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Karma vs LambdaTest: What are the differences?
What is Karma? Spectacular Test Runner for JavaScript. Karma is not a testing framework, nor an assertion library. Karma just launches a HTTP server, and generates the test runner HTML file you probably already know from your favourite testing framework. So for testing purposes you can use pretty much anything you like.
What is LambdaTest? Perform Cross Browser Testing on 2000+ Real Browsers and Operating System Online. LambdaTest is a cloud-based testing platform and it provides access to a powerful network cloud of 2000+ real browsers and operating system that helps testers in cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility testing.
Karma and LambdaTest belong to "Browser Testing" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Karma are:
- Test on Real Devices
- Remote Control
- Testing Framework Agnostic
On the other hand, LambdaTest provides the following key features:
- Selenium Web Automation
- Real-time testing of web app on cloud based desktop and mobile browsers
- Test your locally hosted web app using SSH Tunnel feature
"Test Runner" is the primary reason why developers consider Karma over the competitors, whereas "Integration with Gitlab" was stated as the key factor in picking LambdaTest.
Karma is an open source tool with 10.7K GitHub stars and 1.61K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Karma's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Karma
- Test Runner61
- Open source35
- Continuous Integration27
- Great for running tests22
- Test on Real Devices18
- Backed by google11
- Easy Debugging5
- Remote Control2
Pros of LambdaTest
- Pocket friendly pricing17
- Good Performance13
- Integration with Gitlab12
- Integration with Bitbucket12
- Cross browser testing12
- Integration with Jira11
- Great support11
- Integration with GitHub11
- Integration with Trello10
- Clean UI and Easy to use10
- Integration with Slack10
- Integration with Asana10
- Pre-installed developer tools8
- Integration with Hive8
- IE and Edge support8
- Local app testing6
- Multiple Browsers6
- Integration with Teamwork5
- Integration with VSTS5
- Real time testing feature is flawless4
- Selenium automation3
- Faster Speed3
- Up-to-date Browser collection3
- Robust Selenium Grid2
- Real devices2
- 24/7 Customer Chat Support2
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Cons of Karma
- Slow, because tests are run in a real browser1
- Requires the use of hacks to find tests dynamically1