TCAT/C-C++ Ver 3.2 -- Product Comparison Chart

TCAT C/C++, Ver. 3.2

PRODUCT COMPARISON CHART FOR TCAT C/C++ FOR WINDOWS

This document compares TCAT C/C++ Ver. 3.2 against other test coverage products for the Windows platform. For complete details on TCAT C/C++ please see the Ver. 3.2 Product Release Notes. There is also a Product Comparison Chart for TCAT/Java.

Product Feature		Competing Product
Product Feature		TestWorks TCAT C/C++	Bullseye C-COVER	NuMega True Coverage	Rational Pure Coverage	Paterson Live Coverage	ISA Panaroma C++	IPL Cantata++	McCabe Coverage
Coverage Metric Supported	C0 Statement Coverage	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes?
	C1 Branch Coverage	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	S0 Module Coverage	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	S1 Call-Pair Coverage	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Technology Base	Object Instrumentation	No	No	No	Yes	Runtime	No	No	No
	Source Instrumentation	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Fixed Runtime	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes
	Dynamic Runtime	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	No	N/A	N/A	No
Overhead Speed (Estimated)	Instrumentation Speed (% of compile)	1.25x	2x-8x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Compilation Size Ratio	1.25x	1.5-2x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Execution Size Ratio	1.1-1.8x	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Execution Speed Ratio	1.1-1.5x	3-4x	N/A	N/A	1.35x	N/A	N/A	N/A
User Interface GUI	Visual Studio Integration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Unknown
	Digraph Display	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Call Tree Display	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	All Paths Generator	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes?
	Click to Source	Yes	No	Partial	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Price	Single Copy List Price	$795 ($1,295 with TCAT/Java)	$950 (w/ one year of updates)	$799 to $1,249	$746	$475 In test phase	$1,800 (+15% for 1 yr main.)	~$11K	~$15K
	Discounts	Call for schedule.	Uknown	Uknown	Unknown	Unknown	3+ is -25% 6+ is -30% 10+ is -35%	Unknown	Unknown