Leapwork vs Testim

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Quote on request

Enterprise quote-based licensing, typically annual and sized by concurrent runners plus authoring seats.

Quote-based beyond the free tier; priced by annual test runs.

Free trial.

Free plan with a limited monthly run allowance.

Emerging

Leapwork · since 2015

Established

Tricentis · since 2014

• Genuinely usable by non-technical staff — the flowchart model is easier than any script-behind-a-recorder approach.
• Covers Citrix, virtual desktop and mainframe environments that most tools cannot touch.
• Doubles as an RPA platform, which can consolidate two budgets.

• Smart locators handle everyday UI churn well.
• The escape hatch to real JavaScript keeps complex cases possible.
• Reusable shared steps keep large recorded suites maintainable.

• Flowcharts do not diff or merge, so version control is essentially unusable.
• Complex logic becomes an unreadable sprawl of blocks.
• Enterprise pricing with no small-team entry point.

• Test logic lives in the vendor's cloud rather than your repository, which complicates review and branching.
• Run-based pricing punishes running the full suite on every commit.
• Post-acquisition roadmap is bound to the wider Tricentis strategy.

Enterprises where business users must own automation and Citrix or mainframe is in scope.

Teams with fast-changing UIs that need maintenance to stay low.