Beta Family vs Keysight Eggplant Test

Beta Family is a crowdtesting service where developers can ask real people to test iOS and Android apps. Developers can find and filter testers by criteria such as age, gender, nationality, device, and operating system, then run private or public tests. Selected testers receive a link to install the app over the air. Reports gather feedback on graphics, sound, usability, bugs, and errors, and can be read online or downloaded as CSV. iOS tests sync directly with TestFlight. Supported testing platforms include iOS, Android, and wearables; tests can use App Store or Google Play apps, uploaded Ad hoc or Enterprise files, or internal or external TestFlight distribution. Test duration ranges from 3 to 21 days, with 7 days recommended. The free Starter plan covers one app and own or unrated testers, while Growing costs $49 a month and Studio costs $399 a month. Beta Family is available on web, Android, and iOS, and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Keysight Eggplant Test automates end-to-end software testing across web, mobile, APIs, desktop applications and complex systems such as Citrix. It uses image and text recognition to interact with screens without instrumentation or back-end access, and the same tests can run across mobile, web, desktop, mainframe and packaged applications without platform-specific rewrites. Model-based testing generates and adapts tests from application models. Visual regression checks can cover browsers, devices and operating systems from one test definition and handle dynamic content such as dates and animations. API testing models request and response chains across security, reporting and data layers. CI/CD connections include Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions and GitLab, via public APIs and standard connectors. Eggplant Test can operate in isolated or air-gapped networks without external data transfer or cloud connectivity. For aerospace and defense, it produces audit evidence aligned with DO-178C, DO-330, MIL-STD-498 and MIL-STD-882. Keysight offers onboarding and implementation services, plus Eggplant Essentials and Eggplant Expert certification paths. Pricing is on request; a free trial is available, but there is no free plan.