TestComplete vs Cypress

Ease of managing test script especially for regression testing.

- Tamoya B.

"Great when it works" What do you like best about TestComplete? TestComplete is a pretty robust automated testing tool. I've been using it for about 9 years. It does take some time to learn and unlike the salespeople push it to be plug and play or record and playback, there are some scripting skills needed to get your test scripts working consistently for regression testing. It's been a 9 year learning curve but I've gotten there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestComplete? Their license utility leaves little to be desired. The department in charge of licensing should take off the tin foil beanies and be a little less paranoid over their product. Believe me, it's not something worth pirating. Most anti-virus software blocks this license product and getting them to get along has been a nightmare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering TestComplete: Make sure your users are technical savvy. During my first training with TestComplete 9 years ago, it was very obvious that the sales team had sold the product as record and playback and that anyone can use it. The other participants in the training class were apparent business users and were not technically minded and were completely lost in the scripting instructions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestComplete solving and how is that benefiting you? It's really beneficial for regression testing. However, the scripts have to be watched and adjusted for network fluctuations and delays added to accommodate.

- Toni S.

"It has been very useful for us to perform performance tests as well as performance and interface" What do you like best about TestComplete? It has a fairly complete, powerful and intuitive interface so you don't need to be a programming expert to be able to use it without any problem, the fact that it allows me to perform different tests on my programs and developments is something of great help When I want to verify the proper functioning of my entire program in a much safer, more accurate, faster and more reliable way, the quality of the reports generated after performing the software analysis is quite complete and objective, which helps me make decisions. in a much faster way regarding how we are going to solve the problems detected in the best possible way without generating long delays in the final delivery of the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about TestComplete? It has some errors that can affect the performance of this application during its use, especially slowing it down or even leaving the program frozen, which happens very frequently, the solution? As there is no other option than to restart the entire application and start the tests from scratch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is TestComplete solving and how is that benefiting you? It has been very useful for us to carry out different tests both of operation and performance and interface for users in a fairly fast and simple way, so that we can be able to identify and correct existing errors in our applications in one much simpler and faster way instead of carrying out manual tests of our systems by members of our work team.

- Mikki M.

I am working with Cypress for over 3 years. This framework is reliable, fast, and user-friendly. Failed tests debugging is enjoyable with a detailed open mode console. The amount of functionalities is amazing and its usage usually is just as simple as entering one or two methods. Each test is recorded/screenshotted if failed. Adaptation to users' needs is vast - multiple configs if needed, different types of tests (frontend, API), a huge amount of open-source plugins ready to work within two terminal commands, and much more. Documentation, as well as customer support, help greatly with all problems and questions. In 95%, if you have a bug, somewhere there is a solution. However, Cypress has some downsides, like a lack of native parallelization support (which needs an external cloud). Some functionalities (because of the framework architecture) are not supported (iframes) or resolved in a strange way (real mouse hover). Also, the structure of the tests (cy.get...) may be confusing at the start, especially since it is completely different from Selenium syntax. To sum up this review, Cypress is an amazing piece of code, that helped me greatly through the years. It has some specific problems and a unique structure, but when understood and used correctly it is extremally powerful and can be widely implemented to handle apps testing.

- Piotr P.

A really revolutional tool for web testing. We have integrated cypress tests with our application deployment pipeline. We couldn't do it before with our Selenium tests because of their flakiness.

- Igor S.

They are active in the Atlanta development community which I really appreciate. They have made a great product and they continue to listen to what users want.

- Ryan R.