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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
A SaaS offering like Sauce Labs (or BrowserStack or LambdaTest, etc) will provide a remote Selenium/Appium Grid including the ability to run test automation in parallel (up to the amount based your subscription level) an a wide array of browsers and mobile devices.
These tools can be expensive, but if you can afford them, the expertise and effort of maintaining the grid, browser updates, etc. is worth it.
AWS Device Farm can be significantly cheaper, but is much more work to setup and run. It will not give you as many devices, or the reporting and screen/video capture you get with the the services. And there is no support for AWS Device Farm, and very poor documentation. I have used it, but do not recommend it. Running your own grid and physical device lab is better, but I'd stick with a service like Sauce Labs or Perfecto which will save you time and give you better services despite the higher price tag.
Stability - Just works. Availability - More than 15 datacenters. Enterprise features like SSO, local testing and SOC2/GDPR compliant.
BitBar's Dedicated Devices would be a great option for you. It allows you to dedicate (reserve) devices for your use only which also having access to all of the devices in the shared cloud. BitBar has the features and integrations that you are looking for as well.
Pros of BrowserStack
- Multiple browsers134
- Ease of use75
- Real browsers64
- Ability to use it locally43
- Good price26
- Great web interface20
- IE support18
- Official mobile emulators16
- Instant access14
- Cloud-based access14
- Real mobile devices11
- Multiple Desktop OS7
- Selenium compatible7
- Screenshots7
- Can be used for Testing and E2E6
- Pre-installed developer tools5
- Video of test runs4
- Many browsers3
- Favourites3
- Webdriver compatible3
- Supports Manual, Functional and Visual Diff Testing3
- Free for Open Source2
- Unify and track test cases2
- Test automation dashboard2
- Test Management2
- Cross-browser testing2
- Cypress Compatible2
- Bi-directional Jira Sync2
- Speed is fast1
- Real devices1
- Visual testing and review0
- Test WCAG Compliance0
- Web accessibility0
Pros of Karma
- Test Runner61
- Open source35
- Continuous Integration27
- Great for running tests22
- Test on Real Devices18
- Backed by google11
- Easy Debugging5
- Remote Control2
Pros of Sauce Labs
- Selenium-compatible60
- Webdriver compatible46
- Video recordings of every test35
- Qa31
- Mobile support29
- Any programming language26
- Developer tools23
- Test local and firewalled servers21
- Jenkins integration20
- Pristine VMs18
- CI Compatible17
- Appium support11
- Parallel testing9
- Rapid environment preparation8
- Mobile device support8
- Easy testing on almost any device7
- Allows me to Focus more test automation rather than IT7
- Secure testing and easy setup6
- Easy setup with CI and fast automated tests5
- Quick support response5
- Fast and reliable to host the automated tests4
- Easy to setup and understand,4
- Easy setup and integration with Travis Ci3
- Maintained browser matrix3
- Easy onboarding, do not need to manager VMs/OS/Browsers3
- Efficient tool to verify product quality2
- Teamcity Integration and mobile testing win2
- Hany for platform testing2
- Great documentation2
- Generous free trial2
- Easy. Straightforward. Scalable2
- Great way to integrate test suite on cloud2
- Simplicity of Sauce-connect2
- Very Good, Quick, flexible Infrastructure Support1
- It's great for my QA work1
- Awesome tech support1
- Having this available for CI servers is fantastic1
- Amazing service to do cloud cross browser testing1
- Depth of integrations1
- Because of its cloud based support for appium1
- Easy setup, Works great with selenium.1
- QE support1
- Manuals are not very well versed for beginners1
- Secure testing1
- Cheaper than browserstack1
- Stable1
- Simple to set up and integrate so many browser configs0
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Cons of BrowserStack
- Very limited choice of minor versions2
Cons of Karma
- Slow, because tests are run in a real browser1
- Requires the use of hacks to find tests dynamically1
Cons of Sauce Labs
- Relatively slow2
- Expensive2
