52 Best Software Testing Tools You Must Know in 2019 | Testbytes

13 min readApr 23, 2019

Software testing tools is one of the major parts of SDLC and it is very important to carry it out properly for the success of your software. To assist you in the task of software testing hundreds of software testing tools list are now available in the market. But you cannot randomly pick any.

Shortlisting the best among them is again a tedious and very time-consuming job. So helping you out in selecting the best software testing tools for your task, we have curated a list of top 52 software testing tools along with their key features.

Functional Testing Tools

1. Selenium

Designed to test functional automation testing of web-based applications it supports wide-ranging platforms and browsers.

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2. Squish

GUI based Test Automation tool to automate the functional regression tests It is completely a cross-platform tool.

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Supports many GUI technologies
Supports various platforms like a desktop, mobile, web and embedded
Supports Test script recording
Supports object and image-based identification and verifications
Does not depend on visual appearance
Solid IDE (Integrated development environment)
Supports various scripting languages
Supports Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)
Offer command-line tools for full control
Integrates with CI-Systems and Test Management

3. HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT)

Was initially known as QuickTest Professional (QTP) and assists in automated back-end service and GUI functionality testing.

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4. Katalon Studio

Mobile and web automation framework covering both Selenium and Appium,

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5. IBM Rational Functional Tester

Used for automating functional testing using a data-driven approach.

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6. Worksoft Certify

Capable of compliance, validation, discovery, measurement, and scale in the business processes across all applications.

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7. TestPlanteggPlant Functional

Uses an image-based approach to do automated functional testing.

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8. Ranorex

With affordable pricing model, it provides easy setup and execution of test automation scripts.

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Offers strong GUI object recognition
Developer-friendly
Supports reusable code modules
Offers record/playback functionality
Offers script-free functionality.

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10. Quick Test Professional (QTP)

Model-based Functional Software Test Automation Tool.

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11. Waitr

Scripting language based automated functional GUI testing tool for web or client based computer application. QTP is apt for functional regression test automation.

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12. Testim

It is an open-source web application testing tool. It is a cross-platform tool of Ruby libraries.

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13. Telerik Studio

Uses machine learning to speed automation testing. It supports a quick analysis of test cases and their execution on various web and mobile platforms.

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14. TestComplete

It is a web and desktop applications testing tool for Windows OS. It is a functionality, load, and the performance testing tool for testing Cross-browsing issues.

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Very easy to use and efficient automated test management tool.

Integration/API Software Testing Tools 15. CA Technologies Application Test

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CA Technologies Application Test uses a declarative workflow model.

16. IBM Rational Test Workbench

Offers automated mobile testing
Supports visual tests
Customized load testing
Supports mainframe
Advanced analytics
Integration with mobile testing
Offers improved visual editing by Integrating with Selenium

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17. ParasoftSOAtest

Offers testing tools for enterprises covering complete software development lifecycle.

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18. SmartBear Ready! API

Offers end to end test automation. ParasoftSOAtest assists in web UI testing, API testing, service virtualization, web and performance testing, API security testing, development testing, SOA testing, and runtime error testing.

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19. Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar

It is an end to end API testing platform.

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Leveraging dynamic mutation technology it assists in performance and security testing and functional automation.

20. qTest

Test Management Tool

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qTest by QASymphony is a testing platform for Agile and DevOps applications.

21. TestPad

Real-time integration with Jenkins, Jira, and GitHub
Supports test management, automation, and reporting
Unified CI integrations and test automation scheduling
Modern, browser-based UI
Agile test management
Enterprise BDD
Concrete analytics and reporting
Investigative and Term Based Testing

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A simple manual test tool that works over logic than process.

22. PractiTest

Offers Guest testing to those who don’t have an account
Offers checklist-inspired test plans
Simple to use even for non-testers
Adapted to Exploratory testing
Keyboard-driven editor
javascript-powered UI
Adapted to syntax highlighted BDD
Drag’n’ drop option to manage test plans
Allows to add new tests during testing
Integration with JIRA

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An end-to-end testing tool.

23. Zephyr

Offers third-party integrations with many automation tools, bug trackers, and robust API
Fully customizable & flexible
Ability to Reuse tests and correlate test results
Enables a deeper and broader understanding of testing results
Matchless hierarchical filter trees
Visualize data with advanced dashboards and reports
enables full visibility into the testing process
Fast professional and methodological support

Provides complete testing solutions for agile teams.

24. QMetry

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25. TestRail

Best suited for Agile teams, this testing tool decreases the release cycle times.

It supports full JIRA add-on integration permitting integration with all the JIRA versions and editions, including JIRA Cloud.

26. Test Collab

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27. QA complete

It is a web-based test management tool that uses a unique identifier for each reusable steps for repeatedly using them without typing them.

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It is suitable for enterprise-level testing and supports Agile teams and DevOps.

28. TestLink

Supports prioritizing testing effort
Helps identify high-risk issues
Provides Enhanced security using SSL and Single Sign
Decide test coverage
Ensure all inclusive tests presence
Ability to program automated Test Runs
Integration with JIRA, Jenkins, Selenium, and many other tools.
Offers Service Level Agreements (SLA) monitoring

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This web-based test management tool offers software quality assurance for test plans, test cases, user management, and reports and statistics.

29. WebLOAD

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30. LoadRunner

It is a powerful load testing tool with dominant scripting capabilities. It supports many technologies including Selenium to mobile, enterprise application to web protocols. It allows generating load in the cloud and on-premise.

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31. Wapt

It supports load testing of Windows and Linux based web application. It efficiently determines the performance and tests the working of web applications under heavy loads.

Windows-based stress and load testing tool. It works with the same efficiency on dynamic content, secure HTTPS websites, and RIA applications under data-driven mode.

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32. LoadUI

This testing tool also provides supports for RIA applications in the data-driven model.

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33. Silk Performer

It is an open source load testing tool that permits creating and updating test cases during the execution process.

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34. Apache JMeter

This load testing tool is very cost effective and suited for even most performance expectations, critical applications, and service-level requirements.

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35. AgileLoad

Initially developed for load testing of web applications, this open source load testing tool is expanded to various other test functions.

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Also Read: Top Penetration Testing Tools For 2019 36. LoadFocus

AgileLoad efficiently conducts load and performance testing on web and mobile application.

It is a cloud-based load and performance testing tool.

37. Load Impact

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A cloud-based load testing tool used to perform load tests on web-based apps, mobile applications, websites, and APIs.

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38. JIRA

Defect Tracking Tools Features:

This defect tracking and project management tool is used for recording, reporting, and assimilation with the code development environment.

39. Mantis Bug Tracker

Creates rapid filters with a single click
Creates custom workflows
Install plug-and-play add-ons
Used for recording, reporting.
Participates with the coding department.
Complete visibility using Kanban board
Customizable scrum boards
Real-time, actionable insights with Agile reporting

It is an open source bug tracking tool. Assists team in efficiently managing their teammates and clients.

40. FogBugz

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It is a defect tracking tool to track the status of defects.

41. Bugzilla

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This open source defect tracking tool allows to keep track of bugs and is readily used by small scale and large- scale organizations to keep a track of the defects in their system.

42. BugNet

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43. The bug genie

It is a cross-platform, open source Bug Finding Tool under GPL license written in ASP.NET and uses MySQL database as a backend tool. It makes codebase simple and easy to deploy.

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44. Redmine

It is an open source, web-based bug tracking software for issue tracking, bug reporting, and project management.

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It is an open-source defect tracing tool that supports Ruby. If you ignore the time taken for installation, it provides you effective defect tracking and promises smooth running once installed.

45. Appium