Hello friends! in this post, we will see a comprehensive list of different software testing tools in the market – Web UI Automation, Performance testing, API testing, Mobile App automation, etc.
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Automated Software Testing Tools
Selenium
- Selenium is one of the most famous browser automation tools. It is a free and open-source tool with several tutorials and an active community. Check our Selenium WebDriver with Java tutorial here.
- It supports multiple languages – Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, Groovy etc.
- Download Link – SeleniumHQ.
Watir
- Watir stands for Web Application Testing In Ruby. It is a free and open-source browser automation tool.
- It supports ruby language only.
- Download link – Watir can be installed as a ruby gem from the Watir website.
Katalon Studio
- Katalon Studio is a free automation tool using which we can automate websites, APIs – SOAP and Rest as well as mobile apps.
- Its learning curve is fairly simple with the feature to both works on record and playback or manual mode as well as scripting mode. Check our tutorial – Katalon Studio tutorial.
- Download link – Katalon can be downloaded from Katalon Studios Official website.
QTP or UFT
- Quick Test Professional(QTP) is a paid functional test automation tool provided by Hewlett Packard.
- It supports scripting in VB script and can automate both web and windows applications.
- Download link – Trial version
TestComplete
- TestComplete is a paid GUI automation tool provided by Smartbear.
- It supports both record and playback as well as scripting and can automate Web, Mobile, and Desktop applications.
- Download details – Smartbear’s official site.
Performance Testing Tools
JMeter
- JMeter is one of the most popular open-source performance testing tools.
- It can be used for performance testing of different kinds of applications – Web applications, REST and SOAP web-services, databases, etc.
- Our JMeter tutorial – Apache JMeter Tutorial.
- Download Link – Apache JMeter Official Site.
LoadRunner
- LoadRunner is one of the most popular paid performance testing tools in the market.
- It is licensed by Micro Focus.
- You need to have some programming language skills especially in ‘C’ in order to create scripts in LoadRunner.
- Download link – Free Trial LoadRunner
The Grinder
- The Grinder is a free and open-source load testing framework build over Java.
- It can be used for performance testing of web applications, SOAP and REST web-services.
- It requires scripting in Java, Jython(Java implementation of Python) and Clojure.
- Download Link – Grinder
Gatling
- Gatling is a free and open-source load testing tool based on frameworks like Scala, Akka and Netty.
- It supports scripting in the Scala language.
- Enterprise version Link – Gatlings.
JCrawler
- JCrawler is a free and open-source performance testing tool.
- It is based on the crawling mechanism, using which it finds the URLs to be load tested. Hence no scripting is required for load testing.
- Users can configure the starting URL and the required hits/second parameter to start load testing.
- Download link – JCrawler
OpenWebLoad
- OpenWebLoad is a free and open-source load testing tool.
- It comes in the form of a command-line tool that doesn’t require any scripting language knowledge.
- Download Link – OpenWebLoad.
API Testing Tools
Advanced Rest Client
- Advanced Rest Client or ARC is a chrome plug-in for testing REST APIs.
- Download link – Search for “Advanced Rest Client” on Chrome Web Store or directly go to ARC and install the extension.
Postman
- Postman is a chrome extension that helps in testing REST APIs.
- Download details – Search for “Postman Rest Client” on Chrome Web Store and install the Postman extension.
CURL (Linux)
- CURL is a command-line tool for making different requests – HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, LDAP, etc. It comes with most of the Linux distributions.
- Below is the syntax for making simple Post requests using-
CURL-curl -v -X POST -HContent-Type:application/json --data-binary '{"param1":"value1", "param2":"value2"}' http://<ip>:<port>/API_URL
Android APP Automation Tools
Appium
- Appium is one of the most popular open-source tools for automating mobile, native and hybrid applications on both android and IOS.
- It supports scripting in multiple languages – Java, Ruby, C#, Python, etc.
- Download Link – Appium Official Site.
Robotium
- Robotium is an open-source tool for automating both native and hybrid android Apps.
- It supports scripting in Java only.
- Download Link – RobotiumTech Github.
Selendroid
- Selendroid is an open-source tool for automating native and hybrid android Apps as well as mobile websites.
- It supports scripting in Java only.
- Download Link – Selendroid Github.
MonkeyRunner
- MonkeyRunner is a free tool for automating Android Apps.
- Its support scripting in Jython – python integrated with Java.
- Download link – comes with Android SDK
IOS APP Automation Tools
Appium
- Appium is one of the most popular open-source tools for automating mobile, native and hybrid applications on both android and IOS.
- It supports scripting in multiple languages – Java, Ruby, C#, Python etc.
- Download Link – Appium Official Site.
Frank
- Frank is an open source tool using which we can automate acceptance tests for native iOS applications.
- It is based on Cucumber. Hence, it supports test cases written in BDD style i.e. Given-When-Then format.
- Download link – Frank Github.
EggPlant
- EggPlant is a paid tool for android, ios, windows phone and BlackBerry App automation.
- It uses an image-based approach for UI automation. Hence, it can be used by non-programmers.
- Download Link – TestPlant free trial.
Ranorex
- Ranorex is a paid tool for android, ios, windows phone, and BlackBerry App automation.
- It provides record and playback as well as scripting capability.
- Download Link – Ranorex trial version.
This completes our list of top software testing tools. Let us know in comments, if we have missed any popular testing tools.
Kuldeep is the founder and lead author of ArtOfTesting. He is skilled in test automation, performance testing, big data, and CI-CD. He brings his decade of experience to his current role where he is dedicated to educating the QA professionals. You can connect with him on LinkedIn.