Azure Test Plans vs Buddy

Azure Test Plans gives teams tools to plan, run, and track manual and exploratory testing for apps. For scripted tests, teams can track actionable defects and connect test cases and suites to user stories, features, or requirements. Exploratory sessions let testers design and run tests at the same time. During manual tests, Test Runner can capture screenshots, image action logs, and screen recordings. Reports, dashboard widgets, and customizable Power BI reports show plan progress and trends. The service integrates with Azure Pipelines for CI/CD testing and offers REST APIs and an extension contribution model. Manual testing is available in the web portal through supported browsers on major platforms; a free Test & Feedback extension supports exploratory testing in Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The free Stakeholders plan does not allow users to create or manage Test Plans. Basic is free for the first five users, then $6 per user per month; Basic + Test Plans costs $52 a month, billed at $52 per user per month. A 30-day trial is listed. Azure DevOps cloud-based load testing is deprecated; Microsoft points users to Azure Load Testing for managed load testing.

Buddy is a software delivery platform for defining workflows, running build actions, and deploying software. Teams can create pipelines through a UI, YAML, or generated code, then trigger them from events involving services such as GitHub, AWS, and Slack. Deployment options include agent-based and agentless methods, manual approvals, role-based access control, and one-click rollback. Build actions can run in containers on Intel or ARM hardware and on Linux, Windows, Mac, or NixOS. Visual testing supports Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Figma, Storybook, and multi-browser testing through its NPM CLI. Documented integrations include AWS, Azure, Bitbucket, Cloudflare, DockerHub, GitHub, GitLab, Google Cloud, Jira, Shopify, Slack, and Snyk. Buddy can run in the cloud or on customer infrastructure behind a firewall. Security controls include IP blocking, custom roles, group permissions, SAML 2.0, audit logs, and enforced 2FA; Buddy lists SOC 2 Type II certification. Pricing includes a free plan, Pro at €29 a month, and Hyper at €99 a month. Cloud trials last 14 days; on-premise trials last 30 days. Buddy was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.