TechValidate Research on Ranorex

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer services company is based on a June 2019 survey of Ranorex Studio customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

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

• Prioritizing the following tests for automation:
  • End-to-end
  • Functional UI
  • Smoke
  • Visual testing
• Have the following primary goals for UI test automation:
  • Getting faster feedback from testing
  • Taking screenshots

Use Case

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

• 5-9 people are using Ranorex Studio to automate tests.
• Testing the following mobile or web platforms with Ranorex Studio:
  • Web app on desktop
  • Mobile (native Android app)
  • Mobile (native iOS app)
• Has integrated Jenkins with Ranorex Studio.

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.
• Increased efficiency in testing

Introduction

This case study of Jora Credit 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:
  • 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:
  • Functional UI
  • End to end
  • Integration
  • Web service / API
  • Database
  • Visual regression (page layout, responsiveness)
  • GUI
• Integrated Team Foundation Server with Ranorex.
• Is using Microsoft Test Manager for test management.
• Testing the following application interfaces/platforms with Ranorex:
  • Desktop
  • Web
  • Mobile

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
  • The ability to fit into technology stacks (.NET, C#/VB.Net)