TechValidate Research on Ranorex

Introduction

This case study of Rain Bird Corporation is based on a June 2019 survey of Ranorex Studio customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Ranorex Studio:

• Prioritizing the following tests for automation:
  • Functional UI
  • Regression
  • Smoke
• Have the following primary goals for UI test automation:
  • Automating end-to-end testing
  • Automating regression testing
  • Increasing test coverage
  • Getting faster feedback from testing

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Ranorex Studio that the surveyed company uses:

• 3-4 people are using Ranorex Studio to automate tests.
• Testing the following technologies/platforms with Ranorex:
  • Java
• Testing the following mobile or web platforms with Ranorex:
  • Mobile (native Android app)
  • Mobile (native iOS app)
• Are using Microfocus ALM (HP QC/ALM) as their test management tool.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Seen a more than 20% (save 6+ hours per week, per person) increase in productivity since using Ranorex Studio for test automation.
• Ranorex Studio has done the following:
  • Increased efficiency in testing
  • Resulted in shorter test cycles
  • Resulted in more robust and reliable automation
  • Improved application quality / fewer defects
  • Improved technical testing skills / knowledge

Introduction

This case study of Cubeware GmbH is based on a December 2017 survey of Ranorex Studio customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Ranorex Studio:

• Top challenges associated with test automation:
  • Creating new automated tests for new features in the software under test
  • Maintaining existing automated tests due to changes in the UI
  • Maintaining deployment pipeline and automation environments (VMs)
  • Management not understanding the costs and limitations of automated testing

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Ranorex Studio that the surveyed company uses:

• Has 1-2 people on their team performing Automated Testing.
• Automating the following tests with Ranorex:
  • End to end
  • Integration
  • Web service / API
  • Database
  • Performance
• Integrated Team Foundation Server with Ranorex.
• Testing the following application interfaces/platforms with Ranorex:
  • Desktop
  • Web

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Ranorex Studio has helped in the following ways:
  • Increased their testing efficiency (less manual tests)
  • Shortened their test cycles
  • Gained robust and reliable automation
  • Improved their level of technical knowledge/skills
• Realized a greater than 20% (saved 6+ hours a week) increase in productivity after using Ranorex Studio for test automation.
• Reports the following as important features when they evaluated Ranorex automation tool:
  • Ease of use
  • Excellent object recognition
  • A strong automation API
  • Easy integration with build pipeline
  • The ability to fit into technology stacks (.NET, C#/VB.Net)
  • A helpful and responsive support team
  • Price