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I am looking to purchase one of these tools for Mobile testing for my team. It should support Native, hybrid, and responsive app testing. It should also feature debugging, parallel execution, automation testing/easy integration with automation testing tools like Selenium, and the capability to provide availability of devices specifically for us to use at any time with good speed of performing all these activities.

I have already used Perfecto mobile, and Sauce Labs in my other projects before. I want to know how different or better is AWS Device farm in usage and how advantageous it would be for us to use it over other mentioned tools

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Aaron Evans
Testing Strategist at One Shore · | 3 upvotes · 7.9K views

A SaaS offering like Sauce Labs (or BrowserStack or LambdaTest, etc) will provide a remote Selenium/Appium Grid including the ability to run test automation in parallel (up to the amount based your subscription level) an a wide array of browsers and mobile devices.

These tools can be expensive, but if you can afford them, the expertise and effort of maintaining the grid, browser updates, etc. is worth it.

AWS Device Farm can be significantly cheaper, but is much more work to setup and run. It will not give you as many devices, or the reporting and screen/video capture you get with the the services. And there is no support for AWS Device Farm, and very poor documentation. I have used it, but do not recommend it. Running your own grid and physical device lab is better, but I'd stick with a service like Sauce Labs or Perfecto which will save you time and give you better services despite the higher price tag.

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Pros of BrowserStack
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    Multiple browsers
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    Ease of use
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    Real browsers
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    Ability to use it locally
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    Good price
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    Great web interface
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    IE support
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    Official mobile emulators
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    Instant access
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    Cloud-based access
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    Real mobile devices
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    Multiple Desktop OS
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    Selenium compatible
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    Screenshots
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    Can be used for Testing and E2E
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    Pre-installed developer tools
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    Video of test runs
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    Many browsers
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    Favourites
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    Webdriver compatible
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    Supports Manual, Functional and Visual Diff Testing
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    Free for Open Source
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    Unify and track test cases
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    Test automation dashboard
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    Test Management
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    Cross-browser testing
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    Cypress Compatible
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    Bi-directional Jira Sync
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    Speed is fast
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    Real devices
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    Visual testing and review
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    Test WCAG Compliance
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    Web accessibility
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    Pocket friendly pricing
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    Good Performance
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    Integration with Gitlab
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    Integration with Bitbucket
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    Cross browser testing
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    Integration with Jira
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    Great support
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    Integration with GitHub
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    Integration with Trello
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    Clean UI and Easy to use
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    Integration with Slack
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    Integration with Asana
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    Pre-installed developer tools
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    Integration with Hive
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    IE and Edge support
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    Local app testing
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    Multiple Browsers
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    Integration with Teamwork
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    Integration with VSTS
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    Real time testing feature is flawless
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    Selenium automation
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    Faster Speed
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    Up-to-date Browser collection
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    Robust Selenium Grid
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    Real devices
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    24/7 Customer Chat Support
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    Automates browsers
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    Testing
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    Essential tool for running test automation
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    Record-Playback
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    Remote Control
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    Data crawling
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    Supports end to end testing
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    Easy set up
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    Functional testing
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    The Most flexible monitoring system
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    End to End Testing
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    Easy to integrate with build tools
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    Comparing the performance selenium is faster than jasm
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    Record and playback
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    Compatible with Python
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    Easy to scale
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    Integration Tests
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    Integrated into Selenium-Jupiter framework

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Cons of BrowserStack
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    Very limited choice of minor versions
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    Cluttered UI
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    Steep learning curve for new users
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    Limited device support
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    Flaky tests
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    Slow as needs to make browser (even with no gui)
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    Update browser drivers

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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 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.

What is Selenium?

Selenium automates browsers. That's it! What you do with that power is entirely up to you. Primarily, it is for automating web applications for testing purposes, but is certainly not limited to just that. Boring web-based administration tasks can (and should!) also be automated as well.

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What are some alternatives to BrowserStack, LambdaTest, and Selenium?
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.
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.
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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