Craft vs. CucumberStudio, from SmartBear

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Craft
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Craft, from the company of the same name in Tel Aviv, is presented by the vendor as a better way for Product Managers to manage and plan their products in agile environment.N/A
CucumberStudio
Score 4.9 out of 10
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CucumberStudio, now a SmartBear product since the 2019 acquisition, is a continuous testing platform replacing the former HipTest, supporting agile development with manual and automated code testing, reusable steps, feature history with living documentation, among other features.N/A
Pricing
CraftCucumberStudio, from SmartBear
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CraftCucumberStudio
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
CraftCucumberStudio, from SmartBear
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CraftCucumberStudio, from SmartBear
Small Businesses
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Craft
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.5 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
CraftCucumberStudio, from SmartBear
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CraftCucumberStudio, from SmartBear
Likelihood to Recommend
Craft
Craft is really well suited for any size design team - I have used it within a team of 3, and within a team of 30. It helps with collaboration within the team, and between external teams through 'sync' with Invision. It increases efficiency of using Sketch with things like 'data', 'duplicate', and 'stock'. These tools not only make designing faster, but also more realistic, allowing us to 'test' our designs sooner.
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SmartBear
HipTest is good and helpful to create and run functional regressions but it is more complicated to use this tool to create and run API testing scenarios (it does not mean it can not be done). This tool is definitively not appropriate for running performance testing scenarios.
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Pros
Craft
  • Craft is built to digital products developers, so its workflow is great.
  • It has a very nice interface and is a beautiful tool.
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SmartBear
  • Good integration with Jira
  • Includes integration with different tools for different porpuses
  • You can build your own framework to automate scenarios and make it work with Hiptest
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Cons
Craft
  • tools hard to understand
  • user interface is a bit tricky for some who is not familiar with these apps
  • detailed control page with more formatting options
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SmartBear
  • UX is not too obvious and easy (like generating a data table in a scenario or including a scenario in a test run) but you can get used to it relatively easy by playing around with the options, also the documentation is helpful.
  • To get extra functionalities you have to pay for them separately.
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Support Rating
Craft
Responsive chat with founders to answer any questions you have.
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SmartBear
The tool includes a basic but complete documentation that can be very helpful to get started using the tool. The UX sometimes does not feel very easy to understand but after some use you can get familiar without reading the documentation. The webinars are not very useful for using the tool, I have seen a couple of them and they are actually focused on promoting their HipTest product to new users instead of being useful and educational for current users.
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Alternatives Considered
Craft
Craft was originally developed in response to ExpressionEngine's shortcomings. While ExpressionEngine has caught up in some regards, it still looks and feels a bit unpolished by comparison. Additionally, ExpressionEngine's vendor has never gotten UI right - not on their website, nor in their CMS. Craft remains easier to use, more polished and provides a wider feature set in its base install (without needing plugins). As for WordPress - while I recognize its massive popularity, I find its reliance on themes, third-party plugins, along with security shortcomings, make it a poor fit for the larger custom projects we build. On the other hand, if you want to throw up a passable website in a day, you can't beat WordPress.
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SmartBear
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Return on Investment
Craft
  • Easy to keep track of notes in a more structured way than a long single document that gets added to over time.
  • Great for sharing with collaborators.
  • Allows for quick draft creation which produces better final documents.
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SmartBear
  • It helps to have organization in our scenarios.
  • It helps to get regressions done faster than doing it manually
  • It helps to graphically see the progress and results of executions.
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ScreenShots

CucumberStudio Screenshots

Screenshot of CucumberStudio empowers the whole team to read and refine executable specifications without needing technical tools. Business and technology teams can collaborate on acceptance criteria and bridge their gap.