Qase vs Testmo

From $24 per user/month (indicative, Startup plan)

From $99 per month (indicative, small team)

Cheaper than TestRail at comparable functionality, with a real free tier for evaluation.

Team-based rather than strictly per-seat pricing at lower tiers, which suits teams where many people need read access.

Free plan for small teams with core test management features.

21-day trial.

Established

Qase · since 2018

Emerging

Testmo · since 2021

• 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.

• Exploratory session management is a genuine gap in most competing tools.
• Very fast interface, built for keyboard-driven work.
• Handles manual and automated results as first-class citizens.

• 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.

• Small vendor with a modest ecosystem.
• Fewer compliance and audit features for regulated industries.
• No free tier.

Startups and mid-market teams that find TestRail overpriced and dated.

Teams that do meaningful exploratory testing alongside scripted and automated tests.