SmartBear Software

Zephyr

7.3 /10

What is Zephyr?

Software Testing As Agile As You Need It to Be Spend less time testing and more time building. From agile development to predictive analytics, you'll achieve full Continuous Testing Agility.

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Zephyr Ratings

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80 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Zephyr?

12% Negative

3% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Test Planning

Test Data Management

Artifact Traceability

Test Script Editor

Test Run Workflow Manager

Regulatory Compliance

Test Case Generator

Audit Log

Analytics and Reporting

Artifact Management

Test Coverage Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Zephyr Reviews

Matt E.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Painful benefits

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

Zephyr is integrated into Jenkins as a ticket type.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With Zephyr I can create tests right inside Jenkins that leverage labels and components and release cycles.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I find creating steps to be an awful editing experience. I tend to write tests in the ticket description instead just so I can avoid the cumbersome work of filling out steps.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you must use a tool built into Jira that offers test cycles aligned with Jira versions and you can find a less painful way to create steps than to manually type them in, then it may work well for you.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Charges for Enhancements

Don M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Effective solution for test management.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

The ability to create test case suites, with individual test cases written within its modules, is what sets it apart from competing tools. You can examine the results of your tests after adding and running test cases.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Effortless to use and saves time too. Because it's possible to input the test cases using spreadsheet. The query view facilitates easy task completion by allowing fast searching of test cases and other work items. In addition to being able to link defects, test cases execute quickly and offer the ability to attach snapshots for each step or the entire test case.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One annoying feature is that it doesn't let you update the status of several test steps with less effort while running the test case. Updating the status of each stage individually is necessary.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Because of its usefulness in integrating testing into the Jira development process, Zefyr comes highly recommended from me. This document gives us a solid picture of where our software is at the moment and how to prioritize testing for future releases.

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Mohd Danish A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2024

Jira for easy test case and US linking

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Zephyr from other similar products?

It can be used with Jira , seamless integration, test case can be linked directly to US or bug

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It can be used with Jira , seamless integration, test case can be linked directly to US or bug

What do you dislike most about this product?

Interface is quite improved but still there is room for improvement

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Well if you have budget go for it

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Inspires Innovation

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Zephyr Ratings

80 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

2 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+76 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zephyr?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Test Planning Build test cycles and phases, define milestones to coordinate dependencies and releases, and then assign resources to execute the planned tests.

Test Data Management Secured management and access of test data.

Artifact Traceability Trace testing artifacts, such as test cases and scripts, forward to test runs and issues that need to be fixed, and backwards to the business process.

Test Script Editor Write and modify test scripts in a scripting languge (e.g. VBScript, JavaScript, Python) within a coding editor.

Test Run Workflow Manager Script, configure, execute and manage automated testing workflows, including parallel testing. Automation is initiated internally by test management solution.

Regulatory Compliance Templated test cases for regulatory requirements and industry guidelines (e.g. GAMPS, SOX, HIPAA, OWASP, ISO)

Test Case Generator Automatically generate test cases directly from requirements, the source code, recordings of user actions, and visual and graphical workflows and models.

Audit Log Complete record of all changes made to entities within the test management solution. Teams can monitor and trace every change.

Analytics and Reporting Aggregated visual reporting of testing progress, results and insights through real-time, dynamic dashboards with customizable reporting widgets.

Artifact Management Test artifacts can be readily created, reused, moved, and managed in a structured format, such as folder, heirarchical, and context-driven formats.

Test Coverage Analysis Pinpoint the sources of test failures and defects by granularly dissecting test runs, test cases and other testing artifacts and requirements.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Zephyr Reviews

Matt E.

Painful benefits

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Don M.

Effective solution for test management.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Mohd Danish A.

Jira for easy test case and US linking

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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