Top 10 Cloud Testing Tools

9 min readAug 1, 2024

Automation testing scope is increasing day by day, automation is no longer restricted to functional testing. Cross browser testing, cross-platform testing, responsive testing, visual regression testing, and accessibility testing are some of the modern organization requirements in addition to end-to-end and API testing.

Though there are open-source tools available to perform test automation related tasks, they will not provide the infrastructure to execute the automation scripts. An organization will need to spend a lot on infrastructure setup. Maintaining such infrastructure involves cost overhead again. Organizations may face further challenges to scale up the hardware when there is a huge demand.

Cloud testing emerged to overcome the challenges associated with infrastructure setup and maintenance. Cloud testing tools provide an environment to develop and execute the automation scripts. Use of cloud-based infrastructure can reduce an organization’s costs considerably, and the organization does not need to bother about maintaining the infrastructure too.

Cloud Testing Tools

There are many different types of cloud test automation tools, some tools provide only an execution environment and some provide both a development environment and execution environment.

Cloud-based testing tools not only make testing easier but also increase the return on investment of testing by eliminating redundant and complex tasks of creating and maintaining the infrastructure. We have curated the best cloud testing tools. Note that the below tools are ordered randomly and not ranked.

Testsigma

Testsigma is a cloud-based test automation tool. It is a commercial no-code test automation platform that supports both mobile and web application testing.

Testsigma supports 3000+ web and mobile real devices for test execution. It has an AI-powered engine that reduces the maintenance of test cases. Testsigma supports both cloud test development and execution.

Using Testsigma one can develop end-to-end, API testing, data-driven tests, visual regression tests easily without having any coding knowledge.

Testsigma also supports Salesforce automation that can accelerate the Salesforce test automation in multiple folds.

Testsigma is a budget-friendly tool, it can fit into any type of organization such as mid-scale, large-scale, and small-scale organizations.

Features of Testsigma

No-code testing capability accelerates automation
In-built support for cloud execution on more than 3000 real devices
Support for both web and mobile testing.
Multiple testing types support cross-browser testing, cross-platform testing, and visual regression testing.
Faster and reliable test execution reports
Easy to integrate into CI/CD pipelines, supports more than 30+ tools
Supports responsive testing
Provides integration capability to third-party cloud testing tools such as BrowserStack, SauceLabs, etc.
Customized dashboard and comprehensive reporting
Support for Salesforce test automation
It helps to increase the ROI by supporting no-code test automation as it doesn’t demand any specific skillsets resources can be shared across the projects.

BrowserStack

BrowserStack is another popular cloud testing platform. It provides scalable infrastructure for the test automation execution. It supports both manual and automation testing. BrowserStack supports integration with many existing test automation frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, etc. BrowserStack provides clear documentation and resources that help organizations and teams to quickly set up an execution environment on the cloud.

Features of BrowserStack

Supports 20,000+ real devices for testing web and mobile
Provides capability to perform manual testing on cloud environment
Test management capability unifies and tracks all the test cases in one place
Provides test observability functionality to debug and get insights
Supports accessibility testing on the cloud
BrowserStack Percy supports visual regression testing by making intelligent comparisons.
Supports Windows and MacOS on the cloud
Automated and comprehensive reports

SauceLabs

SauceLabs is a cloud-based testing platform. It provides many testing services on the cloud such as automation testing on different browsers and operating systems, CI/CD integration, analytics and reporting, etc. SauceLabs has more than 300 real devices to test mobile and web applications. It supports both automation and manual testing.

Features of SauceLabs

SauceLabs supports cross-browser testing with hundreds of browser and operating system combinations.
It supports both mobile and web automation and manual testing
The test can be executed on real devices with different screen resolution
Saucelabs provides private or public real devices.
SuaceLabs is a SOC2/3, ISO 27701/27001, GDPR, and CCPA-compliant platform
It also provides enterprise partnership service

BlazeMeter

BlazeMeter is a cloud-based continuous testing platform primarily focused on performance testing. Blazemeter can identify the performance bottlenecks. It can also be used for API Testing and Monitoring. Many industry-standard performance tools can be integrated with the BlazeMeter.

Features of BlazeMeter

Blazmeter provides the capability to execute performance testing on the cloud.
Many popular tools such as JMeter, Gattling, and Selenium can be easily integrated into the BlazeMeter.
Blazemeter can be used for load, stress, and chaos testing
It can also be used for scalability testing
It supports real-time performance monitoring with key performance metrics such as response times, throughput, and error rates during load tests.
It can be used for API Testing to verify the API functionality and reliability.
The tool can be easily integrated with CI/CD pipelines
It provides comprehensive reports and a dashboard

LamdaTest

LamdaTest is a cloud testing platform that provides 3000+ desktop and mobile environments for app compatibility testing. It has many modern features such as auto-healing of flaky tests, integration with hundreds of tools, test analytics, etc. LamdaTest offers both manual and automated execution solutions that make testing easier.

LamdaTest supports 3000+ desktop and mobile environments
It supports responsive testing, visual regression testing, and accessibility testing on the cloud
It has integration support for more than a hundred tools
LamdaTest can be integrated with Continuous Integration and Testing tools
It supports many popular testing framework integrations on the cloud
It provides plugins for popular IDEs such as Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ IDEA
Users can simulate different network conditions such as 3G, 4G, 5G, etc.
LamdaTest provides detailed test reports and analytics

TestGrid

TestGrid is an AI-powered enterprise cloud-based end-to-end testing solution. It supports execution environments for both cloud and on-premise. TestGrid provides codeless automation capability and AI-based testing capability. It can be used for end-to-end testing, performance testing, and IOT testing.

Features of TestGrid

TestGrid provides an execution environment in the cloud and on-premise
It supports both web and mobile real-device testing
TestOS 2.0 is a unified testing platform to develop and execute mobile and web tests
It has an AI-powered CoTester tool that can help in training and onboarding
It supports codeless automation
TestGrid can be used for Cross-device testing, cross-browser testing, and app compatibility testing.
Performance testing and IOT testing is the unique feature of TestGrid
It can also support visual testing on the cloud
TestGrid supports many test automation framework integrations.

Perfecto

Perfecto is a cloud-based enterprise test automation software that supports testing of web and mobile applications across various devices, browsers, and operating systems. Perfecto follows security and compliance with industry standards and ensures data privacy, and secure access controls and makes it organization-friendly.

Features of Perfecto

Perfecto supports real device testing for both mobile and web applications
It has a virtual device lab and provides access to emulators and simulators for testing mobile applications
It supports popular automation testing platforms such as Selenium, Appium, Espresso, Cypress, Applitools, etc.
It also has support for popular IDEs such as Android Studio, Eclipse, and IntelliJ.
Test management tools like qTest, MicroFous ALM, and Xray can be easily integrated with Perfecto.
It provides advanced capabilities like Accessibility Testing, Mock Services for Mobile, Synthetic Test Data, Accessibility Testing, Geolocation Testing, Network Virtualization, Two-Factor Authentication, Voice Recognition, etc.

ACCELQ

AccelQ is a cloud-based codeless test automation platform. It supports automation of Web, API, Mobile, Desktop, Database, and Packaged App testing. It has an AI-powered automation engine that comes with a cloud and on-premise model. It is capable of automating Salesforce, Oracle, and MS Dynamics 365 application tests.

Features of AccelQ

It supports AI-powered test automation features and makes test management easier.
AccelQ can be used for in-sprint automation, shift-left, and continuous testing.
Accelq can be deployed on-premise or one can choose to use the cloud platform.
AccelQ can be integrated with popular CI/CD tools.
It supports integration with popular tools like Jira, Bitbucket, TeamCity, etc.
Comprehensive reporting helps to make the right decisions
AccelQ can also be used for manual testing

Xamarin Test Cloud

Xamarin Test Cloud also known as App Center Test (now part of Microsoft) provides the test automation service for native and hybrid mobile apps. Tests can be written in popular frameworks such as Appium, Calabash, XCUITest Expresso, etc. Tests can be run on hundreds of device models and operating systems that are hosted in the cloud data center.

Features of Xamarin Test Cloud

It supports unique real devices that are not rooted or jailbroken and thus provides the nearest user device experience.
Automatically captures the screenshots and all screenshots will be added to the report.
Detailed logs help to debug and find the bottlenecks
Tests can be executed concurrently and that speeds up the test execution duration
Supports popular test automation frameworks such as Appium (Java with JUnit), Calabash, Espresso (Android), and Xamarin.UITest, XCUITest (iOS)
It can be integrated with popular tools such as GitLab, Bitbucket, VSTS, Jira, etc
It also provides detailed analytics and crash reporting

Firebase Test Labs

Firebase Test Lab is cloud-based mobile app testing platform by Google that provides infrastructure to test your app on multiple devices and configurations. It supports both Android and iOS application testing. It provides more stable and reliable real devices that are hosted on Google data centers.

Features of Firebase Test Labs

Supports both Android and iOS app testing
Users can customize the configuration as per the requirement such as different screen sizes, hardware specifications, and operating system versions.
It supports automated tests without writing scripts such as Robo Test, Instrumentation Test, Game Loop Test, and XCTest.
It provides the capability to test with specific locales
Provides detailed results in the Firebase console.

Conclusion

Creating and managing the automation infrastructure is most time-consuming and involves a lot of cost. Organizations may need to have a dedicated team to perform these activities. Scalability is one of the major challenges when test automation infrastructure is maintained locally. Cloud testing tools eliminate all these challenges and make testing simple by providing real devices for testing.

There are many different types of cloud testing tools, some tools don’t support developing and designing test automation scripts and support only a platform for test execution which in turn increases the maintenance.

Advanced tools like Testsigma can reduce maintenance as they support both the development and execution environment. Testsigma is an all-in-one platform that supports script development using AI-powered no-code technology and provides an option to choose the execution environment from hundreds of real devices on the cloud. Users don’t need to bother about scalability as the demand increases. Testsigma manages cloud testing infrastructure and serves the devices based on demand.