Ranorex Studio is a
GUItest automation framework provided by
Ranorex GmbH, a software development company. The framework is used for the testing of desktop, web-based and mobile applications.
Overview
Ranorex Studio supports development of automated test modules using standard programming languages such as
C# and
VB.NET.[1][2]
Main features
GUI object recognition, filtering
GUI elements using the company's proprietary technology RanoreXPath.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
Object-based record and replay, using Ranorex Recorder, which records the user's interaction with a desktop or web-based application and creates user-maintainable scripts that can be edited with the Ranorex Studio action editor.[1][5] The recorded actions are available as both
C# and
VB.NET code.[8] Record and replay is supported on mobile devices for actions such as key presses and touch gestures.[9]
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.[12]
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".[13]