Rainforest QA is a popular alternative to Appium

Feature comparison

Appium

Rainforest

No code testing
Web regression testing
Mobile-web regression testing
Native app testing
Unified VM Infrastructure
Integration support
Documented API
Fast enough for CI/CD
Public, transparent pricing
Free trial
Detailed Bug reports, logs, and human feedback 24x7

More details on why teams choose Rainforest as an alternative to Appium

No-code Automation

A simple yet powerful test editor means everyone on your team can contribute and collaborate. Tests run as fast as traditional automation, without the downsides of being code-based, or being tied to the DOM.

Manual testing, fast enough for CI

You can run Rainforest Automation against our crowd of trained testers any time you want. This gives an extra layer of feedback only humans can provide in under 30 minutes, 24x7.

Write once, test on multiple Browsers

We take care of the infrastructure; keeping you supplied with the latest browsers and devices. With Rainforest Tests, you can write them once and run them against a list of browsers in one click.

Triage results quicker

Video included as standard. HAR logs of what your server was sent and replied? Standard. Send issues directly to JIRA. Tester comments and debugging on demand.

Video included as standard. HAR logs of what your server was sent and replied? Standard. Send issues directly to JIRA. Tester comments and debugging on demand.

Clear, public, scalable pricing

Appium does not have public pricing. We list our pricing publicly, so you can be sure of what you're paying upfront.

Our pricing is public and scales with you as you test. There isn't anything hidden.

Fits in your existing CI/CD process

Appium does not integrate in to your Continuous Integraion process. With Rainforest, you can get results every run with our one line integration in to your CI/CD process.

Get results every run with our one line integration in to your CI/CD process.

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Rainforest QA is seriously one of the coolest services I’ve seen lately. No-code automated UI testing!

Perry Raskin (@perryraskin)

Perry Raskin (@perryraskin)

Software Engineer at Coverdash

The best end-to-end testing tool I've ever used.

Rainforest is so easy to use and intuitive anyone can pick it up almost instantly. QA engineers, frontend engineers, and even backend engineers, but also product people can see exactly what is being tested, what breaks, and make updates in minutes. It also lets us test things that no other tool can test. Many times it has alerted to some regression and allowed us to fix things before they reach our customers.

G2 Reviewer

G2 Reviewer

At a software startup

It can do what I used to use three tools for... Datadog synthetic browser tests, Diffy visual diffs, and Changetower change detection. It was very easy to get a test flow up and running. You’ve built a great tool!

Roger Tuan

Roger Tuan

Front-End Developer

Overall the service is amazing and there's nothing else out there that would do this for us. It's added a ton of stability to our development process and made it way less stressful to merge changes.

Ian Jennings

Ian Jennings

Founder at Replayable

We are putting our new portal through QA automated by @rainforestqa. Picking this platform was the easiest decision I’ve made all year. Thanks Rainforest team for an amazingly easy product to use and for helping us deliver an amazing service!

Mark Turpin (@mhturpin)

Mark Turpin (@mhturpin)

CEO at 9Line

If you are a product manager and want your product to succeed, you need Rainforest.

Andrea J.

Andrea J.

Product Manager at a startup

Just finished writing a whole test suite for GalenAI using @rainforestqa - really awesome product. Highly recommend.

Jonathan Adly (@Jonathan_Adly_)

Jonathan Adly (@Jonathan_Adly_)

Software Developer at GalenAI

I am a developer and setting a test up was fast and easy (much faster than writing an E2E test in code). I already added 2 other devs to our account. I mostly see this as a dev-empowering tool.

Indrek Stern

Indrek Stern

Technical Lead at Edumus

It’s fun to create tests! The interface is super-easy to use; click and take snapshots in your browser of choice.

We use Rainforest QA to replace the need for a full-time QA Engineer on our team.

Simone Lusenti

Simone Lusenti

Cofounder & CEO at Bugpilot

It's easy to write tests, extremely easy to review test failures and very low maintenance.

Nikolaos Kallikakis

Nikolaos Kallikakis

Engineering Manager at RenoFi

It's transformed our testing process. We can focus on higher-value tasks and get faster and more reliable releases.

Shawna Wing

Shawna Wing

Operations Lead at Newton.co

Love how easy it is to create Rainforest tests. Saves a ton of time and gives us a lot more confidence that what we are shipping is not causing any regressions.

Dathan Wong

Dathan Wong

Software Engineer at Supermove

Rainforest QA allows us to rapidly develop and execute automated tests so we can release with speed, quality, and confidence.

Adam Toro

Adam Toro

VP Engineering at Haku

We wouldn't be doing CI/CD the way we are now without Rainforest's automated QA backbone.

Clay Jones

Clay Jones

TPM Engineer at Mira Beauty

Super easy to build MVP QA flows and get them integrated with your PRs so your dev team can ship quickly and consistently! I've used Rainforest at several small startups and it's always a game changer.

Brandon Garcia

Brandon Garcia

CTO at Winible

Rainforest has allowed us to create better experiences for our users because we can iterate so quickly.

Jake Galvin

Jake Galvin

Product Manager at Inverifi

It's an innovative approach to QA that allowed us to get coverage in record time.

James Kleinschnitz

James Kleinschnitz

CTO at Cireson

Rainforest is a great tool for small teams to deliver high-quality software. I'll definitely continue to promote you to friends and associates.

A.T. Fouty

A.T. Fouty

CEO at Nibbles

Just discovered @rainforestqa and am very impressed 👏

Ryan Badger (@ryanseanbadger)

Ryan Badger (@ryanseanbadger)

Maker / Founder / CEO at Shoprocket

One of Shopify's worst outages in recent memory happening right now. Over 45 mins of no checkouts on all (?) stores. I got notified of the outage by @rainforestqa. It's a great tool that all Shopify Plus stores should be using. Test for more than just bad server responses.

Ben Kennedy (@benfkennedy)

Ben Kennedy (@benfkennedy)

CTO & Co-Founder at TheFeed.com

This new @rainforestqa visual testing tool looks amazing. And it's self service. 😍

Kurt Mackey (@mrkurt)

Kurt Mackey (@mrkurt)

CEO & Co-Founder at Fly.io

Rainforest has been very effective in giving us confidence throughout the entire process. We run it every time we release. It's every single time.

Jason Miller

Jason Miller

Release Engineer at Tikit

Rainforest is a great product that can improve test coverage in less time than traditional testing.

Peter B.

Peter B.

Software Developer at a startup

Huge advocate for Rainforest.

I love how easy it is to create tests. Unlike other automation tools, I like that Rainforest relies on screenshots as opposed to classes & IDs to find elements, so it's as if an actual user is clicking through the steps. We try to release code changes daily, and having Rainforest means we don't have to worry about code changes breaking other system areas.

G2 Reviewer

G2 Reviewer

At an e-learning startup

Super easy and quick-to-learn platform. Our product has a lot of features and with every production deployment, all of those features have to be tested. So Rainforest QA allows us to establish a baseline and test the base features quickly.

Daniel C.

Daniel C.

Lead Software Developer at a startup

Rainforest makes writing and automating tests incredibly easy.

G2 Reviewer

G2 Reviewer

At a financial services startup

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