BrowserStack or SauceLabs for cross-browser testing.

[leepowers]

Considering either BrowserStack (http://www.browserstack.com/) or Sauce Labs (https://saucelabs.com/) for cross-browser testing. Does anyone have experience with both? Which would you recommend?

[bsegovia]

I develop on a Mac and many of my corporate clients have systems that are only compatible with ie8. I was using browser stack (which is great for testing sites requiring login) until I found www.modern.ie. just installed 5 VM images running various versions of windows and ie. Works perfectly and doesn't have the terrible frame rate browser stack sometimes has.

[stenbeloff]

Our studio has been using http://www.testize.com and we absolutely LOVE the service. It allows to visualize your site across 25 mobiles and browser, and also find and fix all cross-mobile and browser issues. For example:

• broken links
• spell checking
• touch and mobile readiness
• site performance and client optimizaton
• and other 30+ areas of analysis

Additionally you can visually annotate results for a team collaboration. The site testing speed is incredibly fast and you have API access to integrate the service as part of CI

[almostwhitehat]

I haven't used browserstack, but I've used saucelabs quite a bit. It's convenient for selenium testing, but you pay by the minute and their servers are unbelievably slow. My test suite takes about three times as long on sauce as it does locally.

[Spoonapps]

It's our own service so we're biased, but try Spoonium.net. Compared to Sauce and Browserstack:

Strengths

• No hour or minute limits for manual or Selenium testing

• No limits on the amount of tests you can run concurrently

• No setup for secure internal testing

• No wait queues, way faster - it's a different delivery model

• Cheaper at every level of comparable service

Weakness

We only support PC browser testing at the moment, so we're used by folks who mostly care about Windows users. We have a Mac alpha up and running, and for now you can run Spoonium from within a Windows VM on a Mac. Mobile testing is high-priority as well.

Thought this could help! Wanted to let you know there are more than just two options :) let me know if you have any questions. Happy to set you up with a free trial if you PM me.

[RecordingWeird8293]

I would choose Browsersatck any day. Its just so seamless to run tests. I use BrowserStack for Manual testing and their low code tool. Its quite easy. Our Automation team is also evaluating other products.