Xray vs. Zephyr

When faced with the challenge of choosing a Test Management tool, it can be hard to figure out where to start, since there are so many available options. The important rule of thumb is to choose a tool that will best match your QA process and it’s demands. The tool you use should “work for you” and not the other way around. There is a useful checklist of features you can use while evaluating different testing tools here.

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If you have already narrowed it down between two options: Xray vs. Zephyr, then the following comparison table sums up the most important features to take note of, as well as strengths and weaknesses of each tool.

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Xray

Zephyr

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Requirement and User Stories Management

	Support for hierarchical requirements	via Jira	Via Jira

Test case management

	Add attachments to each test step
	Clone Tests between projects		Zephyr Scale Only
	Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
	Reusable test repositories		Zephyr Scale Only
	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		Zephyr Scale Only
	Batch operations (cloning, editing, deletion)
	Reuse tests from repository for any test set run
	Test Set Permutations

Issue management

Independent issue management module	via Jira	x via Jira
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		Zephyr Scale Only

Reporting

	Customizable Dashboards graphs, reports and metrics
	Scheduled reports

Additional Features

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

Security and Certifications

	Soc 2
	ISO 27001

Service and Support

	Service and Support

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Compare Zephyr to PractiTest

“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

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