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Ghost Inspector vs LightProxy: What are the differences?
Developers describe Ghost Inspector as "Catch website bugs and regressions before they cost you". 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. On the other hand, LightProxy is detailed as "Open-source Web debugging proxy (By Alibaba)". It is an open-source and cross platform Web debugging proxy. You can capture network request & response. It is available for macOS & Windows.
Ghost Inspector and LightProxy can be primarily classified as "In-Browser Testing" tools.
Some of the features offered by Ghost Inspector are:
- Automated browser testing from the cloud
- Chrome extension for test recording
- GUI editor for test building and editing
On the other hand, LightProxy provides the following key features:
- Caputure network request & response
- Real-time hosts binding
- Forward remote url to local file or other remote file
Pros of Ghost Inspector
- No code required3
- Runscope integration3
- Simple test editor3
- Screenshot comparison2
- Videos of every test run2
- Primarily focus on functional testing1
- Easy to use API enables remote control1
- Data-Driven testing1
- Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium1
- Partials and Variables enable fast test creation1
- 30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap1
- Detailed Documentation1
- Supports end to end testing with Runscope1
- Extensive Integrations available1
- Scheduling tests0
- Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools0
- Email notification and Alerts0
Pros of LightProxy
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Cons of Ghost Inspector
- Support Cross-device testing (device, web)1
- Load & Performance testing0
- Flash Support inside browser0