Feature checklists rarely decide anything. What decides it is the pricing metric, who has to write the tests, and which limitation you can live with.
Entry price
Quote on request
Quote onlyQuote on request
Quote onlyWhat drives the bill
The metric that actually scales your invoice.
Quote-based annual contracts sized by test runs.
Quote-based beyond the free tier; priced by annual test runs.
Free tier
Two-week free trial.
Free plan with a limited monthly run allowance.
Open source
Self-hostable
No-code authoring
Languages
Platforms
Fits teams
Adoption
Emerging
Autify, Inc. · since 2016
Established
Tricentis · since 2014
Strengths
Limitations
Best for
Small QA teams that need automation without an engineering hire.
Teams with fast-changing UIs that need maintenance to stay low.
All of these integrate with: Jira, Slack, CircleCI, Jenkins, TestRail.
Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.