Given the benefits of cloud automation testing, it is little surprise that businesses are rapidly implementing cloud-based testing tools to provide fully customizable testing environments. When compared to traditional software testing methods, testing in the cloud delivers distinct advantages, including reduced cost, scalability, faster testing, enhanced availability, and versatility.
What Is Cloud-Based Software Testing?
Just as it sounds, cloud-based software testing leverages cloud resources to test web, cloud, or locally installed software and applications, as opposed to using an on-premises testing environment. Cloud-based software testing provides businesses with an easy, on-demand means of testing an application’s reliability, scalability, and performance. The Cloud provides major advantages for testing mobile applications as multiple SDKs can be run from a single location.
Which Are the Best Software-Testing Tools?
As cloud-based testing gains traction, there is no shortage of good software testing tools on the market. To help you to make the best choice for your business, we have compiled a list of our top 11 cloud-based testing tools.
CloudTest
CloudTest from Akamai is one of the most popular cloud-based testing tools currently available on the market. Launched in 2008, CloudTest provides users with a robust load and performance testing platform to test both mobile and web applications. Providing real-time performance analytics, reporting, and seamless integration, this favored tool supports the complete development cycle allowing experts to test in both a pre-and post-production environment.
Akamai offers new users access to CloudTest Lite, a free, open-source version of the tool which offers limited features.
BlazeMeter
BlazeMeter is an open-source, on-demand performance and load testing platform. This tool simplifies the process of testing and analysis, delivering real-time reporting and comprehensive analytics. With BlazeMeter you can run highly scalable performance tests in a matter of minutes,
BlazeMeter supports some of the popular open-source apps, including JMeter, Selenium, Gatling, and WireMock.
Apache JMeter
JMeter is an open-source, Java-based application designed to test the functionality and performance of web applications. It is primarily used as a load testing tool for web applications but has been improved to incorporate many different features, including stress testing and stability testing. JMeter is great for testing cloud servers to ensure that the cloud plan you choose can handle the predicted load of your website.
LoadStorm
A cloud-based load testing tool used to determine the scalability of web and mobile applications, LoadStorm from CustomerCentrix is cost-effective and user-friendly. Users can take advantage of a free trial of LoadStorm, after which they will get the option of a subscription-based plan or a one-time purchase. This testing tool streamlines the process of scripting, provides in-depth, real-time analytics, and offers test script reviews.
Locust
Locust is another popular open-source load testing tool that uses Python code. The tool is easy to use and allows distributed and scalable testing across multiple platforms. The key benefit of Locust is that it allows testers to write their testing scripts in pure Python, eliminating the need for complex UIs or XML. By using an event-based framework, Locust becomes highly scalable and demands fewer resources than alternative testing tools.
Cypress
Cypress provides its users with a complete end-to-end testing framework written in JavaScript. A whole host of high-profile organizations use this tool to offer quick and effective testing of web applications. Built on an entirely new, non-Selenium-based architecture, Cypress runs directly in the web browser with native access to everything. A useful and distinguishing feature of this tool is the automatic waiting function which ensures that Cypress waits for your commands.
Artillery
Another tool trusted by leading commercial enterprises, Artillery is a powerful load testing and smoke testing tool built using Node.js. This is an open-source and cost-effective tool that can be used to apply a load to any backend system and check that the system is functioning correctly. Artillery is available as either a free version with limited functionalities or as a subscription-based pro version with access to a self-service testing platform for large-scale tests.
Visual Studio App Center Test
Previously Xamarin Test Cloud, this tool is now available as an add-on for Visual Studio, offering cloud-based testing for native and hybrid mobile apps. There is a free trial available, and users can benefit from a competitive and flexible pricing structure. App Center Test runs tests over physical devices hosted within their infrastructure, providing an excellent simulation of a users’ environment. A useful feature of this tool is the ability to capture screenshots for each testing step and to store these, alongside device logs and test results, for up to six months.
Nessus
Nessus, from Tenable Inc., is the gold standard for vulnerability scanning, currently trusted by over 30,000 organizations globally. Built for security practitioners, Nessus can detect vulnerabilities in network devices and cloud infrastructure. Easy and intuitive, this vulnerability scanner offers pre-built policies and templates, customizable reporting, and real-time plug-in updates. Nessus is widely used within the healthcare and banking industries and is a favorite of Security Professionals.
AppPerfect
AppPerfect, founded in 2003, is a cloud-based testing tool that provides robust testing and monitoring of web and Windows applications. This platform can provide cloud security testing, cloud load testing, and cloud-hosted testing. Some of the notable features of this tool include test script design and recording, comprehensive reporting, encryption, and security compliance. Two versions of this tool are available – the Starter Pack or the Annual Tech Support Pack.
CloudBees (Jenkins Dev@Cloud)
The industry-leading tool CloudBees delivers an automated end-to-end software delivery platform. CloudBees provides users with the ability to build and test android and iOS applications at scale. As part of the Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CICD) platform, there is a large selection of testing tools that can be implemented during the software development process. This approach allows Developers and Infrastructure teams to work together on the entire software stack.
Partner With a Leading Cloud Provider
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The Atlantic.Net cloud platform is the perfect solution for all of your testing needs. The high-performance infrastructure can run large-scale CICD and containerized application stacks, and our Cloud Storage availability will host large-scale application images to use in your testing without skipping a beat, great if you need to test mobile SDK, but great for general usage too.
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This article was updated on March 29, 2022.
