{"id":11460,"date":"2022-08-23T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/?p=11460"},"modified":"2025-07-25T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:04:22","slug":"automation-testing-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/automation-testing-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation Testing Tools &#8211; How to Choose The Right One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/automation-testing-tools.png\" alt=\"automation-testing-tools\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/automation-testing-tools.png 800w, https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/automation-testing-tools-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/08\/automation-testing-tools-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Automation testing tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are applications that use automated test scripts to check function and\/or non-function requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agile and DevOps manifesto<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has become the standard for <a href=\"https:\/\/bestarion.com\/us\/services\/software-testing\/\">software testing<\/a>, it is important to set up a clear plan for evaluating automation testing tools. In the end, this plan will have to answer the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What features are you looking for?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who&#8217;s going to use the tool for testing? Devs or QA teams?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can it be integrated with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CI\/CD pipelines<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or toolchains?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it easy to maintain scripts and reuse test assets?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your team&#8217;s budget?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where can you get support for technical issues?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus, there isn&#8217;t a one-size-fits-all automation tool. It boils down to your team&#8217;s specific needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Top 15 List of Automation Testing Tools (with Feature Highlights)<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katalon Studio<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katalon.com\/katalon-studio\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katalon Studio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a low-code and scalable automation testing tool for web, API, desktop (Windows), and mobile applications. The Katalon community has surpassed 1 million users, and it is the trusted automation solution of over 100,000 businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Users can now download the tool and focus solely on testing, as coding and building a test automation framework are no longer required. Furthermore, Studio provides frequent releases to ensure compatibility with the most recent platforms\/browsers\/OS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible methods for test design: Record &amp; Playback, Manual and Scripting Mode<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported testing methodologies: BDD, DDT, Keyword-Driven Testing, Cross-Browser Testing (Headless, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari), and Cross-Platform Mobile Testing (iOS, Android)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic Retry Failed Tests, Smart Wait, and Self-Healing mechanisms\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reusable test objects, keywords, and test cases with Test Artifact Sharing and Page Object Model design\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Native integrations with popular CI\/CD and ALMs tools (Jira, GitLab, Jenkins, BitBucket, Azure DevOps, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smart Debugging UI and test reporting to troubleshoot failures quickly<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Detailed tool documentation and video tutorials on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/academy.katalon.com\/?utm_source=katalon&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=top15_auto_tool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katalon Academy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free or $159\/month<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Selenium<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.selenium.dev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selenium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, released in 2004, is one of the most popular open-source frameworks for web testing automation. Its software suite includes Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, and Selenium IDE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported programming languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing on local or on remote machines via the Selenium server<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel and cross-browser executions to reduce execution time and increase test coverage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks (like TestNG for reporting) and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Appium<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like Selenium, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/appium.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an open-source automation testing tool for mobile applications. Using mobile JSON wire protocol, Appium allows users to write automated UI tests for native, web-based, and hybrid mobile applications on Android and iOS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported programming languages: Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Perl<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cross-platform testing with reusable test scripts and the same APIs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Execution across real devices, simulators, and emulators<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>TestComplete<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartbear.com\/product\/testcomplete\/overview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TestComplete<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can automate functional UI testing for desktop, mobile, and web applications. TestComplete can handle and identify dynamic UI elements in most available technologies, thanks to built-in support for 500+ controls and third-party frameworks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported programming languages: JavaScript, Python, VBScript, JScript, Delphi, C++, C#<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible methods for test design: Record &amp; Playback, manual and scripting modes with built-in keywords.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Object identification with property-based and AI visual recognition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel, cross-browser and cross-device testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks, CI\/CD tools, and SmartBear ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: From $2,702\/year<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cypress<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cypress.io\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cypress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a developer-centric automation tool for end-to-end web testing that only supports JavaScript frameworks. Cypress, built on a new architecture, can operate directly within a browser in the same run-loop as your application, enabling native access to elements and faster executions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported programming language: JavaScript<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snapshots of test step execution and debuggability from familiar developer tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control over function behavior, server response, timers, and network traffic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to Dashboard Service for test performance and optimization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with popular CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free or from $75\/month for Dashboard Service<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ranorex Studio<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ranorex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranorex Studio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can automate GUI testing for web, mobile, and desktop applications. Ranorex&#8217;s framework, which includes low-code automation and a full IDE, is simple for beginners and productive for experienced testers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supported programming languages: VB .Net and C#<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad support for web, mobile, and desktop technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranorex Spy tool and RanoreXPath for reliable recognition of GUI elements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible methods for test design: Record &amp; Playback and scripting mode<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributed or parallel testing with Selenium Grid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: From \u20ac2,890\/year\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Perfecto<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfecto.io\/products\/platform\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfecto<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a cloud-based and automated testing platform for web and mobile applications. From automated cross-environment executions, custom capabilities, test analysis, and broad integrations, Perfecto makes continuous testing more achievable for DevOps teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scriptless test creation for UI web applications<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real-user stimulation for mobile testing: network visualization and other environmental conditions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel and cross-platform executions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advanced test analytics with centralized dashboard and AI noise filtering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: From $125\/month<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>LambdaTest<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambdatest.com\/automation-testing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LambdaTest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides automated testing on the cloud. Its cloud service allows teams to scale up their test coverage with speedy parallel, cross-browser, and cross-device testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online Selenium Grid on the cloud of over 2000 devices, browsers, and OSs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for Cypress test scripts parallel and cross-browser executions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geolocation web testing across over 27 countries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: From $99\/month<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Postman<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postman.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Postman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most widely-used automation testing tools for API. It allows users to write different tests, from functional integration to regression tests, and execute them automatically in CI\/CD pipelines via the command line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friendly and easy-to-use interface equipped with code snippets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for multiple HTML methods, Swagger, and RAML formats<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad support for API schemas to generate collections and API elements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test suite creation, executions with parameterization, and debugging<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with popular CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free or from $12\/user\/month<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>SoapUI<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soapui.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>SoapUI<\/b><\/a><b> is<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an open-source API testing tool for REST and SOAP Web Services. Some vital features include automated functional, performance, regression, and security testing. Users can also aim for the commercial version &#8211; ReadyAPI (formerly SoapUI Pro), for more advanced capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drag and Drop to create tests, even with complex scenarios<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service stimulation to reduce efforts of building production systems for testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick and easy test script reusability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More protocol support, capabilities, and CI\/CD integration with ReadyAPI<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free or from $749\/year for ReadyAPI<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Eggplant Functional<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a part of Eggplant&#8217;s ecosystem, Eggplant Functional is a GUI automation testing tool for mobile, desktop, and web applications. An image-based approach allows a single script to automate different combinations of platforms and technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexible methods for test design: recording, manual mode, and assisted scripting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique English-like scripting language &#8211; SenseTalk<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connection to Eggplant ecosystem for more testing capabilities and monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with popular CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Contact sales<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tricentis Tosca<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tricentis.com\/products\/automate-continuous-testing-tosca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tricentis Tosca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a comprehensive web, API, mobile, and desktop testing automation tool. It employs a unique model-based testing approach that enables users to scan an application&#8217;s UI or APIs to generate a business-familiar model for test creation and maintenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Codeless test creation and high reusability of test assets with the model-based approach<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risk-based test optimization with smart test design and requirement prioritization<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Service virtualization to stimulate and build realistic testing environments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API scanning with extensive support for API Technologies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel and cross-platform testing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with other testing frameworks and CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Contact sales<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Apache JMeter<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This open-source tool is designed for automated performance testing, primarily for web applications. It can stimulate many users to access web services and analyze the performance of the AUT. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jmeter.apache.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jmeter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can also be used for functional API testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friendly and easy-to-use interface<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test plan creation with recording feature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test execution in both GUI and CLI modes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for many different servers, applications, and protocol types<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integrations with popular CI\/CD tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Robot Framework<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robotframework.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robot Framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a generic open-source framework for test automation, especially for acceptance testing and test-driven development. Built with a keyword-driven approach, it&#8217;s low-code to start and also extensible with a rich ecosystem of tools and libraries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test case creation with easy tabular syntax<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword-driven and data-driven testing support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Variables for testing in different environments<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for plenty of external libraries and integrations with other tools<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Protractor<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This open-source framework automates end-to-end testing primarily for Angular and AngularJS applications. It works as an integrator of Selenium, WebDriver, Jasmine, NodeJS, and other technologies. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protractortest.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protractor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can also work well for regression testing with non-Angular apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feature Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test execution in a real browser using native events<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Element identification in Angular applications with extended HTML attributes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support for behavior-driven development frameworks like Jasmine and Mocha<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automatic waiting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parallel and cross-browser testing with Selenium Grid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Price: Free<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose the Best Automation Testing Tool for You<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unnecessary to emphasize the importance of <\/span><b>automation testing tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Don&#8217;t choose one based solely on the success of other teams. 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