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Zeenyx AscentialTest pros and cons

Vendor: Zeenyx
4.7 out of 5

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PROS

Highly robust and customizable automation capabilities
Seamless integration with various test management tools
Excellent support and documentation
Enhanced script reusability and modularity
Comprehensive reporting and analysis features

CONS

Documentation is often lacking clarity, making it difficult for new users to understand the system.
Support response times are sometimes slow, leading to delays in resolving critical issues.
Integration with other tools can be challenging and requires significant technical expertise.
Frequent updates can cause compatibility issues with existing test scripts.
Licensing costs are relatively high compared to similar tools in the market.
 

Zeenyx AscentialTest Pros review quotes

it_user267591 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 7, 2015
I have been working with different vendors in my role, I can say without hesitation that the Zeenyx Support Staff are the best group I've worked with.
it_user298029 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Supervisor at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jan 30, 2020
The most valuable feature of AscentialTest for us is that it fully supports PowerBuilder.
it_user307485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2015
Customer Service: Zeenyx team provides a wonderful customer support for any kind of issues we face and they worked along with us and provided solutions as early as possible too.
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it_user458469 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 23, 2020
As a platform corporation a primary strategic goal is to develop coherent tests across platforms, and this is where Ascential Test shines.
LokeshKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 7, 2017
Customer service is excellent; very helpful in addressing the issues and never hesitant in accepting the issues from their end; very responsive and quick to provide assistance.
FF
Senior Test Engineer at AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
Dec 2, 2016
It's been really easy to automate the same applications TestComplete struggled with.
PK
Senior Test Consultant at MatryxSoft Tech
Jun 4, 2019
Productivity increased by almost 10 times after using AT for test automation as manually it was taking almost a day or three days (sometimes a week) effort to do data verification of expected and actual excel files with huge number of columns and rows (approximately 50 columns and thousands of rows).
FF
Senior Test Engineer at AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
Jun 22, 2020
It’s been really easy to automate the same application TestComplete struggled with. I have been able to automate two of our key applications in just a few months. I haven’t even taken their training.
LokeshKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Sep 30, 2019
If you use the PowerBuilder application, do choose AscentialTest without thinking twice.
Tobias Roth - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at Weiss GmbH Softwarelösungen
Feb 3, 2024
AscentialTest's object recognition in snapshots is a robust feature that goes beyond standard elements, even accurately identifying objects within Datawindows.
 

Zeenyx AscentialTest Cons review quotes

it_user267591 - PeerSpot reviewer
QA Analyst with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 7, 2015
The product does have limitations on how certain project files are locked (checked-out).
it_user298029 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Supervisor at a university with 10,001+ employees
Jan 30, 2020
Classes are not as object-oriented as I would like, but I am a programmer and not QA so I expect a lot.
it_user307485 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineering Senior Analyst at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 8, 2015
It would be better if the support for Web Tables and Siebel Tables are readily available and made more simpler as they are encountered quite often while automating the apps.
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it_user458469 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. QA Engineer at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jan 23, 2020
Limitations are found to be primarily in the ux of the tool; for example when in doubt one often right clicks in an unfamiliar product to get unstuck, and AscentialTest lacks some of these fineries.
LokeshKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feb 7, 2017
We did observe that aborting the test run of a test set in the middle of execution was taking a long time.
FF
Senior Test Engineer at AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
Dec 2, 2016
It would be great if AscentialTest supported the license server being in the cloud.
PK
Senior Test Consultant at MatryxSoft Tech
Jun 4, 2019
The product can be improved a little bit with regards to the UI as the panels are too many.
FF
Senior Test Engineer at AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC
Jun 22, 2020
The only thing I can't wait for is for Zeenyx to add automating Mobile apps.
LokeshKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO, Founder at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Sep 30, 2019
I would like to see an improvement in the User Interface.
Tobias Roth - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at Weiss GmbH Softwarelösungen
Feb 3, 2024
Streamlining the retrieval of results from individual test set runs would be beneficial.