Browserstack Reviews

Key Features and Benefits of BrowserStack:

Comprehensive Testing

• Real Device Cloud: Access to 20,000+ real iOS and Android devices, ensuring accurate testing under real-world conditions.
• Media Injection and Audio Streaming: Test camera image and video injection, microphone audio injection, and file transfer.
• Payment & Security Workflows: Test features like Apple Pay, biometric authentication, and device passcode.
• Accessibility Testing: Ensure app accessibility with features like device shake, multi-finger gestures, and assistive touch.
• Location and Device Settings: Test IP geolocation, localization testing, and device settings.

Advanced Features

• Network Simulation: Simulate network conditions like 2G, 3G, and offline mode to test app performance.
• Parallel Testing: Run tests in parallel on multiple devices and browsers, significantly reducing test execution time.
• Automate for CI/CD: Integrate with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing and seamless integration with tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Security and Compliance

• SOC2 Type 2 Compliant: Regular audits ensure secure data management and privacy protection.
• GDPR Compliant: BrowserStack’s privacy policy adheres to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, guaranteeing data protection.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Testing: Ensure your app works properly on a wide range of devices, improving user experience and reducing costs.
• Improved User Experience: Identify and fix issues that may affect the user experience by testing on various devices.
• Reduced Costs: Eliminate the need for in-house device labs, saving time and costs associated with device maintenance and updates.
• Increased Confidence: Deploy your app with confidence knowing it works properly on a wide range of devices.

Ease of Use

• Zero Setup and Maintenance: Instant access to real devices with no setup or maintenance required, allowing you to focus solely on testing.
• Easy Integration: Use the BrowserStack SDK for easy integration with Automate, reducing ongoing code changes and maintenance.

Interactive Testing

• Real-Time Debugging: Debug your websites and web apps on real devices with DevTools, inspecting elements, monitoring network requests, and making real-time changes.
• Manual Testing: Use BrowserStack Live for manual testing on various devices and browsers, including features like DevTools, network throttling, and geolocation testing.

BrowserStack offers different pricing plans starting from just $12.50 a month. Here are the details:

• Desktop Plan: This plan costs $29 per month (billed annually). It includes instant access to 3000+ desktop browsers, unlimited testing minutes, and testing across a wide range of browsers, from legacy to latest versions. It also provides access to all Windows & Mac versions (since 2008), localhost, staging, and private website testing, page performance & insights via SpeedLab, bulk screenshots testing, and responsiveness testing.

• Desktop & Mobile Plan: This plan costs $39 per month (billed annually). It includes everything in the Desktop plan, plus access to 20,000+ real iOS & Android device units, instant access to mobile browsers, proprietary mobile DevTools for quick debugging, and localhost, staging, and private website testing across devices.

Please note that these prices are for single user plans. The pricing and functionality scale with the number of tests, users, or screenshots. A free trial is also available for new users. An open-source version is also available. For more detailed information, please visit the official BrowserStack website.

BrowserStack accepts the following payment methods:

• Visa
• MasterCard
• Discover
• American Express

For annual payments, invoices can be issued and POs are accepted. Credit cards and bank transfers are the preferred modes of payment. Physical checks are also accepted, for an additional processing fee of $50, only for amounts exceeding $400. Payments via PayPal are not accepted. All payments are securely processed over HTTPS and card information never touches the servers. All payment processing is done by a third party credit card processor. All details are sent over SSL, which is a 2048-bit RSA-encrypted channel.