Xray vs QMetry Test Management

From $10 per user/month (indicative, scales down sharply with volume)

Quote on request

Priced through the Atlassian Marketplace by Jira user tier, and it bills for every Jira user, not just testers.

Enterprise quote-based pricing; Marketplace tiers exist for the Jira app.

30-day trial via Atlassian Marketplace.

Free trial.

Category standard

Xblend / Xpand IT · since 2014

Established

QMetry · since 2008

• Complete requirement-to-test-to-defect traceability without leaving Jira.
• No second tool for the team to learn or license separately.
• Strong BDD support with Gherkin scenarios stored as Jira issues.

• Strong analytics and programme-level reporting.
• Modular reusable test assets designed for very large libraries.
• Established in regulated industries with audit requirements.

• Inherits Jira's performance characteristics; large test executions are slow.
• Billing per Jira user means non-QA staff inflate the cost.
• Test case authoring in Jira issue screens is clumsy compared to purpose-built editors.

• Heavy interface with a real learning curve.
• Enterprise pricing and sales process.
• Overkill for teams under about fifty people.

Organisations standardised on Jira that want a single system of record.

Large enterprises with formal QA governance and audit obligations.