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Alternatives to BrowserStack

Browserling, LambdaTest, Ghost Inspector, AWS Device Farm, and Appium are the most popular alternatives and competitors to BrowserStack.
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What is BrowserStack and what are its top alternatives?

BrowserStack is the leading test platform built for developers & QAs to expand test coverage, scale & optimize testing with cross-browser, real device cloud, accessibility, visual testing, test management, and test observability.
BrowserStack is a tool in the Test Management category of a tech stack.

Top Alternatives to BrowserStack

  • Browserling
    Browserling

    We run the browsers on our servers. Fully interactive sessions, not static screenshots. No flash, no applets, nothing to install. Powered entirely by <canvas> and javascript. ...

  • LambdaTest
    LambdaTest

    LambdaTest platform provides secure, scalable and insightful test orchestration for website, and mobile app testing. Customers at different points in their DevOps lifecycle can leverage Automation and/or Manual testing on LambdaTest. ...

  • Ghost Inspector
    Ghost Inspector

    It lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks. ...

  • AWS Device Farm
    AWS Device Farm

    Run tests across a large selection of physical devices in parallel from various manufacturers with varying hardware, OS versions and form factors. ...

  • Appium
    Appium

    Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid, and mobile web apps. It drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol. Appium is sponsored by Sauce Labs and a thriving community of open source developers. ...

  • Cypress
    Cypress

    Cypress is a front end automated testing application created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress works on any front-end framework or website. ...

  • Sauce Labs
    Sauce Labs

    Cloud-based automated testing platform enables developers and QEs to perform functional, JavaScript unit, and manual tests with Selenium or Appium on web and mobile apps. Videos and screenshots for easy debugging. Secure and CI-ready. ...

  • Selenium
    Selenium

    Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well. ...

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Browserling

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PROS OF BROWSERLING
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      LambdaTest is a continuous quality testing cloud platform that helps developers and testers ship code faster.
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      PROS OF LAMBDATEST
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        Pocket friendly pricing
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        Good Performance
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        Integration with Gitlab
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        Integration with Bitbucket
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        Cross browser testing
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        Integration with Jira
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        Great support
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        Integration with GitHub
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        Integration with Trello
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        Clean UI and Easy to use
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        Integration with Slack
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        Integration with Asana
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        Pre-installed developer tools
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        Integration with Hive
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        IE and Edge support
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        Local app testing
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        Multiple Browsers
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        Integration with Teamwork
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        Integration with VSTS
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        Real time testing feature is flawless
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        Selenium automation
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        Faster Speed
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        Up-to-date Browser collection
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        Robust Selenium Grid
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        Real devices
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        24/7 Customer Chat Support
      CONS OF LAMBDATEST
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        Cluttered UI
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        Steep learning curve for new users
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        Limited device support

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      Sarah Elson
      Product Growth at LambdaTest · | 4 upvotes · 753.7K views

      @producthunt LambdaTest Selenium JavaScript Java Python PHP Cucumber TeamCity CircleCI With this new release of LambdaTest automation, you can run tests across an Online Selenium Grid of 2000+ browsers and OS combinations to perform cross browser testing. This saves you from the pain of maintaining the infrastructure and also saves you the licensing costs for browsers and operating systems. #testing #Seleniumgrid #Selenium #testautomation #automation #webdriver #producthunt hunted

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      Sarah Elson
      Product Growth at LambdaTest · | 2 upvotes · 126.7K views
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      Ghost Inspector logo

      Ghost Inspector

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      Catch website bugs and regressions before they cost you
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      PROS OF GHOST INSPECTOR
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        No code required
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        Runscope integration
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        Simple test editor
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        Screenshot comparison
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        Videos of every test run
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        Primarily focus on functional testing
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        Easy to use API enables remote control
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        Data-Driven testing
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        Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium
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        Partials and Variables enable fast test creation
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        30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap
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        Detailed Documentation
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        Supports end to end testing with Runscope
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        Extensive Integrations available
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        Scheduling tests
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        Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools
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        Email notification and Alerts
      CONS OF GHOST INSPECTOR
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        Load & Performance testing
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        Flash Support inside browser
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        Support Cross-device testing (device, web)

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      Hi Team, I am looking for a tool to best work on visual test automation - Just to capture screenshots each day and compare on the pre-production site.

      Currently, I am evaluating Percy, Ghost Inspector, and Applitools (no doubt Applitools is great with its comparison mechanism but cost-wise it's a bit on the higher end at the moment). Could you please let me know which one will be the best tool for visual comparisons?

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      Chris Slater

      Hi there, what tool would you recommend for screenshot comparison tool for Drupal sites? I'm leaning towards Percy as it does everything we need (i.e screenshot comparison only), but want to make sure I make the right choice and don't miss out on anything by choosing it over Ghost Inspector.

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      AWS Device Farm

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      PROS OF AWS DEVICE FARM
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        1000 free minutes
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        Pay as you go pricing
      CONS OF AWS DEVICE FARM
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        Records all sessions, blocks on processing when done
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        You need to remember to turn airplane mode off

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      Appium

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      PROS OF APPIUM
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        Webdriverio support
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        Java, C#, Python support
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        Open source
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        Great GUI with inspector
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        Active community
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        Support android test automation
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        Internal API access
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        Support iOS test automation
      CONS OF APPIUM
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        Looking for some advice: we are planning to create a hybrid app for both iOS and Android; this app will consume a REST API. We are looking for a tool for this development with the following attributes:

        • Shallow learning curve; easiness to adopt (all team is new into mobile development, with diverse backgrounds: Java, Python & AngularJS),

        • Easiness to test (we discarded Angular-based tools already: creating a unit test in Angular we considered time-consuming and low value. At this point of the project, we cannot afford UI testing with Selenium/Appium based tools).

        • So far, we are not considering any specific capability of the device. Still, in the mid/long term, we would require the usage of GPS (geolocalization) and accelerometer (not sure if it's possible to use it from a hybrid app). Suggest any other tool if you wish.

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        Kevin Roulleau
        QA Engineer Freelance at happn · | 5 upvotes · 988.8K views

        I chose WebdriverIO and Appium to implement a E2E tests solution on a native mobile app. WebdriverIO goes well beyond just implementing the Selenium / Appium protocol and allows to run tests in parallel out of the box. Appium has the big advantage of supporting iOS and Android platforms, so the test codebase and tools are exactly the same, which greatly reduces the learning curve and implementation time.

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        Cypress

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        PROS OF CYPRESS
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          Great documentation
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          Simple usage
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          Fast
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          Cross Browser testing
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          Easy us with CI
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          Npm install cypress only
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          Good for beginner automation engineers
        CONS OF CYPRESS
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          Cypress is weak at cross-browser testing
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          Switch tabs : Cypress can'nt support
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          No iFrame support
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          No page object support
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          No multiple domain support
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          No file upload support
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          No support for multiple tab control
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          No xPath support
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          No support for Safari
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          Cypress doesn't support native app
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          Re-run failed tests retries not supported yet
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          No support for multiple browser control
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          $20/user/thread for reports
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          Adobe
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          Using a non-standard automation protocol
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          Not freeware
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          No 'WD wire protocol' support

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        Kamil Kowalski
        Lead Architect at Fresha · | 28 upvotes · 3.8M views

        When you think about test automation, it’s crucial to make it everyone’s responsibility (not just QA Engineers'). We started with Selenium and Java, but with our platform revolving around Ruby, Elixir and JavaScript, QA Engineers were left alone to automate tests. Cypress was the answer, as we could switch to JS and simply involve more people from day one. There's a downside too, as it meant testing on Chrome only, but that was "good enough" for us + if really needed we can always cover some specific cases in a different way.

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        Robert Zuber

        We are in the process of adopting Next.js as our React framework and using Storybook to help build our React components in isolation. This new part of our frontend is written in TypeScript, and we use Emotion for CSS/styling. For delivering data, we use GraphQL and Apollo. Jest, Percy, and Cypress are used for testing.

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        Sauce Labs

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        PROS OF SAUCE LABS
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          Selenium-compatible
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          Webdriver compatible
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          Video recordings of every test
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          Qa
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          Mobile support
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          Any programming language
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          Developer tools
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          Test local and firewalled servers
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          Jenkins integration
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          Pristine VMs
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          CI Compatible
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          Appium support
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          Parallel testing
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          Rapid environment preparation
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          Mobile device support
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          Easy testing on almost any device
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          Allows me to Focus more test automation rather than IT
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          Secure testing and easy setup
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          Easy setup with CI and fast automated tests
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          Quick support response
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          Fast and reliable to host the automated tests
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          Easy to setup and understand,
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          Easy setup and integration with Travis Ci
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          Maintained browser matrix
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          Easy onboarding, do not need to manager VMs/OS/Browsers
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          Efficient tool to verify product quality
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          Teamcity Integration and mobile testing win
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          Hany for platform testing
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          Great documentation
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          Generous free trial
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          Easy. Straightforward. Scalable
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          Great way to integrate test suite on cloud
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          Simplicity of Sauce-connect
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          Very Good, Quick, flexible Infrastructure Support
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          It's great for my QA work
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          Awesome tech support
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          Having this available for CI servers is fantastic
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          Amazing service to do cloud cross browser testing
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          Depth of integrations
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          Because of its cloud based support for appium
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          Easy setup, Works great with selenium.
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          QE support
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          Manuals are not very well versed for beginners
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          Secure testing
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          Cheaper than browserstack
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          Stable
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          Simple to set up and integrate so many browser configs
        CONS OF SAUCE LABS
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          Relatively slow
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          Expensive

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        I am looking to purchase one of these tools for Mobile testing for my team. It should support Native, hybrid, and responsive app testing. It should also feature debugging, parallel execution, automation testing/easy integration with automation testing tools like Selenium, and the capability to provide availability of devices specifically for us to use at any time with good speed of performing all these activities.

        I have already used Perfecto mobile, and Sauce Labs in my other projects before. I want to know how different or better is AWS Device farm in usage and how advantageous it would be for us to use it over other mentioned tools

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        Zarema Khalilova
        Frontend Team Lead at Uploadcare · | 6 upvotes · 291.9K views

        I am working on #OpenSource file uploader. The uploader is the widget that other developers embed in their apps. It should work well in different browsers and on different devices. BrowserStack and Sauce Labs help to achieve that. I can test the uploader in many varieties of browsers+OS only used my browser without virtual machines.

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        Selenium

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        PROS OF SELENIUM
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          Automates browsers
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          Testing
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          Essential tool for running test automation
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          Record-Playback
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          Remote Control
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          Data crawling
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          Supports end to end testing
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          Easy set up
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          Functional testing
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          The Most flexible monitoring system
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          End to End Testing
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          Easy to integrate with build tools
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          Comparing the performance selenium is faster than jasm
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          Record and playback
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          Compatible with Python
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          Easy to scale
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          Integration Tests
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          Integrated into Selenium-Jupiter framework
        CONS OF SELENIUM
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          Flaky tests
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          Slow as needs to make browser (even with no gui)
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          Update browser drivers

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        Kamil Kowalski
        Lead Architect at Fresha · | 28 upvotes · 3.8M views

        When you think about test automation, it’s crucial to make it everyone’s responsibility (not just QA Engineers'). We started with Selenium and Java, but with our platform revolving around Ruby, Elixir and JavaScript, QA Engineers were left alone to automate tests. Cypress was the answer, as we could switch to JS and simply involve more people from day one. There's a downside too, as it meant testing on Chrome only, but that was "good enough" for us + if really needed we can always cover some specific cases in a different way.

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        Benjamin Poon
        QA Manager - Engineering at HBC Digital · | 8 upvotes · 1.9M views

        For our digital QA organization to support a complex hybrid monolith/microservice architecture, our team took on the lofty goal of building out a commonized UI test automation framework. One of the primary requisites included a technical minimalist threshold such that an engineer or analyst with fundamental knowledge of JavaScript could automate their tests with greater ease. Just to list a few: - Nightwatchjs - Selenium - Cucumber - GitHub - Go.CD - Docker - ExpressJS - React - PostgreSQL

        With this structure, we're able to combine the automation efforts of each team member into a centralized repository while also providing new relevant metrics to business owners.

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