Zephyr Scale vs. TestRail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Zephyr Scale
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
TM4j is a test management application for Jira, developed by Jira solutions specialist Adaptavist, acquired and now supported by SmartBear since March 2020.
$4.55
per month per user
TestRail
Score 6.7 out of 10
N/A
TestRail by Gurock, an IDERA company, is presented as a complete web-based test case management solution to manage, track, and organize your software testing efforts.N/A
Pricing
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFree up to 10 users, $4.55/user/month after that. It gets cheaper as you scale.—
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Community Pulse
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Considered Both Products
Zephyr Scale
Chose Zephyr Scale
Zephyr scale is easier to work with and more seamlessly used because it is natively integrated with Jira and Confluence. TestRail cannot provide the same scalable experience and is rather dated and limited in capability. Developers rather use tools that are compatible with each …
TestRail

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Top Pros

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Top Cons

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Features
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Test Management
Comparison of Test Management features of Product A and Product B
Zephyr Scale
7.8
1 Ratings
3% below category average
TestRail
7.0
1 Ratings
14% below category average
Centralized test management8.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Map tests to user stories8.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Test execution reporting8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Defect management7.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Manage test hosts and schedules00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Zephyr ScaleTestRail
Likelihood to Recommend
SmartBear
Jira and Confluence are widely implemented in organizations of various industries so incorporating Zephyr Scale is a very seamless method of adding scalable testing management. Testing visibility and end to end traceability is possible and integrates in Jira. Developers and engineers are able to take advantage of the built-in reports and statistics and even automate testing. The value is greatly reduced for organizations that do not already implement Jira and Confluence as the native integrated compatibility is much of the value
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
The integration with other tools, and their user friendly layout and design. It's very comfortable to use and is way better than other tools with the Automation Testing tools, thanks to the great API that is included. Sometimes the integration with Jira is a little faulty, but the links to that tool usually work well. It could be cool if it had a better following for the bug items that were registered on other tools.
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Pros
SmartBear
  • Scalable and compatible with Jira & Confluence
  • Improves testing visibility, data analysis, collaboration with reports & gadgets
  • Easy to retrospectively trace testing with change history
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
  • Beautiful and productive UI.
  • Nice filtering system allowing me to find what I need quickly.
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Cons
SmartBear
  • Not as valuable if not already using Jira or Confluence
  • Can be overlooked if the user does not set automation
  • Needs better first time tutorials
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
  • Integration with Jira seems [a] little faulty.
  • Increase the API call limit for different editions.
  • Better way to trigger automation suites from TestRail.
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Alternatives Considered
SmartBear
Zephyr scale is easier to work with and more seamlessly used because it is natively integrated with Jira and Confluence. TestRail cannot provide the same scalable experience and is rather dated and limited in capability. Developers rather use tools that are compatible with each other, and Zephyr scale offers that
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
TestRail definitely saves times. I work in a company that consists of several development teams, all of which have different processes. Some of the teams leverage test cases, some do not. I've noticed that the turn around time it takes for me to pick up a ticket, QA it, and then pass/fail/send feedback is much faster when there is a test case created as I'm not reading through ticket description/comments to figure out what needs to be QA'd.
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Return on Investment
SmartBear
  • Dozens of added testing capability via integrated gadgets
  • Reduced testing and tracking time
  • Faster and clearer testing operations awareness
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IDERA (an Idera, Inc. company)
  • Improved test management process and collaboration inside team.
  • Increased transparency of QA work.
  • Team became more satisfied.
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