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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.

89 tools

Apache JMeter

Load & Performance

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

Open sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Burp Suite

Security Testing

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

from $499

Datadog Synthetic Monitoring

Monitoring

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

from $5No-code

GitHub Issues & Projects

Bug Tracking

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

Free tier

Hotjar

Session Replay

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

Talk to sales

Jira

Bug Tracking

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

from $8Self-host

Microsoft Clarity

Session Replay

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

Free

OWASP ZAP

Security Testing

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

Open sourceSelf-host

Postman

API Testing

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

from $9

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.

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Xray

Test Management

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

from $10Self-host

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

BlazeMeter

Load & Performance

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

from $149

FullStory

Session Replay

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

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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

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

Mockoon

Test Data & Mocks

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

from $100Open sourceSelf-host

Optimizely

A/B & Flags

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

Talk to salesNo-code

Pingdom

Monitoring

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

from $18No-code

Prolific

User Research

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

from $8

Robot Framework

E2E & UI Testing

Keyword-driven acceptance testing that reads like structured English.

Open sourceNo-codeSelf-host

Siteimprove

Accessibility

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

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SoapUI / ReadyAPI

API Testing

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

Free tierOpen 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

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

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

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

Azure Test Plans

Test Management

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

from $52

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

Crazy Egg

Session Replay

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

from $29

Dovetail

User Research

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

Free tier

Grafana Synthetic Monitoring

Monitoring

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

Free tierOpen 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

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.

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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

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

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

QMetry Test Management

Test Management

Enterprise test management with quality analytics and deep Jira integration.

Talk to salesSelf-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

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

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

YouTrack

Bug Tracking

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

from $4.5Self-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.

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Hoverfly

Test Data & Mocks

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

Open sourceSelf-host

Leapwork

E2E & UI Testing

Visual flowchart automation designed for business users, not engineers.

Talk to salesNo-code

Neosync

Test Data & Mocks

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

Open sourceSelf-host

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

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

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