Top 10 Most Popular Software Testing Tools 2019

Popular software testing tools are the real weapon for automation testers. Actually, the QA analyst follows two methods, Manual testing, and Automation testing. In manual testing, every test case is performed by humans and for automation testing, an automation type test case running frequently and testing the whole application without having interaction with any human. As we all know QA testing is stands for examining any software or application for bugs and errors so it is very necessary for the testers to use the latest software testing tools. Being a leading QA and testing services company in India, we are acquainted enough with the latest tools of QA testing. So to help all automation tester, we are revealing the top 10 most popular software testing tools 2019 in this post.

Selenium

Selenium is an open-source automation functional tools for testing web apps. It is a free testing tool but requires Apache 2.0 license for use, the license from Apache is completely free of cost. It is the most popular testing tool for the past several years. Selenium was originally designed by Jason Huggins in 2004 as an internal tool for ThoughtWorks. Selenium is a kind of framework that is widely used for testing web apps, it offers a playback tool for performing functional tests without having knowledge of test scripting language.  

UFT/QTP

It is a contradiction that UFT and QTP are different tools but as you know UFT is the updated version of QTP. Actually, HP merged it’s two testing tools, QTP & Service Test, HP rebranded its name as Unified Functional Testing (UFT). HP QTP is the widely used automation testing tools just because of its usability, It can test any form like web apps, mobile applications, software, and websites. Now QuickTest Professional is owned by Micro Focus. UFT only performs with VBScript so automation testers need to acquainted with the VBScript whilst using Unified Functional Testing.     

Appium

After the Selenium, Appium ranked as the top most popular automation testing tool for all types of platforms. Appium is an open-source automation tool that is completely free of cost. As the name consist, Appium is specially designed for testing mobile applications i.e. native, hybrid, iOS, and Android applications. While we are addressing the Top 10 most popular Software testing tools 2019, thus, Appium is considered the best automation tool for mobile applications at the current time. As we all know it can test all cases for any kind of mobile apps or web apps that abilities elevate the popularity of Appium in the Automation tester’s mind.   

Katalon Studio

Katalon Studio is an open-source automation tool for testing mobile applications and web products. Katalon Studio is a free tool, thus it is popular among automation testers. Katalon Studio is not totally free, it’s the free version applicable for individual automation testers, paid version for organization and enterprise support services. It works on top of Appium and Selenium so users can leverage from both testing tools e.g. Object repository, user-friendly IDE, browser plugins, and object spy. It can also easily works better with other tools like Kobiton, qTest, Jira, Git, Slack, and so on.

TestComplete

TestComplete is a renowned functional testing tool for automation testers. It was developed by SmartBear and this tool claims for better testing with automated UI testing. It can perform parallel regression tests with automation builds and create stable regression test cases. As it is a functional testing tool so it gives more accurate and error-free output because of less human interaction. TestComplete gives automation testers the ability to create automation test cases for web, Windows, browsers, iOS, and Android applications.

Robotium

Robotium is an open-source automation tool that specially crafted for the Gray box testing. As it is only defined the Gray box testing that means, Robotium can be used where the APK file of the application is available but the source code is not available. It is one of a kind test frameworks that were used for the testing android applications. It has one similarity with the Selenium because Robotium also requires Apache 2.0 license but it is free of cost. The main developer and founder of this tool are Renas Reda, the first version was 5.0.1 that was released on January 5, 2014. Robotium is a trending tool for Android application that’s why we conclude it in our list of top 10 most popular software testing tools 2019.

Test Sigma

Test Sigma is a cloud and AI-based automation testing tool. It is very useful for those testers who are not so much experienced in automation testing. Test Sigma claims for faster output using simple English even without having a knowledge of programming. With the Test Sigma tool, anyone can write automated tests for mobile applications, web apps, and APIs.

ShopUI

Another testing specific tool by SmartBear, it is specially designed for testing API and data-driven testing. As the name implies, ShopUI is a popularly used open-source automation tool for testing the SOAP and REST APIs. it is also a functional testing tool, which means it can be used for test software API and GUI. ShopUI is an open-source tool and has two versions, one is free for individual and another is a paid tool that brings premium features like SQL query builder, form editor, and assertion wizard for the UI. Usually, Automation testers used this tool for data-driven testing, reusable scripts, and multi-purpose type cases.

EggPlant

EggPlant is one of the kind testing tools that specially designed to test GUI and performance of the project. It is a black-box GUI automation testing tool used for software, application, and web apps. EggPlant has two separate tools i.e. EggPlant functional tool and EggPlant Performance for respectively functional testing and performance testing for load and stress. The benefits of using EggPlant is, it gives freedom to use single test cases in multiple device scenarios.

Visual Studio Test Professional

Visual Studio Test Professional is a Microsoft product so this tool leverage high authority and security. This testing tool offers to test applications and web apps while development through Visual Studio server and Azure DevOps, so it must be designed and developed an app with Visual Studio if users want to test any application. VS Test Professional used for organizing management steps like test planning, authoring, execution, and central location tracking. The best thing to working with VS Test Professional is the depth insight, It offers an insight metrics to the product owners for quality and progress report.

In A Nutshell

While we are wrapping up, one thing is very clear that it must use the latest tools for the automation testers. We hope the list of “Top 10 most popular software testing tools 2019” will help many testers to always ahead of the curve and for quality-driven approach. We discussed the popular automation tools and the importance of QA testing in app development.

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