Ranorex Studio

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Developer(s) Ranorex
Stable release
10.0.0 / July 14, 2021 (2021-07-14)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Test automation
License Proprietary
Website www.ranorex.com

Ranorex Studio is a GUI test automation framework provided by Ranorex GmbH, a software development company. The framework is used for the testing of desktop, web-based and mobile applications.

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Overview

Ranorex Studio supports development of automated test modules using standard programming languages such as C# and VB.NET. [1] [2]

Main features

Supported technologies

System environment

Ranorex Studio runs on Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. [4] [10]

Reception

In a 2018 review by Forrester Research of 15 omnichannel functional test automation tools including Ranorex Studio 8.1.1, Ranorex was ranked as having the weakest current offering and the second-weakest strategy, scoring 1.65 of 5 and 1.5 of 5 respectively. [11]

In 2019, Ranorex was one of 10 vendors evaluated in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Test Automation. Gartner identified Ranorex as a "niche player". [12]

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