We use Oracle Application Testing Suite to test our web applications across our whole organization. The IT department mainly uses the testing suite to load test our web applications and ensure our web applications are scaled properly and make sure their performance is as expected. The Oracle Application Testing Suite has automated our testing and saved many hours of manual testing time, allowing faster deployments of our web apps.
Pros
Cuts our firms test script creation time by 50%, cutting weeks from a project
Testing schedule
Reduces the amount of manual testing
Required for web app deployment
Allows you to focus on actual testing instead of spending extra time developing test scripts
Cons
Learning Oracles testing language "OpenScript" is a challenge, and for less technical people could be a problem
Sometimes the applications automatic updates cause more problems than they solve
The cost of the suite is higher than some competing applications
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle Application Testing Suite is really strong at scalability, performance and load testing of web applications. I found that one of its biggest weaknesses is reporting. I found that SAP reporting tools were much better for our needs. It isn't that the suite doesn't include reporting tools, they just didn't meet our particular needs.
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Former Employee in Information Technology (51-200 employees)
At my previous organization working for a financial services firm, we had lots of applications being used by financial clients of different sizes. We experienced certain phases of high volume consumption like payroll processing times. To ensure the integrity of our software applications under these high workloads, we decided to use Oracle Application Testing Suite.
Pros
It was easy to configure selenium test scripts for executing automated tests for our client front end applications.
Load and stress testing our payroll processing engine that experienced the highest traffic volumes became a breeze.
Cons
We had to contract with our vendor and had a prolonged implementation phase due to the technical complexity involved in working with Oracle Application Testing Suite.
The software has a higher price tag in comparison to some of the other competitors, hence making it more appropriate for organizations that are already consuming Oracle services.
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle Application Testing suite is great for running automated test suites. In our specific scenario, we found it very useful doing stress analysis of our applications and potentially exposing any bottlenecks in our system's architecture.
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Engineer in Information Technology (51-200 employees)
At my previous position at Florida State University, we had lots of applications that were heavily used by students, faculty and staff. There were certain periods of time when these applications experienced extremely high usage e.g. during the course enrollment, grades notifications and financial aid disbursement. We wanted to check the integrity of our systems during these high workloads and hence we used Oracle Application Testing suite for that purpose.
Pros
Automating integration testing based on easily configured scripts.
We found it very efficient for load testing our front facing student portal that experienced the highest traffic volumes.
Cons
The application is ideal for places that have already contracted with Oracle, however, OATS is much more expensive than other software available on the market.
The setup and configuration for OATS requires a lot of technical expertise and in depth knowledge.
Likelihood to Recommend
We used Oracle Application Testing Suite in the software development environment for execution of automated testing suites. We found it very useful for load testing our applications from end to end and discovering potential bottlenecks in our implementations.
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Employee in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
It is used by the QA department of the organization and by each of the developers including me, its best feature is the integrated test solution. allows you to define and manage the test process of your application, validate the functionality of the application and ensure that your applications run under load that helps us a lot.
Pros
In the test suite, I loved creating a ServerStats monitor.
It allows to use the available metrics and the generic metrics, and the load test can be run without problems and compare my absolute values.
It has the ability to clone measurement profiles this feature saves a lot of time and money in the test environment. I used it for my Oracle and SQL databases, web servers and APIs.
Cons
Its interface is not as easy to use as it could be.
The price is a little high, it is made for large companies.
It requires a lot of knowledge and training to be able to use it well. This makes the learning curve very large.
Likelihood to Recommend
It is suitable for testing web applications, very adaptable, has an excellent user interface. One of its best features is the integrated test solution. of the best Oracle applications is a wonderful tool to test solutions. It reflects the physical bank and facilitates integration and business. Good learning user interface and easily modifiable.
We have a huge set of business applications which need functional as well as load testing before releasing them to our internal business users. In our agile development process, it is crucial to do regression testing before releasing the software.
Pros
Testing as a service, load testing, and Oracle apps testing
Test process management, including test requirements management, test management, test execution and defect tracking.
Cons
Cost of the tool is higher than some others on the market
Better out of the box options for parallel regression testing sets
Tooling and lack of integrated suite to have everything in one place.
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle Load Testing Suite for Oracle Applications - scalability, performance and load testing of Oracle packaged applications.Provides out of the box testing flows for E-Business Suite.
Allows our non-technical QA team member to build tests.
