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Ghost Inspector vs n8n: What are the differences?
Developers describe Ghost Inspector as "Catch website bugs and regressions before they cost you". 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. On the other hand, n8n is detailed as "Open Source Alternative for Zapier". It is a free node based Workflow Automation Tool. Easily automate tasks accross different services. Synchronise data between different apps/databases.
Ghost Inspector belongs to "Browser Testing" category of the tech stack, while n8n can be primarily classified under "Web Service Automation".
Some of the features offered by Ghost Inspector are:
- Automated browser testing from the cloud
- Chrome extension for test recording
- GUI editor for test building and editing
On the other hand, n8n provides the following key features:
- Free / Open Source
- Create own nodes to integrate third-party services or in-house tools
- Decide who gets access and where your data is stored
n8n is an open source tool with 3.47K GitHub stars and 159 GitHub forks. Here's a link to n8n's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Ghost Inspector
- Runscope integration3
- Simple test editor3
- No code required3
- Screenshot comparison2
- Videos of every test run2
- Data-Driven testing1
- Extensive Integrations available1
- Easy to use API enables remote control1
- Minimal effort to migrate to another tool like Selenium1
- Primarily focus on functional testing1
- Partials and Variables enable fast test creation1
- 30-40 in-parallel tests for cheap1
- Detailed Documentation1
- Supports end to end testing with Runscope1
- Scheduling tests0
- Licensed but cheaper compared to other tools0
- Email notification and Alerts0
Pros of n8n
- Free14
- Easily extendable8
- Easy to use7
- Easily exteandable6
- Self-hostable6
- Powerful3
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Cons of Ghost Inspector
- Load & Performance testing0
- Flash Support inside browser0
- Support Cross-device testing (device, web)0