Hi Readers,
There is no doubt that cross-platform or cross-browser compatibility has become one of the most desired features of any website. This brings us to cross-browser testing, which is critical even though a huge chunk is still held by Chrome as the most widely used browser. The issue in hand is obvious, which is the fact that maintaining a library of all mobile and web devices, operating systems, browsers, and screen sizes are next to impossible, looking at the swiftly changing technological innovations.
This brings us to the topic of the day — Cloud-Based Test Execution Platforms. We have compiled a list of 4 of the highly popular cloud-based test execution platforms.
Let’s get started with their functionalities, features, and cost.
BrowserStack — The core benefits of this tool are its out of the box style of work along with comprehensive coverage and strong security features. This tool is highly useful for anyone who is designing an open web app or website without too much coding knowledge around interactive cross-browser testing.
Key Features:
- Run Selenium Tests on Desktop and Real Mobile Device Browsers
- Scalable Selenium Grid
- Video Recording, Screenshots, Logs for comprehensive debugging
- Seamless integration with a variety of languages
- CI/CD Support
- Network Simulation and IP Geolocation
Pricing:
SauceLabs — Sauce Labs is a cloud-based testing platform offering the most up-to-date browser/OS combinations, mobile emulators & simulators along with real device support. The scalability offers a great solution to bottlenecks owing to the capability offered to teams to take requests the entire day, which leads to swift feedback sharing too. Single platform for 360° UX provides capabilities beyond UI testing for existing test scripts. Sauce Labs maximizes developer productivity with debugging tools such as screenshots, videos, live testing environments, and comprehensive analytics. It is pretty sturdy in terms of security with its secure tunneling protocol, Sauce Connect.
Key Features:
- Supports Web, Mobile Web, and Native Application Testing
- Real device support
- CI/CD Support
- In-built analytics tool
- Multiple Automation Tool support like Selenium, Espresso, Appium, and XCTest
Pricing:
LambdaTest This strong tool allows us to test our website across a wide array of browsers and their respective versions. The tool has a clean UI that provides a smooth testing experience. The high popularity of LambdaTest can be attributed to its high speed, specifically with desktops. Lambda test puts customer reviews and satisfaction as a top priority, which leads to their swift responses.
Key Features:
- Supports both Web and Mobile Web Automation
- Provides secure and scalable selenium grid infrastructure
- Supports parallel automation tests
- Geolocation based testing across 27+ countries
- Integration with CI/CD tools
- Multiple frameworks and language support.
Pricing:
AWS Device Farm — This application testing service from Amazon allows us to improve the quality of apps and websites by testing them across an extensive range of desktop browsers and real mobile devices; without having to provision and manage any testing infrastructure. It enables testers to run multiple tests in parallel or concurrently on various devices and platforms, speeding up the execution of the test suite. Some other benefits of the tool include simulation of real-world scenarios, freedom to perform manual tests with remote access, flexibility to setup private device lab in the cloud, and many more.
Key Features:
- Support Web and Mobile Tests
- Real Device Support
- Support Appium, Espresso, and Calabash
- Seamless Integration with AWS resources and services like S3, EC2, and lamdas.
Pricing:
The popularity of any tool depends on its features, user-friendliness, and most importantly on the fact that how evolving, innovative, and flexible the tool is.
What is it in terms of functionalities or other parameters that you expect and look for in a platform or tool?
Please share your experiences or if you have come across some other tools that you love. Please feel free to share it with us.
Originally published at https://www.qekafe.com on September 9, 2020.
