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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SpiraTest

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SpiraTest allows customers to manage their software testing and quality assurance activities. It provides requirements management, test management and bug-tracking functionality with integrated reporting.

    $130.99

    per month 3 concurrent users (minimum)

    Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)

    Score6.9 out of 10
    N/AVisual Studio App Center was a solution used to build, test, release, and monitor mobile and desktop apps, as well as to continuously monitor real-time performance. The product was discontinued in March 2025, and is no longer available.

    $40

    per month per build concurrency

    Pricing
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Cloud
    $43.66
    per month per concurrent user
    Download
    $423.66
    per year per concurrent user
    Builds
    $40
    per month per build concurrency
    Standard Test Plan
    $99
    per month per build concurrency
    Enterprise Test Plan
    $499
    per month per build concurrency
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing on Cloud solution. 3 concurrent user minimum. Volume concurrent user discount available.—
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    Features
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Test Management
    Comparison of Test Management features of SpiraTest and Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Feature
    SpiraTest
    7.8
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Visual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Centralized test management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manage test hosts and schedules7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Map tests to user stories8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Test execution reporting5.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Defect management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Azure DevOps
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Azure DevOps Server
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SpiraTestVisual Studio App Center (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Inflectra Corporation
    I think SpiraTest is well suited as a test suite, but in situations where the team is already using multiple products from one particular provider, it may be better to go with that provider's test solution. This is because integrations are very important nowadays, and should be considered when picking your project management software. It should be noted that management selected SpiraTest primarily due to the low cost of the test software. I'm less familiar with other test software in the field, but if cost is an issue, you should take a look at SpiraTest.
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    Honestly, it's an all around solution that needs some enhancements. Need to build an app, check! Need to test that app, check! Need to debug that app, check! Visual Studio App Center is a well rounded platform for multiple types of builds and services.
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    Pros
    Inflectra Corporation
    • A clean view of test case steps, expected results and the ability to record a result for each step quickly on one page per test set. This really helps testers work through executing manual test cases.
    • Hierarchical structure of releases and builds, requirements, and test cases.
    • Can quickly build test sets and/or test runs per build/release.
    • Simple identification of each test case, requirement, test run, build, release, etc.
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    • It supplies the right native integration for test cases both IOS and Android
    • Constant device updates means you are working with the right builds to support product use cases
    • Excels in automated test cases that are easy to implement, monitor, and digest results
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    Cons
    Inflectra Corporation
    • Training can be difficult to find at times.
    • Basic reporting can become very verbose unless you set lots of filters and parameters.
    • The ability to customize some of the verbiage in the application would help bridge the gap between translating what SpiraTest's testing terminology is and the company culture uses for testing terminology.
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    • Webview support was lacking
    • User management seems a bit disconnected from the standard Microsoft ecosystem. Almost feels like you are managing local users and sharing access more than an enterprise solution
    • Price could be better
    • Buggy on some of the latest versions of windows
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    Support Rating
    Inflectra Corporation
    As promised during product selection, SpiraPlan support has always been quick and helpful. Replies almost always come back in hours (and often in an hour or two). And SpiraPlan's online tech support maintains all support conversations online so no need to look through emails to try to recall repllies.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Inflectra Corporation
    Incentivized
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    The biggest benefit is in integrations and plug-ins, as well as the fact that it's not open source. I know open source is popular, but we have all been on the downside of open source and waiting for things to be voted up or a contribution to fix an issue. This alone makes VSAC a nice solution! Plus, it comes with a complete IDE integration of services, documentation, and is light weight
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    Return on Investment
    Inflectra Corporation
    • SpiraTest can be improved in terms of its dashboard and reporting. This will be really helpful for the management as well.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Cut down on time to delivery enhancements and overall builds to users
    • Helps test new proposed releases with ease
    • Cuts down on local build issues as it does do a good job with local development environments as well
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of real-time dashboards.Screenshot of an example of the customizable reporting.Screenshot of requirements management.Screenshot of test management.