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Comparison of top companies offering image-based and CAD test automation tools in 2025 including T-Plan, Ranorex, Eggplant, SikuliX and Qualitest
Software Testing

Top 5 Companies Leading CAD and Image-Based Test Automation in 2025

This guide explores the leading image-based test automation platforms, including T-Plan’s business-ready solution and others such as Ranorex, to help QA teams select the most suitable option. In today’s technology landscape, quality assurance professionals face growing complexity when validating visually rich software and automating high-volume workflows. Traditional testing approaches often struggle to keep pace with

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Software Testing

T-Plan vs Ranorex vs Eggplant: In-Depth 2025 Comparison of Image-Based and RPA Test Automation Tools 

Selecting the right test automation platform is crucial for maintaining software quality and operational efficiency, especially when dealing with complex GUI-rich applications and robotic process automation (RPA) workflows. In 2025, T-Plan, Ranorex Studio, and Eggplant stand out as top contenders, each offering unique strengths across platform support, deployment options, AI-driven testing, and ease of use. 

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Retail

The Top 10 ePOS Challenges for Christmas 2025, And How to Overcome Them This Festive Season

The festive season is the busiest and most critical trading period for retailers, extending beyond Christmas to include all the holidays, Boxing Day, New Year and more. ePOS systems are vital to delivering smooth, speedy checkouts and excellent customer experiences, yet many retailers face common challenges that threaten success during this peak season. Navigating a

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Retail

Visual Test Automation for ePOS Systems: Lessons from a Real Proof of Concept

Electronic Point of Sale (ePOS) systems sit at the centre of modern retail operations. However, testing these systems is rarely straightforward. With tightly integrated hardware, legacy technology and customer-facing interfaces, retail QA teams often struggle to manage rapid change while maintaining quality. At T-Plan, we delivered a successful proof of concept (PoC) for a major

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Retail

Retail Test Automation for Peak Season Stability

Retail businesses face huge spikes in demand during the last quarter of the year, including Black Friday and Christmas. High volumes in-store and online test the limits of infrastructure. Any system failure, especially within EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) systems, risks lost revenue, poor customer experiences and lasting reputational damage.  Retail IT Challenges During Busy

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Healthcare

Clinical Trial Management Automation: How UI Testing and RPA Accelerate Pharma, Healthcare and Biotech

In pharma and biotech, speed to market and airtight compliance can mean the difference between delivering a life-saving treatment on time or facing months, sometimes years, of costly delays. Yet, even with advanced clinical trial management systems in place, data issues, integration failures, and workflow disruptions can derail timelines, inflate costs, and impact patient safety. Only 20% of clinical

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Healthcare

Delivering Reliable, Accessible Patient Portals with UI Test Automation

The Challenge Rolling out a hospital patient portal that works seamlessly across devices and platforms is not just a technical milestone, it is a critical service improvement. Patients need to be able to check test results, book appointments, and request repeat prescriptions quickly and securely. The complexity lies in ensuring the portal is accessible to

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Healthcare

Accelerating Pharmaceutical Submissions with RPA

The Challenge Preparing multi-country pharmaceutical submissions is a resource-intensive process. Even with experienced teams, the task of gathering data, formatting for different markets and regulatory regions, and ensuring consistency across hundreds of documents remains slow and labour-heavy.  Manual handling increases the risk of inconsistencies and errors, which can lead to re-work, missed deadlines, and delayed

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Healthcare

Revolutionising the Healthcare Supply Chain: Why Automated Testing and RPA Are the Cure for Outdated Systems

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fragility of global healthcare supply chains was laid bare. From delayed vaccine distribution to shortages of critical medicines, bottlenecks revealed themselves at every stage. The truth is, while the science behind new treatments and technologies is advancing at remarkable speed, the systems designed to get these innovations

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