TestRail vs. Visual Studio Test Professional

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
TestRail
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
TestRail by Gurock, an IDERA company, is presented as a complete web-based test case management solution to manage, track, and organize your software testing efforts.
$35
per month billed annually
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
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Editions & Modules
Professional Cloud
$35
per month billed annually per user
Professional Cloud
$38
per month per user
Enterprise Cloud
$71
per month billed annually per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Features
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Test Management
Comparison of Test Management features of Product A and Product B
TestRail
7.5
3 Ratings
8% below category average
Visual Studio Test Professional
-
Ratings
Centralized test management7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Manage test hosts and schedules7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Map tests to user stories7.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Test execution reporting8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Defect management7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(3 ratings)
7.0
(15 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
TestRailVisual Studio Test Professional
Likelihood to Recommend
Idera, Inc.
The integration with other tools, and their user friendly layout and design. It's very comfortable to use and is way better than other tools with the Automation Testing tools, thanks to the great API that is included. Sometimes the integration with Jira is a little faulty, but the links to that tool usually work well. It could be cool if it had a better following for the bug items that were registered on other tools.
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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
Idera, Inc.
  • Managing test plans and test cases
  • Generation of test results
  • Modularised way of storing 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
Idera, Inc.
  • Outstanding user bugs
  • UI is clunky
  • Things are not where you think they would be
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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
Idera, Inc.
As I am a tester, for me I found this tool to be new in terms of everything like the management of tests, plans, releases, reporting,etc. It is overall a good tool for test reporting and can be used for reference in the future. I liked several features of on the go placement of screenshots. Also I feel like the UI , the font, the color combination can be improved
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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
Idera, Inc.
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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
Idera, Inc.
TestRail definitely saves times. I work in a company that consists of several development teams, all of which have different processes. Some of the teams leverage test cases, some do not. I've noticed that the turn around time it takes for me to pick up a ticket, QA it, and then pass/fail/send feedback is much faster when there is a test case created as I'm not reading through ticket description/comments to figure out what needs to be QA'd.
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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
Idera, Inc.
  • We are able to easily pull reports any time management would like to see them
  • Jira integration makes it easy to attach to stories/defects and save time
  • A quick overview at the system's health as a whole is easy to see from TestRail
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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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