Appium vs. Browserling

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appium
Score 9.2 out of 10
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N/AN/A
Browserling
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Browserling, a small company headquartered in Oakland, offers live interactive cross-browser testing.N/A
Pricing
AppiumBrowserling
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppiumBrowserling
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AppiumBrowserling
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Small Businesses
Swiftify
Swiftify
Score 9.0 out of 10
BrowserStack
BrowserStack
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Swiftify
Swiftify
Score 9.0 out of 10
Selenium
Selenium
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Swiftify
Swiftify
Score 9.0 out of 10
Selenium
Selenium
Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppiumBrowserling
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(10 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppiumBrowserling
Likelihood to Recommend
JS Foundation
1. It's open source which supports range of languages, operating systems and languages. Well suited for Android and IOS mobile automation. Supports all kinds of apps, which makes it flexible and robust mobile testing tool 2. It is less appropriate where we need intercept network call to verify the API calls. Extensive coding experience is required to work Appium
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Browserling
Using Browserling, I never had a bad surprise. this tool is responsive and always offers the latest versions for each browser. I particularly recommend live testing which allows you to directly test the site and generate a screenshot if you have detected a bug or an anomaly in your interface. PS: I will give it 10/10 when recording videos of browsing sessions will be ready.
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Pros
JS Foundation
  • It uses WebDriver API so it makes it easy to use for former web test automation engineers.
  • It can be managed via the command line via an extensive set of parameters.
  • It handles implicit waits at the server side that is especially valuable in distributed infrastructure.
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Browserling
  • Generating screenshots of my website in most used browsers.
  • Live test interact in browsers as if they were installed on my computer.
  • Bookmark my favorite browsers to make testing faster next time.
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Cons
JS Foundation
  • Element browser sometimes is unreliable and has sporadic fails.
  • Appium running is a bit slow, compared to tests written with Appium and with Espresso or XCTest.
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Browserling
  • Record videos of my browsing sessions (on their site they said this feature will be coming soon).
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Likelihood to Renew
JS Foundation
I am rating 10/10 because Appium can use with multiple programming languages with multiple Test engines. Also, it works for both Android and iOS.
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Browserling
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Usability
JS Foundation
I would like to give 9/10 rating to Appium because of it can easily integrate with popular frameworks and CI/CD tools, as well as it is reliable, flexible and easy to use. The setup can bit complex in initial step, but once on configured it's very easy to use and enables stable and scalable mobile automation for real and cloud devices.
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Browserling
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Alternatives Considered
JS Foundation
If you're an Apple developer, you use Xcode. It's practically a forced necessity. For system testing though, it doesn't have to be. You can have your development team focus on unit and integration tests in their platform and another team automate acceptance tests with a language they are more familiar with.
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Browserling
For quicker and safe testing I always choose Browserling. It's also my best tool for responsive testing, as it allows me to resize the window and see how my interface looks in different screen resolutions. Browserling is better than others in manual testing because it has more features than others.
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Return on Investment
JS Foundation
  • Appium is open source, so it's free. That's budget friendly right there.
  • The ability to write mobile automation tests has saved considerable time for our manual test team, but that is true with most automation tests.
  • We use Sauce Labs with our other automation, but Appium works great with Sauce Labs, as well, if I needed to run on emulators and simulators.
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Browserling
  • Make my UI compatible to as many systems and OS.
  • Reduce bugs on my website UI.
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