Keysight Eggplant Test vs Squish

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.

Squish automates GUI tests for desktop, web, mobile, and embedded applications using object-based recognition and scripting. It locates interface elements by their properties rather than by image matching or DOM scraping; the product says this helps tests withstand UI changes. Tests can be authored in Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, Tcl, or Behaviour-Driven Development. Listed application technologies include Qt, Java, Windows, .NET, web, mobile, and embedded systems; supported targets also include Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, MCUs, and hybrid applications. The Squish AI Assistant suggests script improvements, explains failures, and analyzes Runner and Server logs. Named CI/CD integrations include Jenkins, GitLab, and Bamboo, with Jenkins jobs and Pipeline scripts supported. Squish references ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 and offers a custom Tool Qualification Kit for project and regulatory needs. Floating user-based subscriptions are priced according to concurrent development environments and limit concurrent test executions. Pricing is on request, with a free trial available and no free plan.