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.
Enterprise licensing only, negotiated annually. Six-figure contracts are normal at scale.
Quote-based, typically sold as an annual contract sized by test runs and users. Expect mid five figures for a team deployment.
Free tier
14-day free trial.
Open source
Self-hostable
No-code authoring
Languages
Platforms
Fits teams
Adoption
Widely used
Tricentis · since 2007
Established
mabl · since 2018
Strengths
Limitations
Best for
Large enterprises running SAP or similar packaged systems where no open-source tool reaches.
Mid-market teams that want broad automated coverage without hiring an automation team.
All of these integrate with: Jira, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.
Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.