Cross Browser Testing Tools

This article will help you in getting a better understanding of the cross-browser testing tool.

What is Cross Browser Testing?

Cross-browser testing is a technique that is used to test whether a web application or website works (as desired) across different devices.
In simple words, it is a compatibility test applied on a web application or web browser for the following two different combinations:

1. OS-Browser combination: Different browsers may be present and are running on different operating systems. So, our web project must be compatible with this combination.
2. Different devices: End users may use this application or website across their different devices like mobile, laptop, tablet, etc. so the application must be compatible with all devices.

There are several cross-browser testing tools available in the market. But tools are very widely used in the industry

1. BitBar
2. Headspin
3. Browsera
4. Sauce labs
5. LambdaTest

1. BitBar

BitBar is one of the most reliable cross-browser testing tools for providing a quality product to customers. It is developed by SmartBear company. It even allows automatic testing across different devices in parallel which means that BitBar supports dual features cross-browser testing tool, automatic testing tool

Features:

• It offers edge, chrome, and Firefox browser support.
• It provides a single for all tests so that all the updates of the application can be easily synced.
• It allows selenium, and Appium tests to run on the cloud.
• It provides integration with AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM API Connect, DevOps, etc.
• It is very flexible to use i.e., it can be used across different operating systems like windows, android, IOS, and Ubuntu.

2. Headspin

It is the best platform for developers who want to perform cross-browser testing on huge number of devices. It can also be used for testing responsiveness and it provides 100% accurate results. Below are some of the key features of headspin

Features:

• As mentioned earlier it can be used for performing cross-browser testing on huge number of devices.
• It provides chrome browser support.
• There will be no maintenance stress for headspin.
• It provides automated selenium tests which are useful in speeding up the development 10 times faster.
• It provides integration with Jenkins, Azure, Jira, Katalon, Gitlab, etc.

3. Browsera

Browsera facilitates cross-browser testing as SaaS(Software as a Service).it provides a website layout that automatically reports all cross-browser testing problems.

It is designed using several programming languages like Java, Ruby, and JavaScript. It solves the layout issues using multiple algorithms so the testing will provide precise results.

Features:

• It is mainly used for identifying the layout issues.
• It used for dynamic page testing.
• Installation of this tool is not required because it can be easily accessed through a web browser(because it uses its server cluster).
• It even identifies the JavaScript errors in the website. This feature is one of its unique features which grabs the attention of web developers.
• Its interface is quite simple, user-friendly, and easy to use.

4. Sauce labs

It is one of the most unique cross-browser testing tools which allows testing of both JavaScript web applications.

It is a cloud-based tool that allows testing of more than 800+ operating systems and browser combinations(which is mentioned earlier in the article).

It even supports automated testing(automatic detection of errors) for mobile applications

Features:

• It provides no maintenance stress.
• It provides parallel testing across different browsers so that testing will be accelerated 10 times faster.
• It even facilitates automated testing feature.
• It provides integration with Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis CI, and TeamCity.
• It provides enhanced security for cross-browser testing.

5. LambdaTest

It is one of the most widely used cross-browser testing tools which allows cross-browsing across different devices like laptops, mobiles, and tablets and different operating systems like windows, Linux, and mac OS.

It provides a wide range of cross-browser testing tools which eases the developer’s burden and enhances the user experience.

Features:

• It offers chrome and Firefox browser support.
• It provides integration with Jira, Slack, Circle CI, GitHub, Trello, Hive, etc.
• It provides automatic selenium tests to run on more than 2000+ browser environments.
• It even offers life time free plan (this tool can be used for a lifetime free of cost).
• It facilitates testing for a local or privately hosted website with the help of SSH Tunnel.

This is all about the cross-browser testing system and details of various cross-browser testing tools which are used to implement this system.