BrowserStack alternatives
BrowserStack is already the cheapest testing tool we track at 1 user ($19/mo). Here's how the other 2 compare. The closest match, Datadog, covers 48% of what BrowserStack does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What BrowserStack does
Core: Cross-browser cloud, Real mobile devices.
Important: Test run analytics, Visual regression testing, Accessibility testing, Test case management, Bug capture & reporting.
Also has: Codeless test authoring, AI test generation, API testing (partly), Jira traceability (partly), Open source & self-hosting (partly), SOC 2 & SSO (partly).
Alternatives to BrowserStack at 1 user, best match first
- TestRail: $25/mo Essentials capped at 5 users; 10 users need Professional (Essentials, 1 user, monthly billing (cheapest paid self-serve plan)). It covers 34% of BrowserStack; missing or partial: Cross-browser cloud, Real mobile devices, Test run analytics (partly), Visual regression testing, Accessibility testing. Free plan: none.
- Chromatic: $179/mo Starter list price; no annual pricing on page (Starter plan: $179/month for 35,000 billed snapshots (monthly price; the page shows no annual price).). It covers 34% of BrowserStack; missing or partial: Cross-browser cloud (partly), Real mobile devices, Test run analytics (partly), Accessibility testing (partly), Test case management. Free plan: Free plan: Chrome-only testing, 5,000 billed snapshots a month, no caps on projects, users or collaborators, no card needed..
Other kinds of products that cover part of BrowserStack
- Datadog (Error & performance monitoring): covers 48% of BrowserStack; missing or partial: Cross-browser cloud (partly), Real mobile devices (partly), Visual regression testing, Accessibility testing, Test case management
- Checkly (Uptime & status pages): covers 30% of BrowserStack; missing or partial: Cross-browser cloud (partly), Real mobile devices, Test run analytics (partly), Visual regression testing (partly), Accessibility testing
Prices at every size
- BrowserStack: 1 user $19/mo, a 10-person team no public price, 10,000 automated test runs a month no public price (Freelancer: 100 Live minutes included)
- TestRail: 1 user $25/mo, a 10-person team $410/mo, 10,000 automated test runs a month no public price (Essentials capped at 5 users; 10 users need Professional)
- Chromatic: 1 user $179/mo, a 10-person team free, 10,000 automated test runs a month $179/mo (Starter list price; no annual pricing on page)
Prices are USD list prices on monthly billing for the cheapest self-serve plan that covers each scenario: 1 user doing the product's core job, a 10-person team, and an automated suite of 10,000 test runs a month (200 tests run 50 times, 5 in parallel). The CI price applies only to tools that run or record automated tests; test management, load and other tools show only the per-user prices.
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