SeeTest Vs. Appium
SeeTest and Appium both are mobile automation testing tool. SeeTest is a commercial tool available with 30 days trial period while Appium is an open source tool.
Below is the comparison between SeeTest and Appium:
See Test | Appium | |
Tool Cost |
Paid |
Free |
Development Machine Cost |
Paid(For each user) |
Free |
Device Port Cost |
Paid(For each port) |
Free |
Device Availability |
Paid(Available through SeeTest Cloud ) |
Paid (Available through Device Farm and Others) |
Cloud Testing |
Paid (SeeTest Cloud) |
Paid (AWS) |
System Dependent |
Yes(Available for Windows & Mac Machine only) |
Easily deployed on server Jenkins(Available for Windows, Mac & Linux Machine) |
Tool Support | Depends on availability of Support Team |
Help available on Appium Community |
Extra QA Support |
Paid(Need Dev Machine for each QA Dev) |
Free |
Parallel Execution |
Paid |
Free |
Object Identification |
Easy |
Bit tough |
Coding |
Convert into desired language |
Code into your desired language |
Keywords |
Defined Keyword |
Create New Keywords |
Test Coverage |
90% |
90% |
Record and Play |
Yes |
Not available |
Operating System Support |
Android, iOS & Windows |
Android and iOS Only |
Conclusion:
Due to AWS Server support and open source, I would suggest we should go for “Appium”.