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Tricentis qTest vs Visual Studio Test Professional comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 16, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest delivers ROI by enhancing efficiency, visibility, and collaboration, with quick adoption, ease of use, and seamless upgrades.
Sentiment score
6.8
Visual Studio Test Professional boosts efficiency and productivity with cost-saving benefits, significantly enhancing development environments and quality.
Due to the fast adoption, there is a quick ROI along with faster and better maintenance due to Tosca's AI and self-healing aspects.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
1.0
Tricentis qTest customer service is responsive and effective, despite integration challenges and occasional slower first-tier support.
Sentiment score
6.8
Customers appreciate Visual Studio Test Professional's support, though some highlight navigation challenges and delays reaching knowledgeable staff.
Support has never been an issue, except for consulting which Tricentis charges for.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Sometimes, the documentation is not readable, being too long or too detailed and not connected to my problem.
Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Tricentis qTest offers scalable, seamless performance supporting global teams, requiring minimal maintenance, with robust integration and feature growth.
Sentiment score
7.4
Visual Studio Test Professional is highly scalable, adaptable, and supports large teams, though some find licensing costs a concern.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Tricentis qTest offers stable performance with rare downtime, consistent availability, and improved integration, receiving positive user feedback.
Sentiment score
7.9
Visual Studio Test Professional is stable with high ratings, minor bugs, and reliable updates, despite occasional third-party integration issues.
As for stability and performance, apart from a few hiccups and glitches, Tricentis qTest worked fine.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Tricentis qTest requires improved reporting, better integration, enhanced user interface, installation processes, and faster, robust support and features.
Visual Studio Test Professional needs better integration, user-friendliness, scalability, modern features, and improved performance and documentation.
There may be missing features that should be included in the next release of Tricentis qTest, such as integration with other tools, specifically integration with Parasoft.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It also does not allow for task tracking or calculating time spent on tasks, which affects project timelines.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
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.
Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The product needs contextual help integrated within its interface.
Chief Product Officer at Gradiant
Sometimes, the library version is not compatible with other libraries, causing errors in my application.
Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry
 

Setup Cost

Tricentis qTest offers moderate enterprise pricing, supports global teams, and includes options for volume discounts and optional tools.
Visual Studio Test Professional's pricing is high, yet valued for its functionality, offering free and professional licensing options.
The solution is expensive.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The pricing and execution of qTest are easy.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
The price is expensive.
Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry
 

Valuable Features

Tricentis qTest provides seamless integration, robust reporting, and scalable test management, enhancing agile testing efficiency across diverse needs.
Visual Studio Test Professional offers robust integration, user-friendly tools, and customization for efficient cross-platform development and team collaboration.
There are also AI insights available based on the data and defects raised, which gives a view of functionalities where there are challenges and where more regression needs to happen.
Senior Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
A valuable feature is the ease of uploading, as well as creating folders.
Test Automation Specialist -Full Stack at IBM
I have seen measurable benefits with Tricentis qTest in terms of time-saving and resource-saving.
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It supports cross-platform functionality.
Department Manager, Certification Project Management at Institute for Information Industry
Visual Studio Test Professional is highly valuable because it provides extensive extensions and plugins that assist in measuring code quality.
Chief Product Officer at Gradiant
We have a retrospective in our auto projects that we are using frequently to get lessons learned, what went well, and what is going wrong.
Test Automation Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Tricentis qTest
Ranking in Test Management Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Visual Studio Test Professi...
Ranking in Test Management Tools
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
53
Ranking in other categories
Functional Testing Tools (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Test Management Tools category, the mindshare of Tricentis qTest is 5.6%, down from 15.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Visual Studio Test Professional is 3.3%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Test Management Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tricentis qTest5.6%
Visual Studio Test Professional3.3%
Other91.1%
Test Management Tools
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2772063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Specialist 2A at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Has supported centralized test case management but needs better reporting and integration features
One good feature of Tricentis qTest was that users can directly upload test cases in the tool itself. Unlike ALM, where we had a plugin in Excel and it used to hang very much, this was a really cool feature where users can upload test cases directly into the tool. I have used Tricentis qTest's integration with Jira, but that's why we migrated to Octane tool. There were some hiccups, such as when we updated anything in Tricentis qTest, it wasn't really reflecting in our release container or release manager. I have utilized the customizable dashboards with Tricentis qTest, though they weren't very interactive. I have seen measurable benefits with Tricentis qTest in terms of time-saving and resource-saving. It's definitely time-saving, and also in terms of space, users can have everything centralized instead of having it all in Excel locally, which can be maintained in the repository of Tricentis qTest.
Payel Saha - PeerSpot reviewer
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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
Construction Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise25
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Tricentis qTest?
The solution is expensive. For the features that are available, depending on the volumes of licenses we get, we are able to get better discounts as strategic partners of Tosca. We can pass some ben...
What needs improvement with Tricentis qTest?
One of the things I noticed was the reporting part wasn't very good. It was hard to customize the dashboards in Tricentis qTest, and there were limitations in the dashboard. There may be missing fe...
What is your primary use case for Tricentis qTest?
The main use cases for Tricentis qTest are for test management, to keep test cases and execute those. Overall, centralized test management with Tricentis qTest was beneficial for the team's product...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Visual Studio Test Professional?
The tool is free, resulting in no costs associated with its use. The absence of price makes it cost-effective.
What needs improvement with Visual Studio Test Professional?
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 C...
What is your primary use case for Visual Studio Test Professional?
We are using Microsoft Visual Studio for automation testing, specifically using C# Selenium.Visual Studio Test Case Management, which is embedded in Azure DevOps itself, is part of our process. We ...
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

McKesson, Accenture, Nationwide Insurance, Allianz, Telstra, Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH PCIS), and Vodafone
Transport for Greater Manchester, Ordina, Bluegarden A/S, CLEAResult, Jet.com, OSIsoft, Australian Taxation Office, BookedOut, Tracasa
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