TestComplete Commercial Tool: ROI Analysis and Enterprise Test Automation

// TestComplete Script - Cross-platform test
function CrossPlatformTest() {
    // Web testing
    Browsers.Item(btChrome).Run("https://example.com");
    var page = Sys.Browser().Page("*example.com*");
    page.FindElement("//button[@id='login']").Click();

    // Desktop testing
    var app = Sys.Process("MyDesktopApp");
    app.WinFormsObject("MainForm") (as discussed in [Katalon Studio: Complete All-in-One Test Automation Platform](/blog/katalon-studio-all-in-one-automation)).WinFormsObject("btnSubmit").ClickButton();

    // Mobile testing (as discussed in [Testim & Mabl: AI-Powered Self-Healing Test Automation Platforms](/blog/testim-mabl-ai-self-healing-automation)) (Android)
    Mobile.Device("Pixel").Run("com.example.app");
    Mobile.Device("Pixel").Process("com.example.app")
        .RootLayout("").Layout("").Button("Login").Touch();
}

// Object recognition without coordinates
function VisualRecognitionTest() {
    // Find by image
    var button = page.FindChildByPicture("SaveButton.png", true);
    button.Click();

    // OCR-based text recognition
    var textBlock = page.FindChildByOCR("Submit Order", true);
    textBlock.Click();

    // AI-powered (as discussed in [Percy, Applitools & BackstopJS: Visual Regression Testing Solutions Compared](/blog/percy-applitools-backstopjs-visual-regression)) element detection
    var loginForm = page.FindChildByAI("login-form-pattern");
}

// Excel-based data-driven tests
function DataDrivenTest() {
    var excel = DDT.ExcelDriver("C:\\TestData\\users.xlsx", "Sheet1");

    while (!excel.EOF()) {
        var username = excel.Value("Username");
        var password = excel.Value("Password");
        var expectedResult = excel.Value("ExpectedResult");

        // Perform test
        LoginTest(username, password, expectedResult);

        excel.Next();
    }

    excel.Close();
}

def calculate_roi(team_size, test_suite_size, years):
    # TestComplete costs
    tc_license = 8000 * team_size * years
    tc_training = 2000 * team_size  # One-time
    tc_support = 8000 * years
    tc_total = tc_license + tc_training + tc_support

    # Open source costs
    os_training = 3000 * team_size  # One-time, higher
    os_framework = 20000  # One-time
    os_maintenance = 5000 * years  # Developer time
    os_total = os_training + os_framework + os_maintenance

    # Time savings (TestComplete faster to market)
    time_saved_hours = 200  # Per year
    hourly_rate = 75  # Average QA engineer rate
    time_value = time_saved_hours * hourly_rate * years

    # Calculate ROI
    tc_roi = time_value - tc_total
    os_roi = time_value - os_total

    return {
        'testcomplete': {'cost': tc_total, 'roi': tc_roi},
        'opensource': {'cost': os_total, 'roi': os_roi},
        'time_saved_value': time_value
    }

# Example: 5 testers, 500 tests, 3 years
result = calculate_roi(5, 500, 3)
print(f"TestComplete Total Cost: ${result['testcomplete']['cost']:,}")
print(f"Open Source Total Cost: ${result['opensource']['cost']:,}")
print(f"Time Saved Value: ${result['time_saved_value']:,}")

# Use open-source for web/API, TestComplete for desktop
class HybridTestStrategy:
    def __init__(self):
        self.web_tests = PlaywrightTests()
        self.desktop_tests = TestCompleteTests()
        self.api_tests = PytestAPITests()

    def run_full_suite(self):
        # API tests with pytest (free)
        api_results = self.api_tests.run()

        # Web tests with Playwright (free)
        web_results = self.web_tests.run()

        # Desktop tests with TestComplete (commercial)
        desktop_results = self.desktop_tests.run()

        return self.aggregate_results(
            api_results,
            web_results,
            desktop_results
        )

// Phase 1: Parallel testing (4 weeks)
// Run both TestComplete and existing Selenium tests
function Phase1_Parallel() {
    // Existing Selenium test
    runSeleniumTest("critical-flow");

    // New TestComplete test (same flow)
    runTestCompleteTest("critical-flow");

    // Compare results
    validateConsistency();
}

// Phase 2: Gradual migration (12 weeks)
// Migrate tests by priority
function Phase2_GradualMigration() {
    var migrationPriority = [
        "smoke-tests",        // Week 1-2
        "regression-tests",   // Week 3-6
        "edge-cases",        // Week 7-10
        "visual-tests"       // Week 11-12
    ];

    migrationPriority.forEach(testSuite => {
        migrateTestSuite(testSuite);
        validateMigration(testSuite);
    });
}

// Phase 3: Decommission (2 weeks)
function Phase3_Decommission() {
    // Archive old framework
    archiveSeleniumFramework();

    // Update CI/CD to use TestComplete
    updateCICD();

    // Train team on TestComplete
    conductTraining();
}