BrowserStack Automate vs PageRefresh
BrowserStack Automate
browserstack.comPageRefresh
handancorp.comSide by side
| Figure | BrowserStack Automate | PageRefresh |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $59/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Browser Automation Tools | 8.7 (#10) | 8.0 (#25) |
| Company history | BrowserStack says it began in 2011 and launched Automate in 2013 for running JavaScript and Selenium tests in the cloud. | Handancorp says it was founded in 2022 as a one-person studio. |
| Privacy | BrowserStack says its privacy policy complies with GDPR and covers account-related information and customer content. | The maker says settings stay in local browser storage and browsing data is not collected. |
| Purpose | Automate provides a fully managed automation grid for testing across physical desktop, iOS, and Android devices. | PageRefresh is an automatic page reloader and webpage change monitoring assistant. |
Plans
BrowserStack Automate
- Chrome$59 a month
- Desktop & Mobile$175 a month
- Desktop & Mobile$175 a month
- Desktop & Mobile Pro$225 a month
In their own words
BrowserStack Automate
BrowserStack Automate provides a managed automation grid for testing websites and apps across physical desktop, iOS and Android devices. It supports more than 3,500 real desktop and mobile browser combinations and lists Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, Cypress and JavaScript framework support. Tests can run in parallel across hundreds or thousands of browsers, although the listed plans show one parallel test by default. BrowserStack Local securely connects internal staging environments to BrowserStack Cloud. Reports can include video, screenshots, framework logs, CI console logs, network logs and AI-driven failure analysis. Other listed capabilities include microphone audio injection, network simulation, Apple Pay workflows, localization settings, physical SIM testing and camera image injection. Integrations include Jenkins, Jira, Slack, Appium and multiple CI/CD tools. Deployment options are cloud and self-hosted. There is a free trial but no free plan; the Chrome plan costs $59 a month, billed annually. BrowserStack says its platform is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and its privacy policy complies with GDPR.
PageRefresh
PageRefresh has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.