Azure Test Plans vs. Visual Studio Test Professional

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Test Plans
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Azure Test Plans is an exploratory test toolkit available from Microsoft's Azure suite of services. It enables manual testing for users, so that they can plan, execute, and track scripted tests with actionable defects and end-to-end traceability. Assess quality throughout the development lifecycle by testing your desktop or web applications. It is available with Azure DevOps Services.N/A
Visual Studio Test Professional
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
An add-on for the Visual Studio IDE, Visual Studio Test Professional subscription helps teams drive quality and speed. It includes test case management and collaboration features that streamline quality control and support continuous delivery.
$2,169
for the first year (renews at $869)
Pricing
Azure Test PlansVisual Studio Test Professional
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Test PlansVisual Studio Test Professional
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Azure Test PlansVisual Studio Test Professional
Test Management
Comparison of Test Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Test Plans
8.4
6 Ratings
4% above category average
Visual Studio Test Professional
-
Ratings
Centralized test management8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Manage test hosts and schedules8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Map tests to user stories8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Test execution reporting9.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Defect management7.46 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Azure Test PlansVisual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(6 ratings)
7.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Test PlansVisual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
It works well for express test case implementation with a short duration. You can define the tests for two weeks and run the activities documenting the software errors and fixes to control the effectiveness of DevOps. The graphic reports give the idea of the backlog phases advances and errors detected. It needs improvement if you have a large test project and need to design financial budgets and control over costs of the test plan.
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Microsoft
It would be well suited if we used it with Azure DevOps as we can effortlessly integrate the test cases and even stories or tasks to stay on track with our work. Those test cases can even be reused across multiple projects. Using any other third-party tools, such as Jira, can be less appropriate, as it's not a Microsoft tool, and its capabilities will be limited.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Multi test plan access
  • Well structured and easy to use
  • Integrates with other azure features to work seamlessly ,connecting the data flow
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Microsoft
  • Availability of the desktop client or the web interface. The web interface being the favorite and providing a better experience.
  • It enables you to write unit tests with so much ease.
  • Allows the recording and repeating of manual tests
  • It can be set up for collaboration.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Graphic definition of the the Work Break Down Structure
  • Gantt Chart to check the activity dependance and flow of the process
  • Basic cost module to design test budgets.
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Microsoft
  • The user community of the Visual Studio Test product is weak. For instant problems with this product, it is necessary to quickly reach the source of the error.
  • Licence fees need to be more reasonable. License prices need to be reduced so that they can easily compete with free testing tools.
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Usability
Microsoft
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Microsoft
It is very usable if you are familiar with Visual Studio to begin with. If you are new to the interface, it can be a long ramp up period for Testers not used to the GUI. There is always the web option which seems to be more intuitive for many Testers.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
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Microsoft
Visual Studio Test Professional is backed up by the full support of the Microsoft Corporation. That means twenty-four/seven customer support by quality, highly-trained professionals who understand every possible issue that you have experienced before. They are nice, efficient, and highly professional. I recommend them.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
We're doing a full continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), continuous testing (CT), security, delivery, and monitoring. They have been lately adding features to the services on a regular basis. Every two weeks, they add functionality to Azure DevOps Services to match it with what Azure DevOps Server or on-prem would offer. So, we continue to get more robust functionality. My favorite right now is that they are starting to open up the API availability within Azure DevOps Services.
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Microsoft
The visual Studio Test tool is faster than other tools. Since the development and testing processes are in one tool, it is more profitable in terms of cost. It is more inconvenient to write a test case in DevOps.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Pros: One stop solution for end to end traceability
  • Pros: Exploratory testing used
  • Pros: maximum coverage on multiple browsers, operating system combinations
  • Cons: Integration with Non-Microsoft tools can be improved
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Microsoft
  • One of the positive ROIs of Visual Studios is the fact that it makes producing our work at a quick rate, things like Intellisense make our work get produced at a much higher rate which is good for our return of investment.
  • Testing by the developers has increased by 23%, we now take the time to actually test our product before we send it to our QA people.
  • I am not aware of any negative ROI aspects to our company that have been found.
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