Bitbar vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

SmartBear and Microsoft are both solutions in the Functional Testing Tools category. SmartBear is ranked #28, while Microsoft is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.2. SmartBear holds a 1.4% mindshare in FT, compared to Microsoft’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 50% of SmartBear users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 96% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 18, 2024

Visual Studio Test Professional and Bitbar compete in software testing tools. Visual Studio Test Professional appears to have an edge in support and pricing, while Bitbar offers comprehensive features and flexibility.

Features: Visual Studio Test Professional provides integration with Microsoft's ecosystem, enhancing test management and execution. It supports manual and exploratory testing. Bitbar offers a broad range of device support and cloud-based testing capabilities, allowing for parallel execution and scalability.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Visual Studio Test Professional offers seamless deployment with Microsoft products, with extensive documentation and support. Bitbar provides a cloud-based model, simplifying setup, with a focus on global accessibility and responsive support.

Pricing and ROI: Visual Studio Test Professional typically incurs lower costs for Microsoft ecosystem users, offering good ROI through integration efficiencies. Bitbar may have higher initial costs but delivers greater ROI for projects needing varied device testing.

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Categories and Ranking

Bitbar

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

28th

Average Rating

7.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Mobile App Platforms (9th)

Visual Studio Test Professi...

Ranking in Functional Testing Tools

10th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Test Management Tools (6th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Functional Testing Tools category, the mindshare of Bitbar is 1.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 1.4%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Functional Testing Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Visual Studio Test Professional	1.4%
Bitbar	1.4%
Other	97.2%

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reviewer1288116

Head of Digital & Cognitive Services at a tech company with 11-50 employees

A testing platform with a good API for apps, but pricing is complicated

I like that the AI Testbot is a near-zero code application for testing. For this use case, the function is good. The services are robust. Game testing and the API for apps are also good. From the perspective of pricing, licensing, ease of use, integration with other applications, impact complexity, and integration with other tools, we're pretty much very satisfied.

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Payel Saha

Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Integrated collaboration with automated test management has improved our agile workflows and continuously supports quality reporting

Visual Studio Test Professional could be improved as earlier we had flexibility in automation testing with TFS, which became a bit difficult moving to Azure DevOps. Additionally, in Visual Studio Code, we have an agent mode for GitHub Copilot, which is very helpful in testing or development phases, while Visual Studio's GitHub Copilot is a bit tricky and sometimes does not provide my desired output.For future improvements, I would like to see prompt fixing, as currently, if something goes wrong in Visual Studio, the fixing options are not always correct. If that intelligence is embedded, it would be very helpful.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Ability to use different frameworks."

"Game testing and the API for apps are good."

"Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."

"The user interface is very friendly."

"Its initial setup process is easy."

"The solution is very stable; there's nothing in relation to stability to complain about."

"The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR."

"You can easily write code, test, and deploy within the same environment. It is a mature tool. It regularly receives new updates and versions. In my opinion, it's one of the best products by Microsoft for developers."

"Searching is extensive and helpful."

"Visual Studio Test Professional is a scalable solution."

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Cons

"Their pricing structure is complicated and can be improved."

"Lacking capability options that can be directly integrated."

"The service right now is far too expensive. You need to pay per user."

"The performance could be faster."

"Sometimes, the product is too complex to use."

"Visual Studio Test Professional should include more automation."

"It needs more integration with other tools for monitoring. Microsoft also needs to make it more modern to make it work with microservices and the cloud. It is a bit outdated currently."

"Visual Studio Test Professional is expensive."

"Visual Studio Test Professional could be improved as earlier we had flexibility in automation testing with TFS, which became a bit difficult moving to Azure DevOps."

"The data flow can be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is complicated. It's in the middle."

"Visual Studio Test Professional is a very expensive solution."

"Our company pays a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional."

"I positioned it at a mid-range level. It isn't an inexpensive solution, but considering its capabilities, it represents excellent value for the functionalities it offers."

"The pricing is expensive."

"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Visual Studio Test Professional, which is expensive."

"The product is very expensive."

"We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced."

"There is a paid version of the solution as well as a community version that is free."

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Marketing Services Firm

15%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Performing Arts

11%

Financial Services Firm

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Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	24

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Also Known As

Testdroid

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Overview

Testdroid is a set of mobile software development and testing products by Bitbar Technologies Limited. Testdroid comprises three different products: Testdroid Cloud, Testdroid Recorder and Testdroid Enterprise. Testdroid provides an application programming interface through open source software available on GitHub. Testdroid can use testing frameworks, such as Robotium, Appium and uiautomator for native and Selenium for web applications, targeted for mobile application and game developers. Testdroid Cloud contains real Android and iOS powered devices, some of which are available for users. Testdroid Cloud lets users run tests simultaneously on cloud-based service. Testdroid Recorder is a tool for developers and testers for recording user-actions and producing JUnit based test cases on mobile application and games. Testdroid Recorder is available at the Eclipse marketplace. Testdroid Enterprise is a server software for managing automated testing on multiple real Android and iOS powered devices, supporting Gradle build system and Jenkins Continuous Integration.

SmartBear

Visual Studio Professional Edition provides an IDE for all supported development languages. As of Visual Studio 2010, the Standard edition was dropped. MSDN support is available as MSDN Essentials or the full MSDN library depending on licensing. It supports XML and XSLT editing, and can create deployment packages that only use ClickOnce and MSI. It includes tools like Server Explorer and integration with Microsoft SQL Server also. Windows Mobile development support was included in Visual Studio 2005 Standard, however, with Visual Studio 2008, it is only available in Professional and higher editions. Windows Phone 7 development support was added to all editions in Visual Studio 2010. Development for Windows Mobile is no longer supported in Visual Studio 2010; it is superseded by Windows Phone 7.

Microsoft

Sample Customers

Rovio, Paf, Supercell, NITRO Games, Seriously, AVG, Google, Bosch, Yahoo, Microsoft, Yandex, Mozilla, eBay, PayPal, TESCO, Cisco WebEx, Facebook, LinkedIn, skype, Subway

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