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Testing Mobile Apps in the Cloud - Product Comparison

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Cloud testing is raising, especially for mobile automated testing it is even going faster. Basically, cloud testing means that an application is installed on real devices or simulators/emulators that are hosted in one of the cloud testing services providers. These devices are maintained by the service providers and promise to be up and ready for service with a subscribed contract so no need to tackle these kinds of stuff for the sake of focusing on building the right product with well-tested features. In this post, I want to share some info about main mobile cloud solutions in the market.

 

PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORTED TOOLS
AWS Device Farm
  • Pay as you go
    • $0.17 / DEVICE MINUTE
    • Test on any of our devices in parallel and pay just for what you use
    • Your first 1000 minutes are free*
  • Unlimited testing
    • STARTS AT $250.00 / MONTH
    • Test as much as you want each month for a flat rate
  • Private devices
    • STARTS AT $200/MONTH
    • Test on dedicated devices deployed exclusively for your account
  • Appium
    • Java (TestNG)
      • Currently, Device Farm supports Java 8 for running Appium Java tests. 
    • Java (JUnit)
      • Currently, Device Farm supports Java 8 for running Appium Java tests. 
    • Node.JS
      • You can use any Node.js version when you run Appium Node.js tests on Device Farm. Specify the Node.js version in the test spec YAML file. 
    • Python
      • In standard mode, Device Farm supports Python version 2.7 for running tests. In custom mode, both Python 2.7 and Python 3 (3.7) are available. 
    • Ruby
      • You can use any Ruby version when you run Appium Ruby tests on Device Farm. Specify the Ruby version (for example, 2.5.1) in the test spec YAML file.
  • Calabash
  • Espresso
  • XCUITest
  • UI Automater
Firebase Test Lab
  • Free
    • Virtual Device Tests $1/device/hour 
    • Physical Device Tests $5/device/hour
  • pay as you go
    • Virtual Device Tests 10 tests/day
    • Physical Device Tests 5 tests/day
  • Test Tools
    • Espresso
    • UI Automator 2.0 
    • XCUITest
App Center / Visual Studio App Center
  • 30 days free trial
    • For 30 days, you will be able to test your app on more than 450 device configurations.
    • With the trial, you can test your app on 1 test device concurrency with unlimited device hours.
  • Run unlimited, faster builds
    • Ship your app faster with multiple builds running in parallel.
    • Each build you pay for comes with unlimited build time, ensuring all builds run and complete.
    • $40/month per build concurrency
  • Standard Test Plan
    • Each device concurrency comes with 30 device hours.
    • $99/month per device concurrency
  • Enterprise Test Plan
    • Unlimited test hours on thousands of real devices and OS configurations.
    • Each device concurrency comes with unlimited device hours.
    • $499/month per device concurrency
  • Test Tools
    • Appium 
    • Espresso
    • XCUITest
    • Calabash - no support anymore
Browserstack
  • App Automate
    • 199$ / month - 1 parallel
    • 399$ / month - 2 parallel
    • 999$ / month - 5 parallel
  • Live Testing
    • 29$ / month - 1 parallel 
    • 99$ / month - 2 parallel 
    • 199$ / month - 4 parallel
  • Test Tools
    • Appium 
    • Espresso 
    • XCUITest
SauceLabs
  • App Automation
    • 399$ / month - 2 parallel
      • Unlimited automated testing minutes
    • 799$ / month - 4 parallel
      • Unlimited automated testing minutes
  • Live Testing
    • 49$ / month - ? parallel
  • Test Tools
    • Appium 
    • Espresso 
    • XCUITest
Kobiton
  • App Automation
    • 40$ / month 
      • Unlimited parallel 
      • 500min /month
    • 167$ / month 
      • Unlimited parallel 
      • 2000min /month
  • Live Testing
    • Included
  • Test Tools
    • Appium 
    • Espresso 
    • XCUITest
    • Scriptless automation

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