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Rainforest QA vs Wallaby.js: What are the differences?
What is Rainforest QA? Front-end QA as a service. Rainforest gives you the reliability of a QA team and the speed of automation, without the hassle of managing a team or the pain of writing automated tests.
What is Wallaby.js? Intelligent test runner for JavaScript with real-time code coverage and deep editor integration. It is an intelligent test runner for JavaScript that continuously runs your tests. It reports code coverage and other results directly to your code editor immediately as you change your code. Wallaby.js uses various tricks to run your tests as fast as possible, such as dependency analysis to only execute tests affected by your code changes and parallel test execution. It provides a huge productivity boost whether you are doing TDD/BDD or using any other approach.
Rainforest QA and Wallaby.js can be categorized as "Browser Testing" tools.
Soylent, Meteor, and GrowthHackers are some of the popular companies that use Rainforest QA, whereas Wallaby.js is used by Covve, Shelf, and Wuilt. Rainforest QA has a broader approval, being mentioned in 12 company stacks & 9 developers stacks; compared to Wallaby.js, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.
Pros of Rainforest QA
- Cross-browser testing13
- Powerful API7
- QA7
- Super-simple test creation7
- Easy way to get real front-end smoke tests6
- Simple5
- CI Integration5
- Manual regression testing results in 30 mins3