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mabl vs Tricentis Tosca

Feature checklists rarely decide anything. What decides it is the pricing metric, who has to write the tests, and which limitation you can live with.

Entry price

Quote on request

Quote only

Quote on request

Quote only

What drives the bill

The metric that actually scales your invoice.

Quote-based, typically sold as an annual contract sized by test runs and users. Expect mid five figures for a team deployment.

Enterprise licensing only, negotiated annually. Six-figure contracts are normal at scale.

Free tier

14-day free trial.

Open source

Self-hostable

No-code authoring

Languages

CodelessJavaScript
Codeless

Platforms

WebAPI
WebAPIDesktopSAPMainframeiOSAndroid

Fits teams

Scale-up / mid-marketEnterprise
Enterprise

Adoption

Established

mabl · since 2018

Widely used

Tricentis · since 2007

Strengths

  • Self-healing genuinely reduces maintenance on UIs that change often.
  • Auto-captured visual, performance and accessibility signals on every run without extra setup.
  • Very little infrastructure to own — no grid, no runners.
  • Unmatched coverage of enterprise packaged software, especially SAP end-to-end processes.
  • Model-based design means one change updates every affected test case.
  • Risk-based prioritisation is a real answer to eight-hour regression packs.

Limitations

  • Cloud-only. If your application is not reachable from mabl's infrastructure, the setup gets complicated.
  • Complex conditional logic hits the ceiling of the low-code model.
  • Opaque pricing and a substantial minimum commitment.
  • Expensive, and priced for organisations with a procurement department.
  • Steep learning curve; most customers buy consulting alongside the licence.
  • Heavy and slow compared to modern code-first tools for plain web applications.

Best for

Mid-market teams that want broad automated coverage without hiring an automation team.

Large enterprises running SAP or similar packaged systems where no open-source tool reaches.

All of these integrate with: Jira, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.