PractiTest Vs. Xray

If you are in search of a Test management tool, you now are aware of how wide the variety of tools available to choose from is. This task can be intimidating at first, which is why it’s best to start by comparing main features you will need to help differentiate your final choice.

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PractiTest and Xray are both Test management solutions that are often considered by test teams. Xray is primarily a test case management add-on in Atlassian market for tools such as JIRA. PractiTest is an autonomous solution that integrates with JIRA (both Cloud and Server), as well as other external third party tools.

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PractiTest

Xray

Requirement and User Stories Management

	Support for hierarchical requirements

Test case management

	Add attachments to each test step
	Clone Tests between projects
	Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
	Reusable test repositories
	Exploratory Testing module (session based testing)

Test Sets and Execution Management

	Audit history of runs and results
	Edit tests during runs
	Report issues/bugs from tests and auto-populate tests to reproduce
	Assignment of Cycles and Tests to testers
	Parameterization of Test Cases and Sets
	Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
	Reuse tests from repository for any test set run
	Test Set Permutations		N/A

Issue management

	Independent issue management module
	Ability to detect and prevent duplicate issues
	Ability to report issues directly from emails
	Batch editing

Integrations

	Integration with 3rd party Bug Tracking systems
	Integration with Test Automation Tools
	Integration with Source Control systems
	Zapier
	API
	Slack integration
	Webhooks

Customization

	Hierarchical filters to organize information (e.g. Test Tree, Bug categories, Requirement types)
	Custom Workflow
	Custom fields and filters
	Permissions & personalized mail notifications

Reporting

	Customizable Graphs/Dashboards and reports
	Scheduled reports

Additional features

Import & Export all data		Only Import
Search (ability to add criteria)
External dashboard and embedding graphs
Cloud or Installed	Cloud	Both
Task Board

Security and certifications

	Soc 2
	ISO 27001

Service and Support

	Service and Support

“When I compare it to other solutions I’ve worked with before, I can say that PractiTest is much faster and is of better value.”

– Udi Vered, Zerto’s Director of QA

So, what is the verdict?

While both tools have their Pros and Cons these are the main things you should consider

PractiTest is a SaaS based end-to-end test management solution, that covers all aspects of the application lifecycle managment from requirements to testing to reporting and sharing resutls. This tool was created with testing as its focus.It organized tests in hirarchical filters that elimimate the need to duplicate tests with reusability capabilities thus reduces testing time and increase efficiency.

Xray is a Jira add-on, where all testing is done inside Jira. The tool has friendly pricing, with a nice set of features such as BDD testing and integration with automation and DevOps tools using REST APIs, but the work is limited inside Jira, doesn't have the ability to manage requirements or user stories and flexibility and the focus of testing as a quality enabler. Working inside Jira sounds promising at first, but take into consideration that as your company grows, so will testing load. Working with a tool that is not deisgned for testing can limit your ability to testing visibility you need in order to make the right business decisions.

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PractiTest Vs. Xray

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