Ranorex Studio vs Testim

From €3,690 per year (indicative, per named-user Studio licence)

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Perpetual and subscription options exist; runtime-only licences for CI agents are cheaper than authoring seats.

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

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Free plan with a limited monthly run allowance.

Established

Idera · since 2007

Established

Tricentis · since 2014

• Best-in-class desktop application support, including legacy Windows technologies.
• Object repository keeps recorded tests maintainable at scale.
• Full C# escape hatch for anything the recorder cannot express.

• 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.

• Windows-only authoring environment.
• Expensive per seat relative to open-source web tooling.
• Web automation is competent but not competitive with Playwright.

• 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.

Organisations automating Windows desktop applications.

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