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AWS Device Farm vs Xamarin Test Cloud: What are the differences?

  1. 1. Pricing Model: AWS Device Farm offers a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where you are charged based on the device minutes used for testing. Xamarin Test Cloud, on the other hand, offers a subscription-based pricing model, where you pay a fixed monthly fee for a specific number of device minutes.
  2. 2. Supported Platforms: AWS Device Farm supports a wide range of platforms including Android, iOS, and web apps, while Xamarin Test Cloud primarily focuses on testing Android and iOS apps.
  3. 3. Device Inventory: AWS Device Farm allows you to select from a vast inventory of real physical devices for testing your application, providing a more realistic testing environment. Xamarin Test Cloud, on the other hand, uses virtual devices for testing, which may not accurately reflect real-world conditions.
  4. 4. Integration with CI/CD: AWS Device Farm seamlessly integrates with popular CI/CD pipelines, such as Jenkins and Bamboo, allowing for automated testing as part of the continuous delivery pipeline. Xamarin Test Cloud also offers integration with CI/CD platforms but may require additional configuration and setup.
  5. 5. Reporting and Analysis: AWS Device Farm provides detailed test reports, including logs, screenshots, and performance data, allowing for comprehensive analysis and troubleshooting. Xamarin Test Cloud also provides test reports but may not offer the same level of detail and analysis.
  6. 6. Integration with AWS Services: AWS Device Farm offers seamless integration with other AWS services, such as CloudWatch and S3, allowing for easy storage and analysis of test results. Xamarin Test Cloud does not offer the same level of integration with AWS services.

In summary, AWS Device Farm and Xamarin Test Cloud differ in their pricing model, supported platforms, device inventory, integration with CI/CD pipelines, reporting capabilities, and integration with AWS services.

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    Integrated with Visual Studio, Xamarin Studio or CLI

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    Records all sessions, blocks on processing when done
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    You need to remember to turn airplane mode off
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    What is AWS Device Farm?

    Run tests across a large selection of physical devices in parallel from various manufacturers with varying hardware, OS versions and form factors.

    What is Xamarin Test Cloud?

    Run your app on our huge (and growing) collection of real devices from around the world. Select devices based on form factor, manufacturer, operating system, or even popularity in your target market. We’re adding over 100 devices every month, and if there’s a specific device you need, we’re taking requests.

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    What are some alternatives to AWS Device Farm and Xamarin Test Cloud?
    Firebase
    Firebase is a cloud service designed to power real-time, collaborative applications. Simply add the Firebase library to your application to gain access to a shared data structure; any changes you make to that data are automatically synchronized with the Firebase cloud and with other clients within milliseconds.
    BrowserStack
    BrowserStack is the leading test platform built for developers & QAs to expand test coverage, scale & optimize testing with cross-browser, real device cloud, accessibility, visual testing, test management, and test observability.
    Xamarin
    Xamarin’s Mono-based products enable .NET developers to use their existing code, libraries and tools (including Visual Studio*), as well as skills in .NET and the C# programming language, to create mobile applications for the industry’s most widely-used mobile devices, including Android-based smartphones and tablets, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
    Sauce Labs
    Cloud-based automated testing platform enables developers and QEs to perform functional, JavaScript unit, and manual tests with Selenium or Appium on web and mobile apps. Videos and screenshots for easy debugging. Secure and CI-ready.
    Kobiton
    It enables developers and testers to perform automated and manual testing of mobile apps and websites on real devices. Modern DevOps and Quality environments require apps to be tested on hundreds of device/OS/browser combinations. Managing an in-house device-lab is expensive, resource intensive, restrictive and very manual. Kobiton allows for instant provisioning of real devices for testing with automated or manual scripts, and also allows current on-premise devices to be plugged in to form a holistic testing cloud.
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