Researching the best test management tools can quickly turn into an evaluation of which product has the best marketing. But what you should be evaluating is which test management platform best supports your software testing and development process.
Test case management tools exist to improve the quality of software. While the general process involves the same aspects — planning, tracking performance, gathering data, testing, and monitoring releases — some test management system features may be more crucial to your process than others.
At Qase, we’ve helped thousands of customers transition to our platform from competitors, and hundreds have come to us with their own comparison charts that they’ve made up to make sure we’re the best solution for their team. We realized it would be helpful to share this information publicly, since it can be difficult to find honest, worthwhile comparisons that aren’t paid (all third-party “best of” lists are pay-to-play).
And while we’ll of course feature ourselves on this list of top test management platforms, we wanted to create a resource that uses only feedback from real users, and wasn’t written solely by marketing. So, we’ll share key information including top-mentioned features, pricing, and pros and cons for each test management tool on this list.
9 best test management tools to consider in 2023
Qase
An all-in-one solution for the entire product lifecycle, Qase includes test case management, defect management, test plans, test runs with informative reports, webhooks, rich API and integrations.
G2 Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Pros:
- Easy-to-use user interface (UI) and intuitive user experience (UX) for creating test cases, test runs, and test plans
- Extensive API and integrations, including top project management tools
- Customizable reports that can be shared with team members
- Fast customer support & customer-led development (voting for features)
- Better stability and performance (especially compared to TestRail)
Cons:
- Cloud only
- Lacks AI/ML features
Pricing:
- Free
- Startup, $24/month per user
- Business, $36/month per user
TestRail
TestRail is a web-based test management tool that has large adoption due to being one of the original offerings for QA teams. However, users now report it’s slow in every way - from running tests to keeping up with competitors.
G2 Rating: 4.3 out of 5
Pros:
- Most well known tool among testers, familiar to many QA teams
- Shareable test reports
- Integration with automation frameworks
Cons:
- Slow and unstable, frequent downtime
- Slow response time from support team, particularly for teams outside of the US
- Outdated UI/UX that isn’t intuitive or user-friendly
- Limited mobile device support
- Not ideal for defect tracking
- Expensive
Katalon
Katalon is an AI-augmented platform and test automation tool for quality assurance. It facilitates authoring, executing, and gathering insights from test automation.
G2 Rating: 4.3 out of 5
Pros:
- Available on web, mobile, and desktop
- API automation
- Friendly no-code UI/UX simplifies testing activities like writing test cases and reviewing test data
Cons:
- Slow and crashes frequently
- Lacks some key integrations (Asana, Trello, Redmine, etc.)
- Fragmented products with large price increase for entire suite
- No live support or live training
Pricing:
Note: prices below are for Katalon Platform. Prices for standalone products within the Katalon portfolio vary.
- Free
- Premium, $249/month per user
- Ultimate, custom pricing
Xray
A test management tool that lives inside and seamlessly integrates with Jira.
G2 Rating: 4.4
Pros:
- BDD – Write Cucumber scenarios in Jira
- Integrates with test automation frameworks (Selenium, JUnit, Nunit, Robot, etc.)
- Built-in REST API
- CI integrations (Bamboo, Jenkins)
- Built-in reports
Cons:
- Only for Jira
- Learning curve
Pricing:
Xray’s prices vary based on several factors including the choice of server, data center, or cloud and number of Jira users. Prices below reflect server pricing and do not include every pricing tier.
- 10 users, $10/year
- 25 users, $1,000/year
- 100 users, $4,000/year
- 500 users. $11,000/year
- 2,000 users, $19,000/year
- over 10,000 users, $42,000/year
Practitest
PractiTest is an end-to-end test management SaaS tool. It enables full visibility into the testing process and a deeper understanding of testing results.
G2 Rating: 4.3 out of 5
Pros:
- Good array of third-party integrations
- Customizable fields, views, permissions, issue workflows and more
- Ability to reuse tests and correlate results across different releases
- Anti-bug duplicates, permutations, step parameters
- Good customer support
Cons:
- Lots of manual work and requirements management
- Outdated UI/UX with learning curve
- Cumbersome test case linking, difficult to manage complex testing efforts
- Lack of detail on reports
Pricing:
- Team, starting at $49/Month
- Corporate, custom pricing
Allure TestOps
Allure TestOps is a DevOps-ready testing platform for QA teams aiming to speed up software development, optimize the testing process, and improve quality control over the pipeline.
Capterra Rating: 4.7 out of 5
Pros:
- Manual & automated test management
- Generate tests from requirements, and bug tracking from tests
- Customizable dashboards that display a top-down view of your projects, with visualization, and business analytics
- Integrations with CI servers and issue tracking tools like Gitlab, Github, Jira Redmine, Jenkins, etc.
Cons:
- Limited support for manual testing
- Lack of tutorials
- Configuring dashboards is challenging
- No public road map
Pricing:
- Cloud, $39/month per user
- Server, $30/month per user
Rainforest QA
Rainforest QA uses AI-powered operation to automate the testing process and simplify the the execution of large and complex test suites. Integrations help developers bring QA into the development workflow and lean on AI for test execution for scalable results.
G2 Rating: 4.4 out of 5
Pros:
- No-code
- Visual regression testing support
- Good customer support
Cons:
- Confusing UI that often requires very roundabout solutions
- Difficult to configure very complex tests
- Limited to web apps testing only
- Lack of clarity for testers for what qualifies as a pass or fail leads to false failures and false passes
- No option to export to PDF or Excel
Pricing:
- Free, up to 5 hours of automated tests per month
- Startup, 5 free hours of testing per month, $5/hour after thatUnlimited, custom pricing
Zephyr Enterprise
Zephyr Enterprise is a scalable test management solution inside Jira, with test planning, reporting, and reusability features.
G2 rating: 4.1 out of 5
Pros:
- Rest API
- Straightforward UI/UX
- Good for agile development processes
Cons:
- Jira only
- Billed for every user added to Jira project with Zephyr enabled
- Inability to fix test case order within a test cycle
- Tests execution is sometimes slow
Pricing:
- Custom pricing only
Tuskr
Tuskr is a cloud-based test management software. You can manage test cases, conduct test runs and integrate with your bug and time tracking tools. Tuskr is powerful, aesthetically pleasing and intuitive.
G2 Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Pros:
- Rich test cases, exploratory test sessions & test automation
- Large number of integrations, including for communication tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Chat
- Real-time reporting
Cons:
- API is very basic
- Lack of detail and customization options for reports and metrics
- No built in bug tracking, some users report issues with bug tracking integrations
- Lack of notification options
Pricing:
- Free
- Team, $9/month per user
- Business, $15/month per user
- Enterprise, $29/month per user
Find the right test management tool for your team
There are a lot of considerations to take in to account when choosing a test management solution. We're here to help you review options with key stakeholders and make sure the tool you choose fulfills your must-haves checklist!
Regardless of where you’re starting — whether it be tracking in spreadsheets or through variations configurations and tools — the goal is always to have a better, more streamlined test management system to organize your test projects and produce high-quality software as a result.
Schedule a demo with us or create a totally free account (no credit card required) now to see if Qase is the perfect fit for your testing needs.
