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Six Automated Software Testing Services to Boost Your QA Strategy

Modern engineering and product teams feel the pressure to accelerate the feedback loop to developers, shorten release cycles, and deliver high-quality results quickly. For many, fusing manual strategies with automated software testing services is part of the solution to ensure consistency and immediate test execution. 

We agree! But instead of singularly relying on one platform to handle automated test creation, execution, feedback, and test runs, build a comprehensive tech stack to maximize your investment in automated testing capabilities.

Let’s start by outlining some of our partners in the automated testing space. But different software solutions cater to a niché segment of every market, so what if you still haven’t found the right tool? We’ll also give you a blueprint to approach your independent evaluations of automation platforms and their capabilities.

What is Automation Software Testing as a Service?

  • Functionality. Using automated tools for functional testing, you simulate user interactions and data inputs to see if the application behaves as expected.
  • Performance. Your automated tools simulate real-life scenarios and the kinds of workloads the app may have to handle to see if it’s as responsive as the team needs it to be without consuming too many resources or inhibiting throughput.
  • Reliability. Testing reliability centers around using automated tools to see if the app is stable under various operational conditions. Reliability testing may also include pushing the software to the point it crashes to see how it performs under stress.

The Benefits of Automation Software Testing as a Service

Automation software testing services provide you with a more robust testing system because they enable:

  • Faster, more efficient testing. Your testing speed increases when you leverage an automated system because the tools perform the repetitive tasks that humans would normally have to spend time handling.
  • Cost-effective testing. After the initial setup and configuration costs, the more thorough and streamlined testing saves you money in the long run. This is especially helpful for startups with limited budgets.
  • More accurate and consistent testing. Specialized automated tools help to eliminate human errors, ensuring accuracy and consistency in your testing environment.
  • Improved scalability. Your automation makes it easier to deploy large-scale testing systems without hiring more human testers. You can use the same automated test scripts again and again and in a variety of environments as you expand your test systems.

Fuse manual and automated testing with these integrations

Applitools

BrowserStack

More than just bringing together the right people and processes, fusing manual and automated testing strategies requires managing a diverse tech stack to maximize results.

HeadSpin

Mabl

Manual testing has long been the cornerstone of QA, leveraging human expertise to ensure a high-quality and consistent end-user experience. But, without a full-time in-house team (or with an already overworked QA team), you need a third-party partner to scale testing and meet increasing demands on coverage and capacity. 

  • Speeds up test creation
  • Requires less technical acumen
  • Reduces maintenance effort
  • Standardizes information from tests

Sauce Labs 

Check out some of SauceLabs’ automation framework options:

  • Selenium
  • Espresso
  • Appium
  • XCUITest
  • TestCafe
  • Cypress

Suitest 

Suitest can run your tests in parallel on 100+ devices with nearly immediate pass/fail, bug reports, and performance results.

How to Analyze Other Automated Software Testing Services

When evaluating adding an additional software, be readily available to cover these topics:

  • User base. Is your testing team using devs who are more interested in being able to engage with application programming interfaces (API)? Technical testers who are already experts? Third-party testers focused on functionality? Find the right product for the right end-users.
  • Pricing. While there are open-source options with their communities online, you need to consider what you’ll be saving on licensing fees and how much it will cost to employ a dedicated person to maintain this software. As a rule of thumb, for companies, going with a software testing partner is substantially more valuable than employing additional staff. When selecting a commercial option, you will need to review all the features included with automated testing tools and ensure that your package consists of the ones you need. 
  • Integration compatibility. If your product or service is online, it must be compatible with in-house platforms, client platforms, etc., especially if you plan to fuse manual and automated strategies.
  • Capabilities. Simple. What can the product actually do?
  • Coverage. While you can minimize errors by defining your target demographic, it’s never good to isolate clients due to blind spots in testing. A crucial offering of automated testing is the option for multiple integrations to maximize end-user coverage.

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