BrowserStack vs Ghost Inspector

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BrowserStack vs Ghost Inspector: What are the differences?

# Introduction
BrowserStack and Ghost Inspector are both powerful tools used for automated testing and cross-browser testing in web development.

1. **Testing Capabilities**: BrowserStack allows for performing testing on a wide range of real devices and browsers, enabling testers to check how their website functions across different platforms. On the other hand, Ghost Inspector focuses primarily on automated visual regression testing, ensuring that the visual elements of a website remain consistent across different builds and deployments.

2. **Integration Options**: BrowserStack offers extensive integration capabilities with popular tools like Jira, Jenkins, and GitHub, allowing for seamless incorporation of testing into the development workflow. Ghost Inspector integrates well with Slack and Zapier, streamlining the communication of test results and automating various tasks based on test outcomes.

3. **Collaboration Features**: BrowserStack provides collaborative testing features, such as live testing, screen sharing, and bug tracking, making it easier for teams to work together on identifying and resolving issues. Ghost Inspector offers collaborative test creation and editing, allowing multiple team members to contribute to test suites and scenarios.

4. **Automation Flexibility**: BrowserStack supports both manual and automated testing, giving users the flexibility to choose the most appropriate method based on the testing requirements. In contrast, Ghost Inspector focuses solely on automated testing, emphasizing efficiency and repeatability in the testing process.

5. **Reporting and Analytics**: BrowserStack offers detailed reporting and analytics capabilities, providing insights into test coverage, pass/fail ratios, and performance metrics. Ghost Inspector also provides comprehensive test result reports, highlighting visual changes and discrepancies detected during the testing process.

6. **Customization Options**: BrowserStack provides advanced customization options for testing environments, allowing users to simulate specific network conditions and device configurations. Ghost Inspector offers customization for testing schedules and notifications, enabling users to set up automated test runs at specific intervals and receive alerts based on predefined conditions.

In Summary, BrowserStack excels in its diverse testing capabilities and extensive integrations, while Ghost Inspector specializes in automated visual regression testing and collaborative test creation. Both tools offer unique features that cater to different aspects of the testing process in web development.
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Pros of BrowserStack
Pros of Ghost Inspector
  • 135
    Multiple browsers
  • 76
    Ease of use
  • 65
    Real browsers
  • 44
    Ability to use it locally
  • 27
    Good price
  • 21
    Great web interface
  • 19
    IE support
  • 17
    Official mobile emulators
  • 15
    Cloud-based access
  • 15
    Instant access
  • 12
    Real mobile devices
  • 8
    Multiple Desktop OS
  • 8
    Selenium compatible
  • 8
    Screenshots
  • 7
    Can be used for Testing and E2E
  • 6
    Pre-installed developer tools
  • 5
    Video of test runs
  • 4
    Supports Manual, Functional and Visual Diff Testing
  • 4
    Favourites
  • 4
    Webdriver compatible
  • 4
    Many browsers
  • 3
    Test Management
  • 3
    Test automation dashboard
  • 3
    Cypress Compatible
  • 3
    Bi-directional Jira Sync
  • 3
    Free for Open Source
  • 3
    Unify and track test cases
  • 3
    Cross-browser testing
  • 2
    Speed is fast
  • 2
    Real devices
  • 1
    Private devices
  • 1
    Test WCAG Compliance
  • 1
    Web accessibility
  • 1
    Visual testing and review
  • 3
    No code required
  • 3
    Runscope integration
  • 3
    Simple test editor
  • 2
    Screenshot comparison
  • 2
    Videos of every test run
  • 1
    Primarily focus on functional testing
  • 1
    Easy to use API enables remote control
  • 1
    Data-Driven testing
  • 1
    Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium
  • 1
    Partials and Variables enable fast test creation
  • 1
    30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap
  • 1
    Detailed Documentation
  • 1
    Supports end to end testing with Runscope
  • 1
    Extensive Integrations available
  • 0
    Scheduling tests
  • 0
    Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools
  • 0
    Email notification and Alerts

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Cons of BrowserStack
Cons of Ghost Inspector
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    Very limited choice of minor versions
  • 1
    Support Cross-device testing (device, web)
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    Load & Performance testing
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    Flash Support inside browser

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What is 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.

What is Ghost Inspector?

It lets you create and manage UI tests that check specific functionality in your website or application. We execute these automated browser tests continuously from the cloud and alert you if anything breaks.

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What are some alternatives to BrowserStack and Ghost Inspector?
Browserling
We run the browsers on our servers. Fully interactive sessions, not static screenshots. No flash, no applets, nothing to install. Powered entirely by <canvas> and javascript.
LambdaTest
LambdaTest platform provides secure, scalable and insightful test orchestration for website, and mobile app testing. Customers at different points in their DevOps lifecycle can leverage Automation and/or Manual testing on LambdaTest.
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.
Appium
Appium is an open source test automation framework for use with native, hybrid, and mobile web apps. It drives iOS and Android apps using the WebDriver protocol. Appium is sponsored by Sauce Labs and a thriving community of open source developers.
Cypress
Cypress is a front end automated testing application created for the modern web. Cypress is built on a new architecture and runs in the same run-loop as the application being tested. As a result Cypress provides better, faster, and more reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser. Cypress works on any front-end framework or website.
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