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    QA Sphere

    N/AN/AQA Sphere is a cloud-based Test Management system for planning, organizing, executing, and reporting on manual and exploratory software tests. The platform centralizes test cases, test runs, results, requirements, and linked defects. Key Capabilities Test case management: Teams can organize test cases by folder, tag, priority, and project. Parameterized cases support multiple data variations without duplicating the test steps. Test suites can be imported and…

    $12

    per month per user

    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
    QA SphereVisual Studio Test Professional
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Standard
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    QA SphereVisual Studio Test Professional
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsQA Sphere is priced per user per month. The Free plan covers up to 3 users with 1 GB of attachment storage, full API and integration access, and a capped allowance of AI generations. Standard is $12 per user per month and adds unlimited projects, 20 GB of attachment storage, Google SSO, unlimited free read-only viewer seats for stakeholders, and AI test case generation and bug reporting without credit metering. Business is $24 per user per month for teams needing higher limits and additional administrative controls. Custom enterprise terms are available, and a 30-day trial requires no credit card.—
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    User Ratings
    QA SphereVisual Studio Test Professional
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    7.0
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    QA SphereVisual Studio Test Professional
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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
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    • 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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    • 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
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    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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    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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    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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    • 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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