Initially, QTP was written by Mercury Interactive and released the first version 5.5 in 2001, later on developed by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2006. In 2012, HP renewed QTP with the new name UFT; during renewal HP's UFT version was 11.50.

When did QTP become UFT?

QTP was originally designed by the company Mercury Interactive which was acquired by Hewlett Packard (HP) in 2006. In 2011, with the introduction of version 11.5, QTP was renamed to UFT. In Sep 2017, HPE spin merged into Micro Focus.

Is QTP and UFT are same?

QTP, now called UFT, is a tool designed to perform automated functional testing seamlessly without monitoring the system in intervals. QTP was renamed as UFT (Unified Functional Testing) by Microfocus. The tool is primarily used for functional, regression, and service testing.