Keysight Eggplant Test vs QF-Test

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.

QF-Test automates GUI tests for desktop, web, and mobile applications. Tests can be authored in a graphical node-based interface or through record-and-replay, without coding skills. Depending on edition and platform, it can test Java, Windows, web, Android, and iOS applications. Batch and daemon modes support headless execution on continuous integration servers. The maker lists Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, TeamCity, Ant, and Maven integrations, along with command-line, scripting, REST, and XML reporting interfaces. For debugging and results, QF-Test includes an interactive debugger, customizable XML reports, and HTML reports with screenshots of errors. Floating licenses are available through subscriptions that include maintenance and support; a one-time purchase can be requested. The listed Desktop, Web, and Mobile plans each cost €135 a year, billed yearly with a 12-month minimum. QF-Test Pro costs €189 a year on the same billing basis. A trial license is valid for four weeks, but downloaded software without a license cannot save test suites. Optional third-party AI connections can be disabled and may transmit test-related information to the configured provider.