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SpecFlow

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

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What is SpecFlow?

SpecFlow helps teams bind automation to feature files and share the resulting examples as Living Documentation across the team and stakeholders.

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SpecFlow Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 97%
Negotiation and Contract:: 95%
Conflict Resolution:: 87%
Strategy & Innovation:: 91%
Service Experience:: 90%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 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 SpecFlow?

3% Negative

6% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Test Script Editor

ALM Integration

Artifact Traceability

Test Data Management

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Planning

Regulatory Compliance

Artifact Management

Audit Log

Test Coverage Analysis

Test Environment Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

SpecFlow Reviews

Rahul K.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

Nice Product

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates SpecFlow from other similar products?

1. Focus on plain English and Gherkin: SpecFlow leverages Gherkin, a simple and readable language, for writing feature files. This allows non-technical stakeholders like product owners and business analysts to easily understand and contribute to test specifications. Other frameworks like Cucumber and Gauge also use Gherkin, but SpecFlow integrates it tightly with your chosen programming language (C#, Java, Python etc.) for seamless implementation. 2. Tight integration with popular testing frameworks:

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

SpecFlow boasts a large and active community of developers and users, providing readily available resources, tutorials, and plugins. This fosters knowledge sharing and continuous improvement, unlike some smaller frameworks that might lack extensive support. 5. Open-source and free to use: SpecFlow is an open-source project freely available for everyone, making it accessible to individual developers and large organizations alike. This contrasts with commercially licensed frameworks that might have restrictive costs or usage limitations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

4. AI-Assisted Test Generation: Test case generation from natural language: Automatically creating test scenarios from plain text descriptions of features. Step suggestion and completion: Smart recommendations for step definitions based on existing code and knowledge base. Test prioritization and optimization: AI-driven guidance on test selection and execution order to maximize coverage and effectiveness. 5. Enhanced Reporting and Analytics:

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Overall, SpecFlow stands out for its strong emphasis on readability, flexible integration, powerful data-driven capabilities, and a thriving community, making it a versatile and user-friendly option for BDD and acceptance testing across various projects and teams. However, the choice of the best framework ultimately depends on your specific needs and preferences. Consider factors like project requirements, available resources, team expertise, and existing testing infrastructure when making your decision.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Muhammed H.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

simple spec styles

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates SpecFlow from other similar products?

its specs and step definition

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

its function calling style and namespace calling

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

use it as compare to other BDD it is far good

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Bilal K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Best BDD Automation Framework

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SpecFlow from other similar products?

Easy to use and easy to integrate with exiting framework

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

BDD style of writing tests scripts

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing, we love specFlow

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

reporting needs to be added

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Saves Time

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SpecFlow Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love SpecFlow?

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Pros

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

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

ALM Integration Real-time integration with 3rd party ALM and other software delivery tools such as Build, Deploy, Test and Requirements Management.

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 functional and non function

Test Data Management Secured management and access of test data.

Test Run Workflow Manager Script, configure, execute and manage automated testing workflows, including parallel testing.

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

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

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

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

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

Test Environment Management Provision, monitor, refresh, and tear down test environments. Teams can track all environment resources from a centralized dashboard and repository.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

SpecFlow Reviews

Rahul K.

Nice Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Muhammed H.

simple spec styles

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bilal K.

Best BDD Automation Framework

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

1
Since last award

2
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Test Script Editor

ALM Integration

Artifact Traceability

Test Data Management

Test Run Workflow Manager

Test Planning

Regulatory Compliance

Artifact Management

Audit Log

Test Coverage Analysis

Test Environment Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support