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193 tools across 17 categories. Filter by what you actually need — your language, your budget shape, whether it has to run on your own infrastructure.

193 tools

Amplitude

Session Replay

Behavioural product analytics with strong cohort and retention analysis.

Free tier

Apache JMeter

Load & Performance

The open-source workhorse: every protocol, a GUI, and twenty-five years of plugins.

Open sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Appium

Mobile Testing

The cross-platform standard for native, hybrid and mobile-web automation.

Open sourceSelf-host

axe-core

Accessibility

The open-source accessibility rules engine almost every other tool is built on.

Open sourceSelf-host

BrowserStack

Device Cloud

The largest browser and real-device cloud, with 3,500+ device/browser combinations.

from $29

Burp Suite

Security Testing

The professional web security tester's tool of choice, plus an enterprise scanner.

from $499

Cypress

E2E & UI Testing

Developer-first browser testing with an interactive runner developers actually enjoy.

from $75Open sourceSelf-host

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

Monitoring

Synthetic checks correlated with APM traces, logs and infrastructure metrics.

from $5No-code

Dependabot

Security Testing

Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.

Free

ESLint

Code Quality

The JavaScript and TypeScript linter every project ends up using.

Open sourceSelf-host

Espresso

Mobile Testing

Google's native Android UI testing framework. Fast, stable, Android-only.

Open sourceSelf-host

Faker

Test Data & Mocks

Generate realistic names, addresses, dates and text for fixtures, in any language.

Open sourceSelf-host

GitHub Issues & Projects

Bug Tracking

Issue tracking where the code already lives, free for most teams.

Free tier

Grafana k6

Load & Performance

Developer-first load testing: JavaScript scripts, Go engine, CI-native thresholds.

from $19Open sourceSelf-host

Hotjar

Session Replay

Closed to new signups — Hotjar has been absorbed into Contentsquare.

Talk to sales

Jest

Unit & Component

The JavaScript testing incumbent: batteries included, snapshots, huge ecosystem.

Open sourceSelf-host

Jira

Bug Tracking

The default enterprise issue tracker, endlessly configurable for better and worse.

from $8Self-host

JUnit 5

Unit & Component

The Java testing standard, rebuilt with extensions and parameterised tests.

Open sourceSelf-host

LaunchDarkly

A/B & Flags

The enterprise feature-flag platform, with experimentation layered on top.

Free tier

Lighthouse

Accessibility

Google's built-in audit for performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices.

Open sourceSelf-host

LocalStack

Test Data & Mocks

A local AWS cloud emulator so you can test infrastructure without an AWS bill.

from $39Self-host

Microsoft Clarity

Session Replay

Free, unlimited session replay and heatmaps. Genuinely free, at any traffic volume.

Free

Mixpanel

Session Replay

Event analytics with fast, self-serve reporting non-analysts can actually use.

Free tier

Mock Service Worker

Test Data & Mocks

Intercept requests at the network layer so your app code never knows it is mocked.

Open sourceSelf-host

OWASP ZAP

Security Testing

The free, open-source DAST scanner that attacks your running application.

Open sourceSelf-host

PHPUnit

Unit & Component

The PHP testing standard, integrated into every major PHP framework.

Open sourceSelf-host

Playwright

E2E & UI Testing

Microsoft's cross-browser automation library with tracing and auto-waiting built in.

Open sourceSelf-host

Postman

API Testing

The API platform most developers already have open: requests, collections, tests, mocks.

from $9

pytest

Unit & Component

The de facto Python testing framework: fixtures, parametrisation, plugins.

Open sourceSelf-host

Renovate

Security Testing

Highly configurable automated dependency updates, free and self-hostable.

Open sourceSelf-host

Ruff

Code Quality

Extremely fast Python linter and formatter that replaces most of the toolchain.

Open sourceSelf-host

Selenium WebDriver

E2E & UI Testing

The W3C standard for browser automation. Every language, every browser, twenty years of it.

Open sourceSelf-host

Sentry

Monitoring

Error tracking with stack traces, release attribution and now session replay.

from $26Open sourceSelf-host

Snyk

Security Testing

Developer-first security across dependencies, code, containers and infrastructure.

from $25

SonarQube

Code Quality

The static-analysis standard: 30+ languages, quality gates, clean-as-you-code.

from $34Open sourceSelf-host

Storybook

Unit & Component

Build components in isolation, then test the stories you already wrote.

Open sourceSelf-host

Testcontainers

Test Data & Mocks

Real databases and services in throwaway Docker containers, per test run.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Testing Library

Unit & Component

Query the DOM the way a user would, not the way the framework does.

Open sourceSelf-host

TestRail

Test Management

The most widely deployed standalone test management tool.

from $37Self-host

Trivy

Security Testing

One open-source scanner for containers, filesystems, repos, IaC and Kubernetes.

Open sourceSelf-host

UserTesting

User Research

The largest participant network for moderated and unmoderated usability studies.

Talk to sales

Vitest

Unit & Component

Vite-native test runner with instant watch mode and a Jest-compatible API.

Open sourceSelf-host

WireMock

Test Data & Mocks

The standard HTTP mock server for JVM and beyond: record, replay, stub, simulate faults.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

XCUITest

Mobile Testing

Apple's native UI testing framework, built into Xcode.

Free

Xray

Test Management

Jira-native test management where test cases are Jira issues.

from $10Self-host

xUnit.net

Unit & Component

The modern .NET testing framework, and the one Microsoft's templates default to.

Open sourceSelf-host

Applitools Eyes

Visual Testing

Visual AI that compares screenshots the way a person would, not pixel by pixel.

Talk to sales

Artillery

Load & Performance

YAML or JavaScript load tests that run serverless on AWS at large scale.

Open sourceSelf-host

axe DevTools

Accessibility

Deque's commercial layer over axe-core: guided manual testing and enterprise reporting.

Free tier

Biome

Code Quality

Rust-based linter and formatter that replaces ESLint and Prettier, very fast.

Open sourceSelf-host

BlazeMeter

Load & Performance

Managed cloud execution for JMeter, Gatling, k6 and Selenium scripts.

from $149

Bruno

API Testing

Git-native API client that stores collections as plain files in your repo.

from $6Open sourceSelf-host

Checkly

Monitoring

Monitoring as code: your Playwright scripts, running against production on a schedule.

from $24

Checkmarx One

Security Testing

Enterprise application security platform: SAST, SCA, DAST, IaC and API security.

Talk to salesSelf-host

Chromatic

Visual Testing

Visual testing and review built by the Storybook team, for Storybook.

from $179

CodeQL

Security Testing

Query your codebase like a database to find vulnerability patterns across the whole repo.

from $30Open sourceSelf-host

Contentsquare

Session Replay

Enterprise experience analytics that quantify the revenue impact of a UX problem.

Free tier

Cucumber

E2E & UI Testing

Behaviour-driven development with Gherkin scenarios shared by business and engineering.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Detox

Mobile Testing

Grey-box E2E testing built specifically for React Native.

Open sourceSelf-host

Dynatrace

Monitoring

Full-stack observability with automatic dependency mapping and AI root-cause analysis.

from $58

Firebase Test Lab

Mobile Testing

Google's device farm: run Espresso, XCUITest or a crawler on real hardware.

from $1

FullStory

Session Replay

Retroactive analytics: define a metric today and get its history from recorded sessions.

Talk to sales

Gatling

Load & Performance

High-performance load testing with a code-first DSL and superb HTML reports.

from €89Open sourceSelf-host

GitGuardian

Security Testing

Secrets detection across your repositories, history and developer machines.

Free tierSelf-host

GrowthBook

A/B & Flags

Open-source feature flags and experimentation that runs on your data warehouse.

from $40Open sourceSelf-host

Heap

Session Replay

Autocapture analytics: every interaction is tracked, so you never miss an event again.

Free tier

Insomnia

API Testing

Clean, fast API client with strong GraphQL and gRPC support.

from $12Open sourceSelf-host

Karate

API Testing

API testing, mocks, performance and UI automation in one Gherkin-based DSL.

Free tierOpen sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Katalon Studio

E2E & UI Testing

All-in-one low-code platform covering web, API, mobile and desktop.

from $84No-code

Linear

Bug Tracking

Fast, opinionated issue tracking that engineering teams actively like using.

from $10

Locust

Load & Performance

Write load tests as plain Python. Scale by adding workers.

Open sourceSelf-host

LogRocket

Session Replay

Session replay built for engineers: console, network, Redux state and stack traces.

from $176

Maestro

Mobile Testing

Mobile UI testing in a few lines of YAML, with tolerance for flakiness built in.

Free tierOpen sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Matomo

Session Replay

Self-hosted web analytics with 100% data ownership and no sampling.

from $29Open sourceSelf-host

Maze

User Research

Rapid unmoderated testing on live products and Figma prototypes, with quantitative output.

Free tier

Mend.io

Security Testing

Software composition analysis with automated remediation and licence compliance.

Talk to sales

Mocha

Unit & Component

Minimal, unopinionated Node.js test runner you assemble to taste.

Open sourceSelf-host

Mockoon

Test Data & Mocks

Spin up a realistic mock API from a desktop app in under a minute.

from $100Open sourceSelf-host

New Relic Synthetic Monitoring

Monitoring

Scripted browser and API monitors included in New Relic's usage-based platform.

Free tier

NUnit

Unit & Component

The long-standing .NET test framework with the richest assertion set.

Open sourceSelf-host

Optimizely

A/B & Flags

The original web experimentation platform, now a full digital experience suite.

Talk to salesNo-code

Pact

API Testing

Consumer-driven contract testing so services can deploy independently.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Percy

Visual Testing

Visual review as a pull-request check, integrated with your existing E2E suite.

Free tier

Pest

Unit & Component

A friendlier front end for PHPUnit with a function-based, expressive API.

Open sourceSelf-host

Pingdom

Monitoring

Long-established uptime and transaction monitoring, now part of SolarWinds.

from $18No-code

PostHog

Session Replay

Open-source product analytics, replay, flags and experiments in one self-hostable platform.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Prolific

User Research

High-quality participant recruitment for surveys and studies, originally from academia.

from $8

Puppeteer

E2E & UI Testing

Chrome automation library from the Chrome team. Great for scraping, thin for testing.

Open sourceSelf-host

REST Assured

API Testing

Fluent Java DSL for testing REST services inside your existing JVM test suite.

Open sourceSelf-host

Robot Framework

E2E & UI Testing

Keyword-driven acceptance testing that reads like structured English.

Open sourceNo-codeSelf-host

RSpec

Unit & Component

Ruby's behaviour-driven testing framework with an exceptionally readable DSL.

Open sourceSelf-host

Sauce Labs

Device Cloud

Enterprise-grade device cloud with deep analytics and strong security posture.

from $39

Selenium Grid

Device Cloud

Run your own browser grid on your own infrastructure, for free.

Open sourceSelf-host

Semgrep

Security Testing

Pattern-based static analysis where rules look like the code they match.

from $30Open sourceSelf-host

Siteimprove

Accessibility

Enterprise accessibility, SEO and content-quality governance across whole websites.

Talk to sales

SoapUI / ReadyAPI

API Testing

The long-standing tool for SOAP, JMS and enterprise protocol testing.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Statsig

A/B & Flags

Feature flags, experimentation and product analytics in one warehouse-friendly platform.

Free tier

SuperTest

API Testing

In-process HTTP assertions for Node.js apps, without binding a port.

Open sourceSelf-host

TestMu AI

Device Cloud

Cost-competitive device cloud with an AI-assisted test-orchestration layer.

from $15

TestNG

Unit & Component

Java test framework built for suite configuration, grouping and data providers.

Open sourceSelf-host

Tricentis Tosca

E2E & UI Testing

Model-based enterprise test automation for SAP, mainframe and packaged applications.

Talk to salesNo-code

TruffleHog

Security Testing

Open-source secret scanning that verifies whether the credential is still live.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

unittest

Unit & Component

Python's standard-library xUnit framework. Always there, never exciting.

Open sourceSelf-host

Unleash

A/B & Flags

Open-source feature management with a privacy-first, self-hosted architecture.

from $75Open sourceSelf-host

UptimeRobot

Monitoring

Free uptime monitoring for 50 endpoints. The pragmatic starting point.

from €9

User Interviews

User Research

Recruitment marketplace: find and pay participants, bring your own research method.

from $49

Veracode

Security Testing

Application security as a service, with policy enforcement and compliance attestation.

Talk to sales

VWO

A/B & Flags

Experimentation plus heatmaps, replay and surveys in one conversion-optimisation suite.

Free tierNo-code

WAVE

Accessibility

Visual accessibility evaluation that shows problems in place on the page.

from $0.04

WebdriverIO

E2E & UI Testing

A batteries-included JavaScript framework over WebDriver and Chrome DevTools.

Open sourceSelf-host

Zephyr Scale

Test Management

SmartBear's Jira-native test management, built for scale and reuse.

from $10Self-host

AB Tasty

A/B & Flags

European experimentation and personalisation platform with strong GDPR positioning.

Talk to salesNo-code

Allure TestOps

Test Management

Automation-first test management built around the Allure reporting format.

from $39Self-host

Apidog

API Testing

Design, mock, test and document APIs in one integrated workspace.

from $9

autocannon

Load & Performance

One-command HTTP benchmarking for a quick answer about a single endpoint.

Open sourceSelf-host

AVA

Unit & Component

Concurrent Node.js test runner that isolates every file in its own process.

Open sourceSelf-host

Azure Test Plans

Test Management

Microsoft's test management, included in the Azure DevOps stack.

from $52

BackstopJS

Visual Testing

Free, self-hosted visual regression testing driven by a JSON config.

Open sourceSelf-host

Better Stack

Monitoring

Uptime monitoring, incident management and status pages in one affordable product.

from $25

BugHerd

Bug Tracking

Point-and-click website feedback that pins comments to the exact element.

from $42

Codacy

Code Quality

Automated code review with security scanning and coverage in the pull request.

from $18Self-host

ConfigCat

A/B & Flags

Simple, cheap feature flags with unlimited team members on every plan.

from $110Self-host

Crazy Egg

Session Replay

Heatmaps, recordings and A/B testing in one tool, priced by pageview.

from $29

DeepSource

Code Quality

Static analysis with autofix, tuned hard for low false-positive rates.

from $24Self-host

Dovetail

User Research

Research repository: store, tag and search every interview your organisation has run.

Free tier

Eppo

A/B & Flags

Warehouse-native experimentation with a serious statistics engine.

Talk to sales

Flagsmith

A/B & Flags

Open-source feature flags and remote config with straightforward self-hosting.

from $40Open sourceSelf-host

Grafana Synthetic Monitoring

Monitoring

k6-powered checks inside Grafana Cloud, alongside your existing dashboards.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Hoppscotch

API Testing

Lightweight browser-based API client you can self-host in a container.

from $6Open sourceSelf-host

Invicti

Security Testing

DAST with proof-based scanning that confirms a vulnerability is real before reporting it.

Talk to salesSelf-host

Jam

Bug Tracking

One-click bug reports with a replay, console and network log for developers.

from $14

Jasmine

Unit & Component

Behaviour-driven JavaScript testing framework with no external dependencies.

Open sourceSelf-host

Kameleoon

A/B & Flags

Experimentation and personalisation with a strong hybrid client/server model.

from $495No-code

Level Access

Accessibility

Accessibility platform combined with expert audits and legal-risk support.

Talk to sales

Lyssna

User Research

Fast, affordable design testing: five-second tests, first-click, preference, surveys.

from $166

mabl

E2E & UI Testing

Low-code, AI-assisted test automation with self-healing locators.

Talk to salesNo-code

Marker.io

Bug Tracking

In-page bug reporting that attaches console logs, network activity and a replay.

from $39

Mockaroo

Test Data & Mocks

Design a realistic dataset in the browser and export it as CSV, JSON or SQL.

from $60No-code

Mouseflow

Session Replay

Behaviour analytics with friction scoring and form-drop-off analysis.

from $25

NeoLoad

Load & Performance

Enterprise performance testing with strong SAP, Citrix and Oracle support.

Talk to salesNo-code

Nightwatch.js

E2E & UI Testing

Integrated W3C WebDriver framework with a readable, chainable API.

Open sourceSelf-host

node:test

Unit & Component

Node.js's built-in test runner. Zero dependencies, already installed.

Open sourceSelf-host

OpenReplay

Session Replay

Open-source, self-hosted session replay — your user data never leaves your infrastructure.

from $199Open sourceSelf-host

OpenText LoadRunner

Load & Performance

The original enterprise load-testing suite. Fifty-plus protocols, decades of use.

Talk to salesNo-code

Optimal Workshop

User Research

Information-architecture research: card sorting, tree testing, first-click.

from $199

Pa11y

Accessibility

Command-line accessibility testing for CI, with a dashboard for tracking over time.

Open sourceSelf-host

Perfecto

Device Cloud

Enterprise mobile and web testing cloud with carrier-network and biometric coverage.

Talk to sales

Prism

Test Data & Mocks

Turn an OpenAPI document into a mock server that validates as well as responds.

Open sourceSelf-host

Qase

Test Management

Modern, fast test management with a workable free tier and clean API.

from $35

Qlty (formerly Code Climate Quality)

Code Quality

Maintainability and technical-debt tracking, spun out of Code Climate as Qlty.

from $20

QMetry Test Management

Test Management

Enterprise test management with quality analytics and deep Jira integration.

Talk to salesSelf-host

Qodana

Code Quality

JetBrains' IDE inspections, running as a CI quality gate.

from $5Self-host

Ranorex Studio

E2E & UI Testing

Windows-centric automation for desktop, web and mobile from one IDE.

PaidNo-code

Redmine

Bug Tracking

Free, self-hosted project and issue tracking that has outlived most competitors.

Open sourceSelf-host

Respondent

User Research

Recruiting for hard-to-reach B2B and professional participants.

from $40

Schemathesis

API Testing

Property-based fuzzing that generates API tests straight from your OpenAPI schema.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Smartlook

Session Replay

Session replay with equally strong native mobile app support.

Free tier

Split

A/B & Flags

Feature delivery with automatic impact measurement on every flag.

Free tier

StatusCake

Monitoring

Affordable uptime, page-speed, SSL and domain monitoring from many global locations.

from €16.66

Survicate

User Research

Ask the question where the behaviour happened: in-product, email, mobile or link.

from $114No-code

TestCafe

E2E & UI Testing

Node.js E2E testing with no WebDriver, no plugins and no browser binaries to manage.

Open sourceSelf-host

Testim

E2E & UI Testing

AI-assisted authoring with smart locators, now part of Tricentis.

Talk to salesNo-code

Testsigma

E2E & UI Testing

Write tests in plain English, run them on web, mobile and APIs.

Free tierOpen sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Tonic.ai

Test Data & Mocks

De-identify production data into safe, realistic, referentially intact test databases.

Talk to salesSelf-host

Userlytics

User Research

Moderated and unmoderated testing with a global panel and flexible pricing.

from $30

Usersnap

Bug Tracking

Combined bug reporting and product-feedback capture with survey tooling.

Paid

Vegeta

Load & Performance

Constant-rate HTTP load testing from the command line, in Go.

Open sourceSelf-host

YouTrack

Bug Tracking

JetBrains' issue tracker with a query language built for fast bulk triage.

from $4.5Self-host

Argos

Visual Testing

Open-source visual testing with a GitHub-native review experience.

from $100Open sourceSelf-host

Autify

E2E & UI Testing

AI-maintained web and mobile tests aimed at teams with no automation engineers.

Talk to salesNo-code

Convert Experiences

A/B & Flags

Privacy-focused A/B testing with unlimited experiments and no data selling.

from $299No-code

Great Question

User Research

End-to-end research operations: recruit, schedule, run, analyse, share.

from $129

Gretel.ai

Test Data & Mocks

Discontinued as a standalone product; the technology now ships inside NVIDIA NeMo.

Talk to sales

HeadSpin

Mobile Testing

Global device infrastructure focused on performance and real network conditions.

Talk to sales

Hoverfly

Test Data & Mocks

Lightweight service virtualisation: capture real traffic, then simulate it.

Open sourceSelf-host

IBM Equal Access Toolkit

Accessibility

Free accessibility checker and rules engine from IBM, with a strong developer extension.

Open sourceSelf-host

Kobiton

Mobile Testing

Real-device cloud with the option to connect your own devices to the same platform.

from $83

Leapwork

E2E & UI Testing

Visual flowchart automation designed for business users, not engineers.

Talk to salesNo-code

Lost Pixel

Visual Testing

Being sunset: open-source visual regression whose team has joined Figma.

from $100Open sourceSelf-host

Neosync

Test Data & Mocks

Archived: open-source data anonymisation, no longer maintained after the Grow Therapy acquisition.

Open sourceSelf-host

QA Wolf

E2E & UI Testing

Outsourced E2E coverage: they write and maintain your Playwright suite.

Talk to sales

Rainforest QA

E2E & UI Testing

No-code test automation with an on-demand human tester fallback.

Talk to salesNo-code

Reflect

E2E & UI Testing

No-code browser testing recorded in the cloud, with visual and API assertions.

PaidNo-code

Snaplet Seed

Test Data & Mocks

Generate a coherent, schema-aware seed database for local development and tests.

Open sourceSelf-host

Specmatic

API Testing

Turn OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specs into executable contracts and smart mocks.

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Step CI

API Testing

Open-source API testing configured entirely in YAML, built for pipelines.

Open sourceSelf-host

TestingBot

Device Cloud

Straightforward, keenly priced Selenium and Appium grid from a small European vendor.

from €20

Testiny

Test Management

Lightweight European test management with straightforward pricing.

from $18.5Self-host

Testmo

Test Management

Unified management of manual test cases, exploratory sessions and automation results.

from $59

Useberry

User Research

Unmoderated tests and live interviews on prototypes and websites, in one tool.

from €83

Virtuoso QA

E2E & UI Testing

Natural-language authoring with self-healing, aimed at enterprise QA teams.

Talk to salesNo-code

Waldo

Mobile Testing

No-code mobile testing recorded in a browser-based device session.

Talk to salesNo-code

TestDriver

E2E & UI Testing

Vision-model E2E testing that drives a real desktop instead of querying the DOM.

from $20No-code