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    dotcom-monitor

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ADotcom-Monitor is a synthetic monitoring platform built around web application monitoring, using real-browser testing to confirm that websites, web applications, and APIs work correctly for actual users. Founded in 1998, it runs checks continuously from more than 30 locations across 6 continents, combining outside-in visibility with private, behind-the-firewall monitoring in one platform.N/A

    ReadyAPI

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro, LoadUI Pro, and ServiceV Pro) is a REST and SOAP API functional testing tool that enables software developers, QA engineers, and manual testers to work together to create, maintain, and execute complex end-to-end API tests in their CI/CD pipelines without needing to code.N/A

    Visual Studio Test Professional

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAn 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
    dotcom-monitorReadyAPIVisual Studio Test Professional
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    dotcom-monitorReadyAPIVisual Studio Test Professional
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    dotcom-monitorReadyAPIVisual Studio Test Professional
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    Microsoft
    Chose Visual Studio Test Professional
    I believe the thing that makes Visual Studio a solid choice is the integration with Azure and Microsoft. Apart from that, there are several open-source software available which pretty much do the same on the same scale as well.
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    dotcom-monitorReadyAPIVisual Studio Test Professional
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    User Testimonials
    dotcom-monitorReadyAPIVisual Studio Test Professional
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dotcom-Monitor
    dotcom-monitor LoadView is great for testing our ability to handle large amounts of visitors and their interactions with our site. It's also great at testing more complex interactions. For us, it's been invaluable for preparing for big events like class registration and wide-scale virtual events. It doesn't work as a CI tool but they do offer other products to serve that purpose.
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    SmartBear
    As stated, we do a LOT of API testing, the swaggerhub import makes it easy to add APIs. This is very well-suited, as well as easy management of the steps/cases/suites inside of ReadyAPI. The one thing I do wish ReadyAPI was better suited for is changes to data, we have a lot of test cases in ReadyAPI and if we make a change to how the backend data is structured, one-by-one adjustments need to be made to the steps. Less appropriate, UI testing.
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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
    Dotcom-Monitor
    • Load testing
    • Emulates user interaction
    • Ongoing monitoring of performance
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    SmartBear
    • Ease of use (ability to automatically import API definitions, Jenkins integration for running in the pipeline).
    • Detailed test reports (allow to easily identify weak spots during both functional and performance testing).
    • One platform for all tests (allows to closely couple and reuse existent tests).
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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
    Dotcom-Monitor
    • Browser compatibility testing
    • Continuous projects
    • Proactive future planning recommendations
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    SmartBear
    • Needs good documentation
    • Need to improve the performance of the tool
    • Setup is very complex and for such [a] commercial tool, it should easy and straightforward
    • Tool says it supports security testing but in reality, it is not at an extensive level.
    Incentivized
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    The only reason this isn't a '10' is because of the cost. This product is definitely meant for organizations who are serious about making sure they invest in the full ecosystem of API design, development, maintenance. But there is a significant cost associated with this investment. and because of this cost (and the non-tangible output for executives), it is a difficult line-item to justify in this post-pandemic environment.
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    Microsoft
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    Usability
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    SoapUI allows us to combine multiple tests and adhere
    to the sequence that they need to run in order to complete successfully.
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    Soap UI has managed to continuously build on it's solid foundation and keep improving by each release. It is by far the most dependable and accurate testing tool out there of its kind. Available via connecting to VM's created as SoapUI test machines give access to it anytime, anywhere practically.
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    Microsoft
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    Performance
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing.
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    Microsoft
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    Support Rating
    Dotcom-Monitor
    No answers on this topic
    SmartBear
    To be honest, we didnt had much issues with the support, as there is already plenty of online communities available for help. But if ever there were some minor issues with the membership or the certificates, the tech support was always quick and efficient enough to resolve the issue ASAP
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    no very easy but lacks documentation
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dotcom-Monitor
    dotcom-monitor LoadView is the only product like it that I have used. It's been extremely reliable and the organizations I have worked with who use it have been existing customers. I am sure other products like it exist, but I have never encountered any issues that would persuade me to start evaluating competitors
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    SmartBear
    ReadyAPI provides intuitive GUI capabilities compared to their own open source product. When compared to Postman, ReadyAPI also supports SOAP based services, which is a saver especially when integrating with legacy or other third party systems.
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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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    Scalability
    Dotcom-Monitor
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    SmartBear
    It has an excellent GUI design and the reporting mechanism is also very
    good. It does consume a lot of memory though during concurrent testing. However, I have read that added monitoring tools have been added, which if so the 7 could possibly go to a 8 or 9.
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    Microsoft
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    Return on Investment
    Dotcom-Monitor
    • Less frustrated users
    • Reduced calls to service desk during major events
    • Building trust with our constituents because our site is more reliable.
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    SmartBear
    • Very quick regression testing, hence having the testing results very soon, even the same day of deployment
    • for same above reason, it can save money for corporation (so no tedious, costly and erroneous manual testings)
    • The test reports are compatible with TestNG, so the corporation can integrate the reports in our Autamation frameworks such as Allure or Jira Zephyr
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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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