Autify vs Rainforest QA

Quote on request

Quote on request

Quote-based annual contracts sized by test runs.

Quote-based. Human-executed runs are billed separately from automated ones and are the expensive component.

Two-week free trial.

Free tier for a small number of automated tests.

Emerging

Autify, Inc. · since 2016

Emerging

Rainforest QA · since 2012

• Very low barrier to a first working suite — recording plus a managed browser cloud.
• Maintenance burden is genuinely reduced by the self-healing model.
• Covers web and native mobile from one vendor.

• The human fallback covers scenarios automation genuinely cannot reach.
• Anyone on the team can author a test.
• Results in minutes, integrated into the deployment pipeline.

• No self-hosted option.
• Limited support for complex data-driven scenarios.
• Smaller international presence and support footprint than the US vendors.

• Human runs get expensive quickly at any real frequency.
• Human testers lack product context, so results need interpretation.
• Web only.

Small QA teams that need automation without an engineering hire.

Teams that need broad release-gate coverage including flows nobody wants to automate.