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About BrowserStack is the world’s largest cloud platform for software testing, with 19 global data centers & 20,000+ real Android and iOS devices that power nearly 1 Billion tests a year. BrowserStack's end-to-end unified testing platform is focused on supporting all genres of testing & operations, from functional testing to visual testing, accessibility testing, performance testing, test observability, API testing, and more. Over 50,000 customers, including Amazon, Paypal, Well Fargo Bank, Nvidia, MongoDB, Pfizer, GE, Discovery, React JS, Apache, JQuery and several others rely on BrowserStack to test their web & mobile apps.	About For over 25 years, our testing platform has empowered businesses to enhance software quality with ease. Original Software provides a centralized solution for automating, capturing, and managing tests across your ERP and any integrated applications—right out of the box. With pre-built test case templates and a fully code-free approach, it’s incredibly user-friendly, enabling business users to execute tests effortlessly without any technical expertise. Ditch spreadsheets and screenshots—Original Software delivers instant efficiencies, typically cutting testing time by 50%. Plus, when you're ready to elevate your process, AI-powered test automation allows you to build a fully automated regression suite without writing a single line of code. Whether you’re working with on-premise, cloud-based, custom, or green screen applications, Original Software seamlessly supports testing across all environments. No hassle, just reliable results.
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Audience Developer teams across industries including but not limited to Finance and Insurance, Education, Technology, Media & Publishing, Retail, and more use BrowserStack for faster and simpler testing.	Audience Testing Teams, IT Managers, CIO's,
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Pricing $29/month/user BrowserStack offers a free trial for new users, after which the software is available on monthly and annual subscriptions. An open-source version is also available. Pricing and functionality scale with the number of tests, users, or screenshots. Live: Starts at $29/month (billed annually) and $39/month (billed monthly) Automate Pro: Starts at $129/month (billed annually) and $169/month (billed monthly) Automate Mobile: Starts at $199/month (billed annually) and $249/month (billed monthly) Percy: A free version is available for visual testing on 5000 screenshots and unlimited users Percy Professional: Starts at $99/month (billed annually) and 129/month (billed monthly) for 25,000 screenshots/month App Live: Starts at $29/month (billed annually) and $39/month (billed monthly) App Automate: A free version includes 30 interactive testing minutes, 100 automated testing minutes daily, and 4 real mobile devices. Subscription starts at $159/month (billed annually) and $199/month (billed monthly) Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $4000.00/one-time/user Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
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Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros My favorite things about BrowserStack are, primarily, the way it works, it doesn't require for a long learning curve in order to be able to use it and to implement all the amazing tools that it has, it is very easy to use and to maintain in order to keep using, it is the most user-friendly solution that adjusts to the users and I like it. Another thing that I really like about Browserstack is the way that it allows us to run multiple tests without limitations and it is able to run tests on older versions of browsers, it has an incredible archive of these versions and we are able to provide a nice experience for all users no matter the device they are visiting the page in, if old or new. It is able to provide different kinds of testing to ensure that the code is working properly, and it has so many tools that adjust the code to different environments, I like how it is possible to test on real actual browsers to get the full experience and to know if it actually works or not. With Browserstack, we are not only able to run all these tests on actual running browsers with all the settings, but we are also able to detect errors on the bug and proceed to do the debugging inside the software, with all the helpful tools that it has to complete this step, we are able to do the debugging for both mobile and desktop devices which is something that I really appreciate as we are able to do this in only one platform and don't require to switch softwares. BrowserStack is one of my favorite product that provide to test the software of multiple devices and browsers. It is being use for software development and testing purpose. - We can test the product on multiple devices and browsers (Mac, Window, iOS, Android etc..) - Highly reliable cloud infrastructure that effortlessly scales as testing needs grow. - It is very useful for developer and tester. - Easy to use and user-friendly! - It help to improve the product quality. - We can use it for documentation purpose as well. - Cheapest tool according to features. Cons BrowserStack is a great solution that adds much more ease to the process of testing and debugging, with all the tools that it has it feels very comfortable to work with. However, I would like the prices to be more accessible to the general public, BrowserStack currently offers different pricing options but they are still very high and not affordable at all, especially for small businesses like us that are making a great use of the software and seeing results. A more affordable plan with less tools that are not often used would be a great option to implement this. Other than that, I do not have any dislikes towards this software and I think it works perfectly. Sometimes browser speed create problem for me. Rest of the things looks excellent.
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Company Information BrowserStack Founded: 2011 India www.browserstack.com	Company Information Original Software Founded: 1997 United Kingdom originalsoftware.com
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Categories Automated Testing Supported Continuous Testing Supported Cross-Browser Testing Supported Functional Testing Supported Mobile App Testing Supported Performance Testing Supported Self-Healing Test Automation Supported Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Supported Software Testing Supported Test Management Supported Visual Testing Supported Web Accessibility Testing Supported	Categories AI Testing Tools Supported Application Lifecycle Management Supported Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Supported Automated Testing Supported Continuous Delivery Supported Continuous Integration Supported DevOps Supported Functional Testing Supported IT Infrastructure Monitoring Supported Low-Code Development Supported No-Code Development Supported Performance Testing Supported QA Testing Supported Regression Testing Supported SaaS Management Supported Software Testing Supported System Monitoring Supported Test Management Supported
Automated Testing Features Hierarchical View Not Supported Move & Copy Not Supported Parameterized Testing Not Supported Requirements-Based Testing Not Supported Security Testing Not Supported Supports Parallel Execution Supported Test Script Reviews Supported Unicode Compliance Not Supported Functional Testing Features Automated Testing Supported Interface Testing Not Supported Regression Testing Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Sanity Testing Supported Smoke Testing Supported System Testing Supported Unit Testing Supported Performance Testing Features API Testing Not Supported Benchmarking Not Supported Cross Browser Testing Supported Debugging Supported Historical Reporting Not Supported Load Testing Not Supported Mobile Testing Supported Parallel Testing Supported Regression Testing Not Supported UI Testing Supported Web Testing Not Supported Software Testing Features Automated Testing Supported Black-Box Testing Not Supported Dynamic Testing Not Supported Issue Tracking Supported Manual Testing Supported Quality Assurance Planning Not Supported Reporting / Analytics Not Supported Static Testing Not Supported Test Case Management Supported Variable Testing Methods Not Supported White-Box Testing Not Supported Test Management Features Automation Integration Supported Collaboration Tools Supported Pass/Fail Results Tabulation Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Requirements Management Supported Test Scheduling Not Supported Test Tracking Supported Time/Budget Tracking Not Supported Show More Features Web Accessibility Testing Features ADA Compliance Supported Alerts / Notifications Supported Automated Testing Supported Mobile Accessibility Testing Not Supported Ongoing Accessibility Monitoring Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Visualize Accessibility Supported WCAG Compliance Supported	Automated Testing Features Hierarchical View Supported Move & Copy Supported Parameterized Testing Not Supported Requirements-Based Testing Not Supported Security Testing Not Supported Supports Parallel Execution Supported Test Script Reviews Supported Unicode Compliance Supported Functional Testing Features Automated Testing Supported Interface Testing Supported Regression Testing Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Sanity Testing Not Supported Smoke Testing Supported System Testing Supported Unit Testing Not Supported Performance Testing Features API Testing Supported Benchmarking Not Supported Cross Browser Testing Not Supported Debugging Not Supported Historical Reporting Not Supported Load Testing Not Supported Mobile Testing Not Supported Parallel Testing Not Supported Regression Testing Supported UI Testing Supported Web Testing Supported Software Testing Features Automated Testing Supported Black-Box Testing Not Supported Dynamic Testing Supported Issue Tracking Supported Manual Testing Supported Quality Assurance Planning Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Static Testing Supported Test Case Management Supported Variable Testing Methods Not Supported White-Box Testing Not Supported Test Management Features Automation Integration Supported Collaboration Tools Supported Pass/Fail Results Tabulation Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Requirements Management Supported Test Scheduling Supported Test Tracking Supported Time/Budget Tracking Supported Show More Features Application Lifecycle Management Features Administrator Level Control Supported Defect Tracking Supported Iteration Planning Supported Project Management Supported Release Management Supported Requirements Review Supported Task Management Supported Test Case Tracking Supported User Level Management Supported Version Control Supported Application Performance Monitoring (APM) Features Baseline Manager Not Supported Diagnostic Tools Supported Full Transaction Diagnostics Not Supported Performance Control Not Supported Resource Management Not Supported Root-Cause Diagnosis Not Supported Server Performance Not Supported Trace Individual Transactions Not Supported Continuous Delivery Features Application Lifecycle Management Supported Application Release Automation Supported Build Automation Supported Build Log Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Continuous Deployment Supported Continuous Integration Supported Feature Toggles / Feature Flags Supported Quality Management Supported Testing Management Supported Continuous Integration Features Build Log Not Supported Change Management Supported Configuration Management Supported Continuous Delivery Not Supported Continuous Deployment Not Supported Debugging Not Supported Permission Management Not Supported Quality Assurance Management Supported Testing Management Supported No-Code Development Features AI-Assisted Development Supported Business Process Automation Supported Collaborative Development Supported Data Aggregation and Publishing Supported Deployment Management Supported Drag & Drop Not Supported Integrations Management Supported Iteration Management Supported Performance Monitoring Supported Requirements Management Supported Templates Supported Visual Modeling Supported Web / Mobile App Development Supported Workflow Management Supported
Integrations Jira Supported Alithya GoTest Supported Codemagic Supported Galen Framework Supported GitHub Supported HuLoop Supported Indent Supported MuukTest Supported Nightwatch.js Supported Qualify Not Supported Quickwork Supported Selenium WebDriver Supported SpecFlow Supported Stackreaction Supported TED - The Engineering Dashboard Supported Testmo Supported Trello Supported Truto Supported Zebrunner Supported webapp.io Supported Show More Integrations View All 43 Integrations	Integrations Jira Supported Alithya GoTest Not Supported Codemagic Not Supported Galen Framework Not Supported GitHub Not Supported HuLoop Not Supported Indent Not Supported MuukTest Not Supported Nightwatch.js Not Supported Qualify Supported Quickwork Not Supported Selenium WebDriver Not Supported SpecFlow Not Supported Stackreaction Not Supported TED - The Engineering Dashboard Not Supported Testmo Not Supported Trello Not Supported Truto Not Supported Zebrunner Not Supported webapp.io Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 2 Integrations
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