Real physical mobile devices with APIs that can accelerate your automation pipeline
March 26, 2026
Real physical mobile devices with APIs that can accelerate your automation pipeline
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Enterprise
Overall Satisfaction with BrowserStack
We use BrowserStack for a number of things (all related to QA):
* In-sprint feature testing
* Pre-release regression testing
* Automated Appium tests
* Specific device testing - tablet vs. phone, Android and iOS
* In-sprint feature testing
* Pre-release regression testing
* Automated Appium tests
* Specific device testing - tablet vs. phone, Android and iOS
Pros
- Devices initialize fast
- Robust API suite
- Feature rich
Cons
- New versions of Android SDK need to be available sooner
- New versions of iOS need to be available sooner
- Sometimes we have had devices freeze. These instances were all reported to Support though who responded in a timely manner
- Real devices
- Different OSes available
- Android and iOS
- Different form factors
- Robust APIs
- Clean UI
- Less IT overhead managing a fleet of devices
- Fast new hire ramp-up
- Easy employee offboarding
1. Not having enough device options available - we would ask employees to test with personal devices - not very professional!
2. We had no way to execute automated tests on physical devices.
2. We had no way to execute automated tests on physical devices.
- App Live
- App Automate
We have been able to replace dependency on physical devices for 95% of cases. We have also been able to automate tests on physical devices as part of our CI builds - no human interaction is needed to deploy a build, run Appium test, and collect results - a major win for us.
- AWS Device Farm
- Perfecto by Perforce
It had all of the features we needed. The user interface is clean and accessible. AWS Device Farm was clunky, slow, and hard to use AND offered very little automation options / APIs.
We really needed a solution that could become part of an automated testing pipeline and BrowserStack stood out by checking all of the boxes.
We really needed a solution that could become part of an automated testing pipeline and BrowserStack stood out by checking all of the boxes.
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?
Yes
Did implementation of BrowserStack go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy BrowserStack again?
Yes
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