Item: BrowserStack
Rating: 8
Author: Bryan Chow

Overall Satisfaction with BrowserStack

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual testing with Percy by BrowserStack was easy to get started with. It was helpful for automating front end tests and save time.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to use. Documentation was sufficient
Basic plan free plan was accessible

Cons

Reviewing many test results on Percy by BrowserStack can be tedious. No easy test overview suits my needs.
Updating visual tests on Percy by BrowserStack, adding or deleting region annotations can be slow or buggy.

Return on Investment

improving test coverage on front end applications
Reducing complexity and time spent on test creation
Positive: Less time maintaining test code after front end changes.
Negative: more time maintaining visual test region/annotations after front end changes.

There was a clear limitation on testing front end without using visual testing tools. Some parts of the application were not easy to test using selenium and python. Some elements were difficult to identify and check using selenium python. Visual testing with Percy by BrowserStack reduces the complexity with identifying and checking visual elements.

Product Usage

Percy

Percy by BrowserStack is used for running visual tests which are used regularly for testing our new releases

Alternatives Considered

Applitools and LambdaTest

Percy by BrowserStack was a bit easier to use and more technically advanced than LambdaTest visual testing tools. I also felt Percy by BrowserStack was more commonly used and trustworthy of a product.

Applitools was the most technically advanced for visual testing but prohibitively expensive would be limited in monthly quotas.

Key Insights

Do you think BrowserStack delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BrowserStack's feature set?

Yes

Did BrowserStack live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of BrowserStack go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy BrowserStack again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Datadog, Shortcut, Slack

Likelihood to Recommend

I tried a number of other visual testing tools on the market and I chose to use Percy by BrowserStack for visual testing because of the ease of use, generous starting plan, and smart features. There are some limitations on speed, easily reviewing many visual tests results, and some visual tests are more difficult to control/have some artifacts due to how Percy by BrowserStack does not load images directly from the test machine.

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