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Appium vs Bitrise: What are the differences?

Appium: Automation for iOS and Android Apps. 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; Bitrise: Automate your mobile app development from building through testing to deployment. In short Bitrise is a Continous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Platform as a Service (PaaS) with a main focus on mobile app development (iOS, Android). You can automate the testing and deployment of your apps with just a few clicks. When you trigger a build a Virtual Machine is assigned to host your build and your defined Workflow (series of Steps scripts) will be executed, step by step.

Appium and Bitrise are primarily classified as "Mobile Testing Frameworks" and "Mobile Continuous Integration" tools respectively.

Some of the features offered by Appium are:

  • Works on native and hybrid mobile apps
  • Write mobile tests using any language or framework
  • Open source

On the other hand, Bitrise provides the following key features:

  • Continuous Delivery
  • Hosted Environment
  • Customizable Workflows

"Webdriverio support" is the primary reason why developers consider Appium over the competitors, whereas "Easy setup" was stated as the key factor in picking Bitrise.

Appium is an open source tool with 9.5K GitHub stars and 3.9K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Appium's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Appium has a broader approval, being mentioned in 31 company stacks & 21 developers stacks; compared to Bitrise, which is listed in 30 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.

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Pros of Appium
Pros of Bitrise
  • 12
    Webdriverio support
  • 6
    Java, C#, Python support
  • 3
    Open source
  • 2
    Great GUI with inspector
  • 2
    Active community
  • 1
    Support android test automation
  • 1
    Internal API access
  • 1
    Support iOS test automation
  • 18
    Easy setup
  • 9
    Bitbucket Integration
  • 8
    Advanced Workflow configuration
  • 7
    Slack integration
  • 7
    Github Integration
  • 5
    Great tools for iOS and Android development
  • 5
    Friendly & Easy to use
  • 4
    Great support
  • 3
    Pricing by concurrency, not team size
  • 2
    Open Source
  • 2
    Discounts for contributors
  • 2
    Fast Updates
  • 1
    Developer centric
  • 1
    Fast Builds

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What is 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.

What is Bitrise?

It is a Continous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) Platform as a Service (PaaS) with a main focus on mobile app development (iOS, Android). You can automate the testing and deployment of your apps with just a few clicks. When you trigger a build a Virtual Machine is assigned to host your build and your defined Workflow (series of Steps scripts) will be executed, step by step.

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