Qase vs QMetry Test Management
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
From $35 per user/month (Teams, billed annually; $42 monthly)
Free tierQuote on request
Quote onlyWhat drives the bill
The metric that actually scales your invoice.
The old Startup tier is gone — it is now Free, Teams and Enterprise. Read-only collaborator seats are $10 each, which keeps the cost down where many people only need to see results.
Enterprise quote-based pricing; Marketplace tiers exist for the Jira app.
Free tier
Free plan aimed at students, hobbyists and non-profits: 2 projects, 500 MB storage, 30-day history.
Free trial.
Open source
Self-hostable
No-code authoring
Languages
Platforms
Fits teams
Adoption
Established
Qase · since 2018
Established
SmartBear · since 2008
Strengths
- Fast, modern interface that testers actually enjoy using.
- Excellent first-party reporters for Playwright, Cypress, pytest and others.
- Free tier makes evaluation and small-team use realistic.
- Strong analytics and programme-level reporting.
- Modular reusable test assets designed for very large libraries.
- Established in regulated industries with audit requirements.
Limitations
- Smaller vendor than Idera or SmartBear; enterprise procurement may push back.
- Fewer enterprise compliance features than the incumbents.
- Jira integration is good but not Jira-native.
- Heavy interface with a real learning curve.
- Enterprise pricing and sales process.
- Overkill for teams under about fifty people.
Best for
Startups and mid-market teams that find TestRail overpriced and dated.
Large enterprises with formal QA governance and audit obligations.
All of these integrate with: Jira, Jenkins.
Pricing last reviewed August 2026 and is indicative only — confirm on each vendor’s own page.