Great for seasoned software testers, but may be a bit overwhelming to those newer to running [automated] tests
February 05, 2018
Great for seasoned software testers, but may be a bit overwhelming to those newer to running [automated] tests
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Sauce Labs
Within the last 9 months, I used Sauce Labs to test cross-browser capability (similar to what I would do with Browser Stack), as well to do automated Node.js tests with Selenium Web Driver running on Sauce. Given the size of the organization where I work Sauce Labs is obviously used on a departmental case-by-case basis; specifically, some dev teams use it and some do not. Sauce Labs efficiently tests many desktop/mobile/tablet browser-platform combinations - great use case for automation, speeding up delivery times, while improving accuracy.
- The many possible desktop/mobile/tablet browser-platform combos
- More thorough than other competitive solutions as a means of testing cross-browser functionality
- Versatile in that it supports different languages for automated tests, from C#, PHP & Java to even JS (Node.js)
- Has an extensive wiki at https://wiki.saucelabs.com - very helpful!
- Can feel a bit overwhelming when first integrating in a project - that is to say, may seem a bit complex to implement and navigate at first, however, and in fairness, as a front-end software developer and web designer less seasoned than say a veteran software test engineer, a more experienced tester might not share the same experience
- Login credentials have been problematic (could be do to some SSO glitch on my end)
- User interface is somewhere between "good" and "mediocre", relying more on the assumed knowledge of the tester (could be intentional design choice)
Sauce Labs (when applied properly) seems to be a more efficient cross browser solution, while offering way, waaaaay more functionality and capability. In fact, sometimes it felt like there was too much baked in there and that Sauce might need to be broken into smaller pieces of software and reported (yes, I'm sure there are those who would disagree). Again, my feelings here would probably change a bit if I were a more advanced tester and if I used Sauce more frequently.