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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.

72 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

Dependabot

Security Testing

Free dependency updates and vulnerability alerts, built into GitHub.

Free

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

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

LocalStack

Test Data & Mocks

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

from $39Self-host

Mixpanel

Session Replay

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

Free tier

OWASP ZAP

Security Testing

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

Open sourceSelf-host

Playwright

E2E & UI Testing

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

Open sourceSelf-host

Renovate

Security Testing

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

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

Testcontainers

Test Data & Mocks

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

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

WireMock

Test Data & Mocks

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

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

Applitools Eyes

Visual Testing

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

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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

Checkmarx One

Security Testing

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

Talk to salesSelf-host

CodeQL

Security Testing

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

from $30Open sourceSelf-host

Cucumber

E2E & UI Testing

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

Free tierOpen 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

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

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

Mend.io

Security Testing

Software composition analysis with automated remediation and licence compliance.

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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

PostHog

Session Replay

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

Free tierOpen 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

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

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

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

Unleash

A/B & Flags

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

from $75Open sourceSelf-host

Veracode

Security Testing

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

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VWO

A/B & Flags

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

Free tierNo-code

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

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

DeepSource

Code Quality

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

from $24Self-host

Eppo

A/B & Flags

Warehouse-native experimentation with a serious statistics engine.

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Flagsmith

A/B & Flags

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

from $40Open sourceSelf-host

Kameleoon

A/B & Flags

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

from $495No-code

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

Perfecto

Device Cloud

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

Talk to sales

Qlty (formerly Code Climate Quality)

Code Quality

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

from $20

Qodana

Code Quality

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

from $5Self-host

Split

A/B & Flags

Feature delivery with automatic impact measurement on every flag.

Free tier

Testsigma

E2E & UI Testing

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

Free tierOpen sourceNo-codeSelf-host

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

Kobiton

Mobile Testing

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

from $83

Specmatic

API Testing

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

Free tierOpen sourceSelf-host

TestingBot

Device Cloud

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

from €20