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Micro Focus Service Test [EOL] vs Tricentis Tosca comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 16, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Micro Focus Service Test [EOL]
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
1.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tricentis Tosca
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
113
Ranking in other categories
Service Virtualization (2nd), Functional Testing Tools (1st), Mobile App Testing Tools (1st), Regression Testing Tools (1st), API Testing Tools (2nd), Test Automation Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user375834 - PeerSpot reviewer
VRM - Venue Results Manager at a sports company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It made it easy for the test team to monitor and measure test execution​.
The most valuable features for us are Performance on execution Usage, once most of tasks are drag and drop, so you just need to drag the features during script preparation Integration with other ALM tools My team integrated test scripts from HP Service Test into HP QC ALM test management tool.…
reviewer2740515 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer 2 at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Automation test development becomes accessible and effective for functional testers
Tricentis Tosca is a codeless tool, making it easy for everyone to understand the transition of how to develop scenarios or test cases. In Tricentis Tosca, analyzing failures is straightforward because every time it fails somewhere, I get the screenshot, which helps me analyze how and why it failed. It has all the modules, including some pre-built ones that can be reused efficiently. Compared to other code tools such as Selenium, where I used to develop one script in one day, with Tricentis Tosca I can easily develop one script in four hours or three hours, saving four to five hours in a day.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Service Test is user friendly and requires QTP developers a relatively minimal learning curve to catch up with any changes in features that may get introduced by newer versions."
"Service Test provides different opportunities in SOA testing, which helps us to provide better SOA solutions to clients."
"My team integrated test scripts from HP Service Test into HP QC ALM test management tool, which made it easy for the test team to monitor and measure test execution."
"The most valuable feature is the graphical workflow."
"It has helped a lot in reducing the time that would be put in for a particular module."
"The data validation used to take a lot of time, and now through Service Test it is done within minutes."
"The use of automation is most valuable."
"It's a simple tool, particularly in terms of system testing. You can also convert and automate using Tricentis Tosca with ease."
"It allows manual testers to pick up automation, because it is a scriptless tool."
"I face no challenges or stability issues."
"Tricentis Tosca is a fast-pace, ever-evolving test automation tool that can solve today's testing requirements and provide fast feedback."
"The platform's most valuable feature is model-based testing, which is effective for test case design and optimization."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"This solution allows you to create an entire automated framework where it allows you to easily manage everything in one place."
 

Cons

"If the license server went down, all the HPST nodes would fail their automation tests, which would bring down the entire automated test infrastructure and people would think the current build was bad."
"Service Test technology is primarily meant to test applications without user interface therefore falling short of helping in the test of UI applications unlike QTP."
"When an entire script is ready in the tool and there is a modification of WSDL at the final point, you need to form the code from scratch and there will be a lot of objects in the tool that wouldn't work after the inclusion of the new WSDL, which requires significant manual effort to fix."
"They should come up with something like Fiddler to see the service status."
"Its pricing is a bit high when compared to other SOA testing tools."
"I think the new version is not so stable, and that’s what's stopping us from moving over to it."
"The product needs to improve its pricing. It also needs to improve the infrastructure and DEX agent setup."
"Run time test execution status: They have improved on this a bit by introducing a progress bar. However, it can be further improved."
"The disadvantage is that it is very expensive."
"I personally feel like the pricing is a little bit on the high end."
"Might have a learning curve, as it does not follow the traditional Record-Play functionality, but tests have to be built from requirements or Agile story cards."
"It can be quite expensive."
"Tricentis Tosca's performance could be better. Sometimes when we are remapping or when it is loading it can take a lot of time. There are free solutions that have better performance in this area."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing a ten. The licensing model is based on a yearly basis."
"Tricentis Tosca is an expensive tool and the licensing is not simple."
"I'm not sure if I'm at liberty to talk about the pricing, but it has some significant costs. For example, you have to pay a license and maintenance fee. Then the rest of the terms are negotiable. We have to consider what we need and what benefit we get from it."
"The pricing of the solution comes as part of our Tosca bundle."
"The tool is expensive. It has become overpriced, especially after Tricentis Tosca grew as a company. Initially, we bought a license with an annual support fee, which wasn't too expensive. However, they changed the model, and now we have to purchase a license yearly, which has become quite costly."
"The pricing is high, but altogether it offers you the ability to automate all sorts of applications: desktop, web, mobile, etc."
"We hired a consultant to figure out all the tools in our company and how they fit in our company before we purchased the solution."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive. It is on the higher side."
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Manufacturing Company
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Financial Services Firm
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise24
Large Enterprise74
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tricentis Tosca?
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Service Test, HPE Service Test
Orchestrated Service Virtualization
 

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