TechValidate Research on Ranorex

Introduction

This case study of Zaar Teach-IT is based on a May 2021 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:

• Rated the challenge of before using Ranorex Studio:
  • test coverage – testing enough of the application: a minor challenge
  • test reporting: a significant challenge
  • staffing: a significant challenge
  • flaky / unstable tests: a minor challenge

Use Case

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

• They automate the following tests with Ranorex Studio:
  • End-to-end
  • Functional UI
  • Integration
  • Performance
  • Regression
  • Smoke
  • Visual regression (page layout, responsiveness)
• They test the following platforms/technologies with Ranorex Studio.
  • Desktop – C#
  • Desktop – Delphi
  • Desktop – Java
  • Desktop – .NET or VB.NET
  • Desktop – WinForms
  • Desktop – WPF
  • Web app
  • Mobile – native Android app
  • Mobile – native iOS app
• They have integrated the following tools with Ranorex Studio:
  • Azure DevOps Server
  • Jenkins
  • SpiraTeam

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Said to what extent they agree that using Ranorex Studio for test automation has done:
  • Increased tester productivity: Strongly Agree
  • Saved testing costs: Strongly Agree
  • Reduced development time to market: Strongly Agree
  • Increased product quality: Strongly Agree
  • Increased product revenue: Strongly Agree
• Gave an estimate of the increase they saw in the following areas:
  • Increase in product revenue: 20-40%
  • Increase in productivity: 20-40%

Introduction

This case study of ABN AMRO Commercial Finance Holding B.V. 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:
  • End-to-end
  • Functional UI
  • Integration
  • Regression
  • Web service/API
• Have the following primary goals for UI test automation:
  • Automating end-to-end testing
  • Automating regression testing
  • Increasing test coverage

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:
  • .NET
  • SAP
  • VB.NET
• Testing the following mobile or web platforms with Ranorex:
  • Web app on desktop (using Ranorex Studio)
  • Mobile (web app in mobile browser)
• Has integrated Team Foundation Server with Ranorex Studio.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Ranorex Studio:

• Seen a 10% – 20% (save 3 – 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 technical testing skills / knowledge