Zephyr Scale vs Testmo

From $10 per month flat for up to 10 users ($100/year)

From $59 per month (Team, 5 users included)

Like Xray, priced per Jira user via the Marketplace, so it bills every Jira user rather than just testers. Beyond the 10-user flat tier expect about $5.68/user/month (e.g. $6,810/year for 100 users), dropping with volume. Zephyr Squad is a cheaper, lighter sibling product.

Priced per bundle of users rather than strictly per seat — Team $59 for 5 users, Business $249 for 15, Enterprise $599 for 25 — which suits teams where many people need read access.

30-day trial.

21-day trial.

Widely used

SmartBear · since 2016

Emerging

Testmo · since 2021

• Purpose-built case repository with parameterisation and shared steps that scale better than issue-based storage.
• Cross-project reporting for programme-level quality visibility.
• Version history on test cases, which matters for audit.

• 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.

• Two similarly named products (Squad and Scale) cause genuine purchasing confusion.
• Still bound to Jira's performance envelope.
• Per-Jira-user pricing again inflates cost for large organisations.

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

Larger Jira organisations with test libraries big enough that reuse matters.

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