubleshooting.
    Incentivized
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    SmartBear
    Some bugs were quickly resolved, but most UX quirks of the tool are just marked "as designed". No follow up for enhancement request.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    JS Foundation
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    If you develop a mobile application and your testing process goes in cloud, probably you will face a problem - how to implement a stable connection between your mobile devices and testing servers
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    JS Foundation
    If you're an Apple developer, you use Xcode. It's practically a forced necessity. For system testing though, it doesn't have to be. You can have your development team focus on unit and integration tests in their platform and another team automate acceptance tests with a language they are more familiar with.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    SmartBear
    TestComplete stacks up against them in terms of GUI and seamless performance. It records each and every step and action been performed in the application and produces a detailed report in a well-structured manner. It can connect and access seamlessly among various databases directly to speed up the testing process.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    JS Foundation
    • Appium is open source, so it's free. That's budget friendly right there.
    • The ability to write mobile automation tests has saved considerable time for our manual test team, but that is true with most automation tests.
    • We use Sauce Labs with our other automation, but Appium works great with Sauce Labs, as well, if I needed to run on emulators and simulators.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • I personally like Workbench Enterprise, and I can do everything I need to do using it.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    SmartBear
    • Saves hundreds of man-hours with either QA testing or data entry
    • With the small cost of the product, it has saved the company money with both employee costs as well as the cost of mistakes made by human error or software bugs
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Pragmatic Workbench (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Real-Time SSIS Execution DiagramScreenshot of Visual Object LineageScreenshot of Data Validation Testing DesignerScreenshot of Data Validation Testing -  Performance DashboardScreenshot of Workbench Launch Dashboard